About SAE Atlanta

The SAE Atlanta Section is an outstanding resource for people involved in all aspects of the vehicle mobility industry in and around the Atlanta area.

Some ways you can get involved:

  • Develop valuable career skills that will benefit you on the job through a leadership role
  • Offer a tour or event at your facility
  • Suggest ideas for future events or meeting topics
  • Connect with engineering students and young professionals in your region

Past Events

Keynotes and Seminars

  • Cunyet Oge
  • Panoz Trans-am car
  • Ford Motorsports
  • BF Goodrich tires
  • Bio Fuels
  • Safety regulations for high speed power windows
  • HANS device
  • Ford Escape Hybrid
  • BMW Mini
  • Plymouth Prowler
  • Electric Vehicle demonstrations in the 90s
  • Alternative Transpiration systems
  • Active aerodynamics
  • HondaJet
  • Georgia Economic development for automotive
  • Lubricant testing and standards
  • Recovery of WWII aircraft from under ice in Greenland
  • Carbon Motors police car
  • 3D scanning
  • Porsche Carrera GT Training

Plant Tours

  • GM Doraville plant
  • Ford Hapeville plant
  • Honda plant
  • Elan Motorsports Technology
  • Panoz Auto
  • Georgia Tech
  • Kennesaw State University 
  • Yamaha Manufacturing Corporation
  • Hella
  • Porsche’s Training Facility
  • Jim Downing’s Mazda Racing shop
  • Beck Porsche replica facility
  • CSX Facility Atlanta
  • BF Goodrich Tires