CONTENTS MARCH 2018 * Volume 9 * Issue 2 14 2 EDITORIAL Companies mine talent at CDS competitions 4 BRIEFS STUDENT GENERATION 6 FEATURE All quiet on the snowmobile front Two mechanical engineering students at Michigan Technological University chose snowmobile noise attenuation as the topic of their senior design project. 10 Monash University a double winner at Formula SAE-Australia 12 FEATURE A return to glory days? Once dominant, Cornell University's Formula SAE team views its strong 2017 performance as a hopeful sign that it's back on a championship path. 18 22 SAE NEWS 19 Students get the spotlight at SAE Carolina Section meeting CAREER PATH 20 SAE 101: WCX World Congress Experience 21 More U.S.-born faculty: a university responsibility Higher stipends, more scholarships, and advising are needed to ease the U.S.'s risky reliance on international graduate students. 22 Dossier: Lauren Goulet of John Deere 24 Help yourself by helping others 24 Just announced: new student scholarships- apply by March 15 14 Setting the record straight on Baja SAE technical inspection TODAY'S ENGINEERING 16 Paccar reveals new and future tech at CES 2018 17 OA-X contender moonlights as AFRL testbed 18 Chevy unveils larger, lighter 2019 Silverado ON THE COVER Michigan Tech sled on the handling course at the SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge, 2017. MOMENTUM March 2018 1