Cal Poly Engineering Students Selected for Leadership

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	January 11, 2008 Contact: Amy Hewes College of Engineering 805-756-6402 ahewes@calpoly.edu Cal Poly Engineering Students Selected for Leadership Two Cal Poly mechanical engineering students have been have been selected for an all-expense-paid trip to the 2008 Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Leadership Development Program in Orlando, FL. Cal Poly SAE president, Trevor Ness, and Formula Team Leader Aaron Bailey will join 23 other students from around the nation at the Jan. 30-Feb. 1 event. According to SAE, "The Leadership Development Program recognizes some of the most promising SAE student leaders -- individuals who have exhibited outstanding leadership skills through SAE activities on campus." The purpose of the leadership program is to "further develop these skills for application to future leadership roles in both SAE International and students' professional engineering careers." Dr. Peter Schuster, faculty advisor to Cal Poly's SAE club, comments, "Although Cal Poly officers have been quite successful at achieving this honor in the past, I believe this is the first year two of our officers were chosen." About SAE One of the oldest instructionally-related clubs on campus, SAE is a professional organization that was founded as a student chapter at Cal Poly in 1950. In addition to providing professional networking opportunities, the Cal Poly chapter participates in three international collegiate design competitions held by SAE International, including Formula SAE, Mini Baja, and SuperMileage. All competitions involve designing, building and racing vehicles. Each project gives students a superb designing, manufacturing, and engineering experience. # # #	Amanda Schmidt Environmental Engineering 2005 “I earned a master's degree under the College of Engineering's B.S. and M.S. '4 + 1' program, with a focus on reverse osmosis.” I got so much out of participating in the Society of Environmental Engineers, like the Wastewater Treatment from Your Kitchen contest. That was fun! The project applied everything we learned in class. My professional goal is to protect our water resources by working to recycle non-drinking water.