Cover Story On the autocross course in his '67 MG. 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 UPDATE 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 presence throughout my career. " Elaborating on innovation, Hemphill said: " It's not just hearing about a problem at a conference. It's not just reading about what's been researched in the past in a technical paper or taking a class on that topic. It's not just publishing a standard for some new technology. It's all of those things in one. I want to reinforce that idea to the 'classical industry,' and hope to reach some of the newer players that are maybe February 2021 11