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19th January 2007 - SAE Calls for 25th Annual Brake Colloquium Papers

25th Annual Brake Colloquium and Exhibition
Omni Championsgate, Orlando, FL, October 7-10, 2007

The 25th Annual Brake Colloquium & Exhibition brings together brake industry experts and specialists from all points of the globe to learn about, present and display the latest technological innovations of brake friction materials and systems.

The committee is also expanding the types of vehicles, pertaining to braking issues, and are inviting papers and presentations on heavy duty vehicles, motorcycles, ATV's, racing, and railroad.

Abstracts for potential SAE papers and presentations are now being invited on (but are not limited to) the following subjects related to braking issues:

 • Materials
 • NVH
 • New Technology
 • Variability Reduction and Fingerprinting
 • Testing
 • Models & Simulation
 • Systems
 • Rotors
 • Hybrid Braking
 • Aftermarket OES

The following information will be required during the on-line submission process:

 • A digest of 200-300 words that states the objective of the paper/presentation; outlines the problem requiring solution, or the method of approach to research; is explicit with respect to the types of data to be included; and summarizes the conclusions that will be made.
 • Tentative title
 • Name of the author and co-authors. Author and co-author business affiliation, mailing address and telephone and fax numbers, email addresses
 • Selection of one session topics listed above.

Each year the Colloquium receives far more submissions than can be accommodated in the 3 days of the event. Each submission is evaluated to the following criteria:

 • Submission fits identified session topics
 • New contribution, concept or conclusion
 • Technical Orientation (non-commercial)
 • Quality of content, grammar and structure
 • Conclusions with supporting data

Each submission should include the following:

 • Objective
 • Problem definition
 • Approach
 • Methodology (theoretical and/or experimental)
 • Supporting data
 • Conclusion

Offered papers shall not have been published elsewhere; and if accepted, contributors will not release their paper for publication through other media.

Paper acceptance will be based on organizer moderated peer review of draft manuscripts. Authors will be charged a nominal registration fee.

Abstracts are submitted on-line via the SAE website. Upon submission, you will receive an automatic reply with your tracking number.

Deadline for submitting abstracts   February 5, 2007
Draft Manuscripts due to session organizers   April 20, 2007
Final Manuscripts due to SAE   August 10, 2007

For questions, contact:

Melissa Jena
Program Specialist
SAE International
400 Commonwealth Drive
Warrendale, PA 15096
Telephone: 724-772-4008
Fax: 724-776-1830
Email: mjena@sae.org

Source: SAE Press Release