SAE International, Naples Section
SAE International, Naples Section
News from the SAE Naples Section: 29 items, from the early years of the section to today.
Study day on 7 May 2026 in the Church of San Carlo, Modena, promoted by DIEF-UNIMORE and SAE Naples, with speakers from industry, motorsport, consultancies and public research. Aimed mainly at UNIMORE students but open to researchers, technicians and enthusiasts.
SAENA member Giacomo Belgiorno received the SAE Foundation's 2025 Ford Young Industry Leadership award, for people with under 12 years of industry experience who show exceptional leadership potential. He is an associate editor of the SAE International Journal of Engines, Fuels and Lubricants and of STEEP.
Veronica Patrizi (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia) and Domenico Episcopo (Politecnico di Bari) won the 2025 award, both with theses on hydrogen direct injection in engines.
Call for papers for the 17th International Conference on Engines and Vehicles for Sustainable Transport, organised with IFP Energies Nouvelles under CNR-STEMS patronage. Submissions via ice-conferences.org.
On 11 July 2024 SAENA met Carla Bailo, SAE International President 2024. The post has four photos, her biography and the visit programme.
Board member Angelo Onorati (Politecnico di Milano) was named SAE Fellow, and Gabriele Di Blasio and Luigi Sequino (STEMS-CNR) received the Forest R. McFarland Award. The post lists earlier SAENA Fellows: Antonello Cogotti, Felice Esposito Corcione, Bianca Maria Vaglieco and Fabio Bozza.
SAENA workshop in Reggio Emilia on 16-17 November 2022, hosted by Kohler.
Free online webinar on 16 June 2021 at 17:00 CET presenting the new SAE book '1D and Multi-D Modeling Techniques for IC Engine Simulation'.
SAENA celebrated its first 20 years with an anniversary video on YouTube.
SAENA offered a cash prize to Formula SAE teams that competed and gave the section visibility in 2019 and 2020. Applications closed on 30 November 2021.
Francesco Penza (Politecnico di Bari) and Marco Piras (University of Naples Federico II) won the 2020 award: 500 euro each and free participation in ICE2021.
Call for the SAENA Thesis Award 2020 on automotive topics: 500 euro and free participation in ICE2021. The deadline of 31 March 2021 was extended to 30 April 2021.
The August 2020 issue of Update, the SAE member newsletter, featured SAENA on pages 15-16.
SAENA members Stefano Fontanesi (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia) and Michele Battistoni (University of Perugia) received the SAE Forest R. McFarland Award 2020.
On 16 September 2019 Ezio Mancaruso, researcher at Istituto Motori-CNR in Naples, was elected President of the SAE Naples Section, taking over from Cesare Pianese.
Thanks to participants, speakers, plenary lecturers, chairs and organisers of ICE2019, supported by SAENA and Istituto Motori-CNR, with the conference group photo. Next edition announced for 2021.
Ezio Mancaruso, then SAENA secretary, received the SAE Forest R. McFarland Award at the WCX congress in Detroit.
A SAENA delegation met Paul Mascarenas, SAE International President 2019, at the WCX conference in Detroit, 9-11 April 2019.
Carmela Perozziello (University of Naples) and Francesco Accurso (Politecnico di Torino) won the 2017-2018 award: 500 euro each and free participation in ICE2019.
Professor Emeritus Takeyuki Kamimoto, 'Take' to the community, died on 28 August 2018. The SAENA Governing Board remembers a great friend, scientist and teacher.
SAE International President Mircea Gradu, Executive Advisor-Global Murli Iyer and a SAENA delegation (Cesare Pianese, Ezio Mancaruso, Silvana Di Iorio) visited the Italian Aerospace Research Centre (CIRA) on 7 June 2018.
Photo post from the Formula SAE student area at Motor Show 2017, featuring UNISA Corse and Unina Corse.
The UniNa Corse team took first place in the Virtual Formula 2017 world ranking, a competition that simulates Formula SAE dynamic events from vehicle design parameters. The team also competed at the Italian Formula SAE event in Varano de Melegari and was preparing for an event abroad.
Image linking to the call for papers of the 2018 SAE CO2 reduction conference in Turin.
Image-only notice about a CO2 reduction event, linking to the SAE Torino Group website.
Prof. Fabio Bozza, SAENA Vice Chair for activities, received the Lloyd L. Withrow Distinguished Speaker Award after winning the SAE Oral Presentation Award more than twice. It was presented at SAE World Congress in Detroit on 12 April 2016.
Prof. Federico Millo, SAENA Vice Chair Geographical Division, was named SAE Fellow, the fourth SAENA member to receive this grade. The award was presented at SAE World Congress 2016 in Detroit.
The SAENA board, of which Sergio Bova was a member, and all members offer their condolences to his family, remembering a distinguished and kind person.
SAENA supported a Politecnico di Bari event at the Autodromo del Levante in Binetto, with driver and host Antonio Stornaiolo, GT and rally demonstrations, safe and competitive driving, and Formula SAE cars including the Poliba Corse team.