CONTENTS FEBRUARY 2020 * Volume 11 * Issue 1 3 2 EDITORIAL Getting schooled on benefits 3 BENEFITS U STUDENT GENERATION 4 7 8 FEATURE 10 14 BRIEFS TODAY'S ENGINEERING 15 Chevy tweaks 2020 Bolt's battery chemistry to add range 16 Proving ground heroes Tweaking, tuning, and tinkering The importance of flight testing in design decisions. One-on-One - Grant Prins FEATURE Engine switch propels UW - Platteville snowmobile team to new heights 20 17 SAE NEWS Introducing the 2020 SAE President: Todd Zarfos 18 SAE 101: volunteer recognition 19 Beyond the textbook Along with a new engine, the team made other changes that helped it win first place in the Spark-Ignition Class at the 2019 SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge. 20 SAE and GM make smart choice for AutoDrive Challenge Year 3 venue FEATURE 21 Introducing SAE AWIM Programming Each Other Cornell University was among only five teams to finish in the top 10 in each of 2019's three SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge competitions. CAREER PATH 22 Dossier: Martin Wissink of Oak Ridge National Lab 10 Another year, another successful Cornell Baja SAE team. 24 Managing expectations for better decision-making and performance ON THE COVER Retrofitted for the SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge, the sled run by a team from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville demonstrates its handling capabilities at the 2019 competition. MOMENTUM February 2020 1