CONTENTS VOLUME 38 ISSUE 8 10 SAE News 2 Propel: All about volunteerism FOCUS: ELECTRIFIED VEHICLES 4 The long & winding road to zero 10 Promise of electric aircraft advances with two new SAE Information Reports 12 SAE Recommended Practice in the works regarding durability of aircraft electric engines 13 SAE info sources 14 Electrifying our vehicles and improving mobility 18 SAE Member at U.S. DOE lab does his part to help engineer the future of EVs 22 Member Benefits 28 What's happening in the Member Connection Engineering Events 30 Modern approaches to electric vehicle noise and vibration 34 COMVEC coming up Advertising 37 Classified advertising 34 Member News 22 DOSSIER: Myra Blanco, Ph.D., Virginia Tech Transportation Institute On the cover Cutaway display of General Motors' modular platform and battery system, called Ultium. Photo credit: Steve Fecht for General Motors UPDATE August 2021 1