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SAE Formula Project for Developing Personal and Professional Skills in Automotive Engineers

Publicated to:International Journal Of Engineering Education. 25 (3): 585-594 - 2009-08-10 25(3), DOI:

Authors: Javier Sanchez, F.; Aparicio, Francisco; Alvarez, Miguel A.; Jimenez, Felipe;

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Univ Politecn Madrid, INSIA, Univ Inst Automot Res, Madrid 28031, Spain - Author

Abstract

Promoting personal and professional skills is becoming an issue of interest and nu or concern in university environments and this, in turn, is being driven by the demands of business. In this paper the authors present the basic features of the SAE Formula project, an international university competition consisting of designing, manufacturing and competing in formula-type vehicles and analysing to what extent 24 basic skills ham been promoted in the students taking part compared with other activities carried out during their Mechanical Engineering degree course.

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AutomotiveEngineering educationPersonal skillsProfessional skillsStudents

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal International Journal Of Engineering Education due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2009, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Engineering (Miscellaneous).

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-05-16:

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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Javier Sanchez, F.) and Last Author (JIMENEZ ALONSO, FELIPE).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Javier Sanchez, F..