Momentum - April 2021 - 24

SAE

NEWS

INTRODUCING

2021 SAE INTERNATIONAL
PRESIDENT JEFF HEMPHILL
Protecting and advancing
SAE's 'key role' in the mobility
innovation ecosystem will be
a priority for the inventor and
automotive industry veteran.
A " TREMENDOUS HONOR " is how Jeff Hemphill describes his
sentiment about serving as SAE International President during
this time of rapid innovation in the mobility sectors that the
organization serves.
" This is really a transformative time in the industry, " said
Hemphill, Chief Technical Officer of Schaeffler America and holder
of more than 70 patents (filed or issued). " SAE has an important
role to play in supporting the innovation ecosystem. It's one of
those organizations that really supports an industrywide
ecosystem. This includes everything from getting people together
to network over the challenges we're facing to providing a
massive technical library of papers and training courses that really
prepare people to come up with new ideas. And then turning
those ideas into standards so they can be proliferated throughout
an industry seamlessly. That's a pretty huge mission and of
critical importantce as we go into things such as electrification,
autonomous vehicles, and cybersecurity. So it's a
tremendous honor for me to serve as SAE President. It
should be an exciting year, and I'm looking forward to it. "
A frequent speaker at SAE conferences, Hemphill has
been an SAE Member for almost 23 years.
" SAE has been important to me since the beginning
of my career, " he told Update. " I've attended trainings,
I've worked on standards committees-even going all
the way back to manual clutch development. When I
started my career, you could actually buy a vehicle
with a manual transmission! Then I moved on to
speaking at conferences. SAE has been a constant

24 April 2021

2021 SAE International President Jeff
Hemphill is
CTO at Schaeffler Americas.

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