This Expert is a retired Executive Vice President Engineering for a large automotive corporation, a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America.

He is an SAE fellow, a member of ASME.  He has been the SAE Buckendale Lecturer and in 2002 was honored as the ASME Soichiro Honda Lecturer. He is the past president of the Engine Manufacturers Association, past member of the U.S. Federal Fleet Conversion Task Force, the U.S. Alternative-Fuels Council, and the U.S. EPA Mobile Source Technical Advisory Council.

In 2002 he participated in the National Academy of Science (NAS) review of the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles (PGNV) research program.  In 2006 he was awarded a patent for a diesel electric hybrid engine / vehicle. In 2007 he served on the NAS committee reviewing the DOE 21st Century Truck Partnership. In 2008 he was appointed to the NAS committee for “Assessment of Fuel Economy Technologies for Medium and Heavy Vehicles”. In 2009 he received the ASME Soichiro Honda Medal for his contribution to the diesel engine industry. In 2010 he was appointed to the NAS Committee for the Phase 2 review of the DOE 21st Century Truck Partnership Program. In 2011 he was appointed to the NAS for “Assessment of Technologies for Improving Fuel Economy of Light-Duty Vehicles-Phase 2. In 2012 he received the SAE Powertrain Innovation Award.

• Alternate fuels
• Alternative fuel engines
• Diesel combustion
• Diesel engines
• Emissions from engines and government regulations on engines
• Hybrid powertrains
• Hybrid Vehicles

M.S., Mechanical Engineering

B.S., Mechanical Engineering (honors)