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SAE INTERNATIONAL

AUTOMATED VEHICLES

SAE launches Office of Automation

SAE International announced at its
2019 Government/Industry Meeting the
creation of a new unit, the Office of
Automation, focused on helping indus-

SAE’s

Edward Straub

TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS

try coordinate the development and

dissemination of automated-driving

technologies. The Office of Automation

will align SAE’s internal activities in this

fast-moving area and serve as a bridge

between other SAE Group organiza-

tions, while providing technical resourc-

es to facilitate the flow of automated-

vehicle (AV) information.

Office of Automation director Edward

Straub describes the unit as “a first effort

to deal with the broad and cross-disci-

plinary nature of automated vehicles.”

Vital SAE activities under way include

Standards Committees that are address-

ing aspects of automation; professional

education, messaging and public educa-

tion; and a growing number of industry

and public demonstrations of AVs.

Straub joined SAE International in

August 2018 from the American Center

for Mobility, where he was the Technical

Program Director and Chief Safety

Officer. Previously, he was a Program

Manager with US Army Tank-Automotive

Research, Development and Engineering

Center (TARDEC) where he planned and

led Applied Robotics for Installation and

Base Operations (ARIBO).

SAE’s Office of Automation is set up

as a matrix organization, Straub noted.

He along with Patti Kreh, the Office’s

Program Development Specialist, work

with people across SAE and SAE ITC

(Industry Technologies Consortia) to-

ward a common objective and goals.

“When I say coordinating activities

related to automated vehicles, it’s not

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