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EcoCAR Mobility Challenge Year 1 Competition has ended
Year 1 Competition, Atlanta GA
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Saturday, May 18
 

5:00pm EDT

On-site Team Registration
Saturday May 18, 2019 5:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
Sheraton: Grand Ballroom Salon A Foyer
  Registration/Logistics
 
Sunday, May 19
 

7:30am EDT

Bus to Georgia Tech
Buses load at the Sheraton starting at 7:30 AM. Buses will depart promptly at 7:45 AM. Bus loading area is on the 1st floor of the Sheraton, through the glass doors on the north side of the building. You will be loading next to the UPS store. The first floor is the floor BELOW the lobby level and can be accessed by elevators or stairs. 
Sunday May 19, 2019 7:30am - 7:45am EDT
Sheraton Atlanta: Entrance 165 Courtland Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30303
  Registration/Logistics

7:45am EDT

Breakfast
Sunday May 19, 2019 7:45am - 8:45am EDT
Cough ULC Atrium, GT 266 4th St NW, Atlanta, GA 30313
  Food

9:00am EDT

Opening Ceremony
Sunday May 19, 2019 9:00am - 9:30am EDT
Cough ULC Auditorium, GT 266 4th St NW, Atlanta, GA 30313
  Stakeholder Event, Faculty, Students, Sponsors

9:30am EDT

Georgia Tech Campus Tours
Sunday May 19, 2019 9:30am - 10:30am EDT
Georgia Tech
  Stakeholder Event, Faculty, Students, Sponsors

10:30am EDT

Bus to Hotel
Sunday May 19, 2019 10:30am - 10:45am EDT
Cough ULC Atrium, GT 266 4th St NW, Atlanta, GA 30313
  Registration/Logistics

12:00pm EDT

CAVs Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 12:00pm - 12:20pm EDT
Sheraton: Augusta Room
  Presentation Upload, MSU

12:00pm EDT

CSMS Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 12:00pm - 12:20pm EDT
Sheraton: Macon Room
  Presentation Upload, UT

12:00pm EDT

PIA Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 12:00pm - 12:20pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 3 Room
  Presentation Upload, CSU

12:00pm EDT

Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 12:00pm - 12:20pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 1 Room
  Presentation Upload, MAC

12:00pm EDT

PSI Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 12:00pm - 12:20pm EDT
Sheraton: Valdosta Room
  Presentation Upload, OSU

12:00pm EDT

Target Market Presentation Area Inspection Period
This is the allotted time for the specified team to inspect the presentation event area and plan out how they will set up their presentation materials
Sunday May 19, 2019 12:00pm - 12:20pm EDT
Sheraton: Athens Room
  Presentation Upload, GT

12:20pm EDT

CAVs Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 12:20pm - 12:40pm EDT
Sheraton: Augusta Room
  Presentation Upload, VT

12:20pm EDT

CSMS Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 12:20pm - 12:40pm EDT
Sheraton: Macon Room
  Presentation Upload, UWAFT

12:20pm EDT

PIA Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 12:20pm - 12:40pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 3 Room
  Presentation Upload, WVU

12:20pm EDT

Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 12:20pm - 12:40pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 1 Room
  Presentation Upload, UA

12:20pm EDT

PSI Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 12:20pm - 12:40pm EDT
Sheraton: Valdosta Room
  Presentation Upload, UW

12:20pm EDT

Target Market Presentation Area Inspection Period
This is the allotted time for the specified team to inspect the presentation event area and plan out how they will set up their presentation materials
Sunday May 19, 2019 12:20pm - 12:40pm EDT
Sheraton: Athens Room
  Presentation Upload, ERAU

12:40pm EDT

CAVs Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 12:40pm - 1:00pm EDT
Sheraton: Augusta Room
  Presentation Upload, OSU

12:40pm EDT

CSMS Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 12:40pm - 1:00pm EDT
Sheraton: Macon Room
  Presentation Upload, GT

12:40pm EDT

PIA Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 12:40pm - 1:00pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 3 Room
  Presentation Upload, MAC

12:40pm EDT

Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 12:40pm - 1:00pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 1 Room
  Presentation Upload, MSU

12:40pm EDT

PSI Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 12:40pm - 1:00pm EDT
Sheraton: Valdosta Room
  Presentation Upload, UT

12:40pm EDT

Target Market Presentation Area Inspection Period
This is the allotted time for the specified team to inspect the presentation event area and plan out how they will set up their presentation materials
Sunday May 19, 2019 12:40pm - 1:00pm EDT
Sheraton: Athens Room
  Presentation Upload, CSU

1:00pm EDT

CAVs Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 1:00pm - 1:20pm EDT
Sheraton: Augusta Room
  Presentation Upload, UW

1:00pm EDT

CSMS Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 1:00pm - 1:20pm EDT
Sheraton: Macon Room
  Presentation Upload, ERAU

1:00pm EDT

PIA Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 1:00pm - 1:20pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 3 Room
  Presentation Upload, UA

1:00pm EDT

Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 1:00pm - 1:20pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 1 Room
  Presentation Upload, VT

1:00pm EDT

PSI Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 1:00pm - 1:20pm EDT
Sheraton: Valdosta Room
  Presentation Upload, UWAFT

1:00pm EDT

Target Market Presentation Area Inspection Period
This is the allotted time for the specified team to inspect the presentation event area and plan out how they will set up their presentation materials
Sunday May 19, 2019 1:00pm - 1:20pm EDT
Sheraton: Athens Room
  Presentation Upload, WVU

1:25pm EDT

CAVs Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 1:25pm - 1:45pm EDT
Sheraton: Augusta Room
  Presentation Upload, UT

1:25pm EDT

CSMS Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 1:25pm - 1:45pm EDT
Sheraton: Macon Room
  Presentation Upload, CSU

1:25pm EDT

PIA Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 1:25pm - 1:45pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 3 Room
  Presentation Upload, MSU

1:25pm EDT

Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 1:25pm - 1:45pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 1 Room
  Presentation Upload, OSU

1:25pm EDT

PSI Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 1:25pm - 1:45pm EDT
Sheraton: Valdosta Room
  Presentation Upload, GT

1:25pm EDT

Target Market Presentation Area Inspection Period
This is the allotted time for the specified team to inspect the presentation event area and plan out how they will set up their presentation materials
Sunday May 19, 2019 1:25pm - 1:45pm EDT
Sheraton: Athens Room
  Presentation Upload, MAC

1:45pm EDT

CAVs Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 1:45pm - 2:05pm EDT
Sheraton: Augusta Room
  Presentation Upload, UWAFT

1:45pm EDT

CSMS Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 1:45pm - 2:05pm EDT
Sheraton: Macon Room
  Presentation Upload, WVU

1:45pm EDT

PIA Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 1:45pm - 2:05pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 3 Room
  Presentation Upload, VT

1:45pm EDT

Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 1:45pm - 2:05pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 1 Room
  Presentation Upload, UW

1:45pm EDT

PSI Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 1:45pm - 2:05pm EDT
Sheraton: Valdosta Room
  Presentation Upload, ERAU

1:45pm EDT

Target Market Presentation Area Inspection Period
This is the allotted time for the specified team to inspect the presentation event area and plan out how they will set up their presentation materials
Sunday May 19, 2019 1:45pm - 2:05pm EDT
Sheraton: Athens Room
  Presentation Upload, UA

2:05pm EDT

CAVs Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 2:05pm - 2:25pm EDT
Sheraton: Augusta Room
  Presentation Upload, GT

2:05pm EDT

CSMS Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 2:05pm - 2:25pm EDT
Sheraton: Macon Room
  Presentation Upload, MAC

2:05pm EDT

PIA Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 2:05pm - 2:25pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 3 Room
  Presentation Upload, OSU

2:05pm EDT

Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 2:05pm - 2:25pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 1 Room
  Presentation Upload, UT

2:05pm EDT

PSI Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 2:05pm - 2:25pm EDT
Sheraton: Valdosta Room
  Presentation Upload, CSU

2:05pm EDT

Target Market Presentation Area Inspection Period
This is the allotted time for the specified team to inspect the presentation event area and plan out how they will set up their presentation materials
Sunday May 19, 2019 2:05pm - 2:25pm EDT
Sheraton: Athens Room
  Presentation Upload, MSU

2:25pm EDT

CAVs Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 2:25pm - 2:45pm EDT
Sheraton: Augusta Room
  Presentation Upload, ERAU

2:25pm EDT

CSMS Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 2:25pm - 2:45pm EDT
Sheraton: Macon Room
  Presentation Upload, UA

2:25pm EDT

PIA Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 2:25pm - 2:45pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 3 Room
  Presentation Upload, UW

2:25pm EDT

Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 2:25pm - 2:45pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 1 Room
  Presentation Upload, UWAFT

2:25pm EDT

PSI Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 2:25pm - 2:45pm EDT
Sheraton: Valdosta Room
  Presentation Upload, WVU

2:25pm EDT

Target Market Presentation Area Inspection Period
This is the allotted time for the specified team to inspect the presentation event area and plan out how they will set up their presentation materials
Sunday May 19, 2019 2:25pm - 2:45pm EDT
Sheraton: Athens Room
  Presentation Upload, VT

2:50pm EDT

CAVs Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 2:50pm - 3:10pm EDT
Sheraton: Augusta Room
  Presentation Upload, CSU

2:50pm EDT

CSMS Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 2:50pm - 3:10pm EDT
Sheraton: Macon Room
  Presentation Upload, MSU

2:50pm EDT

PIA Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 2:50pm - 3:10pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 3 Room
  Presentation Upload, UT

2:50pm EDT

Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 2:50pm - 3:10pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 1 Room
  Presentation Upload, GT

2:50pm EDT

PSI Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 2:50pm - 3:10pm EDT
Sheraton: Valdosta Room
  Presentation Upload, MAC

2:50pm EDT

Target Market Presentation Area Inspection Period
This is the allotted time for the specified team to inspect the presentation event area and plan out how they will set up their presentation materials
Sunday May 19, 2019 2:50pm - 3:10pm EDT
Sheraton: Athens Room
  Presentation Upload, OSU

3:10pm EDT

CAVs Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 3:10pm - 3:30pm EDT
Sheraton: Augusta Room
  Presentation Upload, WVU

3:10pm EDT

CSMS Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 3:10pm - 3:30pm EDT
Sheraton: Macon Room
  Presentation Upload, VT

3:10pm EDT

PIA Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 3:10pm - 3:30pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 3 Room
  Presentation Upload, UWAFT

3:10pm EDT

Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 3:10pm - 3:30pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 1 Room
  Presentation Upload, ERAU

3:10pm EDT

PSI Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 3:10pm - 3:30pm EDT
Sheraton: Valdosta Room
  Presentation Upload, UA

3:10pm EDT

Target Market Presentation Area Inspection Period
This is the allotted time for the specified team to inspect the presentation event area and plan out how they will set up their presentation materials
Sunday May 19, 2019 3:10pm - 3:30pm EDT
Sheraton: Athens Room
  Presentation Upload, UW

3:30pm EDT

CAVs Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 3:30pm - 3:50pm EDT
Sheraton: Augusta Room
  Presentation Upload, MAC

3:30pm EDT

CSMS Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 3:30pm - 3:50pm EDT
Sheraton: Macon Room
  Presentation Upload, OSU

3:30pm EDT

PIA Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 3:30pm - 3:50pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 3 Room
  Presentation Upload, GT

3:30pm EDT

Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 3:30pm - 3:50pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 1 Room
  Presentation Upload, CSU

3:30pm EDT

PSI Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 3:30pm - 3:50pm EDT
Sheraton: Valdosta Room
  Presentation Upload, MSU

3:30pm EDT

Target Market Presentation Area Inspection Period
This is the allotted time for the specified team to inspect the presentation event area and plan out how they will set up their presentation materials
Sunday May 19, 2019 3:30pm - 3:50pm EDT
Sheraton: Athens Room
  Presentation Upload, UT

3:50pm EDT

CAVs Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 3:50pm - 4:10pm EDT
Sheraton: Augusta Room
  Presentation Upload, UA

3:50pm EDT

CSMS Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 3:50pm - 4:10pm EDT
Sheraton: Macon Room
  Presentation Upload, UW

3:50pm EDT

PIA Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 3:50pm - 4:10pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 3 Room
  Presentation Upload, ERAU

3:50pm EDT

Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 3:50pm - 4:10pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 1 Room
  Presentation Upload, WVU

3:50pm EDT

PSI Presentation Final Upload Session
This is the allotted time for the specified team to upload their final slide deck for this presentation event.
Sunday May 19, 2019 3:50pm - 4:10pm EDT
Sheraton: Valdosta Room
  Presentation Upload, VT

3:50pm EDT

Target Market Presentation Area Inspection Period
This is the allotted time for the specified team to inspect the presentation event area and plan out how they will set up their presentation materials
Sunday May 19, 2019 3:50pm - 4:10pm EDT
Sheraton: Athens Room
  Presentation Upload, UWAFT

5:30pm EDT

Welcome Night
Sunday May 19, 2019 5:30pm - 8:00pm EDT
Painted Duck 976 Brady Ave NW, Atlanta, GA 30318
  Stakeholder Event, Faculty, Students, Sponsors
 
Monday, May 20
 

7:00am EDT

On-site Judge Registration
Monday May 20, 2019 7:00am - 8:30am EDT
Sheraton: Grand Ballroom Salon A Foyer
  Registration/Logistics

7:30am EDT

Judge Breakfast
Monday May 20, 2019 7:30am - 8:30am EDT
Sheraton: Garden Courtyard Poolside
  Food

7:30am EDT

Team Breakfast (on your own, vouchers provided)
Monday May 20, 2019 7:30am - 9:30am EDT
Sheraton: Collage Restaurant
  Food

8:30am EDT

CAVs Presentation Judge Briefing
The Event Captain will brief all judges on the event content, scorecard, judging process, etc. A judge packet will be provided to judges with pertinent materials. Time will also be alloted for Q&A amongst judges about the event before judging begins.
Event Captains
avatar for Andrew Huster

Andrew Huster

Controls System Engineer, GM
Andrew Huster is a Controls System Engineer in the Automated Driving and Active Safety Production Controls group at General Motors. In this position, he develops software for sensor fusion that enables advanced ADAS features like Super Cruise. Prior to his current position, he was... Read More →

Judges
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Chris Kinser

Director: Global Performance Integration & Proving Grounds, GM
Chris Kinser is Director of the Global Autonomous Driving Center. Chris’ team is responsible for Vehicle Integration of General Motors’ Autonomous Vehicles, Automated Driving and Active Safety technologies. His team has developed prototypes of the companies’ first mass produced... Read More →
avatar for Connell D'Souza

Connell D'Souza

Student Competitions Technical Evangelist, MathWorks
Connell joined MathWorks in 2016 as a technical evangelist on the student competitions team. He primarily supports student competitions in Aerospace and Unmanned Systems. Connell holds an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University, Boston.
avatar for David Anderson

David Anderson

Program Manager, Energy Efficient Mobility Systems, VTO, U.S. Department of Energy
David Anderson is the Program Manager for the Energy Efficient Mobility Systems (EEMS) Program within the U.S. Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO). He leads a team responsible for a research portfolio that focuses on understanding the potentially dramatic energy... Read More →
avatar for Frank Schneck

Frank Schneck

Senior Division Engineering Manager - Peterbilt, PACCAR
Frank Schneck is the Senior Engineering Manager for Peterbilt’s Advance Design & Vehicle Integration department. This team is responsible for bringing Advance Concept development into production by providing early vehicle layout, performance, functionality, scope definition and... Read More →
avatar for Jacob Krakauer

Jacob Krakauer

Systems Engineer, Intel
Jacob Krakauer is a mechanical engineer in the autonomous transportation and infrastructure division. He works with government and educational engagements as well as working on Intel reference designs for autonomous vehicle systems. His main focus is on educating the public and academic... Read More →
avatar for Jacob Perrin

Jacob Perrin

Team Lead - Data Driven Development, dSPACE
Jacob is a Technical Lead for Data Driven Development at dSPACE Inc in Wixom, Michigan. Since graduating from the University of Michigan with a degree in Computer Engineering in 2015, Jacob has worked primarily in the areas of perception software development and prototyping. Recently... Read More →
avatar for John Cotner

John Cotner

Technical Director - Automotive Systems Engineering, NXP
John Cotner is currently working as a Technical Director - Automotive Systems Engineering at NXP Semiconductors.John has worked in a variety of positions within the automotive electronics industry for the past 35 years focusing on systems engineering. This work has resulted in 5 patents... Read More →
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Leo Breton

Technology Development Director, Horiba
Leo Breton pioneered real-world, in-use mass emissions and fuel economy testing as an EPA engineer in the mid 1990's. He invented the seminal technologies still used in today’s PEMS systems and personally built and proved the first system to do this – it was known as ROVER. ROVER... Read More →
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Robb Bolio

Global Vehicle Performance Manager: Global Autonomous Driving Center, GM
Robb Bolio is the Global Vehicle Performance Manager for Autonomous and Electric Vehicles for General Motors. Robb’s team is based out of the Milford Proving Ground and part of the Global Autonomous Driving Center. Robb leads a team of engineers that are responsible for full vehicle... Read More →
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Scott Miller

Executive Director: Autonomous and Electric Vehicle Programs, GM
Scott Miller has been with General Motors since March 1994 and is currently Executive Director, Autonomous Development and Validation. In this role, he works internally with our partners in Product Development, Safety, and vehicle performance to ensure timely success of autonomous... Read More →
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Simeon Iliev

Research Engineer, ANL
Simeon Iliev joined Argonne National Laboratory in June of 2015. He is a research engineer at the Advanced Mobility Technology Laboratory and works on testing and evaluation of advanced vehicle technologies. Simeon earned a Master's of Science in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering... Read More →
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Troy McCormick

Sr. Software Engineer and Team Lead – Chassis Controls - Radar Systems, Bosch
Troy McCormick is an Engineering Manager in the Driver Assistance division at Robert Bosch in Plymouth, MI.  He currently leads a group of engineers focusing on the development and testing of Automotive Radar based Driver Assistance functions.  Troy has been working in automotive... Read More →
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Vivek Jaikamal

Business Development Manager – Advanced Applications, AVL
Vivek is passionate about leveraging the power of software and simulation to accelerate product development and reduce costs. Throughout his 25+ year career in the automotive industry, he has helped automotive OEMs and suppliers shorten their development, testing and calibration times... Read More →
avatar for Yun Cai

Yun Cai

Presales Tech Support Engineer, Siemens PLM Inc
Yun Cai is a pre-sales technical support engineer at Siemens PLM Software Inc. She has over 6 years of experience working in the automotive industry, where Yun focuses on applying integrated safety technologies to improve vehicle safety performance. Yun worked closely with OEM crash... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
Sheraton: Augusta Room
  Judged Presentation

8:30am EDT

CSMS Presentation Judge Briefing
The Event Captain will brief all judges on the event content, scorecard, judging process, etc. A judge packet will be provided to judges with pertinent materials. Time will also be alloted for Q&A amongst judges about the event before judging begins.
Event Captains
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Tom Ender

Senior Manager: PSEC Canada and EC&S, Engineering GMCC, General Motors
Tom Ender joined GM in 1997 as a controls engineer and is currently a Senior Manager for the Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls and Diagnostics Team.  He and his team develop controls and diagnostics for a wide variety of chassis, propulsion integration, thermal, electrical and body... Read More →
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Swarooph Seshadri

Senior Technical Evangelist – Student Competitions, MathWorks
Swarooph Seshadri is a Technical Evangelist for Automotive Student Competitions at the MathWorks and is the full time MathWorks technical lead for EcoCAR. He has been providing guidance for the PCM and the CAVs swim lanes. Swarooph graduated with a Master of Science in Mechanical... Read More →

Judges
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Aakhi Singhania

Calibration Engineer - Vehicle Systems Engineering, Bosch
BS

Bo Sun

Manager, AD & ADAS Group (Active & Passive Safety), Denso
Graduated from The Ohio State University. Responsible for AD/ADAS Sensing System in DENSO North America.
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Chris Balton

Advanced Controls Manager, Paccar
Chris Balton the Manager for the Advanced Controls group for Advanced Technology at the PACCAR Technical Center. During his 13 years at PACCAR Chris has led projects in Powertrain Controls for PACCAR Engines, Transmissions and Predictive Cruise Control. He has also developed vehicle... Read More →
avatar for Chris Manning

Chris Manning

Project Manager, dSPACE
Chris has been involved in the EcoCAR competition since 2011. Starting as a student in EcoCAR 2 and moving to dSPACE and supporting the competition as a sponsor. He has conducted trainings and judged competition events over the years. Chris has worked as an Application Engineer and... Read More →
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Jason Mullins

EGM: VMEC Controls, GM
Jason Mullins is currently the Engineering Group Manager for Electrification Energy Management at General Motors. This team is responsible for the Electrification Torque Supervisory controls for all of GM’s electrified vehicles. Jason has 20 years of industry experience with a strong... Read More →
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Joaquin Reyes

Joaquin Reyes is the Lead Vehicle Modeling and Simulation Engineer at Proterra Inc. He is responsible for the creation of numerical simulations to support the development of all ECU control software at Proterra. His role also involves modeling activities for transit bus range performance... Read More →
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Joel Van Sickel

Senior Application Engineer, MathWorks
Joel Van Sickel is a Senior Application Engineer at MathWorks who focuses on power systems and power electronics.
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Maulin Patel

Vice President, Systems Engineering, NXP
Maulin Patel is Vice President of Systems Engineering for the Business Line (BL) Secure Connected Edge (SCE) at NXP. He manages and drives global engineering teams for the BL SCE products execution, enablement, customer engagement & support, which also includes Security & Machine... Read More →
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Nick Kothari

Tech Specialist - Electrification Controls, General Motors
Nick joined GM in 1995 through a sponsor event during the SunRayce student competition. Starting with the GM EV1, he's since worked exclusively on hybrid/electric vehicle control systems focused mostly on propulsion and battery management. Currently Nick is leading system design for... Read More →
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Noel Mack

Product Line Executive – Components and Subsystems, AAM
Noel Mack is the Product Line Executive for AAM, where he has global responsibility for engineering of components and subsystems, including torque transfer devices and electronically controlled systems for AAM’s portfolio of driveline products. Previously Noel was the director of... Read More →
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Ren Fang

Senior Application Engineer, dSPACE
Ren Fang is a Senior Application Engineer in the Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) department at dSPACE Inc. Having joined dSPACE in 2014, Ren’s current responsibilities consist of managing and executing turnkey HIL projects at dSPACE. His areas of technical expertise include HIL Test... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
Sheraton: Macon Room
  Judged Presentation

8:30am EDT

PIA Presentation Judge Briefing
The Event Captain will brief all judges on the event content, scorecard, judging process, etc. A judge packet will be provided to judges with pertinent materials. Time will also be alloted for Q&A amongst judges about the event before judging begins.
Event Captains
avatar for Lynn R. Gantt

Lynn R. Gantt

General Motors, VT Mentor
Lynn Gantt is an Energy Architecture Lead Engineer at General Motors. He joined GM in 2010 as a summer intern and has since held positions working on Fuel Economy Learning Vehicles and in Vehicle Development as an Energy Engineer. Most recently he worked on the energy execution of... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Ann Schlenker

Ann Schlenker

Director, Center for Transportation Research, ANL
Ann M. Schlenker is the Director for the Center for Transportation Research at Argonne National Laboratory. Ms. Schlenker’ s applied research area is actively seeking to reduce the transportation sector's reliance on fossil fuel and the environmental impact; while improving mobility... Read More →
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Bob Ransijn

Manager - Application Engineers - Simulation, Siemens
Bob Ransijn, M.Sc. is managing a group of application engineers at Siemens Software focused on Siemens’ System Simulation solutions. He has 12 years of technical experience working with many automotive and non-automotive customers in implementing system simulation methodologies... Read More →
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Dan Mehr

Assistant Program Engineering Manager, GM
Dan Mehr earned his bachelors of science from the University of Wisconsin in 2008 after participating in the FutureTruck and ChallengeX advanced vehicle technology competitions. Upon graduating, Dan joined General Motors as an energy storage system integration engineer and completed... Read More →
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Kyle Crawford

Program Manager, Peterbilt
Kyle Crawford is a program manager at the Peterbilt.  Kyle joined Paccar in 2014 and is responsible for the introduction of new engine models for the engine plant, which includes equipment modifications and additions as well as process updates required for the cylinder head and block... Read More →
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Lynette Popma

System Safety Engineer - ETRS, Trans, ETRS, ATM & Electrification System Safety Team, GM
Lynette Popma joined General Motors in 2000 and is a Propulsion System Safety Engineer in Milford, Michigan. She holds a BSE in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State University and is a Master Black Belt in DFSS.
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Michele Rodgers

Director of Program Management, Peterbilt Motors Company, Paccar
Michele Rodgers is the Director of Program Management for Peterbilt Motors Company. Located in Denton, Texas, Peterbilt has a global reputation for superior quality, industry leading design, innovative engineering and fuel-efficient solutions, and is regarded as the "Class" of the... Read More →
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Mike Wahlstrom

Director: Global Electronic Components and Subsystems, GM
Mike Wahlstrom is currently the Director of Automated Driving Innovation and Software. In this position he is responsible for advanced hardware development, system engineering and software engineering for GM’s Active Safety and Automated Driving products. Mike started his career... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 3 Room
  Judged Presentation

8:30am EDT

Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation Judge Briefing
The Event Captain will brief all judges on the event content, scorecard, judging process, etc. A judge packet will be provided to judges with pertinent materials. Time will also be alloted for Q&A amongst judges about the event before judging begins.
Judges
avatar for Bill Venner

Bill Venner

Director Chassis Suspension, Structure & Steering, General Motors
Bill joined GM in 1999 as a Noise and Vibration Engineer. He has held many different positions including Vehicle Development for Noise and Vibration and Ride and Handling, Design Release for Steering Systems and Plant Quality Engineer. Prior to his current role as Chief Enggineer... Read More →
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Inga Yuditsky

System Safety Engineer - Gas Engine Systems, Engine Controls/Fuel/Advanced System Safety, GM
Inga Yuditsky joined General Motors in 2011, and is a Propulsion System Safety Engineer in Milford, Michigan. She holds a B.S.E in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and a M. Eng. in Energy Systems Engineering from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbo... Read More →
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Jesus Cota

Sr. Program Manager, PACCAR
Jesus started his career with PACCAR as an Associate Design Engineer at Kenworth Mexico in 2008. He moved to Kenworth Division at Kirkland, WA in 2012 and held positions of increasing responsibility such as Engineering Supervisor – Core Interiors and Program Manager for new product... Read More →
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Rachel Nealer

Chief of Staff, VTO, BETO, FCTO, U.S. Department of Energy
Dr. Rachael Nealer is the Chief of Staff for the three Sustainable Transportation Offices (Bioenergy Technologies Office, Fuel Cell Technologies Office, and Vehicle Technologies Office) in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. Prior... Read More →
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Tony Farrell

Engineering Manager – Chassis Controls - Radar Systems, Bosch
Anthony Farrell is an Engineering Manager in the Chassis Controls – Active Safety division. He is responsible for technical project management, software management timelines, and international associate coordination. He has 17 years’ experience in chassis controls working for... Read More →
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Zach Slaton

Senior Assistant Chief Engineer - Embedded Engineering, PACCAR
Zach Slaton has been with PACCAR since 2007. During his career he has held positions of increasing responsibility including Principal Engineer, Vehicle Integration Supervisor, Embedded Engineering Manager, and Director of Program Management. He was promoted to Assistant Chief Engineer... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 1 Room
  Judged Presentation

8:30am EDT

PSI Presentation Judge Briefing
The Event Captain will brief all judges on the event content, scorecard, judging process, etc. A judge packet will be provided to judges with pertinent materials. Time will also be alloted for Q&A amongst judges about the event before judging begins.
Event Captains
avatar for Laura Barlow

Laura Barlow

Engineering Group Manager, General Motors
Laura is an Engineering Group Manager for the Thermal Controls and Software team at the Canadian Technical Centre with General Motors. Laura has been with GM for over 10 years, holding various roles such as Algorithm Engineer, Controls Technical Specialist, as well as leading teams... Read More →
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Hung Nguyen

Advanced Technology Engineer, General Motors
Hung Nguyen is an Advanced Technology Engineer – Chassis ATW at General Motors Canadian Technical Centre. He joined GM as an alumnus of the University of Waterloo Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Faculty and EcoCAR. Hung began his career at GM’s Computer Aided Engineering... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Bryan Ross

Bryan Ross

Vehicle Integration Manager, PACCAR
Bryan Ross has been the PACCAR chair for EcoCAR for 7 years and has led 3 series of programs. He provides in-depth participation with and application of systems engineering principles to mechanical and information system engineering challenges, especially maturing disruptive technologies... Read More →
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Chris Jarrell

Senior Manager, Electrified Systems Engineering Group, DENSO
Christopher M. Jarrell (Chris) is the Senior Manager of the Electrified Systems Engineering Group at DENSO International America, Inc. (DIAM) located in Southfield, Michigan. Chris joined DENSO in 1995 as an application engineer, responsible for the development of starters and alternators... Read More →
avatar for Chris Meagher

Chris Meagher

Retired from GM, General Motors
Chris Meagher is a retired General Motors executive with 42 years of experience in the propulsion system area of engineering. After joining GM in 1979, he held positions as an engine development engineer, design release engineer, and global chief engineer & program manager of 4-cylinder... Read More →
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Doug Chemelli

Lead Product Engineer, Components and Subsystems, AAM
Doug Chemelli is a Lead Product Engineer at American Axle & Manufacturing. He has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University, graduating in 2008. His work focuses on Component Engineering of Driveline / Propulsion systems, including the development of... Read More →
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Forrest Jehlik

Principle Engineer, ANL
Forrest Jehlik is a Principle Engineer conducting advanced technology vehicle research at Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Powertrain Research Facility (APRF). Such research involves hybrids, plug-in hybrids, electric vehicles, autonomous vehicle technology. Particular areas... Read More →
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Keith Confer

Engineering Manager - Advanced Vehicle Systems, Delphi
Keith Confer is the Engineering Manager for Advanced Vehicle Systems in Delphi Technologies Advanced Systems Group.   He has over 30 years powertrain systems experience with extensive background in automotive air and fuel system design and development.  Keith holds ten US Patents... Read More →
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Matt Young

Manufacturing Engineering Manager, PACCAR Engine Company
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Wenbo Du

Application Engineer, Siemens
Dr. Wenbo Du is an Application Engineer at Siemens Software, specializing in CFD and multiphysics simulation for electrified powertrain applications. He is responsible for providing training and technical support for Simcenter STAR-CCM+ and Battery Design Studio customers including... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
Sheraton: Valdosta Room
  Judged Presentation

8:30am EDT

Target Market Presentation Judge Briefing
The Event Captain will brief all judges on the event content, scorecard, judging process, etc. A judge packet will be provided to judges with pertinent materials. Time will also be alloted for Q&A amongst judges about the event before judging begins.
Event Captains
avatar for Mark Smith

Mark Smith

Technology Integration Program Manager, Department of Energy
Mark Smith is the Technology Integration Program Manager within the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Vehicle Technologies Office. In this role, he oversees a broad technology portfolio, which is focused on accelerating the development... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Heather Croteau

Heather Croteau

Chief of Staff for Sustainable Transportation and Fuels, U.S. Department of Energy
Heather Croteau is Chief of Staff for Sustainable Transportation and Fuels in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the Department of Energy. Prior to becoming Chief of Staff, she was a Technology Manager for the Vehicle Technologies Office Energy Efficient Mobility... Read More →
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Jim Harkins

Director, Engineering, Denso
James K. Harkins (Jim) is the Engineering Director of Electrified Systems Engineering at DENSO International America, Inc. (DIAM) located in Southfield, Michigan. Harkins joined DENSO in 1996 as an application engineer, responsible for the development of starters and alternators... Read More →
avatar for John Haraf

John Haraf

Director - Software Integration, General Motors
John Haraf is currently the Director of Global Electrification and Battery Systems at General Motors. In this position, he is responsible for electrification control system integration/calibration development for all of GM’s Hybrid and Electric Vehicles. John began his career with... Read More →
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Lauren Tabolinsky

Academic Programs Manager, MathWorks
Lauren Tabolinsky joined MathWorks in 2008 and currently manages Academic Programs at MathWorks. Before joining MathWorks, Lauren was a product manager at Harvard Business School Publishing. Lauren holds a B.A. degree from Monmouth University and a Master’s degree in Marketing Communications... Read More →
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Leigh Anderson

Business Development Manager - the Americas & Automotive, Siemens
Mr. Leigh Anderson, MBA, Higher Education Program Manager for Automotive worldwide at Siemens Software. Leigh has 15 years of product management experience in the engineering software industry across a wide range of products ― from embedded software to simulation. Another 10 years... Read More →
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Lisa Tipton

Talent Attraction | STEM,DEI and University Partners, Bosch
Lisa Tipton is located at Robert Bosch North America HQ Corporate Office in Farmington Hills, MI and is lead for STEM, DEI and University Partners. She is the Center for Expertise for early talent recruiting for Bosch North America Region. She has worked in automotive HR, marketing... Read More →
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Taylor Frey

Marketing Manager, AVL
Taylor Frey is the marketing manager for the North American affiliate of AVL, a global leader in advanced propulsion technology. She received bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Public Relations/Advertising from Penn State University. While there, she participated in AVTC’s for... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
Sheraton: Athens Room
  Judged Presentation

8:30am EDT

Women in STEM Presentation Judge Briefing
The Event Captain will brief all judges on the event content, scorecard, judging process, etc. A judge packet will be provided to judges with pertinent materials. Time will also be alloted for Q&A amongst judges about the event before judging begins.
Event Captains
avatar for Maribeth Yabes

Maribeth Yabes

EGM: Global Controls Design Engineering, GM
Maribeth (MB) Yabes is the Engineering Group Manager of the Electrification Driver Data Team for GM’s Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls organization. In this role, MB manages a team of engineers who design, develop and test costumer facing features related to displays. MB joined... Read More →

Judges
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Christy Cooper

Operations Supervisor, VTO, and DOE Director, U.S. DRIVE Partnership, DOE
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Connie Bezanson

Education and Outreach Manager, Vehicle Technologies Office, DOE
Connie Bezanson manages the Education and Outreach activities within the Vehicle Technologies Program in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. In addition to managing the Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition (AVTC) activity, she manages... Read More →
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Wendy Eckman

Director: Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls, General Motors
Wendy Eckman is currently the Director of Propulsion and Chassis Embedded Controls Design Engineering, for General Motors. She graduated with a BSEE from Missouri S&T before joining Ford, and then went on to earn her MBA from the Michigan Ross Business School. She has been immersed... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
Sheraton: Piedmont Room
  Sponsored Award

9:30am EDT

Break (Judges Only)
Monday May 20, 2019 9:30am - 9:40am EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 2 Room
  Food

9:40am EDT

CAVs Presentation
The Year 1 CAVs Presentation is designed to evaluate the effectiveness with which the team completed the CAV activities throughout the year. CAV teams in Year 1 should be focused on sensing system design and simulation, computing hardware selection, sensor fusion algorithm testing, basic longitudinal control and mule vehicle sensor data collection using sensor hardware. The presentation itself will focus on several aspects of these activities: hardware system design, sensor fusion algorithm development, and software development workflow and processes.
Event Captains
avatar for Andrew Huster

Andrew Huster

Controls System Engineer, GM
Andrew Huster is a Controls System Engineer in the Automated Driving and Active Safety Production Controls group at General Motors. In this position, he develops software for sensor fusion that enables advanced ADAS features like Super Cruise. Prior to his current position, he was... Read More →

Judges
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Chris Kinser

Director: Global Performance Integration & Proving Grounds, GM
Chris Kinser is Director of the Global Autonomous Driving Center. Chris’ team is responsible for Vehicle Integration of General Motors’ Autonomous Vehicles, Automated Driving and Active Safety technologies. His team has developed prototypes of the companies’ first mass produced... Read More →
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Connell D'Souza

Student Competitions Technical Evangelist, MathWorks
Connell joined MathWorks in 2016 as a technical evangelist on the student competitions team. He primarily supports student competitions in Aerospace and Unmanned Systems. Connell holds an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University, Boston.
avatar for David Anderson

David Anderson

Program Manager, Energy Efficient Mobility Systems, VTO, U.S. Department of Energy
David Anderson is the Program Manager for the Energy Efficient Mobility Systems (EEMS) Program within the U.S. Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO). He leads a team responsible for a research portfolio that focuses on understanding the potentially dramatic energy... Read More →
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Frank Schneck

Senior Division Engineering Manager - Peterbilt, PACCAR
Frank Schneck is the Senior Engineering Manager for Peterbilt’s Advance Design & Vehicle Integration department. This team is responsible for bringing Advance Concept development into production by providing early vehicle layout, performance, functionality, scope definition and... Read More →
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Jacob Krakauer

Systems Engineer, Intel
Jacob Krakauer is a mechanical engineer in the autonomous transportation and infrastructure division. He works with government and educational engagements as well as working on Intel reference designs for autonomous vehicle systems. His main focus is on educating the public and academic... Read More →
avatar for Jacob Perrin

Jacob Perrin

Team Lead - Data Driven Development, dSPACE
Jacob is a Technical Lead for Data Driven Development at dSPACE Inc in Wixom, Michigan. Since graduating from the University of Michigan with a degree in Computer Engineering in 2015, Jacob has worked primarily in the areas of perception software development and prototyping. Recently... Read More →
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John Cotner

Technical Director - Automotive Systems Engineering, NXP
John Cotner is currently working as a Technical Director - Automotive Systems Engineering at NXP Semiconductors.John has worked in a variety of positions within the automotive electronics industry for the past 35 years focusing on systems engineering. This work has resulted in 5 patents... Read More →
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Leo Breton

Technology Development Director, Horiba
Leo Breton pioneered real-world, in-use mass emissions and fuel economy testing as an EPA engineer in the mid 1990's. He invented the seminal technologies still used in today’s PEMS systems and personally built and proved the first system to do this – it was known as ROVER. ROVER... Read More →
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Robb Bolio

Global Vehicle Performance Manager: Global Autonomous Driving Center, GM
Robb Bolio is the Global Vehicle Performance Manager for Autonomous and Electric Vehicles for General Motors. Robb’s team is based out of the Milford Proving Ground and part of the Global Autonomous Driving Center. Robb leads a team of engineers that are responsible for full vehicle... Read More →
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Scott Miller

Executive Director: Autonomous and Electric Vehicle Programs, GM
Scott Miller has been with General Motors since March 1994 and is currently Executive Director, Autonomous Development and Validation. In this role, he works internally with our partners in Product Development, Safety, and vehicle performance to ensure timely success of autonomous... Read More →
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Simeon Iliev

Research Engineer, ANL
Simeon Iliev joined Argonne National Laboratory in June of 2015. He is a research engineer at the Advanced Mobility Technology Laboratory and works on testing and evaluation of advanced vehicle technologies. Simeon earned a Master's of Science in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering... Read More →
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Troy McCormick

Sr. Software Engineer and Team Lead – Chassis Controls - Radar Systems, Bosch
Troy McCormick is an Engineering Manager in the Driver Assistance division at Robert Bosch in Plymouth, MI.  He currently leads a group of engineers focusing on the development and testing of Automotive Radar based Driver Assistance functions.  Troy has been working in automotive... Read More →
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Vivek Jaikamal

Business Development Manager – Advanced Applications, AVL
Vivek is passionate about leveraging the power of software and simulation to accelerate product development and reduce costs. Throughout his 25+ year career in the automotive industry, he has helped automotive OEMs and suppliers shorten their development, testing and calibration times... Read More →
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Yun Cai

Presales Tech Support Engineer, Siemens PLM Inc
Yun Cai is a pre-sales technical support engineer at Siemens PLM Software Inc. She has over 6 years of experience working in the automotive industry, where Yun focuses on applying integrated safety technologies to improve vehicle safety performance. Yun worked closely with OEM crash... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 9:40am - 10:30am EDT
Sheraton: Augusta Room
  Judged Presentation, MSU

9:40am EDT

CSMS Presentation
This CSMS Presentation will focus on the development of plant models for propulsion system architecture selection and establishing a control system architecture. A control system architecture is the high level physical system/structure for controls including: ECUs, interfaces, serial data and other communication busses, key sensors, HMI and actuators added to base vehicle. In addition to this, any requirements that have been developed, energy management strategy research, and CAVs (Connected and Automated Vehicle) team interactions achieved in year one is within scope for this event. Additional focus areas of the presentation include: model-in-the-loop simulation methods, including model development strategy, requirements management, testing techniques, results evaluation, creation of a control architectures and how these processes are applied to optimum vehicle propulsion system architecture selection, controls development and achieving CAVs goals.
Event Captains
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Tom Ender

Senior Manager: PSEC Canada and EC&S, Engineering GMCC, General Motors
Tom Ender joined GM in 1997 as a controls engineer and is currently a Senior Manager for the Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls and Diagnostics Team.  He and his team develop controls and diagnostics for a wide variety of chassis, propulsion integration, thermal, electrical and body... Read More →
avatar for Swarooph Seshadri

Swarooph Seshadri

Senior Technical Evangelist – Student Competitions, MathWorks
Swarooph Seshadri is a Technical Evangelist for Automotive Student Competitions at the MathWorks and is the full time MathWorks technical lead for EcoCAR. He has been providing guidance for the PCM and the CAVs swim lanes. Swarooph graduated with a Master of Science in Mechanical... Read More →

Judges
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Aakhi Singhania

Calibration Engineer - Vehicle Systems Engineering, Bosch
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Bo Sun

Manager, AD & ADAS Group (Active & Passive Safety), Denso
Graduated from The Ohio State University. Responsible for AD/ADAS Sensing System in DENSO North America.
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Chris Balton

Advanced Controls Manager, Paccar
Chris Balton the Manager for the Advanced Controls group for Advanced Technology at the PACCAR Technical Center. During his 13 years at PACCAR Chris has led projects in Powertrain Controls for PACCAR Engines, Transmissions and Predictive Cruise Control. He has also developed vehicle... Read More →
avatar for Chris Manning

Chris Manning

Project Manager, dSPACE
Chris has been involved in the EcoCAR competition since 2011. Starting as a student in EcoCAR 2 and moving to dSPACE and supporting the competition as a sponsor. He has conducted trainings and judged competition events over the years. Chris has worked as an Application Engineer and... Read More →
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Jason Mullins

EGM: VMEC Controls, GM
Jason Mullins is currently the Engineering Group Manager for Electrification Energy Management at General Motors. This team is responsible for the Electrification Torque Supervisory controls for all of GM’s electrified vehicles. Jason has 20 years of industry experience with a strong... Read More →
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Joaquin Reyes

Joaquin Reyes is the Lead Vehicle Modeling and Simulation Engineer at Proterra Inc. He is responsible for the creation of numerical simulations to support the development of all ECU control software at Proterra. His role also involves modeling activities for transit bus range performance... Read More →
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Joel Van Sickel

Senior Application Engineer, MathWorks
Joel Van Sickel is a Senior Application Engineer at MathWorks who focuses on power systems and power electronics.
avatar for Maulin Patel

Maulin Patel

Vice President, Systems Engineering, NXP
Maulin Patel is Vice President of Systems Engineering for the Business Line (BL) Secure Connected Edge (SCE) at NXP. He manages and drives global engineering teams for the BL SCE products execution, enablement, customer engagement & support, which also includes Security & Machine... Read More →
avatar for Nick Kothari

Nick Kothari

Tech Specialist - Electrification Controls, General Motors
Nick joined GM in 1995 through a sponsor event during the SunRayce student competition. Starting with the GM EV1, he's since worked exclusively on hybrid/electric vehicle control systems focused mostly on propulsion and battery management. Currently Nick is leading system design for... Read More →
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Noel Mack

Product Line Executive – Components and Subsystems, AAM
Noel Mack is the Product Line Executive for AAM, where he has global responsibility for engineering of components and subsystems, including torque transfer devices and electronically controlled systems for AAM’s portfolio of driveline products. Previously Noel was the director of... Read More →
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Ren Fang

Senior Application Engineer, dSPACE
Ren Fang is a Senior Application Engineer in the Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) department at dSPACE Inc. Having joined dSPACE in 2014, Ren’s current responsibilities consist of managing and executing turnkey HIL projects at dSPACE. His areas of technical expertise include HIL Test... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 9:40am - 10:30am EDT
Sheraton: Macon Room
  Judged Presentation, UT

9:40am EDT

PIA Presentation
The PIA Event for year one of the EcoCAR mobility challenge is focused on vehicle architecture selection and the selection of the major vehicle subsystems to meet the team’s Vehicle Technical Specification (VTS) goals. The intent of this event is to allow each team the opportunity to demonstrate an understanding of the vehicle architecture selection process, the advantages and limitations of the selected architecture and how the particular architecture affects the overall vehicle balance to the VTS requirements. The focus of this presentation will be at the vehicle level with references and connections made to the major subsystems. A high-level understanding of the vehicle integration areas (occupant packaging, subsystem packaging, mass, thermal performance, dynamic performance, noise & vibration performance, system safety, and fuel economy) is expected to be demonstrated. A description of how the vehicle performance analysis and simulation were done is required such that VTS targets will be achieved within a bandwidth of confidence. Vehicle integration and performance balance should be the emphasis of the presentation. Particular emphasis will be placed on evaluating the relationship between the vehicle architecture chosen, the VTS, and competition cost. The presentation should also include information on the propulsion system hardware architectures chosen, including how these subsystem selections achieve the desired vehicle performance balance and achievement of the VTS.
Event Captains
avatar for Lynn R. Gantt

Lynn R. Gantt

General Motors, VT Mentor
Lynn Gantt is an Energy Architecture Lead Engineer at General Motors. He joined GM in 2010 as a summer intern and has since held positions working on Fuel Economy Learning Vehicles and in Vehicle Development as an Energy Engineer. Most recently he worked on the energy execution of... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Ann Schlenker

Ann Schlenker

Director, Center for Transportation Research, ANL
Ann M. Schlenker is the Director for the Center for Transportation Research at Argonne National Laboratory. Ms. Schlenker’ s applied research area is actively seeking to reduce the transportation sector's reliance on fossil fuel and the environmental impact; while improving mobility... Read More →
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Bob Ransijn

Manager - Application Engineers - Simulation, Siemens
Bob Ransijn, M.Sc. is managing a group of application engineers at Siemens Software focused on Siemens’ System Simulation solutions. He has 12 years of technical experience working with many automotive and non-automotive customers in implementing system simulation methodologies... Read More →
avatar for Dan Mehr

Dan Mehr

Assistant Program Engineering Manager, GM
Dan Mehr earned his bachelors of science from the University of Wisconsin in 2008 after participating in the FutureTruck and ChallengeX advanced vehicle technology competitions. Upon graduating, Dan joined General Motors as an energy storage system integration engineer and completed... Read More →
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Kyle Crawford

Program Manager, Peterbilt
Kyle Crawford is a program manager at the Peterbilt.  Kyle joined Paccar in 2014 and is responsible for the introduction of new engine models for the engine plant, which includes equipment modifications and additions as well as process updates required for the cylinder head and block... Read More →
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Lynette Popma

System Safety Engineer - ETRS, Trans, ETRS, ATM & Electrification System Safety Team, GM
Lynette Popma joined General Motors in 2000 and is a Propulsion System Safety Engineer in Milford, Michigan. She holds a BSE in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State University and is a Master Black Belt in DFSS.
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Michele Rodgers

Director of Program Management, Peterbilt Motors Company, Paccar
Michele Rodgers is the Director of Program Management for Peterbilt Motors Company. Located in Denton, Texas, Peterbilt has a global reputation for superior quality, industry leading design, innovative engineering and fuel-efficient solutions, and is regarded as the "Class" of the... Read More →
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Mike Wahlstrom

Director: Global Electronic Components and Subsystems, GM
Mike Wahlstrom is currently the Director of Automated Driving Innovation and Software. In this position he is responsible for advanced hardware development, system engineering and software engineering for GM’s Active Safety and Automated Driving products. Mike started his career... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 9:40am - 10:30am EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 3 Room
  Judged Presentation, CSU

9:40am EDT

Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation
In the Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation, student Project Managers will present details about the architecture selection process through the lens of project management, covering any consideration that could potentially affect the time, scope, or budget of the project once the team begins to execute their selected architecture. PMs will deep dive on risk analysis and the strategic decision-making process they applied to the architecture selection process, including the methods, tools, and processes used, the specific risks identified, and how those risks impacted the team’s decision-making process. PMs will also present the risk profile of their selected architecture, justify the risk-benefit value proposition, and discuss future plans for executing the architecture including how to manage risk throughout the project.
Judges
avatar for Bill Venner

Bill Venner

Director Chassis Suspension, Structure & Steering, General Motors
Bill joined GM in 1999 as a Noise and Vibration Engineer. He has held many different positions including Vehicle Development for Noise and Vibration and Ride and Handling, Design Release for Steering Systems and Plant Quality Engineer. Prior to his current role as Chief Enggineer... Read More →
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Inga Yuditsky

System Safety Engineer - Gas Engine Systems, Engine Controls/Fuel/Advanced System Safety, GM
Inga Yuditsky joined General Motors in 2011, and is a Propulsion System Safety Engineer in Milford, Michigan. She holds a B.S.E in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and a M. Eng. in Energy Systems Engineering from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbo... Read More →
avatar for Jesus Cota

Jesus Cota

Sr. Program Manager, PACCAR
Jesus started his career with PACCAR as an Associate Design Engineer at Kenworth Mexico in 2008. He moved to Kenworth Division at Kirkland, WA in 2012 and held positions of increasing responsibility such as Engineering Supervisor – Core Interiors and Program Manager for new product... Read More →
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Rachel Nealer

Chief of Staff, VTO, BETO, FCTO, U.S. Department of Energy
Dr. Rachael Nealer is the Chief of Staff for the three Sustainable Transportation Offices (Bioenergy Technologies Office, Fuel Cell Technologies Office, and Vehicle Technologies Office) in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. Prior... Read More →
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Tony Farrell

Engineering Manager – Chassis Controls - Radar Systems, Bosch
Anthony Farrell is an Engineering Manager in the Chassis Controls – Active Safety division. He is responsible for technical project management, software management timelines, and international associate coordination. He has 17 years’ experience in chassis controls working for... Read More →
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Zach Slaton

Senior Assistant Chief Engineer - Embedded Engineering, PACCAR
Zach Slaton has been with PACCAR since 2007. During his career he has held positions of increasing responsibility including Principal Engineer, Vehicle Integration Supervisor, Embedded Engineering Manager, and Director of Program Management. He was promoted to Assistant Chief Engineer... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 9:40am - 10:30am EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 1 Room
  Judged Presentation, MAC

9:40am EDT

PSI Presentation
The PSI Presentation is designed to evaluate the teams’ architectural decisions, current vehicle status, mechanical & electrical design and engineering methodologies. Teams will need to demonstrate forward thinking in their problem solving, understanding the critical interactions of each functional area within the PSI swimlane and how they affect the VTS. This will be achieved through providing one example of complex system within their vehicle architecture.
Event Captains
avatar for Laura Barlow

Laura Barlow

Engineering Group Manager, General Motors
Laura is an Engineering Group Manager for the Thermal Controls and Software team at the Canadian Technical Centre with General Motors. Laura has been with GM for over 10 years, holding various roles such as Algorithm Engineer, Controls Technical Specialist, as well as leading teams... Read More →
avatar for Hung Nguyen

Hung Nguyen

Advanced Technology Engineer, General Motors
Hung Nguyen is an Advanced Technology Engineer – Chassis ATW at General Motors Canadian Technical Centre. He joined GM as an alumnus of the University of Waterloo Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Faculty and EcoCAR. Hung began his career at GM’s Computer Aided Engineering... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Bryan Ross

Bryan Ross

Vehicle Integration Manager, PACCAR
Bryan Ross has been the PACCAR chair for EcoCAR for 7 years and has led 3 series of programs. He provides in-depth participation with and application of systems engineering principles to mechanical and information system engineering challenges, especially maturing disruptive technologies... Read More →
avatar for Chris Jarrell

Chris Jarrell

Senior Manager, Electrified Systems Engineering Group, DENSO
Christopher M. Jarrell (Chris) is the Senior Manager of the Electrified Systems Engineering Group at DENSO International America, Inc. (DIAM) located in Southfield, Michigan. Chris joined DENSO in 1995 as an application engineer, responsible for the development of starters and alternators... Read More →
avatar for Chris Meagher

Chris Meagher

Retired from GM, General Motors
Chris Meagher is a retired General Motors executive with 42 years of experience in the propulsion system area of engineering. After joining GM in 1979, he held positions as an engine development engineer, design release engineer, and global chief engineer & program manager of 4-cylinder... Read More →
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Doug Chemelli

Lead Product Engineer, Components and Subsystems, AAM
Doug Chemelli is a Lead Product Engineer at American Axle & Manufacturing. He has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University, graduating in 2008. His work focuses on Component Engineering of Driveline / Propulsion systems, including the development of... Read More →
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Forrest Jehlik

Principle Engineer, ANL
Forrest Jehlik is a Principle Engineer conducting advanced technology vehicle research at Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Powertrain Research Facility (APRF). Such research involves hybrids, plug-in hybrids, electric vehicles, autonomous vehicle technology. Particular areas... Read More →
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Keith Confer

Engineering Manager - Advanced Vehicle Systems, Delphi
Keith Confer is the Engineering Manager for Advanced Vehicle Systems in Delphi Technologies Advanced Systems Group.   He has over 30 years powertrain systems experience with extensive background in automotive air and fuel system design and development.  Keith holds ten US Patents... Read More →
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Matt Young

Manufacturing Engineering Manager, PACCAR Engine Company
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Wenbo Du

Application Engineer, Siemens
Dr. Wenbo Du is an Application Engineer at Siemens Software, specializing in CFD and multiphysics simulation for electrified powertrain applications. He is responsible for providing training and technical support for Simcenter STAR-CCM+ and Battery Design Studio customers including... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 9:40am - 10:30am EDT
Sheraton: Valdosta Room
  Judged Presentation, OSU

9:40am EDT

Target Market Presentation
The first step in any product development process is to define the customer. A set of technical specifications for the product can then be established to quantitatively define the characteristics of the product which will appeal to the targeted customer. Finally, the product can be engineered to meet those specifications. For the purposes of EcoCAR, some elements of the target market have been pre-defined: teams must design a car for a Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) market, specifically a fleet-owned carsharing application (similar to Maven or Zipcar). By nature, this is a dual market where the vehicle must appeal to both the fleet-owner (operator of the carsharing service and purchaser of the vehicle) and the customer (the person that subscribes to the carsharing service and drives the vehicle). In this presentation, teams will define and characterize both the fleet-owner and the customer for this MaaS market and justify that the geographical region of this market suitable to support a carsharing service. Teams will also discuss the wants and needs of the fleet-owner and the customer as it pertains to the vehicle, including any areas where the fleet-owner and customer diverge. Finally, teams will present a single set of Vehicle Technical Specifications (VTS) that combines the wants and needs of the fleet-owner and customer into a unified vehicle design.
Event Captains
avatar for Mark Smith

Mark Smith

Technology Integration Program Manager, Department of Energy
Mark Smith is the Technology Integration Program Manager within the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Vehicle Technologies Office. In this role, he oversees a broad technology portfolio, which is focused on accelerating the development... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Heather Croteau

Heather Croteau

Chief of Staff for Sustainable Transportation and Fuels, U.S. Department of Energy
Heather Croteau is Chief of Staff for Sustainable Transportation and Fuels in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the Department of Energy. Prior to becoming Chief of Staff, she was a Technology Manager for the Vehicle Technologies Office Energy Efficient Mobility... Read More →
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Jim Harkins

Director, Engineering, Denso
James K. Harkins (Jim) is the Engineering Director of Electrified Systems Engineering at DENSO International America, Inc. (DIAM) located in Southfield, Michigan. Harkins joined DENSO in 1996 as an application engineer, responsible for the development of starters and alternators... Read More →
avatar for John Haraf

John Haraf

Director - Software Integration, General Motors
John Haraf is currently the Director of Global Electrification and Battery Systems at General Motors. In this position, he is responsible for electrification control system integration/calibration development for all of GM’s Hybrid and Electric Vehicles. John began his career with... Read More →
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Lauren Tabolinsky

Academic Programs Manager, MathWorks
Lauren Tabolinsky joined MathWorks in 2008 and currently manages Academic Programs at MathWorks. Before joining MathWorks, Lauren was a product manager at Harvard Business School Publishing. Lauren holds a B.A. degree from Monmouth University and a Master’s degree in Marketing Communications... Read More →
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Leigh Anderson

Business Development Manager - the Americas & Automotive, Siemens
Mr. Leigh Anderson, MBA, Higher Education Program Manager for Automotive worldwide at Siemens Software. Leigh has 15 years of product management experience in the engineering software industry across a wide range of products ― from embedded software to simulation. Another 10 years... Read More →
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Lisa Tipton

Talent Attraction | STEM,DEI and University Partners, Bosch
Lisa Tipton is located at Robert Bosch North America HQ Corporate Office in Farmington Hills, MI and is lead for STEM, DEI and University Partners. She is the Center for Expertise for early talent recruiting for Bosch North America Region. She has worked in automotive HR, marketing... Read More →
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Taylor Frey

Marketing Manager, AVL
Taylor Frey is the marketing manager for the North American affiliate of AVL, a global leader in advanced propulsion technology. She received bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Public Relations/Advertising from Penn State University. While there, she participated in AVTC’s for... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 9:40am - 10:30am EDT
Sheraton: Athens Room
  Judged Presentation, GT

9:40am EDT

Women in STEM Presentation
General Motors is sponsoring an award to honor women students in STEM fields who are demonstrating outstanding technical excellence and accomplishments through the EcoCAR automotive engineering program. The award is intended to encourage more women to study engineering, grow the support for Women in STEM within their EcoCAR Team and University, and pursue a career in automotive engineering after graduation. All EcoCAR female engineering students are eligible to compete for this award.
Event Captains
avatar for Maribeth Yabes

Maribeth Yabes

EGM: Global Controls Design Engineering, GM
Maribeth (MB) Yabes is the Engineering Group Manager of the Electrification Driver Data Team for GM’s Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls organization. In this role, MB manages a team of engineers who design, develop and test costumer facing features related to displays. MB joined... Read More →

Judges
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Christy Cooper

Operations Supervisor, VTO, and DOE Director, U.S. DRIVE Partnership, DOE
avatar for Connie Bezanson

Connie Bezanson

Education and Outreach Manager, Vehicle Technologies Office, DOE
Connie Bezanson manages the Education and Outreach activities within the Vehicle Technologies Program in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. In addition to managing the Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition (AVTC) activity, she manages... Read More →
avatar for Wendy Eckman

Wendy Eckman

Director: Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls, General Motors
Wendy Eckman is currently the Director of Propulsion and Chassis Embedded Controls Design Engineering, for General Motors. She graduated with a BSEE from Missouri S&T before joining Ford, and then went on to earn her MBA from the Michigan Ross Business School. She has been immersed... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 9:40am - 10:30am EDT
Sheraton: Piedmont Room
  Sponsored Award, UA - Morgan Cox

10:30am EDT

CAVs Presentation
The Year 1 CAVs Presentation is designed to evaluate the effectiveness with which the team completed the CAV activities throughout the year. CAV teams in Year 1 should be focused on sensing system design and simulation, computing hardware selection, sensor fusion algorithm testing, basic longitudinal control and mule vehicle sensor data collection using sensor hardware. The presentation itself will focus on several aspects of these activities: hardware system design, sensor fusion algorithm development, and software development workflow and processes.
Event Captains
avatar for Andrew Huster

Andrew Huster

Controls System Engineer, GM
Andrew Huster is a Controls System Engineer in the Automated Driving and Active Safety Production Controls group at General Motors. In this position, he develops software for sensor fusion that enables advanced ADAS features like Super Cruise. Prior to his current position, he was... Read More →

Judges
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Chris Kinser

Director: Global Performance Integration & Proving Grounds, GM
Chris Kinser is Director of the Global Autonomous Driving Center. Chris’ team is responsible for Vehicle Integration of General Motors’ Autonomous Vehicles, Automated Driving and Active Safety technologies. His team has developed prototypes of the companies’ first mass produced... Read More →
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Connell D'Souza

Student Competitions Technical Evangelist, MathWorks
Connell joined MathWorks in 2016 as a technical evangelist on the student competitions team. He primarily supports student competitions in Aerospace and Unmanned Systems. Connell holds an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University, Boston.
avatar for David Anderson

David Anderson

Program Manager, Energy Efficient Mobility Systems, VTO, U.S. Department of Energy
David Anderson is the Program Manager for the Energy Efficient Mobility Systems (EEMS) Program within the U.S. Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO). He leads a team responsible for a research portfolio that focuses on understanding the potentially dramatic energy... Read More →
avatar for Frank Schneck

Frank Schneck

Senior Division Engineering Manager - Peterbilt, PACCAR
Frank Schneck is the Senior Engineering Manager for Peterbilt’s Advance Design & Vehicle Integration department. This team is responsible for bringing Advance Concept development into production by providing early vehicle layout, performance, functionality, scope definition and... Read More →
avatar for Jacob Krakauer

Jacob Krakauer

Systems Engineer, Intel
Jacob Krakauer is a mechanical engineer in the autonomous transportation and infrastructure division. He works with government and educational engagements as well as working on Intel reference designs for autonomous vehicle systems. His main focus is on educating the public and academic... Read More →
avatar for Jacob Perrin

Jacob Perrin

Team Lead - Data Driven Development, dSPACE
Jacob is a Technical Lead for Data Driven Development at dSPACE Inc in Wixom, Michigan. Since graduating from the University of Michigan with a degree in Computer Engineering in 2015, Jacob has worked primarily in the areas of perception software development and prototyping. Recently... Read More →
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John Cotner

Technical Director - Automotive Systems Engineering, NXP
John Cotner is currently working as a Technical Director - Automotive Systems Engineering at NXP Semiconductors.John has worked in a variety of positions within the automotive electronics industry for the past 35 years focusing on systems engineering. This work has resulted in 5 patents... Read More →
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Leo Breton

Technology Development Director, Horiba
Leo Breton pioneered real-world, in-use mass emissions and fuel economy testing as an EPA engineer in the mid 1990's. He invented the seminal technologies still used in today’s PEMS systems and personally built and proved the first system to do this – it was known as ROVER. ROVER... Read More →
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Robb Bolio

Global Vehicle Performance Manager: Global Autonomous Driving Center, GM
Robb Bolio is the Global Vehicle Performance Manager for Autonomous and Electric Vehicles for General Motors. Robb’s team is based out of the Milford Proving Ground and part of the Global Autonomous Driving Center. Robb leads a team of engineers that are responsible for full vehicle... Read More →
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Scott Miller

Executive Director: Autonomous and Electric Vehicle Programs, GM
Scott Miller has been with General Motors since March 1994 and is currently Executive Director, Autonomous Development and Validation. In this role, he works internally with our partners in Product Development, Safety, and vehicle performance to ensure timely success of autonomous... Read More →
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Simeon Iliev

Research Engineer, ANL
Simeon Iliev joined Argonne National Laboratory in June of 2015. He is a research engineer at the Advanced Mobility Technology Laboratory and works on testing and evaluation of advanced vehicle technologies. Simeon earned a Master's of Science in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering... Read More →
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Troy McCormick

Sr. Software Engineer and Team Lead – Chassis Controls - Radar Systems, Bosch
Troy McCormick is an Engineering Manager in the Driver Assistance division at Robert Bosch in Plymouth, MI.  He currently leads a group of engineers focusing on the development and testing of Automotive Radar based Driver Assistance functions.  Troy has been working in automotive... Read More →
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Vivek Jaikamal

Business Development Manager – Advanced Applications, AVL
Vivek is passionate about leveraging the power of software and simulation to accelerate product development and reduce costs. Throughout his 25+ year career in the automotive industry, he has helped automotive OEMs and suppliers shorten their development, testing and calibration times... Read More →
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Yun Cai

Presales Tech Support Engineer, Siemens PLM Inc
Yun Cai is a pre-sales technical support engineer at Siemens PLM Software Inc. She has over 6 years of experience working in the automotive industry, where Yun focuses on applying integrated safety technologies to improve vehicle safety performance. Yun worked closely with OEM crash... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 10:30am - 11:20am EDT
Sheraton: Augusta Room
  Judged Presentation, VT

10:30am EDT

CSMS Presentation
This CSMS Presentation will focus on the development of plant models for propulsion system architecture selection and establishing a control system architecture. A control system architecture is the high level physical system/structure for controls including: ECUs, interfaces, serial data and other communication busses, key sensors, HMI and actuators added to base vehicle. In addition to this, any requirements that have been developed, energy management strategy research, and CAVs (Connected and Automated Vehicle) team interactions achieved in year one is within scope for this event. Additional focus areas of the presentation include: model-in-the-loop simulation methods, including model development strategy, requirements management, testing techniques, results evaluation, creation of a control architectures and how these processes are applied to optimum vehicle propulsion system architecture selection, controls development and achieving CAVs goals.
Event Captains
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Tom Ender

Senior Manager: PSEC Canada and EC&S, Engineering GMCC, General Motors
Tom Ender joined GM in 1997 as a controls engineer and is currently a Senior Manager for the Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls and Diagnostics Team.  He and his team develop controls and diagnostics for a wide variety of chassis, propulsion integration, thermal, electrical and body... Read More →
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Swarooph Seshadri

Senior Technical Evangelist – Student Competitions, MathWorks
Swarooph Seshadri is a Technical Evangelist for Automotive Student Competitions at the MathWorks and is the full time MathWorks technical lead for EcoCAR. He has been providing guidance for the PCM and the CAVs swim lanes. Swarooph graduated with a Master of Science in Mechanical... Read More →

Judges
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Aakhi Singhania

Calibration Engineer - Vehicle Systems Engineering, Bosch
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Bo Sun

Manager, AD & ADAS Group (Active & Passive Safety), Denso
Graduated from The Ohio State University. Responsible for AD/ADAS Sensing System in DENSO North America.
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Chris Balton

Advanced Controls Manager, Paccar
Chris Balton the Manager for the Advanced Controls group for Advanced Technology at the PACCAR Technical Center. During his 13 years at PACCAR Chris has led projects in Powertrain Controls for PACCAR Engines, Transmissions and Predictive Cruise Control. He has also developed vehicle... Read More →
avatar for Chris Manning

Chris Manning

Project Manager, dSPACE
Chris has been involved in the EcoCAR competition since 2011. Starting as a student in EcoCAR 2 and moving to dSPACE and supporting the competition as a sponsor. He has conducted trainings and judged competition events over the years. Chris has worked as an Application Engineer and... Read More →
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Jason Mullins

EGM: VMEC Controls, GM
Jason Mullins is currently the Engineering Group Manager for Electrification Energy Management at General Motors. This team is responsible for the Electrification Torque Supervisory controls for all of GM’s electrified vehicles. Jason has 20 years of industry experience with a strong... Read More →
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Joaquin Reyes

Joaquin Reyes is the Lead Vehicle Modeling and Simulation Engineer at Proterra Inc. He is responsible for the creation of numerical simulations to support the development of all ECU control software at Proterra. His role also involves modeling activities for transit bus range performance... Read More →
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Joel Van Sickel

Senior Application Engineer, MathWorks
Joel Van Sickel is a Senior Application Engineer at MathWorks who focuses on power systems and power electronics.
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Maulin Patel

Vice President, Systems Engineering, NXP
Maulin Patel is Vice President of Systems Engineering for the Business Line (BL) Secure Connected Edge (SCE) at NXP. He manages and drives global engineering teams for the BL SCE products execution, enablement, customer engagement & support, which also includes Security & Machine... Read More →
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Nick Kothari

Tech Specialist - Electrification Controls, General Motors
Nick joined GM in 1995 through a sponsor event during the SunRayce student competition. Starting with the GM EV1, he's since worked exclusively on hybrid/electric vehicle control systems focused mostly on propulsion and battery management. Currently Nick is leading system design for... Read More →
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Noel Mack

Product Line Executive – Components and Subsystems, AAM
Noel Mack is the Product Line Executive for AAM, where he has global responsibility for engineering of components and subsystems, including torque transfer devices and electronically controlled systems for AAM’s portfolio of driveline products. Previously Noel was the director of... Read More →
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Ren Fang

Senior Application Engineer, dSPACE
Ren Fang is a Senior Application Engineer in the Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) department at dSPACE Inc. Having joined dSPACE in 2014, Ren’s current responsibilities consist of managing and executing turnkey HIL projects at dSPACE. His areas of technical expertise include HIL Test... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 10:30am - 11:20am EDT
Sheraton: Macon Room
  Judged Presentation, UWAFT

10:30am EDT

PIA Presentation
The PIA Event for year one of the EcoCAR mobility challenge is focused on vehicle architecture selection and the selection of the major vehicle subsystems to meet the team’s Vehicle Technical Specification (VTS) goals. The intent of this event is to allow each team the opportunity to demonstrate an understanding of the vehicle architecture selection process, the advantages and limitations of the selected architecture and how the particular architecture affects the overall vehicle balance to the VTS requirements. The focus of this presentation will be at the vehicle level with references and connections made to the major subsystems. A high-level understanding of the vehicle integration areas (occupant packaging, subsystem packaging, mass, thermal performance, dynamic performance, noise & vibration performance, system safety, and fuel economy) is expected to be demonstrated. A description of how the vehicle performance analysis and simulation were done is required such that VTS targets will be achieved within a bandwidth of confidence. Vehicle integration and performance balance should be the emphasis of the presentation. Particular emphasis will be placed on evaluating the relationship between the vehicle architecture chosen, the VTS, and competition cost. The presentation should also include information on the propulsion system hardware architectures chosen, including how these subsystem selections achieve the desired vehicle performance balance and achievement of the VTS.
Event Captains
avatar for Lynn R. Gantt

Lynn R. Gantt

General Motors, VT Mentor
Lynn Gantt is an Energy Architecture Lead Engineer at General Motors. He joined GM in 2010 as a summer intern and has since held positions working on Fuel Economy Learning Vehicles and in Vehicle Development as an Energy Engineer. Most recently he worked on the energy execution of... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Ann Schlenker

Ann Schlenker

Director, Center for Transportation Research, ANL
Ann M. Schlenker is the Director for the Center for Transportation Research at Argonne National Laboratory. Ms. Schlenker’ s applied research area is actively seeking to reduce the transportation sector's reliance on fossil fuel and the environmental impact; while improving mobility... Read More →
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Bob Ransijn

Manager - Application Engineers - Simulation, Siemens
Bob Ransijn, M.Sc. is managing a group of application engineers at Siemens Software focused on Siemens’ System Simulation solutions. He has 12 years of technical experience working with many automotive and non-automotive customers in implementing system simulation methodologies... Read More →
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Dan Mehr

Assistant Program Engineering Manager, GM
Dan Mehr earned his bachelors of science from the University of Wisconsin in 2008 after participating in the FutureTruck and ChallengeX advanced vehicle technology competitions. Upon graduating, Dan joined General Motors as an energy storage system integration engineer and completed... Read More →
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Kyle Crawford

Program Manager, Peterbilt
Kyle Crawford is a program manager at the Peterbilt.  Kyle joined Paccar in 2014 and is responsible for the introduction of new engine models for the engine plant, which includes equipment modifications and additions as well as process updates required for the cylinder head and block... Read More →
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Lynette Popma

System Safety Engineer - ETRS, Trans, ETRS, ATM & Electrification System Safety Team, GM
Lynette Popma joined General Motors in 2000 and is a Propulsion System Safety Engineer in Milford, Michigan. She holds a BSE in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State University and is a Master Black Belt in DFSS.
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Michele Rodgers

Director of Program Management, Peterbilt Motors Company, Paccar
Michele Rodgers is the Director of Program Management for Peterbilt Motors Company. Located in Denton, Texas, Peterbilt has a global reputation for superior quality, industry leading design, innovative engineering and fuel-efficient solutions, and is regarded as the "Class" of the... Read More →
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Mike Wahlstrom

Director: Global Electronic Components and Subsystems, GM
Mike Wahlstrom is currently the Director of Automated Driving Innovation and Software. In this position he is responsible for advanced hardware development, system engineering and software engineering for GM’s Active Safety and Automated Driving products. Mike started his career... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 10:30am - 11:20am EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 3 Room
  Judged Presentation, WVU

10:30am EDT

Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation
In the Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation, student Project Managers will present details about the architecture selection process through the lens of project management, covering any consideration that could potentially affect the time, scope, or budget of the project once the team begins to execute their selected architecture. PMs will deep dive on risk analysis and the strategic decision-making process they applied to the architecture selection process, including the methods, tools, and processes used, the specific risks identified, and how those risks impacted the team’s decision-making process. PMs will also present the risk profile of their selected architecture, justify the risk-benefit value proposition, and discuss future plans for executing the architecture including how to manage risk throughout the project.
Judges
avatar for Bill Venner

Bill Venner

Director Chassis Suspension, Structure & Steering, General Motors
Bill joined GM in 1999 as a Noise and Vibration Engineer. He has held many different positions including Vehicle Development for Noise and Vibration and Ride and Handling, Design Release for Steering Systems and Plant Quality Engineer. Prior to his current role as Chief Enggineer... Read More →
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Inga Yuditsky

System Safety Engineer - Gas Engine Systems, Engine Controls/Fuel/Advanced System Safety, GM
Inga Yuditsky joined General Motors in 2011, and is a Propulsion System Safety Engineer in Milford, Michigan. She holds a B.S.E in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and a M. Eng. in Energy Systems Engineering from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbo... Read More →
avatar for Jesus Cota

Jesus Cota

Sr. Program Manager, PACCAR
Jesus started his career with PACCAR as an Associate Design Engineer at Kenworth Mexico in 2008. He moved to Kenworth Division at Kirkland, WA in 2012 and held positions of increasing responsibility such as Engineering Supervisor – Core Interiors and Program Manager for new product... Read More →
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Rachel Nealer

Chief of Staff, VTO, BETO, FCTO, U.S. Department of Energy
Dr. Rachael Nealer is the Chief of Staff for the three Sustainable Transportation Offices (Bioenergy Technologies Office, Fuel Cell Technologies Office, and Vehicle Technologies Office) in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. Prior... Read More →
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Tony Farrell

Engineering Manager – Chassis Controls - Radar Systems, Bosch
Anthony Farrell is an Engineering Manager in the Chassis Controls – Active Safety division. He is responsible for technical project management, software management timelines, and international associate coordination. He has 17 years’ experience in chassis controls working for... Read More →
avatar for Zach Slaton

Zach Slaton

Senior Assistant Chief Engineer - Embedded Engineering, PACCAR
Zach Slaton has been with PACCAR since 2007. During his career he has held positions of increasing responsibility including Principal Engineer, Vehicle Integration Supervisor, Embedded Engineering Manager, and Director of Program Management. He was promoted to Assistant Chief Engineer... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 10:30am - 11:20am EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 1 Room
  Judged Presentation, UA

10:30am EDT

PSI Presentation
The PSI Presentation is designed to evaluate the teams’ architectural decisions, current vehicle status, mechanical & electrical design and engineering methodologies. Teams will need to demonstrate forward thinking in their problem solving, understanding the critical interactions of each functional area within the PSI swimlane and how they affect the VTS. This will be achieved through providing one example of complex system within their vehicle architecture.
Event Captains
avatar for Laura Barlow

Laura Barlow

Engineering Group Manager, General Motors
Laura is an Engineering Group Manager for the Thermal Controls and Software team at the Canadian Technical Centre with General Motors. Laura has been with GM for over 10 years, holding various roles such as Algorithm Engineer, Controls Technical Specialist, as well as leading teams... Read More →
avatar for Hung Nguyen

Hung Nguyen

Advanced Technology Engineer, General Motors
Hung Nguyen is an Advanced Technology Engineer – Chassis ATW at General Motors Canadian Technical Centre. He joined GM as an alumnus of the University of Waterloo Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Faculty and EcoCAR. Hung began his career at GM’s Computer Aided Engineering... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Bryan Ross

Bryan Ross

Vehicle Integration Manager, PACCAR
Bryan Ross has been the PACCAR chair for EcoCAR for 7 years and has led 3 series of programs. He provides in-depth participation with and application of systems engineering principles to mechanical and information system engineering challenges, especially maturing disruptive technologies... Read More →
avatar for Chris Jarrell

Chris Jarrell

Senior Manager, Electrified Systems Engineering Group, DENSO
Christopher M. Jarrell (Chris) is the Senior Manager of the Electrified Systems Engineering Group at DENSO International America, Inc. (DIAM) located in Southfield, Michigan. Chris joined DENSO in 1995 as an application engineer, responsible for the development of starters and alternators... Read More →
avatar for Chris Meagher

Chris Meagher

Retired from GM, General Motors
Chris Meagher is a retired General Motors executive with 42 years of experience in the propulsion system area of engineering. After joining GM in 1979, he held positions as an engine development engineer, design release engineer, and global chief engineer & program manager of 4-cylinder... Read More →
avatar for Doug Chemelli

Doug Chemelli

Lead Product Engineer, Components and Subsystems, AAM
Doug Chemelli is a Lead Product Engineer at American Axle & Manufacturing. He has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University, graduating in 2008. His work focuses on Component Engineering of Driveline / Propulsion systems, including the development of... Read More →
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Forrest Jehlik

Principle Engineer, ANL
Forrest Jehlik is a Principle Engineer conducting advanced technology vehicle research at Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Powertrain Research Facility (APRF). Such research involves hybrids, plug-in hybrids, electric vehicles, autonomous vehicle technology. Particular areas... Read More →
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Keith Confer

Engineering Manager - Advanced Vehicle Systems, Delphi
Keith Confer is the Engineering Manager for Advanced Vehicle Systems in Delphi Technologies Advanced Systems Group.   He has over 30 years powertrain systems experience with extensive background in automotive air and fuel system design and development.  Keith holds ten US Patents... Read More →
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Matt Young

Manufacturing Engineering Manager, PACCAR Engine Company
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Wenbo Du

Application Engineer, Siemens
Dr. Wenbo Du is an Application Engineer at Siemens Software, specializing in CFD and multiphysics simulation for electrified powertrain applications. He is responsible for providing training and technical support for Simcenter STAR-CCM+ and Battery Design Studio customers including... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 10:30am - 11:20am EDT
Sheraton: Valdosta Room
  Judged Presentation, UW

10:30am EDT

Target Market Presentation
The first step in any product development process is to define the customer. A set of technical specifications for the product can then be established to quantitatively define the characteristics of the product which will appeal to the targeted customer. Finally, the product can be engineered to meet those specifications. For the purposes of EcoCAR, some elements of the target market have been pre-defined: teams must design a car for a Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) market, specifically a fleet-owned carsharing application (similar to Maven or Zipcar). By nature, this is a dual market where the vehicle must appeal to both the fleet-owner (operator of the carsharing service and purchaser of the vehicle) and the customer (the person that subscribes to the carsharing service and drives the vehicle). In this presentation, teams will define and characterize both the fleet-owner and the customer for this MaaS market and justify that the geographical region of this market suitable to support a carsharing service. Teams will also discuss the wants and needs of the fleet-owner and the customer as it pertains to the vehicle, including any areas where the fleet-owner and customer diverge. Finally, teams will present a single set of Vehicle Technical Specifications (VTS) that combines the wants and needs of the fleet-owner and customer into a unified vehicle design.
Event Captains
avatar for Mark Smith

Mark Smith

Technology Integration Program Manager, Department of Energy
Mark Smith is the Technology Integration Program Manager within the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Vehicle Technologies Office. In this role, he oversees a broad technology portfolio, which is focused on accelerating the development... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Heather Croteau

Heather Croteau

Chief of Staff for Sustainable Transportation and Fuels, U.S. Department of Energy
Heather Croteau is Chief of Staff for Sustainable Transportation and Fuels in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the Department of Energy. Prior to becoming Chief of Staff, she was a Technology Manager for the Vehicle Technologies Office Energy Efficient Mobility... Read More →
avatar for Jim Harkins

Jim Harkins

Director, Engineering, Denso
James K. Harkins (Jim) is the Engineering Director of Electrified Systems Engineering at DENSO International America, Inc. (DIAM) located in Southfield, Michigan. Harkins joined DENSO in 1996 as an application engineer, responsible for the development of starters and alternators... Read More →
avatar for John Haraf

John Haraf

Director - Software Integration, General Motors
John Haraf is currently the Director of Global Electrification and Battery Systems at General Motors. In this position, he is responsible for electrification control system integration/calibration development for all of GM’s Hybrid and Electric Vehicles. John began his career with... Read More →
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Lauren Tabolinsky

Academic Programs Manager, MathWorks
Lauren Tabolinsky joined MathWorks in 2008 and currently manages Academic Programs at MathWorks. Before joining MathWorks, Lauren was a product manager at Harvard Business School Publishing. Lauren holds a B.A. degree from Monmouth University and a Master’s degree in Marketing Communications... Read More →
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Leigh Anderson

Business Development Manager - the Americas & Automotive, Siemens
Mr. Leigh Anderson, MBA, Higher Education Program Manager for Automotive worldwide at Siemens Software. Leigh has 15 years of product management experience in the engineering software industry across a wide range of products ― from embedded software to simulation. Another 10 years... Read More →
avatar for Lisa Tipton

Lisa Tipton

Talent Attraction | STEM,DEI and University Partners, Bosch
Lisa Tipton is located at Robert Bosch North America HQ Corporate Office in Farmington Hills, MI and is lead for STEM, DEI and University Partners. She is the Center for Expertise for early talent recruiting for Bosch North America Region. She has worked in automotive HR, marketing... Read More →
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Taylor Frey

Marketing Manager, AVL
Taylor Frey is the marketing manager for the North American affiliate of AVL, a global leader in advanced propulsion technology. She received bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Public Relations/Advertising from Penn State University. While there, she participated in AVTC’s for... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 10:30am - 11:20am EDT
Sheraton: Athens Room
  Judged Presentation, ERAU

10:30am EDT

Women in STEM Presentation
General Motors is sponsoring an award to honor women students in STEM fields who are demonstrating outstanding technical excellence and accomplishments through the EcoCAR automotive engineering program. The award is intended to encourage more women to study engineering, grow the support for Women in STEM within their EcoCAR Team and University, and pursue a career in automotive engineering after graduation. All EcoCAR female engineering students are eligible to compete for this award.
Event Captains
avatar for Maribeth Yabes

Maribeth Yabes

EGM: Global Controls Design Engineering, GM
Maribeth (MB) Yabes is the Engineering Group Manager of the Electrification Driver Data Team for GM’s Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls organization. In this role, MB manages a team of engineers who design, develop and test costumer facing features related to displays. MB joined... Read More →

Judges
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Christy Cooper

Operations Supervisor, VTO, and DOE Director, U.S. DRIVE Partnership, DOE
avatar for Connie Bezanson

Connie Bezanson

Education and Outreach Manager, Vehicle Technologies Office, DOE
Connie Bezanson manages the Education and Outreach activities within the Vehicle Technologies Program in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. In addition to managing the Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition (AVTC) activity, she manages... Read More →
avatar for Wendy Eckman

Wendy Eckman

Director: Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls, General Motors
Wendy Eckman is currently the Director of Propulsion and Chassis Embedded Controls Design Engineering, for General Motors. She graduated with a BSEE from Missouri S&T before joining Ford, and then went on to earn her MBA from the Michigan Ross Business School. She has been immersed... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 10:30am - 11:20am EDT
Sheraton: Piedmont Room
  Sponsored Award

11:20am EDT

CAVs Presentation
The Year 1 CAVs Presentation is designed to evaluate the effectiveness with which the team completed the CAV activities throughout the year. CAV teams in Year 1 should be focused on sensing system design and simulation, computing hardware selection, sensor fusion algorithm testing, basic longitudinal control and mule vehicle sensor data collection using sensor hardware. The presentation itself will focus on several aspects of these activities: hardware system design, sensor fusion algorithm development, and software development workflow and processes.
Event Captains
avatar for Andrew Huster

Andrew Huster

Controls System Engineer, GM
Andrew Huster is a Controls System Engineer in the Automated Driving and Active Safety Production Controls group at General Motors. In this position, he develops software for sensor fusion that enables advanced ADAS features like Super Cruise. Prior to his current position, he was... Read More →

Judges
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Chris Kinser

Director: Global Performance Integration & Proving Grounds, GM
Chris Kinser is Director of the Global Autonomous Driving Center. Chris’ team is responsible for Vehicle Integration of General Motors’ Autonomous Vehicles, Automated Driving and Active Safety technologies. His team has developed prototypes of the companies’ first mass produced... Read More →
avatar for Connell D'Souza

Connell D'Souza

Student Competitions Technical Evangelist, MathWorks
Connell joined MathWorks in 2016 as a technical evangelist on the student competitions team. He primarily supports student competitions in Aerospace and Unmanned Systems. Connell holds an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University, Boston.
avatar for David Anderson

David Anderson

Program Manager, Energy Efficient Mobility Systems, VTO, U.S. Department of Energy
David Anderson is the Program Manager for the Energy Efficient Mobility Systems (EEMS) Program within the U.S. Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO). He leads a team responsible for a research portfolio that focuses on understanding the potentially dramatic energy... Read More →
avatar for Frank Schneck

Frank Schneck

Senior Division Engineering Manager - Peterbilt, PACCAR
Frank Schneck is the Senior Engineering Manager for Peterbilt’s Advance Design & Vehicle Integration department. This team is responsible for bringing Advance Concept development into production by providing early vehicle layout, performance, functionality, scope definition and... Read More →
avatar for Jacob Krakauer

Jacob Krakauer

Systems Engineer, Intel
Jacob Krakauer is a mechanical engineer in the autonomous transportation and infrastructure division. He works with government and educational engagements as well as working on Intel reference designs for autonomous vehicle systems. His main focus is on educating the public and academic... Read More →
avatar for Jacob Perrin

Jacob Perrin

Team Lead - Data Driven Development, dSPACE
Jacob is a Technical Lead for Data Driven Development at dSPACE Inc in Wixom, Michigan. Since graduating from the University of Michigan with a degree in Computer Engineering in 2015, Jacob has worked primarily in the areas of perception software development and prototyping. Recently... Read More →
avatar for John Cotner

John Cotner

Technical Director - Automotive Systems Engineering, NXP
John Cotner is currently working as a Technical Director - Automotive Systems Engineering at NXP Semiconductors.John has worked in a variety of positions within the automotive electronics industry for the past 35 years focusing on systems engineering. This work has resulted in 5 patents... Read More →
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Leo Breton

Technology Development Director, Horiba
Leo Breton pioneered real-world, in-use mass emissions and fuel economy testing as an EPA engineer in the mid 1990's. He invented the seminal technologies still used in today’s PEMS systems and personally built and proved the first system to do this – it was known as ROVER. ROVER... Read More →
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Robb Bolio

Global Vehicle Performance Manager: Global Autonomous Driving Center, GM
Robb Bolio is the Global Vehicle Performance Manager for Autonomous and Electric Vehicles for General Motors. Robb’s team is based out of the Milford Proving Ground and part of the Global Autonomous Driving Center. Robb leads a team of engineers that are responsible for full vehicle... Read More →
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Scott Miller

Executive Director: Autonomous and Electric Vehicle Programs, GM
Scott Miller has been with General Motors since March 1994 and is currently Executive Director, Autonomous Development and Validation. In this role, he works internally with our partners in Product Development, Safety, and vehicle performance to ensure timely success of autonomous... Read More →
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Simeon Iliev

Research Engineer, ANL
Simeon Iliev joined Argonne National Laboratory in June of 2015. He is a research engineer at the Advanced Mobility Technology Laboratory and works on testing and evaluation of advanced vehicle technologies. Simeon earned a Master's of Science in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering... Read More →
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Troy McCormick

Sr. Software Engineer and Team Lead – Chassis Controls - Radar Systems, Bosch
Troy McCormick is an Engineering Manager in the Driver Assistance division at Robert Bosch in Plymouth, MI.  He currently leads a group of engineers focusing on the development and testing of Automotive Radar based Driver Assistance functions.  Troy has been working in automotive... Read More →
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Vivek Jaikamal

Business Development Manager – Advanced Applications, AVL
Vivek is passionate about leveraging the power of software and simulation to accelerate product development and reduce costs. Throughout his 25+ year career in the automotive industry, he has helped automotive OEMs and suppliers shorten their development, testing and calibration times... Read More →
avatar for Yun Cai

Yun Cai

Presales Tech Support Engineer, Siemens PLM Inc
Yun Cai is a pre-sales technical support engineer at Siemens PLM Software Inc. She has over 6 years of experience working in the automotive industry, where Yun focuses on applying integrated safety technologies to improve vehicle safety performance. Yun worked closely with OEM crash... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 11:20am - 12:10pm EDT
Sheraton: Augusta Room
  Judged Presentation, OSU

11:20am EDT

CSMS Presentation
This CSMS Presentation will focus on the development of plant models for propulsion system architecture selection and establishing a control system architecture. A control system architecture is the high level physical system/structure for controls including: ECUs, interfaces, serial data and other communication busses, key sensors, HMI and actuators added to base vehicle. In addition to this, any requirements that have been developed, energy management strategy research, and CAVs (Connected and Automated Vehicle) team interactions achieved in year one is within scope for this event. Additional focus areas of the presentation include: model-in-the-loop simulation methods, including model development strategy, requirements management, testing techniques, results evaluation, creation of a control architectures and how these processes are applied to optimum vehicle propulsion system architecture selection, controls development and achieving CAVs goals.
Event Captains
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Tom Ender

Senior Manager: PSEC Canada and EC&S, Engineering GMCC, General Motors
Tom Ender joined GM in 1997 as a controls engineer and is currently a Senior Manager for the Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls and Diagnostics Team.  He and his team develop controls and diagnostics for a wide variety of chassis, propulsion integration, thermal, electrical and body... Read More →
avatar for Swarooph Seshadri

Swarooph Seshadri

Senior Technical Evangelist – Student Competitions, MathWorks
Swarooph Seshadri is a Technical Evangelist for Automotive Student Competitions at the MathWorks and is the full time MathWorks technical lead for EcoCAR. He has been providing guidance for the PCM and the CAVs swim lanes. Swarooph graduated with a Master of Science in Mechanical... Read More →

Judges
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Aakhi Singhania

Calibration Engineer - Vehicle Systems Engineering, Bosch
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Bo Sun

Manager, AD & ADAS Group (Active & Passive Safety), Denso
Graduated from The Ohio State University. Responsible for AD/ADAS Sensing System in DENSO North America.
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Chris Balton

Advanced Controls Manager, Paccar
Chris Balton the Manager for the Advanced Controls group for Advanced Technology at the PACCAR Technical Center. During his 13 years at PACCAR Chris has led projects in Powertrain Controls for PACCAR Engines, Transmissions and Predictive Cruise Control. He has also developed vehicle... Read More →
avatar for Chris Manning

Chris Manning

Project Manager, dSPACE
Chris has been involved in the EcoCAR competition since 2011. Starting as a student in EcoCAR 2 and moving to dSPACE and supporting the competition as a sponsor. He has conducted trainings and judged competition events over the years. Chris has worked as an Application Engineer and... Read More →
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Jason Mullins

EGM: VMEC Controls, GM
Jason Mullins is currently the Engineering Group Manager for Electrification Energy Management at General Motors. This team is responsible for the Electrification Torque Supervisory controls for all of GM’s electrified vehicles. Jason has 20 years of industry experience with a strong... Read More →
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Joaquin Reyes

Joaquin Reyes is the Lead Vehicle Modeling and Simulation Engineer at Proterra Inc. He is responsible for the creation of numerical simulations to support the development of all ECU control software at Proterra. His role also involves modeling activities for transit bus range performance... Read More →
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Joel Van Sickel

Senior Application Engineer, MathWorks
Joel Van Sickel is a Senior Application Engineer at MathWorks who focuses on power systems and power electronics.
avatar for Maulin Patel

Maulin Patel

Vice President, Systems Engineering, NXP
Maulin Patel is Vice President of Systems Engineering for the Business Line (BL) Secure Connected Edge (SCE) at NXP. He manages and drives global engineering teams for the BL SCE products execution, enablement, customer engagement & support, which also includes Security & Machine... Read More →
avatar for Nick Kothari

Nick Kothari

Tech Specialist - Electrification Controls, General Motors
Nick joined GM in 1995 through a sponsor event during the SunRayce student competition. Starting with the GM EV1, he's since worked exclusively on hybrid/electric vehicle control systems focused mostly on propulsion and battery management. Currently Nick is leading system design for... Read More →
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Noel Mack

Product Line Executive – Components and Subsystems, AAM
Noel Mack is the Product Line Executive for AAM, where he has global responsibility for engineering of components and subsystems, including torque transfer devices and electronically controlled systems for AAM’s portfolio of driveline products. Previously Noel was the director of... Read More →
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Ren Fang

Senior Application Engineer, dSPACE
Ren Fang is a Senior Application Engineer in the Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) department at dSPACE Inc. Having joined dSPACE in 2014, Ren’s current responsibilities consist of managing and executing turnkey HIL projects at dSPACE. His areas of technical expertise include HIL Test... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 11:20am - 12:10pm EDT
Sheraton: Macon Room
  Judged Presentation, GT

11:20am EDT

PIA Presentation
The PIA Event for year one of the EcoCAR mobility challenge is focused on vehicle architecture selection and the selection of the major vehicle subsystems to meet the team’s Vehicle Technical Specification (VTS) goals. The intent of this event is to allow each team the opportunity to demonstrate an understanding of the vehicle architecture selection process, the advantages and limitations of the selected architecture and how the particular architecture affects the overall vehicle balance to the VTS requirements. The focus of this presentation will be at the vehicle level with references and connections made to the major subsystems. A high-level understanding of the vehicle integration areas (occupant packaging, subsystem packaging, mass, thermal performance, dynamic performance, noise & vibration performance, system safety, and fuel economy) is expected to be demonstrated. A description of how the vehicle performance analysis and simulation were done is required such that VTS targets will be achieved within a bandwidth of confidence. Vehicle integration and performance balance should be the emphasis of the presentation. Particular emphasis will be placed on evaluating the relationship between the vehicle architecture chosen, the VTS, and competition cost. The presentation should also include information on the propulsion system hardware architectures chosen, including how these subsystem selections achieve the desired vehicle performance balance and achievement of the VTS.
Event Captains
avatar for Lynn R. Gantt

Lynn R. Gantt

General Motors, VT Mentor
Lynn Gantt is an Energy Architecture Lead Engineer at General Motors. He joined GM in 2010 as a summer intern and has since held positions working on Fuel Economy Learning Vehicles and in Vehicle Development as an Energy Engineer. Most recently he worked on the energy execution of... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Ann Schlenker

Ann Schlenker

Director, Center for Transportation Research, ANL
Ann M. Schlenker is the Director for the Center for Transportation Research at Argonne National Laboratory. Ms. Schlenker’ s applied research area is actively seeking to reduce the transportation sector's reliance on fossil fuel and the environmental impact; while improving mobility... Read More →
avatar for Bob Ransijn

Bob Ransijn

Manager - Application Engineers - Simulation, Siemens
Bob Ransijn, M.Sc. is managing a group of application engineers at Siemens Software focused on Siemens’ System Simulation solutions. He has 12 years of technical experience working with many automotive and non-automotive customers in implementing system simulation methodologies... Read More →
avatar for Dan Mehr

Dan Mehr

Assistant Program Engineering Manager, GM
Dan Mehr earned his bachelors of science from the University of Wisconsin in 2008 after participating in the FutureTruck and ChallengeX advanced vehicle technology competitions. Upon graduating, Dan joined General Motors as an energy storage system integration engineer and completed... Read More →
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Kyle Crawford

Program Manager, Peterbilt
Kyle Crawford is a program manager at the Peterbilt.  Kyle joined Paccar in 2014 and is responsible for the introduction of new engine models for the engine plant, which includes equipment modifications and additions as well as process updates required for the cylinder head and block... Read More →
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Lynette Popma

System Safety Engineer - ETRS, Trans, ETRS, ATM & Electrification System Safety Team, GM
Lynette Popma joined General Motors in 2000 and is a Propulsion System Safety Engineer in Milford, Michigan. She holds a BSE in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State University and is a Master Black Belt in DFSS.
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Michele Rodgers

Director of Program Management, Peterbilt Motors Company, Paccar
Michele Rodgers is the Director of Program Management for Peterbilt Motors Company. Located in Denton, Texas, Peterbilt has a global reputation for superior quality, industry leading design, innovative engineering and fuel-efficient solutions, and is regarded as the "Class" of the... Read More →
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Mike Wahlstrom

Director: Global Electronic Components and Subsystems, GM
Mike Wahlstrom is currently the Director of Automated Driving Innovation and Software. In this position he is responsible for advanced hardware development, system engineering and software engineering for GM’s Active Safety and Automated Driving products. Mike started his career... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 11:20am - 12:10pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 3 Room
  Judged Presentation, MAC

11:20am EDT

Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation
In the Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation, student Project Managers will present details about the architecture selection process through the lens of project management, covering any consideration that could potentially affect the time, scope, or budget of the project once the team begins to execute their selected architecture. PMs will deep dive on risk analysis and the strategic decision-making process they applied to the architecture selection process, including the methods, tools, and processes used, the specific risks identified, and how those risks impacted the team’s decision-making process. PMs will also present the risk profile of their selected architecture, justify the risk-benefit value proposition, and discuss future plans for executing the architecture including how to manage risk throughout the project.
Judges
avatar for Bill Venner

Bill Venner

Director Chassis Suspension, Structure & Steering, General Motors
Bill joined GM in 1999 as a Noise and Vibration Engineer. He has held many different positions including Vehicle Development for Noise and Vibration and Ride and Handling, Design Release for Steering Systems and Plant Quality Engineer. Prior to his current role as Chief Enggineer... Read More →
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Inga Yuditsky

System Safety Engineer - Gas Engine Systems, Engine Controls/Fuel/Advanced System Safety, GM
Inga Yuditsky joined General Motors in 2011, and is a Propulsion System Safety Engineer in Milford, Michigan. She holds a B.S.E in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and a M. Eng. in Energy Systems Engineering from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbo... Read More →
avatar for Jesus Cota

Jesus Cota

Sr. Program Manager, PACCAR
Jesus started his career with PACCAR as an Associate Design Engineer at Kenworth Mexico in 2008. He moved to Kenworth Division at Kirkland, WA in 2012 and held positions of increasing responsibility such as Engineering Supervisor – Core Interiors and Program Manager for new product... Read More →
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Rachel Nealer

Chief of Staff, VTO, BETO, FCTO, U.S. Department of Energy
Dr. Rachael Nealer is the Chief of Staff for the three Sustainable Transportation Offices (Bioenergy Technologies Office, Fuel Cell Technologies Office, and Vehicle Technologies Office) in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. Prior... Read More →
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Tony Farrell

Engineering Manager – Chassis Controls - Radar Systems, Bosch
Anthony Farrell is an Engineering Manager in the Chassis Controls – Active Safety division. He is responsible for technical project management, software management timelines, and international associate coordination. He has 17 years’ experience in chassis controls working for... Read More →
avatar for Zach Slaton

Zach Slaton

Senior Assistant Chief Engineer - Embedded Engineering, PACCAR
Zach Slaton has been with PACCAR since 2007. During his career he has held positions of increasing responsibility including Principal Engineer, Vehicle Integration Supervisor, Embedded Engineering Manager, and Director of Program Management. He was promoted to Assistant Chief Engineer... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 11:20am - 12:10pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 1 Room
  Judged Presentation, MSU

11:20am EDT

PSI Presentation
The PSI Presentation is designed to evaluate the teams’ architectural decisions, current vehicle status, mechanical & electrical design and engineering methodologies. Teams will need to demonstrate forward thinking in their problem solving, understanding the critical interactions of each functional area within the PSI swimlane and how they affect the VTS. This will be achieved through providing one example of complex system within their vehicle architecture.
Event Captains
avatar for Laura Barlow

Laura Barlow

Engineering Group Manager, General Motors
Laura is an Engineering Group Manager for the Thermal Controls and Software team at the Canadian Technical Centre with General Motors. Laura has been with GM for over 10 years, holding various roles such as Algorithm Engineer, Controls Technical Specialist, as well as leading teams... Read More →
avatar for Hung Nguyen

Hung Nguyen

Advanced Technology Engineer, General Motors
Hung Nguyen is an Advanced Technology Engineer – Chassis ATW at General Motors Canadian Technical Centre. He joined GM as an alumnus of the University of Waterloo Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Faculty and EcoCAR. Hung began his career at GM’s Computer Aided Engineering... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Bryan Ross

Bryan Ross

Vehicle Integration Manager, PACCAR
Bryan Ross has been the PACCAR chair for EcoCAR for 7 years and has led 3 series of programs. He provides in-depth participation with and application of systems engineering principles to mechanical and information system engineering challenges, especially maturing disruptive technologies... Read More →
avatar for Chris Jarrell

Chris Jarrell

Senior Manager, Electrified Systems Engineering Group, DENSO
Christopher M. Jarrell (Chris) is the Senior Manager of the Electrified Systems Engineering Group at DENSO International America, Inc. (DIAM) located in Southfield, Michigan. Chris joined DENSO in 1995 as an application engineer, responsible for the development of starters and alternators... Read More →
avatar for Chris Meagher

Chris Meagher

Retired from GM, General Motors
Chris Meagher is a retired General Motors executive with 42 years of experience in the propulsion system area of engineering. After joining GM in 1979, he held positions as an engine development engineer, design release engineer, and global chief engineer & program manager of 4-cylinder... Read More →
avatar for Doug Chemelli

Doug Chemelli

Lead Product Engineer, Components and Subsystems, AAM
Doug Chemelli is a Lead Product Engineer at American Axle & Manufacturing. He has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University, graduating in 2008. His work focuses on Component Engineering of Driveline / Propulsion systems, including the development of... Read More →
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Forrest Jehlik

Principle Engineer, ANL
Forrest Jehlik is a Principle Engineer conducting advanced technology vehicle research at Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Powertrain Research Facility (APRF). Such research involves hybrids, plug-in hybrids, electric vehicles, autonomous vehicle technology. Particular areas... Read More →
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Keith Confer

Engineering Manager - Advanced Vehicle Systems, Delphi
Keith Confer is the Engineering Manager for Advanced Vehicle Systems in Delphi Technologies Advanced Systems Group.   He has over 30 years powertrain systems experience with extensive background in automotive air and fuel system design and development.  Keith holds ten US Patents... Read More →
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Matt Young

Manufacturing Engineering Manager, PACCAR Engine Company
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Wenbo Du

Application Engineer, Siemens
Dr. Wenbo Du is an Application Engineer at Siemens Software, specializing in CFD and multiphysics simulation for electrified powertrain applications. He is responsible for providing training and technical support for Simcenter STAR-CCM+ and Battery Design Studio customers including... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 11:20am - 12:10pm EDT
Sheraton: Valdosta Room
  Judged Presentation, UT

11:20am EDT

Target Market Presentation
The first step in any product development process is to define the customer. A set of technical specifications for the product can then be established to quantitatively define the characteristics of the product which will appeal to the targeted customer. Finally, the product can be engineered to meet those specifications. For the purposes of EcoCAR, some elements of the target market have been pre-defined: teams must design a car for a Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) market, specifically a fleet-owned carsharing application (similar to Maven or Zipcar). By nature, this is a dual market where the vehicle must appeal to both the fleet-owner (operator of the carsharing service and purchaser of the vehicle) and the customer (the person that subscribes to the carsharing service and drives the vehicle). In this presentation, teams will define and characterize both the fleet-owner and the customer for this MaaS market and justify that the geographical region of this market suitable to support a carsharing service. Teams will also discuss the wants and needs of the fleet-owner and the customer as it pertains to the vehicle, including any areas where the fleet-owner and customer diverge. Finally, teams will present a single set of Vehicle Technical Specifications (VTS) that combines the wants and needs of the fleet-owner and customer into a unified vehicle design.
Event Captains
avatar for Mark Smith

Mark Smith

Technology Integration Program Manager, Department of Energy
Mark Smith is the Technology Integration Program Manager within the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Vehicle Technologies Office. In this role, he oversees a broad technology portfolio, which is focused on accelerating the development... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Heather Croteau

Heather Croteau

Chief of Staff for Sustainable Transportation and Fuels, U.S. Department of Energy
Heather Croteau is Chief of Staff for Sustainable Transportation and Fuels in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the Department of Energy. Prior to becoming Chief of Staff, she was a Technology Manager for the Vehicle Technologies Office Energy Efficient Mobility... Read More →
avatar for Jim Harkins

Jim Harkins

Director, Engineering, Denso
James K. Harkins (Jim) is the Engineering Director of Electrified Systems Engineering at DENSO International America, Inc. (DIAM) located in Southfield, Michigan. Harkins joined DENSO in 1996 as an application engineer, responsible for the development of starters and alternators... Read More →
avatar for John Haraf

John Haraf

Director - Software Integration, General Motors
John Haraf is currently the Director of Global Electrification and Battery Systems at General Motors. In this position, he is responsible for electrification control system integration/calibration development for all of GM’s Hybrid and Electric Vehicles. John began his career with... Read More →
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Lauren Tabolinsky

Academic Programs Manager, MathWorks
Lauren Tabolinsky joined MathWorks in 2008 and currently manages Academic Programs at MathWorks. Before joining MathWorks, Lauren was a product manager at Harvard Business School Publishing. Lauren holds a B.A. degree from Monmouth University and a Master’s degree in Marketing Communications... Read More →
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Leigh Anderson

Business Development Manager - the Americas & Automotive, Siemens
Mr. Leigh Anderson, MBA, Higher Education Program Manager for Automotive worldwide at Siemens Software. Leigh has 15 years of product management experience in the engineering software industry across a wide range of products ― from embedded software to simulation. Another 10 years... Read More →
avatar for Lisa Tipton

Lisa Tipton

Talent Attraction | STEM,DEI and University Partners, Bosch
Lisa Tipton is located at Robert Bosch North America HQ Corporate Office in Farmington Hills, MI and is lead for STEM, DEI and University Partners. She is the Center for Expertise for early talent recruiting for Bosch North America Region. She has worked in automotive HR, marketing... Read More →
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Taylor Frey

Marketing Manager, AVL
Taylor Frey is the marketing manager for the North American affiliate of AVL, a global leader in advanced propulsion technology. She received bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Public Relations/Advertising from Penn State University. While there, she participated in AVTC’s for... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 11:20am - 12:10pm EDT
Sheraton: Athens Room
  Judged Presentation, CSU

11:20am EDT

Women in STEM Presentation
General Motors is sponsoring an award to honor women students in STEM fields who are demonstrating outstanding technical excellence and accomplishments through the EcoCAR automotive engineering program. The award is intended to encourage more women to study engineering, grow the support for Women in STEM within their EcoCAR Team and University, and pursue a career in automotive engineering after graduation. All EcoCAR female engineering students are eligible to compete for this award.
Event Captains
avatar for Maribeth Yabes

Maribeth Yabes

EGM: Global Controls Design Engineering, GM
Maribeth (MB) Yabes is the Engineering Group Manager of the Electrification Driver Data Team for GM’s Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls organization. In this role, MB manages a team of engineers who design, develop and test costumer facing features related to displays. MB joined... Read More →

Judges
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Christy Cooper

Operations Supervisor, VTO, and DOE Director, U.S. DRIVE Partnership, DOE
avatar for Connie Bezanson

Connie Bezanson

Education and Outreach Manager, Vehicle Technologies Office, DOE
Connie Bezanson manages the Education and Outreach activities within the Vehicle Technologies Program in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. In addition to managing the Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition (AVTC) activity, she manages... Read More →
avatar for Wendy Eckman

Wendy Eckman

Director: Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls, General Motors
Wendy Eckman is currently the Director of Propulsion and Chassis Embedded Controls Design Engineering, for General Motors. She graduated with a BSEE from Missouri S&T before joining Ford, and then went on to earn her MBA from the Michigan Ross Business School. She has been immersed... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 11:20am - 12:10pm EDT
Sheraton: Piedmont Room
  Sponsored Award

12:10pm EDT

Lunch
Monday May 20, 2019 12:10pm - 1:10pm EDT
Georgia Room, Salon 7, (Lower Level)
  Food

1:10pm EDT

CAVs Presentation
The Year 1 CAVs Presentation is designed to evaluate the effectiveness with which the team completed the CAV activities throughout the year. CAV teams in Year 1 should be focused on sensing system design and simulation, computing hardware selection, sensor fusion algorithm testing, basic longitudinal control and mule vehicle sensor data collection using sensor hardware. The presentation itself will focus on several aspects of these activities: hardware system design, sensor fusion algorithm development, and software development workflow and processes.
Event Captains
avatar for Andrew Huster

Andrew Huster

Controls System Engineer, GM
Andrew Huster is a Controls System Engineer in the Automated Driving and Active Safety Production Controls group at General Motors. In this position, he develops software for sensor fusion that enables advanced ADAS features like Super Cruise. Prior to his current position, he was... Read More →

Judges
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Chris Kinser

Director: Global Performance Integration & Proving Grounds, GM
Chris Kinser is Director of the Global Autonomous Driving Center. Chris’ team is responsible for Vehicle Integration of General Motors’ Autonomous Vehicles, Automated Driving and Active Safety technologies. His team has developed prototypes of the companies’ first mass produced... Read More →
avatar for Connell D'Souza

Connell D'Souza

Student Competitions Technical Evangelist, MathWorks
Connell joined MathWorks in 2016 as a technical evangelist on the student competitions team. He primarily supports student competitions in Aerospace and Unmanned Systems. Connell holds an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University, Boston.
avatar for David Anderson

David Anderson

Program Manager, Energy Efficient Mobility Systems, VTO, U.S. Department of Energy
David Anderson is the Program Manager for the Energy Efficient Mobility Systems (EEMS) Program within the U.S. Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO). He leads a team responsible for a research portfolio that focuses on understanding the potentially dramatic energy... Read More →
avatar for Frank Schneck

Frank Schneck

Senior Division Engineering Manager - Peterbilt, PACCAR
Frank Schneck is the Senior Engineering Manager for Peterbilt’s Advance Design & Vehicle Integration department. This team is responsible for bringing Advance Concept development into production by providing early vehicle layout, performance, functionality, scope definition and... Read More →
avatar for Jacob Krakauer

Jacob Krakauer

Systems Engineer, Intel
Jacob Krakauer is a mechanical engineer in the autonomous transportation and infrastructure division. He works with government and educational engagements as well as working on Intel reference designs for autonomous vehicle systems. His main focus is on educating the public and academic... Read More →
avatar for Jacob Perrin

Jacob Perrin

Team Lead - Data Driven Development, dSPACE
Jacob is a Technical Lead for Data Driven Development at dSPACE Inc in Wixom, Michigan. Since graduating from the University of Michigan with a degree in Computer Engineering in 2015, Jacob has worked primarily in the areas of perception software development and prototyping. Recently... Read More →
avatar for John Cotner

John Cotner

Technical Director - Automotive Systems Engineering, NXP
John Cotner is currently working as a Technical Director - Automotive Systems Engineering at NXP Semiconductors.John has worked in a variety of positions within the automotive electronics industry for the past 35 years focusing on systems engineering. This work has resulted in 5 patents... Read More →
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Leo Breton

Technology Development Director, Horiba
Leo Breton pioneered real-world, in-use mass emissions and fuel economy testing as an EPA engineer in the mid 1990's. He invented the seminal technologies still used in today’s PEMS systems and personally built and proved the first system to do this – it was known as ROVER. ROVER... Read More →
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Robb Bolio

Global Vehicle Performance Manager: Global Autonomous Driving Center, GM
Robb Bolio is the Global Vehicle Performance Manager for Autonomous and Electric Vehicles for General Motors. Robb’s team is based out of the Milford Proving Ground and part of the Global Autonomous Driving Center. Robb leads a team of engineers that are responsible for full vehicle... Read More →
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Scott Miller

Executive Director: Autonomous and Electric Vehicle Programs, GM
Scott Miller has been with General Motors since March 1994 and is currently Executive Director, Autonomous Development and Validation. In this role, he works internally with our partners in Product Development, Safety, and vehicle performance to ensure timely success of autonomous... Read More →
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Simeon Iliev

Research Engineer, ANL
Simeon Iliev joined Argonne National Laboratory in June of 2015. He is a research engineer at the Advanced Mobility Technology Laboratory and works on testing and evaluation of advanced vehicle technologies. Simeon earned a Master's of Science in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering... Read More →
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Troy McCormick

Sr. Software Engineer and Team Lead – Chassis Controls - Radar Systems, Bosch
Troy McCormick is an Engineering Manager in the Driver Assistance division at Robert Bosch in Plymouth, MI.  He currently leads a group of engineers focusing on the development and testing of Automotive Radar based Driver Assistance functions.  Troy has been working in automotive... Read More →
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Vivek Jaikamal

Business Development Manager – Advanced Applications, AVL
Vivek is passionate about leveraging the power of software and simulation to accelerate product development and reduce costs. Throughout his 25+ year career in the automotive industry, he has helped automotive OEMs and suppliers shorten their development, testing and calibration times... Read More →
avatar for Yun Cai

Yun Cai

Presales Tech Support Engineer, Siemens PLM Inc
Yun Cai is a pre-sales technical support engineer at Siemens PLM Software Inc. She has over 6 years of experience working in the automotive industry, where Yun focuses on applying integrated safety technologies to improve vehicle safety performance. Yun worked closely with OEM crash... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 1:10pm - 2:00pm EDT
Sheraton: Augusta Room
  Judged Presentation, UW

1:10pm EDT

CSMS Presentation
This CSMS Presentation will focus on the development of plant models for propulsion system architecture selection and establishing a control system architecture. A control system architecture is the high level physical system/structure for controls including: ECUs, interfaces, serial data and other communication busses, key sensors, HMI and actuators added to base vehicle. In addition to this, any requirements that have been developed, energy management strategy research, and CAVs (Connected and Automated Vehicle) team interactions achieved in year one is within scope for this event. Additional focus areas of the presentation include: model-in-the-loop simulation methods, including model development strategy, requirements management, testing techniques, results evaluation, creation of a control architectures and how these processes are applied to optimum vehicle propulsion system architecture selection, controls development and achieving CAVs goals.
Event Captains
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Tom Ender

Senior Manager: PSEC Canada and EC&S, Engineering GMCC, General Motors
Tom Ender joined GM in 1997 as a controls engineer and is currently a Senior Manager for the Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls and Diagnostics Team.  He and his team develop controls and diagnostics for a wide variety of chassis, propulsion integration, thermal, electrical and body... Read More →
avatar for Swarooph Seshadri

Swarooph Seshadri

Senior Technical Evangelist – Student Competitions, MathWorks
Swarooph Seshadri is a Technical Evangelist for Automotive Student Competitions at the MathWorks and is the full time MathWorks technical lead for EcoCAR. He has been providing guidance for the PCM and the CAVs swim lanes. Swarooph graduated with a Master of Science in Mechanical... Read More →

Judges
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Aakhi Singhania

Calibration Engineer - Vehicle Systems Engineering, Bosch
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Bo Sun

Manager, AD & ADAS Group (Active & Passive Safety), Denso
Graduated from The Ohio State University. Responsible for AD/ADAS Sensing System in DENSO North America.
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Chris Balton

Advanced Controls Manager, Paccar
Chris Balton the Manager for the Advanced Controls group for Advanced Technology at the PACCAR Technical Center. During his 13 years at PACCAR Chris has led projects in Powertrain Controls for PACCAR Engines, Transmissions and Predictive Cruise Control. He has also developed vehicle... Read More →
avatar for Chris Manning

Chris Manning

Project Manager, dSPACE
Chris has been involved in the EcoCAR competition since 2011. Starting as a student in EcoCAR 2 and moving to dSPACE and supporting the competition as a sponsor. He has conducted trainings and judged competition events over the years. Chris has worked as an Application Engineer and... Read More →
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Jason Mullins

EGM: VMEC Controls, GM
Jason Mullins is currently the Engineering Group Manager for Electrification Energy Management at General Motors. This team is responsible for the Electrification Torque Supervisory controls for all of GM’s electrified vehicles. Jason has 20 years of industry experience with a strong... Read More →
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Joaquin Reyes

Joaquin Reyes is the Lead Vehicle Modeling and Simulation Engineer at Proterra Inc. He is responsible for the creation of numerical simulations to support the development of all ECU control software at Proterra. His role also involves modeling activities for transit bus range performance... Read More →
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Joel Van Sickel

Senior Application Engineer, MathWorks
Joel Van Sickel is a Senior Application Engineer at MathWorks who focuses on power systems and power electronics.
avatar for Maulin Patel

Maulin Patel

Vice President, Systems Engineering, NXP
Maulin Patel is Vice President of Systems Engineering for the Business Line (BL) Secure Connected Edge (SCE) at NXP. He manages and drives global engineering teams for the BL SCE products execution, enablement, customer engagement & support, which also includes Security & Machine... Read More →
avatar for Nick Kothari

Nick Kothari

Tech Specialist - Electrification Controls, General Motors
Nick joined GM in 1995 through a sponsor event during the SunRayce student competition. Starting with the GM EV1, he's since worked exclusively on hybrid/electric vehicle control systems focused mostly on propulsion and battery management. Currently Nick is leading system design for... Read More →
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Noel Mack

Product Line Executive – Components and Subsystems, AAM
Noel Mack is the Product Line Executive for AAM, where he has global responsibility for engineering of components and subsystems, including torque transfer devices and electronically controlled systems for AAM’s portfolio of driveline products. Previously Noel was the director of... Read More →
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Ren Fang

Senior Application Engineer, dSPACE
Ren Fang is a Senior Application Engineer in the Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) department at dSPACE Inc. Having joined dSPACE in 2014, Ren’s current responsibilities consist of managing and executing turnkey HIL projects at dSPACE. His areas of technical expertise include HIL Test... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 1:10pm - 2:00pm EDT
Sheraton: Macon Room
  Judged Presentation, ERAU

1:10pm EDT

PIA Presentation
The PIA Event for year one of the EcoCAR mobility challenge is focused on vehicle architecture selection and the selection of the major vehicle subsystems to meet the team’s Vehicle Technical Specification (VTS) goals. The intent of this event is to allow each team the opportunity to demonstrate an understanding of the vehicle architecture selection process, the advantages and limitations of the selected architecture and how the particular architecture affects the overall vehicle balance to the VTS requirements. The focus of this presentation will be at the vehicle level with references and connections made to the major subsystems. A high-level understanding of the vehicle integration areas (occupant packaging, subsystem packaging, mass, thermal performance, dynamic performance, noise & vibration performance, system safety, and fuel economy) is expected to be demonstrated. A description of how the vehicle performance analysis and simulation were done is required such that VTS targets will be achieved within a bandwidth of confidence. Vehicle integration and performance balance should be the emphasis of the presentation. Particular emphasis will be placed on evaluating the relationship between the vehicle architecture chosen, the VTS, and competition cost. The presentation should also include information on the propulsion system hardware architectures chosen, including how these subsystem selections achieve the desired vehicle performance balance and achievement of the VTS.
Event Captains
avatar for Lynn R. Gantt

Lynn R. Gantt

General Motors, VT Mentor
Lynn Gantt is an Energy Architecture Lead Engineer at General Motors. He joined GM in 2010 as a summer intern and has since held positions working on Fuel Economy Learning Vehicles and in Vehicle Development as an Energy Engineer. Most recently he worked on the energy execution of... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Ann Schlenker

Ann Schlenker

Director, Center for Transportation Research, ANL
Ann M. Schlenker is the Director for the Center for Transportation Research at Argonne National Laboratory. Ms. Schlenker’ s applied research area is actively seeking to reduce the transportation sector's reliance on fossil fuel and the environmental impact; while improving mobility... Read More →
avatar for Bob Ransijn

Bob Ransijn

Manager - Application Engineers - Simulation, Siemens
Bob Ransijn, M.Sc. is managing a group of application engineers at Siemens Software focused on Siemens’ System Simulation solutions. He has 12 years of technical experience working with many automotive and non-automotive customers in implementing system simulation methodologies... Read More →
avatar for Dan Mehr

Dan Mehr

Assistant Program Engineering Manager, GM
Dan Mehr earned his bachelors of science from the University of Wisconsin in 2008 after participating in the FutureTruck and ChallengeX advanced vehicle technology competitions. Upon graduating, Dan joined General Motors as an energy storage system integration engineer and completed... Read More →
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Kyle Crawford

Program Manager, Peterbilt
Kyle Crawford is a program manager at the Peterbilt.  Kyle joined Paccar in 2014 and is responsible for the introduction of new engine models for the engine plant, which includes equipment modifications and additions as well as process updates required for the cylinder head and block... Read More →
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Lynette Popma

System Safety Engineer - ETRS, Trans, ETRS, ATM & Electrification System Safety Team, GM
Lynette Popma joined General Motors in 2000 and is a Propulsion System Safety Engineer in Milford, Michigan. She holds a BSE in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State University and is a Master Black Belt in DFSS.
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Michele Rodgers

Director of Program Management, Peterbilt Motors Company, Paccar
Michele Rodgers is the Director of Program Management for Peterbilt Motors Company. Located in Denton, Texas, Peterbilt has a global reputation for superior quality, industry leading design, innovative engineering and fuel-efficient solutions, and is regarded as the "Class" of the... Read More →
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Mike Wahlstrom

Director: Global Electronic Components and Subsystems, GM
Mike Wahlstrom is currently the Director of Automated Driving Innovation and Software. In this position he is responsible for advanced hardware development, system engineering and software engineering for GM’s Active Safety and Automated Driving products. Mike started his career... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 1:10pm - 2:00pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 3 Room
  Judged Presentation, UA

1:10pm EDT

Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation
In the Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation, student Project Managers will present details about the architecture selection process through the lens of project management, covering any consideration that could potentially affect the time, scope, or budget of the project once the team begins to execute their selected architecture. PMs will deep dive on risk analysis and the strategic decision-making process they applied to the architecture selection process, including the methods, tools, and processes used, the specific risks identified, and how those risks impacted the team’s decision-making process. PMs will also present the risk profile of their selected architecture, justify the risk-benefit value proposition, and discuss future plans for executing the architecture including how to manage risk throughout the project.
Judges
avatar for Bill Venner

Bill Venner

Director Chassis Suspension, Structure & Steering, General Motors
Bill joined GM in 1999 as a Noise and Vibration Engineer. He has held many different positions including Vehicle Development for Noise and Vibration and Ride and Handling, Design Release for Steering Systems and Plant Quality Engineer. Prior to his current role as Chief Enggineer... Read More →
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Inga Yuditsky

System Safety Engineer - Gas Engine Systems, Engine Controls/Fuel/Advanced System Safety, GM
Inga Yuditsky joined General Motors in 2011, and is a Propulsion System Safety Engineer in Milford, Michigan. She holds a B.S.E in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and a M. Eng. in Energy Systems Engineering from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbo... Read More →
avatar for Jesus Cota

Jesus Cota

Sr. Program Manager, PACCAR
Jesus started his career with PACCAR as an Associate Design Engineer at Kenworth Mexico in 2008. He moved to Kenworth Division at Kirkland, WA in 2012 and held positions of increasing responsibility such as Engineering Supervisor – Core Interiors and Program Manager for new product... Read More →
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Rachel Nealer

Chief of Staff, VTO, BETO, FCTO, U.S. Department of Energy
Dr. Rachael Nealer is the Chief of Staff for the three Sustainable Transportation Offices (Bioenergy Technologies Office, Fuel Cell Technologies Office, and Vehicle Technologies Office) in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. Prior... Read More →
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Tony Farrell

Engineering Manager – Chassis Controls - Radar Systems, Bosch
Anthony Farrell is an Engineering Manager in the Chassis Controls – Active Safety division. He is responsible for technical project management, software management timelines, and international associate coordination. He has 17 years’ experience in chassis controls working for... Read More →
avatar for Zach Slaton

Zach Slaton

Senior Assistant Chief Engineer - Embedded Engineering, PACCAR
Zach Slaton has been with PACCAR since 2007. During his career he has held positions of increasing responsibility including Principal Engineer, Vehicle Integration Supervisor, Embedded Engineering Manager, and Director of Program Management. He was promoted to Assistant Chief Engineer... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 1:10pm - 2:00pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 1 Room
  Judged Presentation, VT

1:10pm EDT

PSI Presentation
The PSI Presentation is designed to evaluate the teams’ architectural decisions, current vehicle status, mechanical & electrical design and engineering methodologies. Teams will need to demonstrate forward thinking in their problem solving, understanding the critical interactions of each functional area within the PSI swimlane and how they affect the VTS. This will be achieved through providing one example of complex system within their vehicle architecture.
Event Captains
avatar for Laura Barlow

Laura Barlow

Engineering Group Manager, General Motors
Laura is an Engineering Group Manager for the Thermal Controls and Software team at the Canadian Technical Centre with General Motors. Laura has been with GM for over 10 years, holding various roles such as Algorithm Engineer, Controls Technical Specialist, as well as leading teams... Read More →
avatar for Hung Nguyen

Hung Nguyen

Advanced Technology Engineer, General Motors
Hung Nguyen is an Advanced Technology Engineer – Chassis ATW at General Motors Canadian Technical Centre. He joined GM as an alumnus of the University of Waterloo Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Faculty and EcoCAR. Hung began his career at GM’s Computer Aided Engineering... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Bryan Ross

Bryan Ross

Vehicle Integration Manager, PACCAR
Bryan Ross has been the PACCAR chair for EcoCAR for 7 years and has led 3 series of programs. He provides in-depth participation with and application of systems engineering principles to mechanical and information system engineering challenges, especially maturing disruptive technologies... Read More →
avatar for Chris Jarrell

Chris Jarrell

Senior Manager, Electrified Systems Engineering Group, DENSO
Christopher M. Jarrell (Chris) is the Senior Manager of the Electrified Systems Engineering Group at DENSO International America, Inc. (DIAM) located in Southfield, Michigan. Chris joined DENSO in 1995 as an application engineer, responsible for the development of starters and alternators... Read More →
avatar for Chris Meagher

Chris Meagher

Retired from GM, General Motors
Chris Meagher is a retired General Motors executive with 42 years of experience in the propulsion system area of engineering. After joining GM in 1979, he held positions as an engine development engineer, design release engineer, and global chief engineer & program manager of 4-cylinder... Read More →
avatar for Doug Chemelli

Doug Chemelli

Lead Product Engineer, Components and Subsystems, AAM
Doug Chemelli is a Lead Product Engineer at American Axle & Manufacturing. He has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University, graduating in 2008. His work focuses on Component Engineering of Driveline / Propulsion systems, including the development of... Read More →
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Forrest Jehlik

Principle Engineer, ANL
Forrest Jehlik is a Principle Engineer conducting advanced technology vehicle research at Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Powertrain Research Facility (APRF). Such research involves hybrids, plug-in hybrids, electric vehicles, autonomous vehicle technology. Particular areas... Read More →
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Keith Confer

Engineering Manager - Advanced Vehicle Systems, Delphi
Keith Confer is the Engineering Manager for Advanced Vehicle Systems in Delphi Technologies Advanced Systems Group.   He has over 30 years powertrain systems experience with extensive background in automotive air and fuel system design and development.  Keith holds ten US Patents... Read More →
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Matt Young

Manufacturing Engineering Manager, PACCAR Engine Company
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Wenbo Du

Application Engineer, Siemens
Dr. Wenbo Du is an Application Engineer at Siemens Software, specializing in CFD and multiphysics simulation for electrified powertrain applications. He is responsible for providing training and technical support for Simcenter STAR-CCM+ and Battery Design Studio customers including... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 1:10pm - 2:00pm EDT
Sheraton: Valdosta Room
  Judged Presentation, UWAFT

1:10pm EDT

Target Market Presentation
The first step in any product development process is to define the customer. A set of technical specifications for the product can then be established to quantitatively define the characteristics of the product which will appeal to the targeted customer. Finally, the product can be engineered to meet those specifications. For the purposes of EcoCAR, some elements of the target market have been pre-defined: teams must design a car for a Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) market, specifically a fleet-owned carsharing application (similar to Maven or Zipcar). By nature, this is a dual market where the vehicle must appeal to both the fleet-owner (operator of the carsharing service and purchaser of the vehicle) and the customer (the person that subscribes to the carsharing service and drives the vehicle). In this presentation, teams will define and characterize both the fleet-owner and the customer for this MaaS market and justify that the geographical region of this market suitable to support a carsharing service. Teams will also discuss the wants and needs of the fleet-owner and the customer as it pertains to the vehicle, including any areas where the fleet-owner and customer diverge. Finally, teams will present a single set of Vehicle Technical Specifications (VTS) that combines the wants and needs of the fleet-owner and customer into a unified vehicle design.
Event Captains
avatar for Mark Smith

Mark Smith

Technology Integration Program Manager, Department of Energy
Mark Smith is the Technology Integration Program Manager within the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Vehicle Technologies Office. In this role, he oversees a broad technology portfolio, which is focused on accelerating the development... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Heather Croteau

Heather Croteau

Chief of Staff for Sustainable Transportation and Fuels, U.S. Department of Energy
Heather Croteau is Chief of Staff for Sustainable Transportation and Fuels in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the Department of Energy. Prior to becoming Chief of Staff, she was a Technology Manager for the Vehicle Technologies Office Energy Efficient Mobility... Read More →
avatar for Jim Harkins

Jim Harkins

Director, Engineering, Denso
James K. Harkins (Jim) is the Engineering Director of Electrified Systems Engineering at DENSO International America, Inc. (DIAM) located in Southfield, Michigan. Harkins joined DENSO in 1996 as an application engineer, responsible for the development of starters and alternators... Read More →
avatar for John Haraf

John Haraf

Director - Software Integration, General Motors
John Haraf is currently the Director of Global Electrification and Battery Systems at General Motors. In this position, he is responsible for electrification control system integration/calibration development for all of GM’s Hybrid and Electric Vehicles. John began his career with... Read More →
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Lauren Tabolinsky

Academic Programs Manager, MathWorks
Lauren Tabolinsky joined MathWorks in 2008 and currently manages Academic Programs at MathWorks. Before joining MathWorks, Lauren was a product manager at Harvard Business School Publishing. Lauren holds a B.A. degree from Monmouth University and a Master’s degree in Marketing Communications... Read More →
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Leigh Anderson

Business Development Manager - the Americas & Automotive, Siemens
Mr. Leigh Anderson, MBA, Higher Education Program Manager for Automotive worldwide at Siemens Software. Leigh has 15 years of product management experience in the engineering software industry across a wide range of products ― from embedded software to simulation. Another 10 years... Read More →
avatar for Lisa Tipton

Lisa Tipton

Talent Attraction | STEM,DEI and University Partners, Bosch
Lisa Tipton is located at Robert Bosch North America HQ Corporate Office in Farmington Hills, MI and is lead for STEM, DEI and University Partners. She is the Center for Expertise for early talent recruiting for Bosch North America Region. She has worked in automotive HR, marketing... Read More →
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Taylor Frey

Marketing Manager, AVL
Taylor Frey is the marketing manager for the North American affiliate of AVL, a global leader in advanced propulsion technology. She received bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Public Relations/Advertising from Penn State University. While there, she participated in AVTC’s for... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 1:10pm - 2:00pm EDT
Sheraton: Athens Room
  Judged Presentation, WVU

1:10pm EDT

Women in STEM Presentation
General Motors is sponsoring an award to honor women students in STEM fields who are demonstrating outstanding technical excellence and accomplishments through the EcoCAR automotive engineering program. The award is intended to encourage more women to study engineering, grow the support for Women in STEM within their EcoCAR Team and University, and pursue a career in automotive engineering after graduation. All EcoCAR female engineering students are eligible to compete for this award.
Event Captains
avatar for Maribeth Yabes

Maribeth Yabes

EGM: Global Controls Design Engineering, GM
Maribeth (MB) Yabes is the Engineering Group Manager of the Electrification Driver Data Team for GM’s Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls organization. In this role, MB manages a team of engineers who design, develop and test costumer facing features related to displays. MB joined... Read More →

Judges
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Christy Cooper

Operations Supervisor, VTO, and DOE Director, U.S. DRIVE Partnership, DOE
avatar for Connie Bezanson

Connie Bezanson

Education and Outreach Manager, Vehicle Technologies Office, DOE
Connie Bezanson manages the Education and Outreach activities within the Vehicle Technologies Program in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. In addition to managing the Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition (AVTC) activity, she manages... Read More →
avatar for Wendy Eckman

Wendy Eckman

Director: Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls, General Motors
Wendy Eckman is currently the Director of Propulsion and Chassis Embedded Controls Design Engineering, for General Motors. She graduated with a BSEE from Missouri S&T before joining Ford, and then went on to earn her MBA from the Michigan Ross Business School. She has been immersed... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 1:10pm - 2:00pm EDT
Sheraton: Piedmont Room
  Sponsored Award, OSU - Jackie Karl-DeFrain

2:00pm EDT

CAVs Presentation
The Year 1 CAVs Presentation is designed to evaluate the effectiveness with which the team completed the CAV activities throughout the year. CAV teams in Year 1 should be focused on sensing system design and simulation, computing hardware selection, sensor fusion algorithm testing, basic longitudinal control and mule vehicle sensor data collection using sensor hardware. The presentation itself will focus on several aspects of these activities: hardware system design, sensor fusion algorithm development, and software development workflow and processes.
Event Captains
avatar for Andrew Huster

Andrew Huster

Controls System Engineer, GM
Andrew Huster is a Controls System Engineer in the Automated Driving and Active Safety Production Controls group at General Motors. In this position, he develops software for sensor fusion that enables advanced ADAS features like Super Cruise. Prior to his current position, he was... Read More →

Judges
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Chris Kinser

Director: Global Performance Integration & Proving Grounds, GM
Chris Kinser is Director of the Global Autonomous Driving Center. Chris’ team is responsible for Vehicle Integration of General Motors’ Autonomous Vehicles, Automated Driving and Active Safety technologies. His team has developed prototypes of the companies’ first mass produced... Read More →
avatar for Connell D'Souza

Connell D'Souza

Student Competitions Technical Evangelist, MathWorks
Connell joined MathWorks in 2016 as a technical evangelist on the student competitions team. He primarily supports student competitions in Aerospace and Unmanned Systems. Connell holds an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University, Boston.
avatar for David Anderson

David Anderson

Program Manager, Energy Efficient Mobility Systems, VTO, U.S. Department of Energy
David Anderson is the Program Manager for the Energy Efficient Mobility Systems (EEMS) Program within the U.S. Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO). He leads a team responsible for a research portfolio that focuses on understanding the potentially dramatic energy... Read More →
avatar for Frank Schneck

Frank Schneck

Senior Division Engineering Manager - Peterbilt, PACCAR
Frank Schneck is the Senior Engineering Manager for Peterbilt’s Advance Design & Vehicle Integration department. This team is responsible for bringing Advance Concept development into production by providing early vehicle layout, performance, functionality, scope definition and... Read More →
avatar for Jacob Krakauer

Jacob Krakauer

Systems Engineer, Intel
Jacob Krakauer is a mechanical engineer in the autonomous transportation and infrastructure division. He works with government and educational engagements as well as working on Intel reference designs for autonomous vehicle systems. His main focus is on educating the public and academic... Read More →
avatar for Jacob Perrin

Jacob Perrin

Team Lead - Data Driven Development, dSPACE
Jacob is a Technical Lead for Data Driven Development at dSPACE Inc in Wixom, Michigan. Since graduating from the University of Michigan with a degree in Computer Engineering in 2015, Jacob has worked primarily in the areas of perception software development and prototyping. Recently... Read More →
avatar for John Cotner

John Cotner

Technical Director - Automotive Systems Engineering, NXP
John Cotner is currently working as a Technical Director - Automotive Systems Engineering at NXP Semiconductors.John has worked in a variety of positions within the automotive electronics industry for the past 35 years focusing on systems engineering. This work has resulted in 5 patents... Read More →
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Leo Breton

Technology Development Director, Horiba
Leo Breton pioneered real-world, in-use mass emissions and fuel economy testing as an EPA engineer in the mid 1990's. He invented the seminal technologies still used in today’s PEMS systems and personally built and proved the first system to do this – it was known as ROVER. ROVER... Read More →
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Robb Bolio

Global Vehicle Performance Manager: Global Autonomous Driving Center, GM
Robb Bolio is the Global Vehicle Performance Manager for Autonomous and Electric Vehicles for General Motors. Robb’s team is based out of the Milford Proving Ground and part of the Global Autonomous Driving Center. Robb leads a team of engineers that are responsible for full vehicle... Read More →
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Scott Miller

Executive Director: Autonomous and Electric Vehicle Programs, GM
Scott Miller has been with General Motors since March 1994 and is currently Executive Director, Autonomous Development and Validation. In this role, he works internally with our partners in Product Development, Safety, and vehicle performance to ensure timely success of autonomous... Read More →
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Simeon Iliev

Research Engineer, ANL
Simeon Iliev joined Argonne National Laboratory in June of 2015. He is a research engineer at the Advanced Mobility Technology Laboratory and works on testing and evaluation of advanced vehicle technologies. Simeon earned a Master's of Science in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering... Read More →
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Troy McCormick

Sr. Software Engineer and Team Lead – Chassis Controls - Radar Systems, Bosch
Troy McCormick is an Engineering Manager in the Driver Assistance division at Robert Bosch in Plymouth, MI.  He currently leads a group of engineers focusing on the development and testing of Automotive Radar based Driver Assistance functions.  Troy has been working in automotive... Read More →
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Vivek Jaikamal

Business Development Manager – Advanced Applications, AVL
Vivek is passionate about leveraging the power of software and simulation to accelerate product development and reduce costs. Throughout his 25+ year career in the automotive industry, he has helped automotive OEMs and suppliers shorten their development, testing and calibration times... Read More →
avatar for Yun Cai

Yun Cai

Presales Tech Support Engineer, Siemens PLM Inc
Yun Cai is a pre-sales technical support engineer at Siemens PLM Software Inc. She has over 6 years of experience working in the automotive industry, where Yun focuses on applying integrated safety technologies to improve vehicle safety performance. Yun worked closely with OEM crash... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Sheraton: Augusta Room
  Judged Presentation, UT

2:00pm EDT

CSMS Presentation
This CSMS Presentation will focus on the development of plant models for propulsion system architecture selection and establishing a control system architecture. A control system architecture is the high level physical system/structure for controls including: ECUs, interfaces, serial data and other communication busses, key sensors, HMI and actuators added to base vehicle. In addition to this, any requirements that have been developed, energy management strategy research, and CAVs (Connected and Automated Vehicle) team interactions achieved in year one is within scope for this event. Additional focus areas of the presentation include: model-in-the-loop simulation methods, including model development strategy, requirements management, testing techniques, results evaluation, creation of a control architectures and how these processes are applied to optimum vehicle propulsion system architecture selection, controls development and achieving CAVs goals.
Event Captains
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Tom Ender

Senior Manager: PSEC Canada and EC&S, Engineering GMCC, General Motors
Tom Ender joined GM in 1997 as a controls engineer and is currently a Senior Manager for the Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls and Diagnostics Team.  He and his team develop controls and diagnostics for a wide variety of chassis, propulsion integration, thermal, electrical and body... Read More →
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Swarooph Seshadri

Senior Technical Evangelist – Student Competitions, MathWorks
Swarooph Seshadri is a Technical Evangelist for Automotive Student Competitions at the MathWorks and is the full time MathWorks technical lead for EcoCAR. He has been providing guidance for the PCM and the CAVs swim lanes. Swarooph graduated with a Master of Science in Mechanical... Read More →

Judges
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Aakhi Singhania

Calibration Engineer - Vehicle Systems Engineering, Bosch
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Bo Sun

Manager, AD & ADAS Group (Active & Passive Safety), Denso
Graduated from The Ohio State University. Responsible for AD/ADAS Sensing System in DENSO North America.
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Chris Balton

Advanced Controls Manager, Paccar
Chris Balton the Manager for the Advanced Controls group for Advanced Technology at the PACCAR Technical Center. During his 13 years at PACCAR Chris has led projects in Powertrain Controls for PACCAR Engines, Transmissions and Predictive Cruise Control. He has also developed vehicle... Read More →
avatar for Chris Manning

Chris Manning

Project Manager, dSPACE
Chris has been involved in the EcoCAR competition since 2011. Starting as a student in EcoCAR 2 and moving to dSPACE and supporting the competition as a sponsor. He has conducted trainings and judged competition events over the years. Chris has worked as an Application Engineer and... Read More →
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Jason Mullins

EGM: VMEC Controls, GM
Jason Mullins is currently the Engineering Group Manager for Electrification Energy Management at General Motors. This team is responsible for the Electrification Torque Supervisory controls for all of GM’s electrified vehicles. Jason has 20 years of industry experience with a strong... Read More →
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Joaquin Reyes

Joaquin Reyes is the Lead Vehicle Modeling and Simulation Engineer at Proterra Inc. He is responsible for the creation of numerical simulations to support the development of all ECU control software at Proterra. His role also involves modeling activities for transit bus range performance... Read More →
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Joel Van Sickel

Senior Application Engineer, MathWorks
Joel Van Sickel is a Senior Application Engineer at MathWorks who focuses on power systems and power electronics.
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Maulin Patel

Vice President, Systems Engineering, NXP
Maulin Patel is Vice President of Systems Engineering for the Business Line (BL) Secure Connected Edge (SCE) at NXP. He manages and drives global engineering teams for the BL SCE products execution, enablement, customer engagement & support, which also includes Security & Machine... Read More →
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Nick Kothari

Tech Specialist - Electrification Controls, General Motors
Nick joined GM in 1995 through a sponsor event during the SunRayce student competition. Starting with the GM EV1, he's since worked exclusively on hybrid/electric vehicle control systems focused mostly on propulsion and battery management. Currently Nick is leading system design for... Read More →
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Noel Mack

Product Line Executive – Components and Subsystems, AAM
Noel Mack is the Product Line Executive for AAM, where he has global responsibility for engineering of components and subsystems, including torque transfer devices and electronically controlled systems for AAM’s portfolio of driveline products. Previously Noel was the director of... Read More →
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Ren Fang

Senior Application Engineer, dSPACE
Ren Fang is a Senior Application Engineer in the Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) department at dSPACE Inc. Having joined dSPACE in 2014, Ren’s current responsibilities consist of managing and executing turnkey HIL projects at dSPACE. His areas of technical expertise include HIL Test... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Sheraton: Macon Room
  Judged Presentation, CSU

2:00pm EDT

PIA Presentation
The PIA Event for year one of the EcoCAR mobility challenge is focused on vehicle architecture selection and the selection of the major vehicle subsystems to meet the team’s Vehicle Technical Specification (VTS) goals. The intent of this event is to allow each team the opportunity to demonstrate an understanding of the vehicle architecture selection process, the advantages and limitations of the selected architecture and how the particular architecture affects the overall vehicle balance to the VTS requirements. The focus of this presentation will be at the vehicle level with references and connections made to the major subsystems. A high-level understanding of the vehicle integration areas (occupant packaging, subsystem packaging, mass, thermal performance, dynamic performance, noise & vibration performance, system safety, and fuel economy) is expected to be demonstrated. A description of how the vehicle performance analysis and simulation were done is required such that VTS targets will be achieved within a bandwidth of confidence. Vehicle integration and performance balance should be the emphasis of the presentation. Particular emphasis will be placed on evaluating the relationship between the vehicle architecture chosen, the VTS, and competition cost. The presentation should also include information on the propulsion system hardware architectures chosen, including how these subsystem selections achieve the desired vehicle performance balance and achievement of the VTS.
Event Captains
avatar for Lynn R. Gantt

Lynn R. Gantt

General Motors, VT Mentor
Lynn Gantt is an Energy Architecture Lead Engineer at General Motors. He joined GM in 2010 as a summer intern and has since held positions working on Fuel Economy Learning Vehicles and in Vehicle Development as an Energy Engineer. Most recently he worked on the energy execution of... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Ann Schlenker

Ann Schlenker

Director, Center for Transportation Research, ANL
Ann M. Schlenker is the Director for the Center for Transportation Research at Argonne National Laboratory. Ms. Schlenker’ s applied research area is actively seeking to reduce the transportation sector's reliance on fossil fuel and the environmental impact; while improving mobility... Read More →
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Bob Ransijn

Manager - Application Engineers - Simulation, Siemens
Bob Ransijn, M.Sc. is managing a group of application engineers at Siemens Software focused on Siemens’ System Simulation solutions. He has 12 years of technical experience working with many automotive and non-automotive customers in implementing system simulation methodologies... Read More →
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Dan Mehr

Assistant Program Engineering Manager, GM
Dan Mehr earned his bachelors of science from the University of Wisconsin in 2008 after participating in the FutureTruck and ChallengeX advanced vehicle technology competitions. Upon graduating, Dan joined General Motors as an energy storage system integration engineer and completed... Read More →
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Kyle Crawford

Program Manager, Peterbilt
Kyle Crawford is a program manager at the Peterbilt.  Kyle joined Paccar in 2014 and is responsible for the introduction of new engine models for the engine plant, which includes equipment modifications and additions as well as process updates required for the cylinder head and block... Read More →
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Lynette Popma

System Safety Engineer - ETRS, Trans, ETRS, ATM & Electrification System Safety Team, GM
Lynette Popma joined General Motors in 2000 and is a Propulsion System Safety Engineer in Milford, Michigan. She holds a BSE in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State University and is a Master Black Belt in DFSS.
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Michele Rodgers

Director of Program Management, Peterbilt Motors Company, Paccar
Michele Rodgers is the Director of Program Management for Peterbilt Motors Company. Located in Denton, Texas, Peterbilt has a global reputation for superior quality, industry leading design, innovative engineering and fuel-efficient solutions, and is regarded as the "Class" of the... Read More →
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Mike Wahlstrom

Director: Global Electronic Components and Subsystems, GM
Mike Wahlstrom is currently the Director of Automated Driving Innovation and Software. In this position he is responsible for advanced hardware development, system engineering and software engineering for GM’s Active Safety and Automated Driving products. Mike started his career... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 3 Room
  Judged Presentation, MSU

2:00pm EDT

Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation
In the Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation, student Project Managers will present details about the architecture selection process through the lens of project management, covering any consideration that could potentially affect the time, scope, or budget of the project once the team begins to execute their selected architecture. PMs will deep dive on risk analysis and the strategic decision-making process they applied to the architecture selection process, including the methods, tools, and processes used, the specific risks identified, and how those risks impacted the team’s decision-making process. PMs will also present the risk profile of their selected architecture, justify the risk-benefit value proposition, and discuss future plans for executing the architecture including how to manage risk throughout the project.
Judges
avatar for Bill Venner

Bill Venner

Director Chassis Suspension, Structure & Steering, General Motors
Bill joined GM in 1999 as a Noise and Vibration Engineer. He has held many different positions including Vehicle Development for Noise and Vibration and Ride and Handling, Design Release for Steering Systems and Plant Quality Engineer. Prior to his current role as Chief Enggineer... Read More →
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Inga Yuditsky

System Safety Engineer - Gas Engine Systems, Engine Controls/Fuel/Advanced System Safety, GM
Inga Yuditsky joined General Motors in 2011, and is a Propulsion System Safety Engineer in Milford, Michigan. She holds a B.S.E in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and a M. Eng. in Energy Systems Engineering from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbo... Read More →
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Jesus Cota

Sr. Program Manager, PACCAR
Jesus started his career with PACCAR as an Associate Design Engineer at Kenworth Mexico in 2008. He moved to Kenworth Division at Kirkland, WA in 2012 and held positions of increasing responsibility such as Engineering Supervisor – Core Interiors and Program Manager for new product... Read More →
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Rachel Nealer

Chief of Staff, VTO, BETO, FCTO, U.S. Department of Energy
Dr. Rachael Nealer is the Chief of Staff for the three Sustainable Transportation Offices (Bioenergy Technologies Office, Fuel Cell Technologies Office, and Vehicle Technologies Office) in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. Prior... Read More →
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Tony Farrell

Engineering Manager – Chassis Controls - Radar Systems, Bosch
Anthony Farrell is an Engineering Manager in the Chassis Controls – Active Safety division. He is responsible for technical project management, software management timelines, and international associate coordination. He has 17 years’ experience in chassis controls working for... Read More →
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Zach Slaton

Senior Assistant Chief Engineer - Embedded Engineering, PACCAR
Zach Slaton has been with PACCAR since 2007. During his career he has held positions of increasing responsibility including Principal Engineer, Vehicle Integration Supervisor, Embedded Engineering Manager, and Director of Program Management. He was promoted to Assistant Chief Engineer... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 1 Room
  Judged Presentation, OSU

2:00pm EDT

PSI Presentation
The PSI Presentation is designed to evaluate the teams’ architectural decisions, current vehicle status, mechanical & electrical design and engineering methodologies. Teams will need to demonstrate forward thinking in their problem solving, understanding the critical interactions of each functional area within the PSI swimlane and how they affect the VTS. This will be achieved through providing one example of complex system within their vehicle architecture.
Event Captains
avatar for Laura Barlow

Laura Barlow

Engineering Group Manager, General Motors
Laura is an Engineering Group Manager for the Thermal Controls and Software team at the Canadian Technical Centre with General Motors. Laura has been with GM for over 10 years, holding various roles such as Algorithm Engineer, Controls Technical Specialist, as well as leading teams... Read More →
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Hung Nguyen

Advanced Technology Engineer, General Motors
Hung Nguyen is an Advanced Technology Engineer – Chassis ATW at General Motors Canadian Technical Centre. He joined GM as an alumnus of the University of Waterloo Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Faculty and EcoCAR. Hung began his career at GM’s Computer Aided Engineering... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Bryan Ross

Bryan Ross

Vehicle Integration Manager, PACCAR
Bryan Ross has been the PACCAR chair for EcoCAR for 7 years and has led 3 series of programs. He provides in-depth participation with and application of systems engineering principles to mechanical and information system engineering challenges, especially maturing disruptive technologies... Read More →
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Chris Jarrell

Senior Manager, Electrified Systems Engineering Group, DENSO
Christopher M. Jarrell (Chris) is the Senior Manager of the Electrified Systems Engineering Group at DENSO International America, Inc. (DIAM) located in Southfield, Michigan. Chris joined DENSO in 1995 as an application engineer, responsible for the development of starters and alternators... Read More →
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Chris Meagher

Retired from GM, General Motors
Chris Meagher is a retired General Motors executive with 42 years of experience in the propulsion system area of engineering. After joining GM in 1979, he held positions as an engine development engineer, design release engineer, and global chief engineer & program manager of 4-cylinder... Read More →
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Doug Chemelli

Lead Product Engineer, Components and Subsystems, AAM
Doug Chemelli is a Lead Product Engineer at American Axle & Manufacturing. He has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University, graduating in 2008. His work focuses on Component Engineering of Driveline / Propulsion systems, including the development of... Read More →
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Forrest Jehlik

Principle Engineer, ANL
Forrest Jehlik is a Principle Engineer conducting advanced technology vehicle research at Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Powertrain Research Facility (APRF). Such research involves hybrids, plug-in hybrids, electric vehicles, autonomous vehicle technology. Particular areas... Read More →
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Keith Confer

Engineering Manager - Advanced Vehicle Systems, Delphi
Keith Confer is the Engineering Manager for Advanced Vehicle Systems in Delphi Technologies Advanced Systems Group.   He has over 30 years powertrain systems experience with extensive background in automotive air and fuel system design and development.  Keith holds ten US Patents... Read More →
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Matt Young

Manufacturing Engineering Manager, PACCAR Engine Company
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Wenbo Du

Application Engineer, Siemens
Dr. Wenbo Du is an Application Engineer at Siemens Software, specializing in CFD and multiphysics simulation for electrified powertrain applications. He is responsible for providing training and technical support for Simcenter STAR-CCM+ and Battery Design Studio customers including... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Sheraton: Valdosta Room
  Judged Presentation, GT

2:00pm EDT

Target Market Presentation
The first step in any product development process is to define the customer. A set of technical specifications for the product can then be established to quantitatively define the characteristics of the product which will appeal to the targeted customer. Finally, the product can be engineered to meet those specifications. For the purposes of EcoCAR, some elements of the target market have been pre-defined: teams must design a car for a Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) market, specifically a fleet-owned carsharing application (similar to Maven or Zipcar). By nature, this is a dual market where the vehicle must appeal to both the fleet-owner (operator of the carsharing service and purchaser of the vehicle) and the customer (the person that subscribes to the carsharing service and drives the vehicle). In this presentation, teams will define and characterize both the fleet-owner and the customer for this MaaS market and justify that the geographical region of this market suitable to support a carsharing service. Teams will also discuss the wants and needs of the fleet-owner and the customer as it pertains to the vehicle, including any areas where the fleet-owner and customer diverge. Finally, teams will present a single set of Vehicle Technical Specifications (VTS) that combines the wants and needs of the fleet-owner and customer into a unified vehicle design.
Event Captains
avatar for Mark Smith

Mark Smith

Technology Integration Program Manager, Department of Energy
Mark Smith is the Technology Integration Program Manager within the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Vehicle Technologies Office. In this role, he oversees a broad technology portfolio, which is focused on accelerating the development... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Heather Croteau

Heather Croteau

Chief of Staff for Sustainable Transportation and Fuels, U.S. Department of Energy
Heather Croteau is Chief of Staff for Sustainable Transportation and Fuels in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the Department of Energy. Prior to becoming Chief of Staff, she was a Technology Manager for the Vehicle Technologies Office Energy Efficient Mobility... Read More →
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Jim Harkins

Director, Engineering, Denso
James K. Harkins (Jim) is the Engineering Director of Electrified Systems Engineering at DENSO International America, Inc. (DIAM) located in Southfield, Michigan. Harkins joined DENSO in 1996 as an application engineer, responsible for the development of starters and alternators... Read More →
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John Haraf

Director - Software Integration, General Motors
John Haraf is currently the Director of Global Electrification and Battery Systems at General Motors. In this position, he is responsible for electrification control system integration/calibration development for all of GM’s Hybrid and Electric Vehicles. John began his career with... Read More →
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Lauren Tabolinsky

Academic Programs Manager, MathWorks
Lauren Tabolinsky joined MathWorks in 2008 and currently manages Academic Programs at MathWorks. Before joining MathWorks, Lauren was a product manager at Harvard Business School Publishing. Lauren holds a B.A. degree from Monmouth University and a Master’s degree in Marketing Communications... Read More →
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Leigh Anderson

Business Development Manager - the Americas & Automotive, Siemens
Mr. Leigh Anderson, MBA, Higher Education Program Manager for Automotive worldwide at Siemens Software. Leigh has 15 years of product management experience in the engineering software industry across a wide range of products ― from embedded software to simulation. Another 10 years... Read More →
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Lisa Tipton

Talent Attraction | STEM,DEI and University Partners, Bosch
Lisa Tipton is located at Robert Bosch North America HQ Corporate Office in Farmington Hills, MI and is lead for STEM, DEI and University Partners. She is the Center for Expertise for early talent recruiting for Bosch North America Region. She has worked in automotive HR, marketing... Read More →
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Taylor Frey

Marketing Manager, AVL
Taylor Frey is the marketing manager for the North American affiliate of AVL, a global leader in advanced propulsion technology. She received bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Public Relations/Advertising from Penn State University. While there, she participated in AVTC’s for... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Sheraton: Athens Room
  Judged Presentation, MAC

2:00pm EDT

Women in STEM Presentation
General Motors is sponsoring an award to honor women students in STEM fields who are demonstrating outstanding technical excellence and accomplishments through the EcoCAR automotive engineering program. The award is intended to encourage more women to study engineering, grow the support for Women in STEM within their EcoCAR Team and University, and pursue a career in automotive engineering after graduation. All EcoCAR female engineering students are eligible to compete for this award.
Event Captains
avatar for Maribeth Yabes

Maribeth Yabes

EGM: Global Controls Design Engineering, GM
Maribeth (MB) Yabes is the Engineering Group Manager of the Electrification Driver Data Team for GM’s Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls organization. In this role, MB manages a team of engineers who design, develop and test costumer facing features related to displays. MB joined... Read More →

Judges
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Christy Cooper

Operations Supervisor, VTO, and DOE Director, U.S. DRIVE Partnership, DOE
avatar for Connie Bezanson

Connie Bezanson

Education and Outreach Manager, Vehicle Technologies Office, DOE
Connie Bezanson manages the Education and Outreach activities within the Vehicle Technologies Program in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. In addition to managing the Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition (AVTC) activity, she manages... Read More →
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Wendy Eckman

Director: Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls, General Motors
Wendy Eckman is currently the Director of Propulsion and Chassis Embedded Controls Design Engineering, for General Motors. She graduated with a BSEE from Missouri S&T before joining Ford, and then went on to earn her MBA from the Michigan Ross Business School. She has been immersed... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Sheraton: Piedmont Room
  Sponsored Award, UWAFT - Jerica Rattana

2:50pm EDT

Break (Judges Only)
Monday May 20, 2019 2:50pm - 3:00pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 2 Room
  Food

3:00pm EDT

CAVs Presentation
The Year 1 CAVs Presentation is designed to evaluate the effectiveness with which the team completed the CAV activities throughout the year. CAV teams in Year 1 should be focused on sensing system design and simulation, computing hardware selection, sensor fusion algorithm testing, basic longitudinal control and mule vehicle sensor data collection using sensor hardware. The presentation itself will focus on several aspects of these activities: hardware system design, sensor fusion algorithm development, and software development workflow and processes.
Event Captains
avatar for Andrew Huster

Andrew Huster

Controls System Engineer, GM
Andrew Huster is a Controls System Engineer in the Automated Driving and Active Safety Production Controls group at General Motors. In this position, he develops software for sensor fusion that enables advanced ADAS features like Super Cruise. Prior to his current position, he was... Read More →

Judges
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Chris Kinser

Director: Global Performance Integration & Proving Grounds, GM
Chris Kinser is Director of the Global Autonomous Driving Center. Chris’ team is responsible for Vehicle Integration of General Motors’ Autonomous Vehicles, Automated Driving and Active Safety technologies. His team has developed prototypes of the companies’ first mass produced... Read More →
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Connell D'Souza

Student Competitions Technical Evangelist, MathWorks
Connell joined MathWorks in 2016 as a technical evangelist on the student competitions team. He primarily supports student competitions in Aerospace and Unmanned Systems. Connell holds an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University, Boston.
avatar for David Anderson

David Anderson

Program Manager, Energy Efficient Mobility Systems, VTO, U.S. Department of Energy
David Anderson is the Program Manager for the Energy Efficient Mobility Systems (EEMS) Program within the U.S. Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO). He leads a team responsible for a research portfolio that focuses on understanding the potentially dramatic energy... Read More →
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Frank Schneck

Senior Division Engineering Manager - Peterbilt, PACCAR
Frank Schneck is the Senior Engineering Manager for Peterbilt’s Advance Design & Vehicle Integration department. This team is responsible for bringing Advance Concept development into production by providing early vehicle layout, performance, functionality, scope definition and... Read More →
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Jacob Krakauer

Systems Engineer, Intel
Jacob Krakauer is a mechanical engineer in the autonomous transportation and infrastructure division. He works with government and educational engagements as well as working on Intel reference designs for autonomous vehicle systems. His main focus is on educating the public and academic... Read More →
avatar for Jacob Perrin

Jacob Perrin

Team Lead - Data Driven Development, dSPACE
Jacob is a Technical Lead for Data Driven Development at dSPACE Inc in Wixom, Michigan. Since graduating from the University of Michigan with a degree in Computer Engineering in 2015, Jacob has worked primarily in the areas of perception software development and prototyping. Recently... Read More →
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John Cotner

Technical Director - Automotive Systems Engineering, NXP
John Cotner is currently working as a Technical Director - Automotive Systems Engineering at NXP Semiconductors.John has worked in a variety of positions within the automotive electronics industry for the past 35 years focusing on systems engineering. This work has resulted in 5 patents... Read More →
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Leo Breton

Technology Development Director, Horiba
Leo Breton pioneered real-world, in-use mass emissions and fuel economy testing as an EPA engineer in the mid 1990's. He invented the seminal technologies still used in today’s PEMS systems and personally built and proved the first system to do this – it was known as ROVER. ROVER... Read More →
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Robb Bolio

Global Vehicle Performance Manager: Global Autonomous Driving Center, GM
Robb Bolio is the Global Vehicle Performance Manager for Autonomous and Electric Vehicles for General Motors. Robb’s team is based out of the Milford Proving Ground and part of the Global Autonomous Driving Center. Robb leads a team of engineers that are responsible for full vehicle... Read More →
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Scott Miller

Executive Director: Autonomous and Electric Vehicle Programs, GM
Scott Miller has been with General Motors since March 1994 and is currently Executive Director, Autonomous Development and Validation. In this role, he works internally with our partners in Product Development, Safety, and vehicle performance to ensure timely success of autonomous... Read More →
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Simeon Iliev

Research Engineer, ANL
Simeon Iliev joined Argonne National Laboratory in June of 2015. He is a research engineer at the Advanced Mobility Technology Laboratory and works on testing and evaluation of advanced vehicle technologies. Simeon earned a Master's of Science in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering... Read More →
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Troy McCormick

Sr. Software Engineer and Team Lead – Chassis Controls - Radar Systems, Bosch
Troy McCormick is an Engineering Manager in the Driver Assistance division at Robert Bosch in Plymouth, MI.  He currently leads a group of engineers focusing on the development and testing of Automotive Radar based Driver Assistance functions.  Troy has been working in automotive... Read More →
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Vivek Jaikamal

Business Development Manager – Advanced Applications, AVL
Vivek is passionate about leveraging the power of software and simulation to accelerate product development and reduce costs. Throughout his 25+ year career in the automotive industry, he has helped automotive OEMs and suppliers shorten their development, testing and calibration times... Read More →
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Yun Cai

Presales Tech Support Engineer, Siemens PLM Inc
Yun Cai is a pre-sales technical support engineer at Siemens PLM Software Inc. She has over 6 years of experience working in the automotive industry, where Yun focuses on applying integrated safety technologies to improve vehicle safety performance. Yun worked closely with OEM crash... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Sheraton: Augusta Room
  Judged Presentation, UWAFT

3:00pm EDT

CSMS Presentation
This CSMS Presentation will focus on the development of plant models for propulsion system architecture selection and establishing a control system architecture. A control system architecture is the high level physical system/structure for controls including: ECUs, interfaces, serial data and other communication busses, key sensors, HMI and actuators added to base vehicle. In addition to this, any requirements that have been developed, energy management strategy research, and CAVs (Connected and Automated Vehicle) team interactions achieved in year one is within scope for this event. Additional focus areas of the presentation include: model-in-the-loop simulation methods, including model development strategy, requirements management, testing techniques, results evaluation, creation of a control architectures and how these processes are applied to optimum vehicle propulsion system architecture selection, controls development and achieving CAVs goals.
Event Captains
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Tom Ender

Senior Manager: PSEC Canada and EC&S, Engineering GMCC, General Motors
Tom Ender joined GM in 1997 as a controls engineer and is currently a Senior Manager for the Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls and Diagnostics Team.  He and his team develop controls and diagnostics for a wide variety of chassis, propulsion integration, thermal, electrical and body... Read More →
avatar for Swarooph Seshadri

Swarooph Seshadri

Senior Technical Evangelist – Student Competitions, MathWorks
Swarooph Seshadri is a Technical Evangelist for Automotive Student Competitions at the MathWorks and is the full time MathWorks technical lead for EcoCAR. He has been providing guidance for the PCM and the CAVs swim lanes. Swarooph graduated with a Master of Science in Mechanical... Read More →

Judges
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Aakhi Singhania

Calibration Engineer - Vehicle Systems Engineering, Bosch
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Bo Sun

Manager, AD & ADAS Group (Active & Passive Safety), Denso
Graduated from The Ohio State University. Responsible for AD/ADAS Sensing System in DENSO North America.
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Chris Balton

Advanced Controls Manager, Paccar
Chris Balton the Manager for the Advanced Controls group for Advanced Technology at the PACCAR Technical Center. During his 13 years at PACCAR Chris has led projects in Powertrain Controls for PACCAR Engines, Transmissions and Predictive Cruise Control. He has also developed vehicle... Read More →
avatar for Chris Manning

Chris Manning

Project Manager, dSPACE
Chris has been involved in the EcoCAR competition since 2011. Starting as a student in EcoCAR 2 and moving to dSPACE and supporting the competition as a sponsor. He has conducted trainings and judged competition events over the years. Chris has worked as an Application Engineer and... Read More →
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Jason Mullins

EGM: VMEC Controls, GM
Jason Mullins is currently the Engineering Group Manager for Electrification Energy Management at General Motors. This team is responsible for the Electrification Torque Supervisory controls for all of GM’s electrified vehicles. Jason has 20 years of industry experience with a strong... Read More →
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Joaquin Reyes

Joaquin Reyes is the Lead Vehicle Modeling and Simulation Engineer at Proterra Inc. He is responsible for the creation of numerical simulations to support the development of all ECU control software at Proterra. His role also involves modeling activities for transit bus range performance... Read More →
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Joel Van Sickel

Senior Application Engineer, MathWorks
Joel Van Sickel is a Senior Application Engineer at MathWorks who focuses on power systems and power electronics.
avatar for Maulin Patel

Maulin Patel

Vice President, Systems Engineering, NXP
Maulin Patel is Vice President of Systems Engineering for the Business Line (BL) Secure Connected Edge (SCE) at NXP. He manages and drives global engineering teams for the BL SCE products execution, enablement, customer engagement & support, which also includes Security & Machine... Read More →
avatar for Nick Kothari

Nick Kothari

Tech Specialist - Electrification Controls, General Motors
Nick joined GM in 1995 through a sponsor event during the SunRayce student competition. Starting with the GM EV1, he's since worked exclusively on hybrid/electric vehicle control systems focused mostly on propulsion and battery management. Currently Nick is leading system design for... Read More →
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Noel Mack

Product Line Executive – Components and Subsystems, AAM
Noel Mack is the Product Line Executive for AAM, where he has global responsibility for engineering of components and subsystems, including torque transfer devices and electronically controlled systems for AAM’s portfolio of driveline products. Previously Noel was the director of... Read More →
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Ren Fang

Senior Application Engineer, dSPACE
Ren Fang is a Senior Application Engineer in the Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) department at dSPACE Inc. Having joined dSPACE in 2014, Ren’s current responsibilities consist of managing and executing turnkey HIL projects at dSPACE. His areas of technical expertise include HIL Test... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Sheraton: Macon Room
  Judged Presentation, WVU

3:00pm EDT

PIA Presentation
The PIA Event for year one of the EcoCAR mobility challenge is focused on vehicle architecture selection and the selection of the major vehicle subsystems to meet the team’s Vehicle Technical Specification (VTS) goals. The intent of this event is to allow each team the opportunity to demonstrate an understanding of the vehicle architecture selection process, the advantages and limitations of the selected architecture and how the particular architecture affects the overall vehicle balance to the VTS requirements. The focus of this presentation will be at the vehicle level with references and connections made to the major subsystems. A high-level understanding of the vehicle integration areas (occupant packaging, subsystem packaging, mass, thermal performance, dynamic performance, noise & vibration performance, system safety, and fuel economy) is expected to be demonstrated. A description of how the vehicle performance analysis and simulation were done is required such that VTS targets will be achieved within a bandwidth of confidence. Vehicle integration and performance balance should be the emphasis of the presentation. Particular emphasis will be placed on evaluating the relationship between the vehicle architecture chosen, the VTS, and competition cost. The presentation should also include information on the propulsion system hardware architectures chosen, including how these subsystem selections achieve the desired vehicle performance balance and achievement of the VTS.
Event Captains
avatar for Lynn R. Gantt

Lynn R. Gantt

General Motors, VT Mentor
Lynn Gantt is an Energy Architecture Lead Engineer at General Motors. He joined GM in 2010 as a summer intern and has since held positions working on Fuel Economy Learning Vehicles and in Vehicle Development as an Energy Engineer. Most recently he worked on the energy execution of... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Ann Schlenker

Ann Schlenker

Director, Center for Transportation Research, ANL
Ann M. Schlenker is the Director for the Center for Transportation Research at Argonne National Laboratory. Ms. Schlenker’ s applied research area is actively seeking to reduce the transportation sector's reliance on fossil fuel and the environmental impact; while improving mobility... Read More →
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Bob Ransijn

Manager - Application Engineers - Simulation, Siemens
Bob Ransijn, M.Sc. is managing a group of application engineers at Siemens Software focused on Siemens’ System Simulation solutions. He has 12 years of technical experience working with many automotive and non-automotive customers in implementing system simulation methodologies... Read More →
avatar for Dan Mehr

Dan Mehr

Assistant Program Engineering Manager, GM
Dan Mehr earned his bachelors of science from the University of Wisconsin in 2008 after participating in the FutureTruck and ChallengeX advanced vehicle technology competitions. Upon graduating, Dan joined General Motors as an energy storage system integration engineer and completed... Read More →
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Kyle Crawford

Program Manager, Peterbilt
Kyle Crawford is a program manager at the Peterbilt.  Kyle joined Paccar in 2014 and is responsible for the introduction of new engine models for the engine plant, which includes equipment modifications and additions as well as process updates required for the cylinder head and block... Read More →
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Lynette Popma

System Safety Engineer - ETRS, Trans, ETRS, ATM & Electrification System Safety Team, GM
Lynette Popma joined General Motors in 2000 and is a Propulsion System Safety Engineer in Milford, Michigan. She holds a BSE in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State University and is a Master Black Belt in DFSS.
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Michele Rodgers

Director of Program Management, Peterbilt Motors Company, Paccar
Michele Rodgers is the Director of Program Management for Peterbilt Motors Company. Located in Denton, Texas, Peterbilt has a global reputation for superior quality, industry leading design, innovative engineering and fuel-efficient solutions, and is regarded as the "Class" of the... Read More →
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Mike Wahlstrom

Director: Global Electronic Components and Subsystems, GM
Mike Wahlstrom is currently the Director of Automated Driving Innovation and Software. In this position he is responsible for advanced hardware development, system engineering and software engineering for GM’s Active Safety and Automated Driving products. Mike started his career... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 3 Room
  Judged Presentation, VT

3:00pm EDT

Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation
In the Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation, student Project Managers will present details about the architecture selection process through the lens of project management, covering any consideration that could potentially affect the time, scope, or budget of the project once the team begins to execute their selected architecture. PMs will deep dive on risk analysis and the strategic decision-making process they applied to the architecture selection process, including the methods, tools, and processes used, the specific risks identified, and how those risks impacted the team’s decision-making process. PMs will also present the risk profile of their selected architecture, justify the risk-benefit value proposition, and discuss future plans for executing the architecture including how to manage risk throughout the project.
Judges
avatar for Bill Venner

Bill Venner

Director Chassis Suspension, Structure & Steering, General Motors
Bill joined GM in 1999 as a Noise and Vibration Engineer. He has held many different positions including Vehicle Development for Noise and Vibration and Ride and Handling, Design Release for Steering Systems and Plant Quality Engineer. Prior to his current role as Chief Enggineer... Read More →
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Inga Yuditsky

System Safety Engineer - Gas Engine Systems, Engine Controls/Fuel/Advanced System Safety, GM
Inga Yuditsky joined General Motors in 2011, and is a Propulsion System Safety Engineer in Milford, Michigan. She holds a B.S.E in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and a M. Eng. in Energy Systems Engineering from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbo... Read More →
avatar for Jesus Cota

Jesus Cota

Sr. Program Manager, PACCAR
Jesus started his career with PACCAR as an Associate Design Engineer at Kenworth Mexico in 2008. He moved to Kenworth Division at Kirkland, WA in 2012 and held positions of increasing responsibility such as Engineering Supervisor – Core Interiors and Program Manager for new product... Read More →
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Rachel Nealer

Chief of Staff, VTO, BETO, FCTO, U.S. Department of Energy
Dr. Rachael Nealer is the Chief of Staff for the three Sustainable Transportation Offices (Bioenergy Technologies Office, Fuel Cell Technologies Office, and Vehicle Technologies Office) in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. Prior... Read More →
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Tony Farrell

Engineering Manager – Chassis Controls - Radar Systems, Bosch
Anthony Farrell is an Engineering Manager in the Chassis Controls – Active Safety division. He is responsible for technical project management, software management timelines, and international associate coordination. He has 17 years’ experience in chassis controls working for... Read More →
avatar for Zach Slaton

Zach Slaton

Senior Assistant Chief Engineer - Embedded Engineering, PACCAR
Zach Slaton has been with PACCAR since 2007. During his career he has held positions of increasing responsibility including Principal Engineer, Vehicle Integration Supervisor, Embedded Engineering Manager, and Director of Program Management. He was promoted to Assistant Chief Engineer... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 1 Room
  Judged Presentation, UW

3:00pm EDT

PSI Presentation
The PSI Presentation is designed to evaluate the teams’ architectural decisions, current vehicle status, mechanical & electrical design and engineering methodologies. Teams will need to demonstrate forward thinking in their problem solving, understanding the critical interactions of each functional area within the PSI swimlane and how they affect the VTS. This will be achieved through providing one example of complex system within their vehicle architecture.
Event Captains
avatar for Laura Barlow

Laura Barlow

Engineering Group Manager, General Motors
Laura is an Engineering Group Manager for the Thermal Controls and Software team at the Canadian Technical Centre with General Motors. Laura has been with GM for over 10 years, holding various roles such as Algorithm Engineer, Controls Technical Specialist, as well as leading teams... Read More →
avatar for Hung Nguyen

Hung Nguyen

Advanced Technology Engineer, General Motors
Hung Nguyen is an Advanced Technology Engineer – Chassis ATW at General Motors Canadian Technical Centre. He joined GM as an alumnus of the University of Waterloo Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Faculty and EcoCAR. Hung began his career at GM’s Computer Aided Engineering... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Bryan Ross

Bryan Ross

Vehicle Integration Manager, PACCAR
Bryan Ross has been the PACCAR chair for EcoCAR for 7 years and has led 3 series of programs. He provides in-depth participation with and application of systems engineering principles to mechanical and information system engineering challenges, especially maturing disruptive technologies... Read More →
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Chris Jarrell

Senior Manager, Electrified Systems Engineering Group, DENSO
Christopher M. Jarrell (Chris) is the Senior Manager of the Electrified Systems Engineering Group at DENSO International America, Inc. (DIAM) located in Southfield, Michigan. Chris joined DENSO in 1995 as an application engineer, responsible for the development of starters and alternators... Read More →
avatar for Chris Meagher

Chris Meagher

Retired from GM, General Motors
Chris Meagher is a retired General Motors executive with 42 years of experience in the propulsion system area of engineering. After joining GM in 1979, he held positions as an engine development engineer, design release engineer, and global chief engineer & program manager of 4-cylinder... Read More →
avatar for Doug Chemelli

Doug Chemelli

Lead Product Engineer, Components and Subsystems, AAM
Doug Chemelli is a Lead Product Engineer at American Axle & Manufacturing. He has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University, graduating in 2008. His work focuses on Component Engineering of Driveline / Propulsion systems, including the development of... Read More →
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Forrest Jehlik

Principle Engineer, ANL
Forrest Jehlik is a Principle Engineer conducting advanced technology vehicle research at Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Powertrain Research Facility (APRF). Such research involves hybrids, plug-in hybrids, electric vehicles, autonomous vehicle technology. Particular areas... Read More →
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Keith Confer

Engineering Manager - Advanced Vehicle Systems, Delphi
Keith Confer is the Engineering Manager for Advanced Vehicle Systems in Delphi Technologies Advanced Systems Group.   He has over 30 years powertrain systems experience with extensive background in automotive air and fuel system design and development.  Keith holds ten US Patents... Read More →
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Matt Young

Manufacturing Engineering Manager, PACCAR Engine Company
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Wenbo Du

Application Engineer, Siemens
Dr. Wenbo Du is an Application Engineer at Siemens Software, specializing in CFD and multiphysics simulation for electrified powertrain applications. He is responsible for providing training and technical support for Simcenter STAR-CCM+ and Battery Design Studio customers including... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Sheraton: Valdosta Room
  Judged Presentation, ERAU

3:00pm EDT

Target Market Presentation
The first step in any product development process is to define the customer. A set of technical specifications for the product can then be established to quantitatively define the characteristics of the product which will appeal to the targeted customer. Finally, the product can be engineered to meet those specifications. For the purposes of EcoCAR, some elements of the target market have been pre-defined: teams must design a car for a Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) market, specifically a fleet-owned carsharing application (similar to Maven or Zipcar). By nature, this is a dual market where the vehicle must appeal to both the fleet-owner (operator of the carsharing service and purchaser of the vehicle) and the customer (the person that subscribes to the carsharing service and drives the vehicle). In this presentation, teams will define and characterize both the fleet-owner and the customer for this MaaS market and justify that the geographical region of this market suitable to support a carsharing service. Teams will also discuss the wants and needs of the fleet-owner and the customer as it pertains to the vehicle, including any areas where the fleet-owner and customer diverge. Finally, teams will present a single set of Vehicle Technical Specifications (VTS) that combines the wants and needs of the fleet-owner and customer into a unified vehicle design.
Event Captains
avatar for Mark Smith

Mark Smith

Technology Integration Program Manager, Department of Energy
Mark Smith is the Technology Integration Program Manager within the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Vehicle Technologies Office. In this role, he oversees a broad technology portfolio, which is focused on accelerating the development... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Heather Croteau

Heather Croteau

Chief of Staff for Sustainable Transportation and Fuels, U.S. Department of Energy
Heather Croteau is Chief of Staff for Sustainable Transportation and Fuels in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the Department of Energy. Prior to becoming Chief of Staff, she was a Technology Manager for the Vehicle Technologies Office Energy Efficient Mobility... Read More →
avatar for Jim Harkins

Jim Harkins

Director, Engineering, Denso
James K. Harkins (Jim) is the Engineering Director of Electrified Systems Engineering at DENSO International America, Inc. (DIAM) located in Southfield, Michigan. Harkins joined DENSO in 1996 as an application engineer, responsible for the development of starters and alternators... Read More →
avatar for John Haraf

John Haraf

Director - Software Integration, General Motors
John Haraf is currently the Director of Global Electrification and Battery Systems at General Motors. In this position, he is responsible for electrification control system integration/calibration development for all of GM’s Hybrid and Electric Vehicles. John began his career with... Read More →
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Lauren Tabolinsky

Academic Programs Manager, MathWorks
Lauren Tabolinsky joined MathWorks in 2008 and currently manages Academic Programs at MathWorks. Before joining MathWorks, Lauren was a product manager at Harvard Business School Publishing. Lauren holds a B.A. degree from Monmouth University and a Master’s degree in Marketing Communications... Read More →
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Leigh Anderson

Business Development Manager - the Americas & Automotive, Siemens
Mr. Leigh Anderson, MBA, Higher Education Program Manager for Automotive worldwide at Siemens Software. Leigh has 15 years of product management experience in the engineering software industry across a wide range of products ― from embedded software to simulation. Another 10 years... Read More →
avatar for Lisa Tipton

Lisa Tipton

Talent Attraction | STEM,DEI and University Partners, Bosch
Lisa Tipton is located at Robert Bosch North America HQ Corporate Office in Farmington Hills, MI and is lead for STEM, DEI and University Partners. She is the Center for Expertise for early talent recruiting for Bosch North America Region. She has worked in automotive HR, marketing... Read More →
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Taylor Frey

Marketing Manager, AVL
Taylor Frey is the marketing manager for the North American affiliate of AVL, a global leader in advanced propulsion technology. She received bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Public Relations/Advertising from Penn State University. While there, she participated in AVTC’s for... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Sheraton: Athens Room
  Judged Presentation, UA

3:00pm EDT

Women in STEM Presentation
General Motors is sponsoring an award to honor women students in STEM fields who are demonstrating outstanding technical excellence and accomplishments through the EcoCAR automotive engineering program. The award is intended to encourage more women to study engineering, grow the support for Women in STEM within their EcoCAR Team and University, and pursue a career in automotive engineering after graduation. All EcoCAR female engineering students are eligible to compete for this award.
Event Captains
avatar for Maribeth Yabes

Maribeth Yabes

EGM: Global Controls Design Engineering, GM
Maribeth (MB) Yabes is the Engineering Group Manager of the Electrification Driver Data Team for GM’s Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls organization. In this role, MB manages a team of engineers who design, develop and test costumer facing features related to displays. MB joined... Read More →

Judges
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Christy Cooper

Operations Supervisor, VTO, and DOE Director, U.S. DRIVE Partnership, DOE
avatar for Connie Bezanson

Connie Bezanson

Education and Outreach Manager, Vehicle Technologies Office, DOE
Connie Bezanson manages the Education and Outreach activities within the Vehicle Technologies Program in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. In addition to managing the Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition (AVTC) activity, she manages... Read More →
avatar for Wendy Eckman

Wendy Eckman

Director: Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls, General Motors
Wendy Eckman is currently the Director of Propulsion and Chassis Embedded Controls Design Engineering, for General Motors. She graduated with a BSEE from Missouri S&T before joining Ford, and then went on to earn her MBA from the Michigan Ross Business School. She has been immersed... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Sheraton: Piedmont Room
  Sponsored Award, OSU - Akshra Narasimhan Ramakrishnan

3:50pm EDT

CAVs Presentation
The Year 1 CAVs Presentation is designed to evaluate the effectiveness with which the team completed the CAV activities throughout the year. CAV teams in Year 1 should be focused on sensing system design and simulation, computing hardware selection, sensor fusion algorithm testing, basic longitudinal control and mule vehicle sensor data collection using sensor hardware. The presentation itself will focus on several aspects of these activities: hardware system design, sensor fusion algorithm development, and software development workflow and processes.
Event Captains
avatar for Andrew Huster

Andrew Huster

Controls System Engineer, GM
Andrew Huster is a Controls System Engineer in the Automated Driving and Active Safety Production Controls group at General Motors. In this position, he develops software for sensor fusion that enables advanced ADAS features like Super Cruise. Prior to his current position, he was... Read More →

Judges
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Chris Kinser

Director: Global Performance Integration & Proving Grounds, GM
Chris Kinser is Director of the Global Autonomous Driving Center. Chris’ team is responsible for Vehicle Integration of General Motors’ Autonomous Vehicles, Automated Driving and Active Safety technologies. His team has developed prototypes of the companies’ first mass produced... Read More →
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Connell D'Souza

Student Competitions Technical Evangelist, MathWorks
Connell joined MathWorks in 2016 as a technical evangelist on the student competitions team. He primarily supports student competitions in Aerospace and Unmanned Systems. Connell holds an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University, Boston.
avatar for David Anderson

David Anderson

Program Manager, Energy Efficient Mobility Systems, VTO, U.S. Department of Energy
David Anderson is the Program Manager for the Energy Efficient Mobility Systems (EEMS) Program within the U.S. Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO). He leads a team responsible for a research portfolio that focuses on understanding the potentially dramatic energy... Read More →
avatar for Frank Schneck

Frank Schneck

Senior Division Engineering Manager - Peterbilt, PACCAR
Frank Schneck is the Senior Engineering Manager for Peterbilt’s Advance Design & Vehicle Integration department. This team is responsible for bringing Advance Concept development into production by providing early vehicle layout, performance, functionality, scope definition and... Read More →
avatar for Jacob Krakauer

Jacob Krakauer

Systems Engineer, Intel
Jacob Krakauer is a mechanical engineer in the autonomous transportation and infrastructure division. He works with government and educational engagements as well as working on Intel reference designs for autonomous vehicle systems. His main focus is on educating the public and academic... Read More →
avatar for Jacob Perrin

Jacob Perrin

Team Lead - Data Driven Development, dSPACE
Jacob is a Technical Lead for Data Driven Development at dSPACE Inc in Wixom, Michigan. Since graduating from the University of Michigan with a degree in Computer Engineering in 2015, Jacob has worked primarily in the areas of perception software development and prototyping. Recently... Read More →
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John Cotner

Technical Director - Automotive Systems Engineering, NXP
John Cotner is currently working as a Technical Director - Automotive Systems Engineering at NXP Semiconductors.John has worked in a variety of positions within the automotive electronics industry for the past 35 years focusing on systems engineering. This work has resulted in 5 patents... Read More →
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Leo Breton

Technology Development Director, Horiba
Leo Breton pioneered real-world, in-use mass emissions and fuel economy testing as an EPA engineer in the mid 1990's. He invented the seminal technologies still used in today’s PEMS systems and personally built and proved the first system to do this – it was known as ROVER. ROVER... Read More →
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Robb Bolio

Global Vehicle Performance Manager: Global Autonomous Driving Center, GM
Robb Bolio is the Global Vehicle Performance Manager for Autonomous and Electric Vehicles for General Motors. Robb’s team is based out of the Milford Proving Ground and part of the Global Autonomous Driving Center. Robb leads a team of engineers that are responsible for full vehicle... Read More →
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Scott Miller

Executive Director: Autonomous and Electric Vehicle Programs, GM
Scott Miller has been with General Motors since March 1994 and is currently Executive Director, Autonomous Development and Validation. In this role, he works internally with our partners in Product Development, Safety, and vehicle performance to ensure timely success of autonomous... Read More →
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Simeon Iliev

Research Engineer, ANL
Simeon Iliev joined Argonne National Laboratory in June of 2015. He is a research engineer at the Advanced Mobility Technology Laboratory and works on testing and evaluation of advanced vehicle technologies. Simeon earned a Master's of Science in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering... Read More →
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Troy McCormick

Sr. Software Engineer and Team Lead – Chassis Controls - Radar Systems, Bosch
Troy McCormick is an Engineering Manager in the Driver Assistance division at Robert Bosch in Plymouth, MI.  He currently leads a group of engineers focusing on the development and testing of Automotive Radar based Driver Assistance functions.  Troy has been working in automotive... Read More →
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Vivek Jaikamal

Business Development Manager – Advanced Applications, AVL
Vivek is passionate about leveraging the power of software and simulation to accelerate product development and reduce costs. Throughout his 25+ year career in the automotive industry, he has helped automotive OEMs and suppliers shorten their development, testing and calibration times... Read More →
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Yun Cai

Presales Tech Support Engineer, Siemens PLM Inc
Yun Cai is a pre-sales technical support engineer at Siemens PLM Software Inc. She has over 6 years of experience working in the automotive industry, where Yun focuses on applying integrated safety technologies to improve vehicle safety performance. Yun worked closely with OEM crash... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 3:50pm - 4:40pm EDT
Sheraton: Augusta Room
  Judged Presentation, GT

3:50pm EDT

CSMS Presentation
This CSMS Presentation will focus on the development of plant models for propulsion system architecture selection and establishing a control system architecture. A control system architecture is the high level physical system/structure for controls including: ECUs, interfaces, serial data and other communication busses, key sensors, HMI and actuators added to base vehicle. In addition to this, any requirements that have been developed, energy management strategy research, and CAVs (Connected and Automated Vehicle) team interactions achieved in year one is within scope for this event. Additional focus areas of the presentation include: model-in-the-loop simulation methods, including model development strategy, requirements management, testing techniques, results evaluation, creation of a control architectures and how these processes are applied to optimum vehicle propulsion system architecture selection, controls development and achieving CAVs goals.
Event Captains
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Tom Ender

Senior Manager: PSEC Canada and EC&S, Engineering GMCC, General Motors
Tom Ender joined GM in 1997 as a controls engineer and is currently a Senior Manager for the Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls and Diagnostics Team.  He and his team develop controls and diagnostics for a wide variety of chassis, propulsion integration, thermal, electrical and body... Read More →
avatar for Swarooph Seshadri

Swarooph Seshadri

Senior Technical Evangelist – Student Competitions, MathWorks
Swarooph Seshadri is a Technical Evangelist for Automotive Student Competitions at the MathWorks and is the full time MathWorks technical lead for EcoCAR. He has been providing guidance for the PCM and the CAVs swim lanes. Swarooph graduated with a Master of Science in Mechanical... Read More →

Judges
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Aakhi Singhania

Calibration Engineer - Vehicle Systems Engineering, Bosch
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Bo Sun

Manager, AD & ADAS Group (Active & Passive Safety), Denso
Graduated from The Ohio State University. Responsible for AD/ADAS Sensing System in DENSO North America.
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Chris Balton

Advanced Controls Manager, Paccar
Chris Balton the Manager for the Advanced Controls group for Advanced Technology at the PACCAR Technical Center. During his 13 years at PACCAR Chris has led projects in Powertrain Controls for PACCAR Engines, Transmissions and Predictive Cruise Control. He has also developed vehicle... Read More →
avatar for Chris Manning

Chris Manning

Project Manager, dSPACE
Chris has been involved in the EcoCAR competition since 2011. Starting as a student in EcoCAR 2 and moving to dSPACE and supporting the competition as a sponsor. He has conducted trainings and judged competition events over the years. Chris has worked as an Application Engineer and... Read More →
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Jason Mullins

EGM: VMEC Controls, GM
Jason Mullins is currently the Engineering Group Manager for Electrification Energy Management at General Motors. This team is responsible for the Electrification Torque Supervisory controls for all of GM’s electrified vehicles. Jason has 20 years of industry experience with a strong... Read More →
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Joaquin Reyes

Joaquin Reyes is the Lead Vehicle Modeling and Simulation Engineer at Proterra Inc. He is responsible for the creation of numerical simulations to support the development of all ECU control software at Proterra. His role also involves modeling activities for transit bus range performance... Read More →
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Joel Van Sickel

Senior Application Engineer, MathWorks
Joel Van Sickel is a Senior Application Engineer at MathWorks who focuses on power systems and power electronics.
avatar for Maulin Patel

Maulin Patel

Vice President, Systems Engineering, NXP
Maulin Patel is Vice President of Systems Engineering for the Business Line (BL) Secure Connected Edge (SCE) at NXP. He manages and drives global engineering teams for the BL SCE products execution, enablement, customer engagement & support, which also includes Security & Machine... Read More →
avatar for Nick Kothari

Nick Kothari

Tech Specialist - Electrification Controls, General Motors
Nick joined GM in 1995 through a sponsor event during the SunRayce student competition. Starting with the GM EV1, he's since worked exclusively on hybrid/electric vehicle control systems focused mostly on propulsion and battery management. Currently Nick is leading system design for... Read More →
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Noel Mack

Product Line Executive – Components and Subsystems, AAM
Noel Mack is the Product Line Executive for AAM, where he has global responsibility for engineering of components and subsystems, including torque transfer devices and electronically controlled systems for AAM’s portfolio of driveline products. Previously Noel was the director of... Read More →
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Ren Fang

Senior Application Engineer, dSPACE
Ren Fang is a Senior Application Engineer in the Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) department at dSPACE Inc. Having joined dSPACE in 2014, Ren’s current responsibilities consist of managing and executing turnkey HIL projects at dSPACE. His areas of technical expertise include HIL Test... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 3:50pm - 4:40pm EDT
Sheraton: Macon Room
  Judged Presentation, MAC

3:50pm EDT

PIA Presentation
The PIA Event for year one of the EcoCAR mobility challenge is focused on vehicle architecture selection and the selection of the major vehicle subsystems to meet the team’s Vehicle Technical Specification (VTS) goals. The intent of this event is to allow each team the opportunity to demonstrate an understanding of the vehicle architecture selection process, the advantages and limitations of the selected architecture and how the particular architecture affects the overall vehicle balance to the VTS requirements. The focus of this presentation will be at the vehicle level with references and connections made to the major subsystems. A high-level understanding of the vehicle integration areas (occupant packaging, subsystem packaging, mass, thermal performance, dynamic performance, noise & vibration performance, system safety, and fuel economy) is expected to be demonstrated. A description of how the vehicle performance analysis and simulation were done is required such that VTS targets will be achieved within a bandwidth of confidence. Vehicle integration and performance balance should be the emphasis of the presentation. Particular emphasis will be placed on evaluating the relationship between the vehicle architecture chosen, the VTS, and competition cost. The presentation should also include information on the propulsion system hardware architectures chosen, including how these subsystem selections achieve the desired vehicle performance balance and achievement of the VTS.
Event Captains
avatar for Lynn R. Gantt

Lynn R. Gantt

General Motors, VT Mentor
Lynn Gantt is an Energy Architecture Lead Engineer at General Motors. He joined GM in 2010 as a summer intern and has since held positions working on Fuel Economy Learning Vehicles and in Vehicle Development as an Energy Engineer. Most recently he worked on the energy execution of... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Ann Schlenker

Ann Schlenker

Director, Center for Transportation Research, ANL
Ann M. Schlenker is the Director for the Center for Transportation Research at Argonne National Laboratory. Ms. Schlenker’ s applied research area is actively seeking to reduce the transportation sector's reliance on fossil fuel and the environmental impact; while improving mobility... Read More →
avatar for Bob Ransijn

Bob Ransijn

Manager - Application Engineers - Simulation, Siemens
Bob Ransijn, M.Sc. is managing a group of application engineers at Siemens Software focused on Siemens’ System Simulation solutions. He has 12 years of technical experience working with many automotive and non-automotive customers in implementing system simulation methodologies... Read More →
avatar for Dan Mehr

Dan Mehr

Assistant Program Engineering Manager, GM
Dan Mehr earned his bachelors of science from the University of Wisconsin in 2008 after participating in the FutureTruck and ChallengeX advanced vehicle technology competitions. Upon graduating, Dan joined General Motors as an energy storage system integration engineer and completed... Read More →
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Kyle Crawford

Program Manager, Peterbilt
Kyle Crawford is a program manager at the Peterbilt.  Kyle joined Paccar in 2014 and is responsible for the introduction of new engine models for the engine plant, which includes equipment modifications and additions as well as process updates required for the cylinder head and block... Read More →
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Lynette Popma

System Safety Engineer - ETRS, Trans, ETRS, ATM & Electrification System Safety Team, GM
Lynette Popma joined General Motors in 2000 and is a Propulsion System Safety Engineer in Milford, Michigan. She holds a BSE in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State University and is a Master Black Belt in DFSS.
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Michele Rodgers

Director of Program Management, Peterbilt Motors Company, Paccar
Michele Rodgers is the Director of Program Management for Peterbilt Motors Company. Located in Denton, Texas, Peterbilt has a global reputation for superior quality, industry leading design, innovative engineering and fuel-efficient solutions, and is regarded as the "Class" of the... Read More →
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Mike Wahlstrom

Director: Global Electronic Components and Subsystems, GM
Mike Wahlstrom is currently the Director of Automated Driving Innovation and Software. In this position he is responsible for advanced hardware development, system engineering and software engineering for GM’s Active Safety and Automated Driving products. Mike started his career... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 3:50pm - 4:40pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 3 Room
  Judged Presentation, OSU

3:50pm EDT

Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation
In the Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation, student Project Managers will present details about the architecture selection process through the lens of project management, covering any consideration that could potentially affect the time, scope, or budget of the project once the team begins to execute their selected architecture. PMs will deep dive on risk analysis and the strategic decision-making process they applied to the architecture selection process, including the methods, tools, and processes used, the specific risks identified, and how those risks impacted the team’s decision-making process. PMs will also present the risk profile of their selected architecture, justify the risk-benefit value proposition, and discuss future plans for executing the architecture including how to manage risk throughout the project.
Judges
avatar for Bill Venner

Bill Venner

Director Chassis Suspension, Structure & Steering, General Motors
Bill joined GM in 1999 as a Noise and Vibration Engineer. He has held many different positions including Vehicle Development for Noise and Vibration and Ride and Handling, Design Release for Steering Systems and Plant Quality Engineer. Prior to his current role as Chief Enggineer... Read More →
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Inga Yuditsky

System Safety Engineer - Gas Engine Systems, Engine Controls/Fuel/Advanced System Safety, GM
Inga Yuditsky joined General Motors in 2011, and is a Propulsion System Safety Engineer in Milford, Michigan. She holds a B.S.E in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and a M. Eng. in Energy Systems Engineering from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbo... Read More →
avatar for Jesus Cota

Jesus Cota

Sr. Program Manager, PACCAR
Jesus started his career with PACCAR as an Associate Design Engineer at Kenworth Mexico in 2008. He moved to Kenworth Division at Kirkland, WA in 2012 and held positions of increasing responsibility such as Engineering Supervisor – Core Interiors and Program Manager for new product... Read More →
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Rachel Nealer

Chief of Staff, VTO, BETO, FCTO, U.S. Department of Energy
Dr. Rachael Nealer is the Chief of Staff for the three Sustainable Transportation Offices (Bioenergy Technologies Office, Fuel Cell Technologies Office, and Vehicle Technologies Office) in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. Prior... Read More →
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Tony Farrell

Engineering Manager – Chassis Controls - Radar Systems, Bosch
Anthony Farrell is an Engineering Manager in the Chassis Controls – Active Safety division. He is responsible for technical project management, software management timelines, and international associate coordination. He has 17 years’ experience in chassis controls working for... Read More →
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Zach Slaton

Senior Assistant Chief Engineer - Embedded Engineering, PACCAR
Zach Slaton has been with PACCAR since 2007. During his career he has held positions of increasing responsibility including Principal Engineer, Vehicle Integration Supervisor, Embedded Engineering Manager, and Director of Program Management. He was promoted to Assistant Chief Engineer... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 3:50pm - 4:40pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 1 Room
  Judged Presentation, UT

3:50pm EDT

PSI Presentation
The PSI Presentation is designed to evaluate the teams’ architectural decisions, current vehicle status, mechanical & electrical design and engineering methodologies. Teams will need to demonstrate forward thinking in their problem solving, understanding the critical interactions of each functional area within the PSI swimlane and how they affect the VTS. This will be achieved through providing one example of complex system within their vehicle architecture.
Event Captains
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Laura Barlow

Engineering Group Manager, General Motors
Laura is an Engineering Group Manager for the Thermal Controls and Software team at the Canadian Technical Centre with General Motors. Laura has been with GM for over 10 years, holding various roles such as Algorithm Engineer, Controls Technical Specialist, as well as leading teams... Read More →
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Hung Nguyen

Advanced Technology Engineer, General Motors
Hung Nguyen is an Advanced Technology Engineer – Chassis ATW at General Motors Canadian Technical Centre. He joined GM as an alumnus of the University of Waterloo Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Faculty and EcoCAR. Hung began his career at GM’s Computer Aided Engineering... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Bryan Ross

Bryan Ross

Vehicle Integration Manager, PACCAR
Bryan Ross has been the PACCAR chair for EcoCAR for 7 years and has led 3 series of programs. He provides in-depth participation with and application of systems engineering principles to mechanical and information system engineering challenges, especially maturing disruptive technologies... Read More →
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Chris Jarrell

Senior Manager, Electrified Systems Engineering Group, DENSO
Christopher M. Jarrell (Chris) is the Senior Manager of the Electrified Systems Engineering Group at DENSO International America, Inc. (DIAM) located in Southfield, Michigan. Chris joined DENSO in 1995 as an application engineer, responsible for the development of starters and alternators... Read More →
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Chris Meagher

Retired from GM, General Motors
Chris Meagher is a retired General Motors executive with 42 years of experience in the propulsion system area of engineering. After joining GM in 1979, he held positions as an engine development engineer, design release engineer, and global chief engineer & program manager of 4-cylinder... Read More →
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Doug Chemelli

Lead Product Engineer, Components and Subsystems, AAM
Doug Chemelli is a Lead Product Engineer at American Axle & Manufacturing. He has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University, graduating in 2008. His work focuses on Component Engineering of Driveline / Propulsion systems, including the development of... Read More →
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Forrest Jehlik

Principle Engineer, ANL
Forrest Jehlik is a Principle Engineer conducting advanced technology vehicle research at Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Powertrain Research Facility (APRF). Such research involves hybrids, plug-in hybrids, electric vehicles, autonomous vehicle technology. Particular areas... Read More →
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Keith Confer

Engineering Manager - Advanced Vehicle Systems, Delphi
Keith Confer is the Engineering Manager for Advanced Vehicle Systems in Delphi Technologies Advanced Systems Group.   He has over 30 years powertrain systems experience with extensive background in automotive air and fuel system design and development.  Keith holds ten US Patents... Read More →
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Matt Young

Manufacturing Engineering Manager, PACCAR Engine Company
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Wenbo Du

Application Engineer, Siemens
Dr. Wenbo Du is an Application Engineer at Siemens Software, specializing in CFD and multiphysics simulation for electrified powertrain applications. He is responsible for providing training and technical support for Simcenter STAR-CCM+ and Battery Design Studio customers including... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 3:50pm - 4:40pm EDT
Sheraton: Valdosta Room
  Judged Presentation, CSU

3:50pm EDT

Target Market Presentation
The first step in any product development process is to define the customer. A set of technical specifications for the product can then be established to quantitatively define the characteristics of the product which will appeal to the targeted customer. Finally, the product can be engineered to meet those specifications. For the purposes of EcoCAR, some elements of the target market have been pre-defined: teams must design a car for a Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) market, specifically a fleet-owned carsharing application (similar to Maven or Zipcar). By nature, this is a dual market where the vehicle must appeal to both the fleet-owner (operator of the carsharing service and purchaser of the vehicle) and the customer (the person that subscribes to the carsharing service and drives the vehicle). In this presentation, teams will define and characterize both the fleet-owner and the customer for this MaaS market and justify that the geographical region of this market suitable to support a carsharing service. Teams will also discuss the wants and needs of the fleet-owner and the customer as it pertains to the vehicle, including any areas where the fleet-owner and customer diverge. Finally, teams will present a single set of Vehicle Technical Specifications (VTS) that combines the wants and needs of the fleet-owner and customer into a unified vehicle design.
Event Captains
avatar for Mark Smith

Mark Smith

Technology Integration Program Manager, Department of Energy
Mark Smith is the Technology Integration Program Manager within the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Vehicle Technologies Office. In this role, he oversees a broad technology portfolio, which is focused on accelerating the development... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Heather Croteau

Heather Croteau

Chief of Staff for Sustainable Transportation and Fuels, U.S. Department of Energy
Heather Croteau is Chief of Staff for Sustainable Transportation and Fuels in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the Department of Energy. Prior to becoming Chief of Staff, she was a Technology Manager for the Vehicle Technologies Office Energy Efficient Mobility... Read More →
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Jim Harkins

Director, Engineering, Denso
James K. Harkins (Jim) is the Engineering Director of Electrified Systems Engineering at DENSO International America, Inc. (DIAM) located in Southfield, Michigan. Harkins joined DENSO in 1996 as an application engineer, responsible for the development of starters and alternators... Read More →
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John Haraf

Director - Software Integration, General Motors
John Haraf is currently the Director of Global Electrification and Battery Systems at General Motors. In this position, he is responsible for electrification control system integration/calibration development for all of GM’s Hybrid and Electric Vehicles. John began his career with... Read More →
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Lauren Tabolinsky

Academic Programs Manager, MathWorks
Lauren Tabolinsky joined MathWorks in 2008 and currently manages Academic Programs at MathWorks. Before joining MathWorks, Lauren was a product manager at Harvard Business School Publishing. Lauren holds a B.A. degree from Monmouth University and a Master’s degree in Marketing Communications... Read More →
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Leigh Anderson

Business Development Manager - the Americas & Automotive, Siemens
Mr. Leigh Anderson, MBA, Higher Education Program Manager for Automotive worldwide at Siemens Software. Leigh has 15 years of product management experience in the engineering software industry across a wide range of products ― from embedded software to simulation. Another 10 years... Read More →
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Lisa Tipton

Talent Attraction | STEM,DEI and University Partners, Bosch
Lisa Tipton is located at Robert Bosch North America HQ Corporate Office in Farmington Hills, MI and is lead for STEM, DEI and University Partners. She is the Center for Expertise for early talent recruiting for Bosch North America Region. She has worked in automotive HR, marketing... Read More →
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Taylor Frey

Marketing Manager, AVL
Taylor Frey is the marketing manager for the North American affiliate of AVL, a global leader in advanced propulsion technology. She received bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Public Relations/Advertising from Penn State University. While there, she participated in AVTC’s for... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 3:50pm - 4:40pm EDT
Sheraton: Athens Room
  Judged Presentation, MSU

3:50pm EDT

Women in STEM Presentation
General Motors is sponsoring an award to honor women students in STEM fields who are demonstrating outstanding technical excellence and accomplishments through the EcoCAR automotive engineering program. The award is intended to encourage more women to study engineering, grow the support for Women in STEM within their EcoCAR Team and University, and pursue a career in automotive engineering after graduation. All EcoCAR female engineering students are eligible to compete for this award.
Event Captains
avatar for Maribeth Yabes

Maribeth Yabes

EGM: Global Controls Design Engineering, GM
Maribeth (MB) Yabes is the Engineering Group Manager of the Electrification Driver Data Team for GM’s Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls organization. In this role, MB manages a team of engineers who design, develop and test costumer facing features related to displays. MB joined... Read More →

Judges
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Christy Cooper

Operations Supervisor, VTO, and DOE Director, U.S. DRIVE Partnership, DOE
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Connie Bezanson

Education and Outreach Manager, Vehicle Technologies Office, DOE
Connie Bezanson manages the Education and Outreach activities within the Vehicle Technologies Program in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. In addition to managing the Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition (AVTC) activity, she manages... Read More →
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Wendy Eckman

Director: Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls, General Motors
Wendy Eckman is currently the Director of Propulsion and Chassis Embedded Controls Design Engineering, for General Motors. She graduated with a BSEE from Missouri S&T before joining Ford, and then went on to earn her MBA from the Michigan Ross Business School. She has been immersed... Read More →

Monday May 20, 2019 3:50pm - 4:40pm EDT
Sheraton: Piedmont Room
  Sponsored Award, UA - Ashley Phan

6:30pm EDT

Faculty Dinner Reception - Sponsored by NXP (by invitation only)
Monday May 20, 2019 6:30pm - 7:30pm EDT
Ritz-Carlton Hotel (The Directors Room/Lounge) 181 Peachtree Street, N.E. Atlanta, GA 30303 United States
  Stakeholder Event, Faculty

7:30pm EDT

Faculty Dinner - Sponsored by NXP (by invitation only)
Monday May 20, 2019 7:30pm - 9:00pm EDT
Ritz-Carlton Hotel (Georgian Room) 181 Peachtree Street, N.E. Atlanta, GA 30303 United States
  Stakeholder Event, Faculty
 
Tuesday, May 21
 

7:30am EDT

Judge Breakfast
Tuesday May 21, 2019 7:30am - 8:30am EDT
Sheraton: Grand Ballroom Salon D/E/F
  Food

7:30am EDT

Team Breakfast
Tuesday May 21, 2019 7:30am - 8:30am EDT
Sheraton: Collage Restaurant
  Food

8:30am EDT

CAVs Presentation
The Year 1 CAVs Presentation is designed to evaluate the effectiveness with which the team completed the CAV activities throughout the year. CAV teams in Year 1 should be focused on sensing system design and simulation, computing hardware selection, sensor fusion algorithm testing, basic longitudinal control and mule vehicle sensor data collection using sensor hardware. The presentation itself will focus on several aspects of these activities: hardware system design, sensor fusion algorithm development, and software development workflow and processes.
Event Captains
avatar for Andrew Huster

Andrew Huster

Controls System Engineer, GM
Andrew Huster is a Controls System Engineer in the Automated Driving and Active Safety Production Controls group at General Motors. In this position, he develops software for sensor fusion that enables advanced ADAS features like Super Cruise. Prior to his current position, he was... Read More →

Judges
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Chris Kinser

Director: Global Performance Integration & Proving Grounds, GM
Chris Kinser is Director of the Global Autonomous Driving Center. Chris’ team is responsible for Vehicle Integration of General Motors’ Autonomous Vehicles, Automated Driving and Active Safety technologies. His team has developed prototypes of the companies’ first mass produced... Read More →
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Connell D'Souza

Student Competitions Technical Evangelist, MathWorks
Connell joined MathWorks in 2016 as a technical evangelist on the student competitions team. He primarily supports student competitions in Aerospace and Unmanned Systems. Connell holds an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University, Boston.
avatar for David Anderson

David Anderson

Program Manager, Energy Efficient Mobility Systems, VTO, U.S. Department of Energy
David Anderson is the Program Manager for the Energy Efficient Mobility Systems (EEMS) Program within the U.S. Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO). He leads a team responsible for a research portfolio that focuses on understanding the potentially dramatic energy... Read More →
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Frank Schneck

Senior Division Engineering Manager - Peterbilt, PACCAR
Frank Schneck is the Senior Engineering Manager for Peterbilt’s Advance Design & Vehicle Integration department. This team is responsible for bringing Advance Concept development into production by providing early vehicle layout, performance, functionality, scope definition and... Read More →
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Jacob Krakauer

Systems Engineer, Intel
Jacob Krakauer is a mechanical engineer in the autonomous transportation and infrastructure division. He works with government and educational engagements as well as working on Intel reference designs for autonomous vehicle systems. His main focus is on educating the public and academic... Read More →
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Jacob Perrin

Team Lead - Data Driven Development, dSPACE
Jacob is a Technical Lead for Data Driven Development at dSPACE Inc in Wixom, Michigan. Since graduating from the University of Michigan with a degree in Computer Engineering in 2015, Jacob has worked primarily in the areas of perception software development and prototyping. Recently... Read More →
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John Cotner

Technical Director - Automotive Systems Engineering, NXP
John Cotner is currently working as a Technical Director - Automotive Systems Engineering at NXP Semiconductors.John has worked in a variety of positions within the automotive electronics industry for the past 35 years focusing on systems engineering. This work has resulted in 5 patents... Read More →
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Leo Breton

Technology Development Director, Horiba
Leo Breton pioneered real-world, in-use mass emissions and fuel economy testing as an EPA engineer in the mid 1990's. He invented the seminal technologies still used in today’s PEMS systems and personally built and proved the first system to do this – it was known as ROVER. ROVER... Read More →
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Robb Bolio

Global Vehicle Performance Manager: Global Autonomous Driving Center, GM
Robb Bolio is the Global Vehicle Performance Manager for Autonomous and Electric Vehicles for General Motors. Robb’s team is based out of the Milford Proving Ground and part of the Global Autonomous Driving Center. Robb leads a team of engineers that are responsible for full vehicle... Read More →
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Scott Miller

Executive Director: Autonomous and Electric Vehicle Programs, GM
Scott Miller has been with General Motors since March 1994 and is currently Executive Director, Autonomous Development and Validation. In this role, he works internally with our partners in Product Development, Safety, and vehicle performance to ensure timely success of autonomous... Read More →
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Simeon Iliev

Research Engineer, ANL
Simeon Iliev joined Argonne National Laboratory in June of 2015. He is a research engineer at the Advanced Mobility Technology Laboratory and works on testing and evaluation of advanced vehicle technologies. Simeon earned a Master's of Science in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering... Read More →
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Troy McCormick

Sr. Software Engineer and Team Lead – Chassis Controls - Radar Systems, Bosch
Troy McCormick is an Engineering Manager in the Driver Assistance division at Robert Bosch in Plymouth, MI.  He currently leads a group of engineers focusing on the development and testing of Automotive Radar based Driver Assistance functions.  Troy has been working in automotive... Read More →
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Vivek Jaikamal

Business Development Manager – Advanced Applications, AVL
Vivek is passionate about leveraging the power of software and simulation to accelerate product development and reduce costs. Throughout his 25+ year career in the automotive industry, he has helped automotive OEMs and suppliers shorten their development, testing and calibration times... Read More →
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Yun Cai

Presales Tech Support Engineer, Siemens PLM Inc
Yun Cai is a pre-sales technical support engineer at Siemens PLM Software Inc. She has over 6 years of experience working in the automotive industry, where Yun focuses on applying integrated safety technologies to improve vehicle safety performance. Yun worked closely with OEM crash... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 8:30am - 9:20am EDT
Sheraton: Augusta Room
  Judged Presentation, ERAU

8:30am EDT

CSMS Presentation
This CSMS Presentation will focus on the development of plant models for propulsion system architecture selection and establishing a control system architecture. A control system architecture is the high level physical system/structure for controls including: ECUs, interfaces, serial data and other communication busses, key sensors, HMI and actuators added to base vehicle. In addition to this, any requirements that have been developed, energy management strategy research, and CAVs (Connected and Automated Vehicle) team interactions achieved in year one is within scope for this event. Additional focus areas of the presentation include: model-in-the-loop simulation methods, including model development strategy, requirements management, testing techniques, results evaluation, creation of a control architectures and how these processes are applied to optimum vehicle propulsion system architecture selection, controls development and achieving CAVs goals.
Event Captains
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Tom Ender

Senior Manager: PSEC Canada and EC&S, Engineering GMCC, General Motors
Tom Ender joined GM in 1997 as a controls engineer and is currently a Senior Manager for the Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls and Diagnostics Team.  He and his team develop controls and diagnostics for a wide variety of chassis, propulsion integration, thermal, electrical and body... Read More →
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Swarooph Seshadri

Senior Technical Evangelist – Student Competitions, MathWorks
Swarooph Seshadri is a Technical Evangelist for Automotive Student Competitions at the MathWorks and is the full time MathWorks technical lead for EcoCAR. He has been providing guidance for the PCM and the CAVs swim lanes. Swarooph graduated with a Master of Science in Mechanical... Read More →

Judges
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Antoine Tremblay

Lead Simulation Engineer – Vehicle Systems Engineering, Bosch
Antoine Tremblay is a Senior Simulation Engineer – Team Lead at BEG-NA in Novi, MI. His group focuses on supporting the Vehicle System Engineering team with simulation in the areas of thermal simulations, vehicle architecture (powertrain and powernet) and functional safety. Prior... Read More →
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Bo Sun

Manager, AD & ADAS Group (Active & Passive Safety), Denso
Graduated from The Ohio State University. Responsible for AD/ADAS Sensing System in DENSO North America.
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Chris Balton

Advanced Controls Manager, Paccar
Chris Balton the Manager for the Advanced Controls group for Advanced Technology at the PACCAR Technical Center. During his 13 years at PACCAR Chris has led projects in Powertrain Controls for PACCAR Engines, Transmissions and Predictive Cruise Control. He has also developed vehicle... Read More →
avatar for Chris Manning

Chris Manning

Project Manager, dSPACE
Chris has been involved in the EcoCAR competition since 2011. Starting as a student in EcoCAR 2 and moving to dSPACE and supporting the competition as a sponsor. He has conducted trainings and judged competition events over the years. Chris has worked as an Application Engineer and... Read More →
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Jason Mullins

EGM: VMEC Controls, GM
Jason Mullins is currently the Engineering Group Manager for Electrification Energy Management at General Motors. This team is responsible for the Electrification Torque Supervisory controls for all of GM’s electrified vehicles. Jason has 20 years of industry experience with a strong... Read More →
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Joaquin Reyes

Joaquin Reyes is the Lead Vehicle Modeling and Simulation Engineer at Proterra Inc. He is responsible for the creation of numerical simulations to support the development of all ECU control software at Proterra. His role also involves modeling activities for transit bus range performance... Read More →
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Joel Van Sickel

Senior Application Engineer, MathWorks
Joel Van Sickel is a Senior Application Engineer at MathWorks who focuses on power systems and power electronics.
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Maulin Patel

Vice President, Systems Engineering, NXP
Maulin Patel is Vice President of Systems Engineering for the Business Line (BL) Secure Connected Edge (SCE) at NXP. He manages and drives global engineering teams for the BL SCE products execution, enablement, customer engagement & support, which also includes Security & Machine... Read More →
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Nick Kothari

Tech Specialist - Electrification Controls, General Motors
Nick joined GM in 1995 through a sponsor event during the SunRayce student competition. Starting with the GM EV1, he's since worked exclusively on hybrid/electric vehicle control systems focused mostly on propulsion and battery management. Currently Nick is leading system design for... Read More →
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Noel Mack

Product Line Executive – Components and Subsystems, AAM
Noel Mack is the Product Line Executive for AAM, where he has global responsibility for engineering of components and subsystems, including torque transfer devices and electronically controlled systems for AAM’s portfolio of driveline products. Previously Noel was the director of... Read More →
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Ren Fang

Senior Application Engineer, dSPACE
Ren Fang is a Senior Application Engineer in the Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) department at dSPACE Inc. Having joined dSPACE in 2014, Ren’s current responsibilities consist of managing and executing turnkey HIL projects at dSPACE. His areas of technical expertise include HIL Test... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 8:30am - 9:20am EDT
Sheraton: Macon Room
  Judged Presentation, UA

8:30am EDT

PIA Presentation
The PIA Event for year one of the EcoCAR mobility challenge is focused on vehicle architecture selection and the selection of the major vehicle subsystems to meet the team’s Vehicle Technical Specification (VTS) goals. The intent of this event is to allow each team the opportunity to demonstrate an understanding of the vehicle architecture selection process, the advantages and limitations of the selected architecture and how the particular architecture affects the overall vehicle balance to the VTS requirements. The focus of this presentation will be at the vehicle level with references and connections made to the major subsystems. A high-level understanding of the vehicle integration areas (occupant packaging, subsystem packaging, mass, thermal performance, dynamic performance, noise & vibration performance, system safety, and fuel economy) is expected to be demonstrated. A description of how the vehicle performance analysis and simulation were done is required such that VTS targets will be achieved within a bandwidth of confidence. Vehicle integration and performance balance should be the emphasis of the presentation. Particular emphasis will be placed on evaluating the relationship between the vehicle architecture chosen, the VTS, and competition cost. The presentation should also include information on the propulsion system hardware architectures chosen, including how these subsystem selections achieve the desired vehicle performance balance and achievement of the VTS.
Event Captains
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Lynn R. Gantt

General Motors, VT Mentor
Lynn Gantt is an Energy Architecture Lead Engineer at General Motors. He joined GM in 2010 as a summer intern and has since held positions working on Fuel Economy Learning Vehicles and in Vehicle Development as an Energy Engineer. Most recently he worked on the energy execution of... Read More →

Judges
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Ann Schlenker

Director, Center for Transportation Research, ANL
Ann M. Schlenker is the Director for the Center for Transportation Research at Argonne National Laboratory. Ms. Schlenker’ s applied research area is actively seeking to reduce the transportation sector's reliance on fossil fuel and the environmental impact; while improving mobility... Read More →
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Bob Ransijn

Manager - Application Engineers - Simulation, Siemens
Bob Ransijn, M.Sc. is managing a group of application engineers at Siemens Software focused on Siemens’ System Simulation solutions. He has 12 years of technical experience working with many automotive and non-automotive customers in implementing system simulation methodologies... Read More →
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Dan Mehr

Assistant Program Engineering Manager, GM
Dan Mehr earned his bachelors of science from the University of Wisconsin in 2008 after participating in the FutureTruck and ChallengeX advanced vehicle technology competitions. Upon graduating, Dan joined General Motors as an energy storage system integration engineer and completed... Read More →
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Kyle Crawford

Program Manager, Peterbilt
Kyle Crawford is a program manager at the Peterbilt.  Kyle joined Paccar in 2014 and is responsible for the introduction of new engine models for the engine plant, which includes equipment modifications and additions as well as process updates required for the cylinder head and block... Read More →
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Lynette Popma

System Safety Engineer - ETRS, Trans, ETRS, ATM & Electrification System Safety Team, GM
Lynette Popma joined General Motors in 2000 and is a Propulsion System Safety Engineer in Milford, Michigan. She holds a BSE in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State University and is a Master Black Belt in DFSS.
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Michele Rodgers

Director of Program Management, Peterbilt Motors Company, Paccar
Michele Rodgers is the Director of Program Management for Peterbilt Motors Company. Located in Denton, Texas, Peterbilt has a global reputation for superior quality, industry leading design, innovative engineering and fuel-efficient solutions, and is regarded as the "Class" of the... Read More →
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Mike Wahlstrom

Director: Global Electronic Components and Subsystems, GM
Mike Wahlstrom is currently the Director of Automated Driving Innovation and Software. In this position he is responsible for advanced hardware development, system engineering and software engineering for GM’s Active Safety and Automated Driving products. Mike started his career... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 8:30am - 9:20am EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 3 Room
  Judged Presentation, UW

8:30am EDT

Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation
In the Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation, student Project Managers will present details about the architecture selection process through the lens of project management, covering any consideration that could potentially affect the time, scope, or budget of the project once the team begins to execute their selected architecture. PMs will deep dive on risk analysis and the strategic decision-making process they applied to the architecture selection process, including the methods, tools, and processes used, the specific risks identified, and how those risks impacted the team’s decision-making process. PMs will also present the risk profile of their selected architecture, justify the risk-benefit value proposition, and discuss future plans for executing the architecture including how to manage risk throughout the project.
Judges
avatar for Bill Venner

Bill Venner

Director Chassis Suspension, Structure & Steering, General Motors
Bill joined GM in 1999 as a Noise and Vibration Engineer. He has held many different positions including Vehicle Development for Noise and Vibration and Ride and Handling, Design Release for Steering Systems and Plant Quality Engineer. Prior to his current role as Chief Enggineer... Read More →
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Inga Yuditsky

System Safety Engineer - Gas Engine Systems, Engine Controls/Fuel/Advanced System Safety, GM
Inga Yuditsky joined General Motors in 2011, and is a Propulsion System Safety Engineer in Milford, Michigan. She holds a B.S.E in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and a M. Eng. in Energy Systems Engineering from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbo... Read More →
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Jesus Cota

Sr. Program Manager, PACCAR
Jesus started his career with PACCAR as an Associate Design Engineer at Kenworth Mexico in 2008. He moved to Kenworth Division at Kirkland, WA in 2012 and held positions of increasing responsibility such as Engineering Supervisor – Core Interiors and Program Manager for new product... Read More →
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Rachel Nealer

Chief of Staff, VTO, BETO, FCTO, U.S. Department of Energy
Dr. Rachael Nealer is the Chief of Staff for the three Sustainable Transportation Offices (Bioenergy Technologies Office, Fuel Cell Technologies Office, and Vehicle Technologies Office) in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. Prior... Read More →
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Tony Farrell

Engineering Manager – Chassis Controls - Radar Systems, Bosch
Anthony Farrell is an Engineering Manager in the Chassis Controls – Active Safety division. He is responsible for technical project management, software management timelines, and international associate coordination. He has 17 years’ experience in chassis controls working for... Read More →
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Zach Slaton

Senior Assistant Chief Engineer - Embedded Engineering, PACCAR
Zach Slaton has been with PACCAR since 2007. During his career he has held positions of increasing responsibility including Principal Engineer, Vehicle Integration Supervisor, Embedded Engineering Manager, and Director of Program Management. He was promoted to Assistant Chief Engineer... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 8:30am - 9:20am EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 1 Room
  Judged Presentation, UWAFT

8:30am EDT

PSI Presentation
The PSI Presentation is designed to evaluate the teams’ architectural decisions, current vehicle status, mechanical & electrical design and engineering methodologies. Teams will need to demonstrate forward thinking in their problem solving, understanding the critical interactions of each functional area within the PSI swimlane and how they affect the VTS. This will be achieved through providing one example of complex system within their vehicle architecture.
Event Captains
avatar for Laura Barlow

Laura Barlow

Engineering Group Manager, General Motors
Laura is an Engineering Group Manager for the Thermal Controls and Software team at the Canadian Technical Centre with General Motors. Laura has been with GM for over 10 years, holding various roles such as Algorithm Engineer, Controls Technical Specialist, as well as leading teams... Read More →
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Hung Nguyen

Advanced Technology Engineer, General Motors
Hung Nguyen is an Advanced Technology Engineer – Chassis ATW at General Motors Canadian Technical Centre. He joined GM as an alumnus of the University of Waterloo Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Faculty and EcoCAR. Hung began his career at GM’s Computer Aided Engineering... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Bryan Ross

Bryan Ross

Vehicle Integration Manager, PACCAR
Bryan Ross has been the PACCAR chair for EcoCAR for 7 years and has led 3 series of programs. He provides in-depth participation with and application of systems engineering principles to mechanical and information system engineering challenges, especially maturing disruptive technologies... Read More →
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Chris Jarrell

Senior Manager, Electrified Systems Engineering Group, DENSO
Christopher M. Jarrell (Chris) is the Senior Manager of the Electrified Systems Engineering Group at DENSO International America, Inc. (DIAM) located in Southfield, Michigan. Chris joined DENSO in 1995 as an application engineer, responsible for the development of starters and alternators... Read More →
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Chris Meagher

Retired from GM, General Motors
Chris Meagher is a retired General Motors executive with 42 years of experience in the propulsion system area of engineering. After joining GM in 1979, he held positions as an engine development engineer, design release engineer, and global chief engineer & program manager of 4-cylinder... Read More →
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Doug Chemelli

Lead Product Engineer, Components and Subsystems, AAM
Doug Chemelli is a Lead Product Engineer at American Axle & Manufacturing. He has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University, graduating in 2008. His work focuses on Component Engineering of Driveline / Propulsion systems, including the development of... Read More →
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Forrest Jehlik

Principle Engineer, ANL
Forrest Jehlik is a Principle Engineer conducting advanced technology vehicle research at Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Powertrain Research Facility (APRF). Such research involves hybrids, plug-in hybrids, electric vehicles, autonomous vehicle technology. Particular areas... Read More →
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Keith Confer

Engineering Manager - Advanced Vehicle Systems, Delphi
Keith Confer is the Engineering Manager for Advanced Vehicle Systems in Delphi Technologies Advanced Systems Group.   He has over 30 years powertrain systems experience with extensive background in automotive air and fuel system design and development.  Keith holds ten US Patents... Read More →
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Matt Young

Manufacturing Engineering Manager, PACCAR Engine Company
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Wenbo Du

Application Engineer, Siemens
Dr. Wenbo Du is an Application Engineer at Siemens Software, specializing in CFD and multiphysics simulation for electrified powertrain applications. He is responsible for providing training and technical support for Simcenter STAR-CCM+ and Battery Design Studio customers including... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 8:30am - 9:20am EDT
Sheraton: Valdosta Room
  Judged Presentation, WVU

8:30am EDT

Target Market Presentation
The first step in any product development process is to define the customer. A set of technical specifications for the product can then be established to quantitatively define the characteristics of the product which will appeal to the targeted customer. Finally, the product can be engineered to meet those specifications. For the purposes of EcoCAR, some elements of the target market have been pre-defined: teams must design a car for a Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) market, specifically a fleet-owned carsharing application (similar to Maven or Zipcar). By nature, this is a dual market where the vehicle must appeal to both the fleet-owner (operator of the carsharing service and purchaser of the vehicle) and the customer (the person that subscribes to the carsharing service and drives the vehicle). In this presentation, teams will define and characterize both the fleet-owner and the customer for this MaaS market and justify that the geographical region of this market suitable to support a carsharing service. Teams will also discuss the wants and needs of the fleet-owner and the customer as it pertains to the vehicle, including any areas where the fleet-owner and customer diverge. Finally, teams will present a single set of Vehicle Technical Specifications (VTS) that combines the wants and needs of the fleet-owner and customer into a unified vehicle design.
Event Captains
avatar for Mark Smith

Mark Smith

Technology Integration Program Manager, Department of Energy
Mark Smith is the Technology Integration Program Manager within the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Vehicle Technologies Office. In this role, he oversees a broad technology portfolio, which is focused on accelerating the development... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Heather Croteau

Heather Croteau

Chief of Staff for Sustainable Transportation and Fuels, U.S. Department of Energy
Heather Croteau is Chief of Staff for Sustainable Transportation and Fuels in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the Department of Energy. Prior to becoming Chief of Staff, she was a Technology Manager for the Vehicle Technologies Office Energy Efficient Mobility... Read More →
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Jim Harkins

Director, Engineering, Denso
James K. Harkins (Jim) is the Engineering Director of Electrified Systems Engineering at DENSO International America, Inc. (DIAM) located in Southfield, Michigan. Harkins joined DENSO in 1996 as an application engineer, responsible for the development of starters and alternators... Read More →
avatar for John Haraf

John Haraf

Director - Software Integration, General Motors
John Haraf is currently the Director of Global Electrification and Battery Systems at General Motors. In this position, he is responsible for electrification control system integration/calibration development for all of GM’s Hybrid and Electric Vehicles. John began his career with... Read More →
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Lauren Tabolinsky

Academic Programs Manager, MathWorks
Lauren Tabolinsky joined MathWorks in 2008 and currently manages Academic Programs at MathWorks. Before joining MathWorks, Lauren was a product manager at Harvard Business School Publishing. Lauren holds a B.A. degree from Monmouth University and a Master’s degree in Marketing Communications... Read More →
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Leigh Anderson

Business Development Manager - the Americas & Automotive, Siemens
Mr. Leigh Anderson, MBA, Higher Education Program Manager for Automotive worldwide at Siemens Software. Leigh has 15 years of product management experience in the engineering software industry across a wide range of products ― from embedded software to simulation. Another 10 years... Read More →
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Lisa Tipton

Talent Attraction | STEM,DEI and University Partners, Bosch
Lisa Tipton is located at Robert Bosch North America HQ Corporate Office in Farmington Hills, MI and is lead for STEM, DEI and University Partners. She is the Center for Expertise for early talent recruiting for Bosch North America Region. She has worked in automotive HR, marketing... Read More →
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Taylor Frey

Marketing Manager, AVL
Taylor Frey is the marketing manager for the North American affiliate of AVL, a global leader in advanced propulsion technology. She received bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Public Relations/Advertising from Penn State University. While there, she participated in AVTC’s for... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 8:30am - 9:20am EDT
Sheraton: Athens Room
  Judged Presentation, VT

8:30am EDT

Women in STEM Presentation
General Motors is sponsoring an award to honor women students in STEM fields who are demonstrating outstanding technical excellence and accomplishments through the EcoCAR automotive engineering program. The award is intended to encourage more women to study engineering, grow the support for Women in STEM within their EcoCAR Team and University, and pursue a career in automotive engineering after graduation. All EcoCAR female engineering students are eligible to compete for this award.
Event Captains
avatar for Maribeth Yabes

Maribeth Yabes

EGM: Global Controls Design Engineering, GM
Maribeth (MB) Yabes is the Engineering Group Manager of the Electrification Driver Data Team for GM’s Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls organization. In this role, MB manages a team of engineers who design, develop and test costumer facing features related to displays. MB joined... Read More →

Judges
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Christy Cooper

Operations Supervisor, VTO, and DOE Director, U.S. DRIVE Partnership, DOE
avatar for Connie Bezanson

Connie Bezanson

Education and Outreach Manager, Vehicle Technologies Office, DOE
Connie Bezanson manages the Education and Outreach activities within the Vehicle Technologies Program in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. In addition to managing the Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition (AVTC) activity, she manages... Read More →
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Wendy Eckman

Director: Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls, General Motors
Wendy Eckman is currently the Director of Propulsion and Chassis Embedded Controls Design Engineering, for General Motors. She graduated with a BSEE from Missouri S&T before joining Ford, and then went on to earn her MBA from the Michigan Ross Business School. She has been immersed... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 8:30am - 9:20am EDT
Sheraton: Piedmont Room
  Sponsored Award, WVU - Rose Weber

9:20am EDT

CAVs Presentation
The Year 1 CAVs Presentation is designed to evaluate the effectiveness with which the team completed the CAV activities throughout the year. CAV teams in Year 1 should be focused on sensing system design and simulation, computing hardware selection, sensor fusion algorithm testing, basic longitudinal control and mule vehicle sensor data collection using sensor hardware. The presentation itself will focus on several aspects of these activities: hardware system design, sensor fusion algorithm development, and software development workflow and processes.
Event Captains
avatar for Andrew Huster

Andrew Huster

Controls System Engineer, GM
Andrew Huster is a Controls System Engineer in the Automated Driving and Active Safety Production Controls group at General Motors. In this position, he develops software for sensor fusion that enables advanced ADAS features like Super Cruise. Prior to his current position, he was... Read More →

Judges
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Chris Kinser

Director: Global Performance Integration & Proving Grounds, GM
Chris Kinser is Director of the Global Autonomous Driving Center. Chris’ team is responsible for Vehicle Integration of General Motors’ Autonomous Vehicles, Automated Driving and Active Safety technologies. His team has developed prototypes of the companies’ first mass produced... Read More →
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Connell D'Souza

Student Competitions Technical Evangelist, MathWorks
Connell joined MathWorks in 2016 as a technical evangelist on the student competitions team. He primarily supports student competitions in Aerospace and Unmanned Systems. Connell holds an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University, Boston.
avatar for David Anderson

David Anderson

Program Manager, Energy Efficient Mobility Systems, VTO, U.S. Department of Energy
David Anderson is the Program Manager for the Energy Efficient Mobility Systems (EEMS) Program within the U.S. Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO). He leads a team responsible for a research portfolio that focuses on understanding the potentially dramatic energy... Read More →
avatar for Frank Schneck

Frank Schneck

Senior Division Engineering Manager - Peterbilt, PACCAR
Frank Schneck is the Senior Engineering Manager for Peterbilt’s Advance Design & Vehicle Integration department. This team is responsible for bringing Advance Concept development into production by providing early vehicle layout, performance, functionality, scope definition and... Read More →
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Jacob Krakauer

Systems Engineer, Intel
Jacob Krakauer is a mechanical engineer in the autonomous transportation and infrastructure division. He works with government and educational engagements as well as working on Intel reference designs for autonomous vehicle systems. His main focus is on educating the public and academic... Read More →
avatar for Jacob Perrin

Jacob Perrin

Team Lead - Data Driven Development, dSPACE
Jacob is a Technical Lead for Data Driven Development at dSPACE Inc in Wixom, Michigan. Since graduating from the University of Michigan with a degree in Computer Engineering in 2015, Jacob has worked primarily in the areas of perception software development and prototyping. Recently... Read More →
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John Cotner

Technical Director - Automotive Systems Engineering, NXP
John Cotner is currently working as a Technical Director - Automotive Systems Engineering at NXP Semiconductors.John has worked in a variety of positions within the automotive electronics industry for the past 35 years focusing on systems engineering. This work has resulted in 5 patents... Read More →
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Leo Breton

Technology Development Director, Horiba
Leo Breton pioneered real-world, in-use mass emissions and fuel economy testing as an EPA engineer in the mid 1990's. He invented the seminal technologies still used in today’s PEMS systems and personally built and proved the first system to do this – it was known as ROVER. ROVER... Read More →
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Robb Bolio

Global Vehicle Performance Manager: Global Autonomous Driving Center, GM
Robb Bolio is the Global Vehicle Performance Manager for Autonomous and Electric Vehicles for General Motors. Robb’s team is based out of the Milford Proving Ground and part of the Global Autonomous Driving Center. Robb leads a team of engineers that are responsible for full vehicle... Read More →
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Scott Miller

Executive Director: Autonomous and Electric Vehicle Programs, GM
Scott Miller has been with General Motors since March 1994 and is currently Executive Director, Autonomous Development and Validation. In this role, he works internally with our partners in Product Development, Safety, and vehicle performance to ensure timely success of autonomous... Read More →
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Simeon Iliev

Research Engineer, ANL
Simeon Iliev joined Argonne National Laboratory in June of 2015. He is a research engineer at the Advanced Mobility Technology Laboratory and works on testing and evaluation of advanced vehicle technologies. Simeon earned a Master's of Science in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering... Read More →
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Troy McCormick

Sr. Software Engineer and Team Lead – Chassis Controls - Radar Systems, Bosch
Troy McCormick is an Engineering Manager in the Driver Assistance division at Robert Bosch in Plymouth, MI.  He currently leads a group of engineers focusing on the development and testing of Automotive Radar based Driver Assistance functions.  Troy has been working in automotive... Read More →
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Vivek Jaikamal

Business Development Manager – Advanced Applications, AVL
Vivek is passionate about leveraging the power of software and simulation to accelerate product development and reduce costs. Throughout his 25+ year career in the automotive industry, he has helped automotive OEMs and suppliers shorten their development, testing and calibration times... Read More →
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Yun Cai

Presales Tech Support Engineer, Siemens PLM Inc
Yun Cai is a pre-sales technical support engineer at Siemens PLM Software Inc. She has over 6 years of experience working in the automotive industry, where Yun focuses on applying integrated safety technologies to improve vehicle safety performance. Yun worked closely with OEM crash... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 9:20am - 10:10am EDT
Sheraton: Augusta Room
  Judged Presentation, CSU

9:20am EDT

CSMS Presentation
This CSMS Presentation will focus on the development of plant models for propulsion system architecture selection and establishing a control system architecture. A control system architecture is the high level physical system/structure for controls including: ECUs, interfaces, serial data and other communication busses, key sensors, HMI and actuators added to base vehicle. In addition to this, any requirements that have been developed, energy management strategy research, and CAVs (Connected and Automated Vehicle) team interactions achieved in year one is within scope for this event. Additional focus areas of the presentation include: model-in-the-loop simulation methods, including model development strategy, requirements management, testing techniques, results evaluation, creation of a control architectures and how these processes are applied to optimum vehicle propulsion system architecture selection, controls development and achieving CAVs goals.
Event Captains
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Tom Ender

Senior Manager: PSEC Canada and EC&S, Engineering GMCC, General Motors
Tom Ender joined GM in 1997 as a controls engineer and is currently a Senior Manager for the Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls and Diagnostics Team.  He and his team develop controls and diagnostics for a wide variety of chassis, propulsion integration, thermal, electrical and body... Read More →
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Swarooph Seshadri

Senior Technical Evangelist – Student Competitions, MathWorks
Swarooph Seshadri is a Technical Evangelist for Automotive Student Competitions at the MathWorks and is the full time MathWorks technical lead for EcoCAR. He has been providing guidance for the PCM and the CAVs swim lanes. Swarooph graduated with a Master of Science in Mechanical... Read More →

Judges
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Antoine Tremblay

Lead Simulation Engineer – Vehicle Systems Engineering, Bosch
Antoine Tremblay is a Senior Simulation Engineer – Team Lead at BEG-NA in Novi, MI. His group focuses on supporting the Vehicle System Engineering team with simulation in the areas of thermal simulations, vehicle architecture (powertrain and powernet) and functional safety. Prior... Read More →
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Bo Sun

Manager, AD & ADAS Group (Active & Passive Safety), Denso
Graduated from The Ohio State University. Responsible for AD/ADAS Sensing System in DENSO North America.
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Chris Balton

Advanced Controls Manager, Paccar
Chris Balton the Manager for the Advanced Controls group for Advanced Technology at the PACCAR Technical Center. During his 13 years at PACCAR Chris has led projects in Powertrain Controls for PACCAR Engines, Transmissions and Predictive Cruise Control. He has also developed vehicle... Read More →
avatar for Chris Manning

Chris Manning

Project Manager, dSPACE
Chris has been involved in the EcoCAR competition since 2011. Starting as a student in EcoCAR 2 and moving to dSPACE and supporting the competition as a sponsor. He has conducted trainings and judged competition events over the years. Chris has worked as an Application Engineer and... Read More →
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Jason Mullins

EGM: VMEC Controls, GM
Jason Mullins is currently the Engineering Group Manager for Electrification Energy Management at General Motors. This team is responsible for the Electrification Torque Supervisory controls for all of GM’s electrified vehicles. Jason has 20 years of industry experience with a strong... Read More →
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Joaquin Reyes

Joaquin Reyes is the Lead Vehicle Modeling and Simulation Engineer at Proterra Inc. He is responsible for the creation of numerical simulations to support the development of all ECU control software at Proterra. His role also involves modeling activities for transit bus range performance... Read More →
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Joel Van Sickel

Senior Application Engineer, MathWorks
Joel Van Sickel is a Senior Application Engineer at MathWorks who focuses on power systems and power electronics.
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Maulin Patel

Vice President, Systems Engineering, NXP
Maulin Patel is Vice President of Systems Engineering for the Business Line (BL) Secure Connected Edge (SCE) at NXP. He manages and drives global engineering teams for the BL SCE products execution, enablement, customer engagement & support, which also includes Security & Machine... Read More →
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Nick Kothari

Tech Specialist - Electrification Controls, General Motors
Nick joined GM in 1995 through a sponsor event during the SunRayce student competition. Starting with the GM EV1, he's since worked exclusively on hybrid/electric vehicle control systems focused mostly on propulsion and battery management. Currently Nick is leading system design for... Read More →
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Noel Mack

Product Line Executive – Components and Subsystems, AAM
Noel Mack is the Product Line Executive for AAM, where he has global responsibility for engineering of components and subsystems, including torque transfer devices and electronically controlled systems for AAM’s portfolio of driveline products. Previously Noel was the director of... Read More →
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Ren Fang

Senior Application Engineer, dSPACE
Ren Fang is a Senior Application Engineer in the Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) department at dSPACE Inc. Having joined dSPACE in 2014, Ren’s current responsibilities consist of managing and executing turnkey HIL projects at dSPACE. His areas of technical expertise include HIL Test... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 9:20am - 10:10am EDT
Sheraton: Macon Room
  Judged Presentation, MSU

9:20am EDT

PIA Presentation
The PIA Event for year one of the EcoCAR mobility challenge is focused on vehicle architecture selection and the selection of the major vehicle subsystems to meet the team’s Vehicle Technical Specification (VTS) goals. The intent of this event is to allow each team the opportunity to demonstrate an understanding of the vehicle architecture selection process, the advantages and limitations of the selected architecture and how the particular architecture affects the overall vehicle balance to the VTS requirements. The focus of this presentation will be at the vehicle level with references and connections made to the major subsystems. A high-level understanding of the vehicle integration areas (occupant packaging, subsystem packaging, mass, thermal performance, dynamic performance, noise & vibration performance, system safety, and fuel economy) is expected to be demonstrated. A description of how the vehicle performance analysis and simulation were done is required such that VTS targets will be achieved within a bandwidth of confidence. Vehicle integration and performance balance should be the emphasis of the presentation. Particular emphasis will be placed on evaluating the relationship between the vehicle architecture chosen, the VTS, and competition cost. The presentation should also include information on the propulsion system hardware architectures chosen, including how these subsystem selections achieve the desired vehicle performance balance and achievement of the VTS.
Event Captains
avatar for Lynn R. Gantt

Lynn R. Gantt

General Motors, VT Mentor
Lynn Gantt is an Energy Architecture Lead Engineer at General Motors. He joined GM in 2010 as a summer intern and has since held positions working on Fuel Economy Learning Vehicles and in Vehicle Development as an Energy Engineer. Most recently he worked on the energy execution of... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Ann Schlenker

Ann Schlenker

Director, Center for Transportation Research, ANL
Ann M. Schlenker is the Director for the Center for Transportation Research at Argonne National Laboratory. Ms. Schlenker’ s applied research area is actively seeking to reduce the transportation sector's reliance on fossil fuel and the environmental impact; while improving mobility... Read More →
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Bob Ransijn

Manager - Application Engineers - Simulation, Siemens
Bob Ransijn, M.Sc. is managing a group of application engineers at Siemens Software focused on Siemens’ System Simulation solutions. He has 12 years of technical experience working with many automotive and non-automotive customers in implementing system simulation methodologies... Read More →
avatar for Dan Mehr

Dan Mehr

Assistant Program Engineering Manager, GM
Dan Mehr earned his bachelors of science from the University of Wisconsin in 2008 after participating in the FutureTruck and ChallengeX advanced vehicle technology competitions. Upon graduating, Dan joined General Motors as an energy storage system integration engineer and completed... Read More →
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Kyle Crawford

Program Manager, Peterbilt
Kyle Crawford is a program manager at the Peterbilt.  Kyle joined Paccar in 2014 and is responsible for the introduction of new engine models for the engine plant, which includes equipment modifications and additions as well as process updates required for the cylinder head and block... Read More →
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Lynette Popma

System Safety Engineer - ETRS, Trans, ETRS, ATM & Electrification System Safety Team, GM
Lynette Popma joined General Motors in 2000 and is a Propulsion System Safety Engineer in Milford, Michigan. She holds a BSE in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State University and is a Master Black Belt in DFSS.
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Michele Rodgers

Director of Program Management, Peterbilt Motors Company, Paccar
Michele Rodgers is the Director of Program Management for Peterbilt Motors Company. Located in Denton, Texas, Peterbilt has a global reputation for superior quality, industry leading design, innovative engineering and fuel-efficient solutions, and is regarded as the "Class" of the... Read More →
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Mike Wahlstrom

Director: Global Electronic Components and Subsystems, GM
Mike Wahlstrom is currently the Director of Automated Driving Innovation and Software. In this position he is responsible for advanced hardware development, system engineering and software engineering for GM’s Active Safety and Automated Driving products. Mike started his career... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 9:20am - 10:10am EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 3 Room
  Judged Presentation, UT

9:20am EDT

Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation
In the Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation, student Project Managers will present details about the architecture selection process through the lens of project management, covering any consideration that could potentially affect the time, scope, or budget of the project once the team begins to execute their selected architecture. PMs will deep dive on risk analysis and the strategic decision-making process they applied to the architecture selection process, including the methods, tools, and processes used, the specific risks identified, and how those risks impacted the team’s decision-making process. PMs will also present the risk profile of their selected architecture, justify the risk-benefit value proposition, and discuss future plans for executing the architecture including how to manage risk throughout the project.
Judges
avatar for Bill Venner

Bill Venner

Director Chassis Suspension, Structure & Steering, General Motors
Bill joined GM in 1999 as a Noise and Vibration Engineer. He has held many different positions including Vehicle Development for Noise and Vibration and Ride and Handling, Design Release for Steering Systems and Plant Quality Engineer. Prior to his current role as Chief Enggineer... Read More →
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Inga Yuditsky

System Safety Engineer - Gas Engine Systems, Engine Controls/Fuel/Advanced System Safety, GM
Inga Yuditsky joined General Motors in 2011, and is a Propulsion System Safety Engineer in Milford, Michigan. She holds a B.S.E in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and a M. Eng. in Energy Systems Engineering from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbo... Read More →
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Jesus Cota

Sr. Program Manager, PACCAR
Jesus started his career with PACCAR as an Associate Design Engineer at Kenworth Mexico in 2008. He moved to Kenworth Division at Kirkland, WA in 2012 and held positions of increasing responsibility such as Engineering Supervisor – Core Interiors and Program Manager for new product... Read More →
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Rachel Nealer

Chief of Staff, VTO, BETO, FCTO, U.S. Department of Energy
Dr. Rachael Nealer is the Chief of Staff for the three Sustainable Transportation Offices (Bioenergy Technologies Office, Fuel Cell Technologies Office, and Vehicle Technologies Office) in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. Prior... Read More →
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Tony Farrell

Engineering Manager – Chassis Controls - Radar Systems, Bosch
Anthony Farrell is an Engineering Manager in the Chassis Controls – Active Safety division. He is responsible for technical project management, software management timelines, and international associate coordination. He has 17 years’ experience in chassis controls working for... Read More →
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Zach Slaton

Senior Assistant Chief Engineer - Embedded Engineering, PACCAR
Zach Slaton has been with PACCAR since 2007. During his career he has held positions of increasing responsibility including Principal Engineer, Vehicle Integration Supervisor, Embedded Engineering Manager, and Director of Program Management. He was promoted to Assistant Chief Engineer... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 9:20am - 10:10am EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 1 Room
  Judged Presentation, GT

9:20am EDT

PSI Presentation
The PSI Presentation is designed to evaluate the teams’ architectural decisions, current vehicle status, mechanical & electrical design and engineering methodologies. Teams will need to demonstrate forward thinking in their problem solving, understanding the critical interactions of each functional area within the PSI swimlane and how they affect the VTS. This will be achieved through providing one example of complex system within their vehicle architecture.
Event Captains
avatar for Laura Barlow

Laura Barlow

Engineering Group Manager, General Motors
Laura is an Engineering Group Manager for the Thermal Controls and Software team at the Canadian Technical Centre with General Motors. Laura has been with GM for over 10 years, holding various roles such as Algorithm Engineer, Controls Technical Specialist, as well as leading teams... Read More →
avatar for Hung Nguyen

Hung Nguyen

Advanced Technology Engineer, General Motors
Hung Nguyen is an Advanced Technology Engineer – Chassis ATW at General Motors Canadian Technical Centre. He joined GM as an alumnus of the University of Waterloo Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Faculty and EcoCAR. Hung began his career at GM’s Computer Aided Engineering... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Bryan Ross

Bryan Ross

Vehicle Integration Manager, PACCAR
Bryan Ross has been the PACCAR chair for EcoCAR for 7 years and has led 3 series of programs. He provides in-depth participation with and application of systems engineering principles to mechanical and information system engineering challenges, especially maturing disruptive technologies... Read More →
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Chris Jarrell

Senior Manager, Electrified Systems Engineering Group, DENSO
Christopher M. Jarrell (Chris) is the Senior Manager of the Electrified Systems Engineering Group at DENSO International America, Inc. (DIAM) located in Southfield, Michigan. Chris joined DENSO in 1995 as an application engineer, responsible for the development of starters and alternators... Read More →
avatar for Chris Meagher

Chris Meagher

Retired from GM, General Motors
Chris Meagher is a retired General Motors executive with 42 years of experience in the propulsion system area of engineering. After joining GM in 1979, he held positions as an engine development engineer, design release engineer, and global chief engineer & program manager of 4-cylinder... Read More →
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Doug Chemelli

Lead Product Engineer, Components and Subsystems, AAM
Doug Chemelli is a Lead Product Engineer at American Axle & Manufacturing. He has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University, graduating in 2008. His work focuses on Component Engineering of Driveline / Propulsion systems, including the development of... Read More →
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Forrest Jehlik

Principle Engineer, ANL
Forrest Jehlik is a Principle Engineer conducting advanced technology vehicle research at Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Powertrain Research Facility (APRF). Such research involves hybrids, plug-in hybrids, electric vehicles, autonomous vehicle technology. Particular areas... Read More →
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Keith Confer

Engineering Manager - Advanced Vehicle Systems, Delphi
Keith Confer is the Engineering Manager for Advanced Vehicle Systems in Delphi Technologies Advanced Systems Group.   He has over 30 years powertrain systems experience with extensive background in automotive air and fuel system design and development.  Keith holds ten US Patents... Read More →
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Matt Young

Manufacturing Engineering Manager, PACCAR Engine Company
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Wenbo Du

Application Engineer, Siemens
Dr. Wenbo Du is an Application Engineer at Siemens Software, specializing in CFD and multiphysics simulation for electrified powertrain applications. He is responsible for providing training and technical support for Simcenter STAR-CCM+ and Battery Design Studio customers including... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 9:20am - 10:10am EDT
Sheraton: Valdosta Room
  Judged Presentation, MAC

9:20am EDT

Target Market Presentation
The first step in any product development process is to define the customer. A set of technical specifications for the product can then be established to quantitatively define the characteristics of the product which will appeal to the targeted customer. Finally, the product can be engineered to meet those specifications. For the purposes of EcoCAR, some elements of the target market have been pre-defined: teams must design a car for a Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) market, specifically a fleet-owned carsharing application (similar to Maven or Zipcar). By nature, this is a dual market where the vehicle must appeal to both the fleet-owner (operator of the carsharing service and purchaser of the vehicle) and the customer (the person that subscribes to the carsharing service and drives the vehicle). In this presentation, teams will define and characterize both the fleet-owner and the customer for this MaaS market and justify that the geographical region of this market suitable to support a carsharing service. Teams will also discuss the wants and needs of the fleet-owner and the customer as it pertains to the vehicle, including any areas where the fleet-owner and customer diverge. Finally, teams will present a single set of Vehicle Technical Specifications (VTS) that combines the wants and needs of the fleet-owner and customer into a unified vehicle design.
Event Captains
avatar for Mark Smith

Mark Smith

Technology Integration Program Manager, Department of Energy
Mark Smith is the Technology Integration Program Manager within the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Vehicle Technologies Office. In this role, he oversees a broad technology portfolio, which is focused on accelerating the development... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Heather Croteau

Heather Croteau

Chief of Staff for Sustainable Transportation and Fuels, U.S. Department of Energy
Heather Croteau is Chief of Staff for Sustainable Transportation and Fuels in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the Department of Energy. Prior to becoming Chief of Staff, she was a Technology Manager for the Vehicle Technologies Office Energy Efficient Mobility... Read More →
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Jim Harkins

Director, Engineering, Denso
James K. Harkins (Jim) is the Engineering Director of Electrified Systems Engineering at DENSO International America, Inc. (DIAM) located in Southfield, Michigan. Harkins joined DENSO in 1996 as an application engineer, responsible for the development of starters and alternators... Read More →
avatar for John Haraf

John Haraf

Director - Software Integration, General Motors
John Haraf is currently the Director of Global Electrification and Battery Systems at General Motors. In this position, he is responsible for electrification control system integration/calibration development for all of GM’s Hybrid and Electric Vehicles. John began his career with... Read More →
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Lauren Tabolinsky

Academic Programs Manager, MathWorks
Lauren Tabolinsky joined MathWorks in 2008 and currently manages Academic Programs at MathWorks. Before joining MathWorks, Lauren was a product manager at Harvard Business School Publishing. Lauren holds a B.A. degree from Monmouth University and a Master’s degree in Marketing Communications... Read More →
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Leigh Anderson

Business Development Manager - the Americas & Automotive, Siemens
Mr. Leigh Anderson, MBA, Higher Education Program Manager for Automotive worldwide at Siemens Software. Leigh has 15 years of product management experience in the engineering software industry across a wide range of products ― from embedded software to simulation. Another 10 years... Read More →
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Lisa Tipton

Talent Attraction | STEM,DEI and University Partners, Bosch
Lisa Tipton is located at Robert Bosch North America HQ Corporate Office in Farmington Hills, MI and is lead for STEM, DEI and University Partners. She is the Center for Expertise for early talent recruiting for Bosch North America Region. She has worked in automotive HR, marketing... Read More →
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Taylor Frey

Marketing Manager, AVL
Taylor Frey is the marketing manager for the North American affiliate of AVL, a global leader in advanced propulsion technology. She received bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Public Relations/Advertising from Penn State University. While there, she participated in AVTC’s for... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 9:20am - 10:10am EDT
Sheraton: Athens Room
  Judged Presentation, OSU

9:20am EDT

Women in STEM Presentation
General Motors is sponsoring an award to honor women students in STEM fields who are demonstrating outstanding technical excellence and accomplishments through the EcoCAR automotive engineering program. The award is intended to encourage more women to study engineering, grow the support for Women in STEM within their EcoCAR Team and University, and pursue a career in automotive engineering after graduation. All EcoCAR female engineering students are eligible to compete for this award.
Event Captains
avatar for Maribeth Yabes

Maribeth Yabes

EGM: Global Controls Design Engineering, GM
Maribeth (MB) Yabes is the Engineering Group Manager of the Electrification Driver Data Team for GM’s Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls organization. In this role, MB manages a team of engineers who design, develop and test costumer facing features related to displays. MB joined... Read More →

Judges
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Christy Cooper

Operations Supervisor, VTO, and DOE Director, U.S. DRIVE Partnership, DOE
avatar for Connie Bezanson

Connie Bezanson

Education and Outreach Manager, Vehicle Technologies Office, DOE
Connie Bezanson manages the Education and Outreach activities within the Vehicle Technologies Program in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. In addition to managing the Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition (AVTC) activity, she manages... Read More →
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Wendy Eckman

Director: Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls, General Motors
Wendy Eckman is currently the Director of Propulsion and Chassis Embedded Controls Design Engineering, for General Motors. She graduated with a BSEE from Missouri S&T before joining Ford, and then went on to earn her MBA from the Michigan Ross Business School. She has been immersed... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 9:20am - 10:10am EDT
Sheraton: Piedmont Room
  Sponsored Award, ERAU - Tyler Baker

10:10am EDT

Break (Judges Only)
Tuesday May 21, 2019 10:10am - 10:20am EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 2 Room
  Food

10:20am EDT

CAVs Presentation
The Year 1 CAVs Presentation is designed to evaluate the effectiveness with which the team completed the CAV activities throughout the year. CAV teams in Year 1 should be focused on sensing system design and simulation, computing hardware selection, sensor fusion algorithm testing, basic longitudinal control and mule vehicle sensor data collection using sensor hardware. The presentation itself will focus on several aspects of these activities: hardware system design, sensor fusion algorithm development, and software development workflow and processes.
Event Captains
avatar for Andrew Huster

Andrew Huster

Controls System Engineer, GM
Andrew Huster is a Controls System Engineer in the Automated Driving and Active Safety Production Controls group at General Motors. In this position, he develops software for sensor fusion that enables advanced ADAS features like Super Cruise. Prior to his current position, he was... Read More →

Judges
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Chris Kinser

Director: Global Performance Integration & Proving Grounds, GM
Chris Kinser is Director of the Global Autonomous Driving Center. Chris’ team is responsible for Vehicle Integration of General Motors’ Autonomous Vehicles, Automated Driving and Active Safety technologies. His team has developed prototypes of the companies’ first mass produced... Read More →
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Connell D'Souza

Student Competitions Technical Evangelist, MathWorks
Connell joined MathWorks in 2016 as a technical evangelist on the student competitions team. He primarily supports student competitions in Aerospace and Unmanned Systems. Connell holds an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University, Boston.
avatar for David Anderson

David Anderson

Program Manager, Energy Efficient Mobility Systems, VTO, U.S. Department of Energy
David Anderson is the Program Manager for the Energy Efficient Mobility Systems (EEMS) Program within the U.S. Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO). He leads a team responsible for a research portfolio that focuses on understanding the potentially dramatic energy... Read More →
avatar for Frank Schneck

Frank Schneck

Senior Division Engineering Manager - Peterbilt, PACCAR
Frank Schneck is the Senior Engineering Manager for Peterbilt’s Advance Design & Vehicle Integration department. This team is responsible for bringing Advance Concept development into production by providing early vehicle layout, performance, functionality, scope definition and... Read More →
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Jacob Krakauer

Systems Engineer, Intel
Jacob Krakauer is a mechanical engineer in the autonomous transportation and infrastructure division. He works with government and educational engagements as well as working on Intel reference designs for autonomous vehicle systems. His main focus is on educating the public and academic... Read More →
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Jacob Perrin

Team Lead - Data Driven Development, dSPACE
Jacob is a Technical Lead for Data Driven Development at dSPACE Inc in Wixom, Michigan. Since graduating from the University of Michigan with a degree in Computer Engineering in 2015, Jacob has worked primarily in the areas of perception software development and prototyping. Recently... Read More →
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John Cotner

Technical Director - Automotive Systems Engineering, NXP
John Cotner is currently working as a Technical Director - Automotive Systems Engineering at NXP Semiconductors.John has worked in a variety of positions within the automotive electronics industry for the past 35 years focusing on systems engineering. This work has resulted in 5 patents... Read More →
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Leo Breton

Technology Development Director, Horiba
Leo Breton pioneered real-world, in-use mass emissions and fuel economy testing as an EPA engineer in the mid 1990's. He invented the seminal technologies still used in today’s PEMS systems and personally built and proved the first system to do this – it was known as ROVER. ROVER... Read More →
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Robb Bolio

Global Vehicle Performance Manager: Global Autonomous Driving Center, GM
Robb Bolio is the Global Vehicle Performance Manager for Autonomous and Electric Vehicles for General Motors. Robb’s team is based out of the Milford Proving Ground and part of the Global Autonomous Driving Center. Robb leads a team of engineers that are responsible for full vehicle... Read More →
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Scott Miller

Executive Director: Autonomous and Electric Vehicle Programs, GM
Scott Miller has been with General Motors since March 1994 and is currently Executive Director, Autonomous Development and Validation. In this role, he works internally with our partners in Product Development, Safety, and vehicle performance to ensure timely success of autonomous... Read More →
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Simeon Iliev

Research Engineer, ANL
Simeon Iliev joined Argonne National Laboratory in June of 2015. He is a research engineer at the Advanced Mobility Technology Laboratory and works on testing and evaluation of advanced vehicle technologies. Simeon earned a Master's of Science in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering... Read More →
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Troy McCormick

Sr. Software Engineer and Team Lead – Chassis Controls - Radar Systems, Bosch
Troy McCormick is an Engineering Manager in the Driver Assistance division at Robert Bosch in Plymouth, MI.  He currently leads a group of engineers focusing on the development and testing of Automotive Radar based Driver Assistance functions.  Troy has been working in automotive... Read More →
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Vivek Jaikamal

Business Development Manager – Advanced Applications, AVL
Vivek is passionate about leveraging the power of software and simulation to accelerate product development and reduce costs. Throughout his 25+ year career in the automotive industry, he has helped automotive OEMs and suppliers shorten their development, testing and calibration times... Read More →
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Yun Cai

Presales Tech Support Engineer, Siemens PLM Inc
Yun Cai is a pre-sales technical support engineer at Siemens PLM Software Inc. She has over 6 years of experience working in the automotive industry, where Yun focuses on applying integrated safety technologies to improve vehicle safety performance. Yun worked closely with OEM crash... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 10:20am - 11:10am EDT
Sheraton: Augusta Room
  Judged Presentation, WVU

10:20am EDT

CSMS Presentation
This CSMS Presentation will focus on the development of plant models for propulsion system architecture selection and establishing a control system architecture. A control system architecture is the high level physical system/structure for controls including: ECUs, interfaces, serial data and other communication busses, key sensors, HMI and actuators added to base vehicle. In addition to this, any requirements that have been developed, energy management strategy research, and CAVs (Connected and Automated Vehicle) team interactions achieved in year one is within scope for this event. Additional focus areas of the presentation include: model-in-the-loop simulation methods, including model development strategy, requirements management, testing techniques, results evaluation, creation of a control architectures and how these processes are applied to optimum vehicle propulsion system architecture selection, controls development and achieving CAVs goals.
Event Captains
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Tom Ender

Senior Manager: PSEC Canada and EC&S, Engineering GMCC, General Motors
Tom Ender joined GM in 1997 as a controls engineer and is currently a Senior Manager for the Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls and Diagnostics Team.  He and his team develop controls and diagnostics for a wide variety of chassis, propulsion integration, thermal, electrical and body... Read More →
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Swarooph Seshadri

Senior Technical Evangelist – Student Competitions, MathWorks
Swarooph Seshadri is a Technical Evangelist for Automotive Student Competitions at the MathWorks and is the full time MathWorks technical lead for EcoCAR. He has been providing guidance for the PCM and the CAVs swim lanes. Swarooph graduated with a Master of Science in Mechanical... Read More →

Judges
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Antoine Tremblay

Lead Simulation Engineer – Vehicle Systems Engineering, Bosch
Antoine Tremblay is a Senior Simulation Engineer – Team Lead at BEG-NA in Novi, MI. His group focuses on supporting the Vehicle System Engineering team with simulation in the areas of thermal simulations, vehicle architecture (powertrain and powernet) and functional safety. Prior... Read More →
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Bo Sun

Manager, AD & ADAS Group (Active & Passive Safety), Denso
Graduated from The Ohio State University. Responsible for AD/ADAS Sensing System in DENSO North America.
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Chris Balton

Advanced Controls Manager, Paccar
Chris Balton the Manager for the Advanced Controls group for Advanced Technology at the PACCAR Technical Center. During his 13 years at PACCAR Chris has led projects in Powertrain Controls for PACCAR Engines, Transmissions and Predictive Cruise Control. He has also developed vehicle... Read More →
avatar for Chris Manning

Chris Manning

Project Manager, dSPACE
Chris has been involved in the EcoCAR competition since 2011. Starting as a student in EcoCAR 2 and moving to dSPACE and supporting the competition as a sponsor. He has conducted trainings and judged competition events over the years. Chris has worked as an Application Engineer and... Read More →
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Jason Mullins

EGM: VMEC Controls, GM
Jason Mullins is currently the Engineering Group Manager for Electrification Energy Management at General Motors. This team is responsible for the Electrification Torque Supervisory controls for all of GM’s electrified vehicles. Jason has 20 years of industry experience with a strong... Read More →
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Joaquin Reyes

Joaquin Reyes is the Lead Vehicle Modeling and Simulation Engineer at Proterra Inc. He is responsible for the creation of numerical simulations to support the development of all ECU control software at Proterra. His role also involves modeling activities for transit bus range performance... Read More →
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Joel Van Sickel

Senior Application Engineer, MathWorks
Joel Van Sickel is a Senior Application Engineer at MathWorks who focuses on power systems and power electronics.
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Maulin Patel

Vice President, Systems Engineering, NXP
Maulin Patel is Vice President of Systems Engineering for the Business Line (BL) Secure Connected Edge (SCE) at NXP. He manages and drives global engineering teams for the BL SCE products execution, enablement, customer engagement & support, which also includes Security & Machine... Read More →
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Nick Kothari

Tech Specialist - Electrification Controls, General Motors
Nick joined GM in 1995 through a sponsor event during the SunRayce student competition. Starting with the GM EV1, he's since worked exclusively on hybrid/electric vehicle control systems focused mostly on propulsion and battery management. Currently Nick is leading system design for... Read More →
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Noel Mack

Product Line Executive – Components and Subsystems, AAM
Noel Mack is the Product Line Executive for AAM, where he has global responsibility for engineering of components and subsystems, including torque transfer devices and electronically controlled systems for AAM’s portfolio of driveline products. Previously Noel was the director of... Read More →
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Ren Fang

Senior Application Engineer, dSPACE
Ren Fang is a Senior Application Engineer in the Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) department at dSPACE Inc. Having joined dSPACE in 2014, Ren’s current responsibilities consist of managing and executing turnkey HIL projects at dSPACE. His areas of technical expertise include HIL Test... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 10:20am - 11:10am EDT
Sheraton: Macon Room
  Judged Presentation, VT

10:20am EDT

PIA Presentation
The PIA Event for year one of the EcoCAR mobility challenge is focused on vehicle architecture selection and the selection of the major vehicle subsystems to meet the team’s Vehicle Technical Specification (VTS) goals. The intent of this event is to allow each team the opportunity to demonstrate an understanding of the vehicle architecture selection process, the advantages and limitations of the selected architecture and how the particular architecture affects the overall vehicle balance to the VTS requirements. The focus of this presentation will be at the vehicle level with references and connections made to the major subsystems. A high-level understanding of the vehicle integration areas (occupant packaging, subsystem packaging, mass, thermal performance, dynamic performance, noise & vibration performance, system safety, and fuel economy) is expected to be demonstrated. A description of how the vehicle performance analysis and simulation were done is required such that VTS targets will be achieved within a bandwidth of confidence. Vehicle integration and performance balance should be the emphasis of the presentation. Particular emphasis will be placed on evaluating the relationship between the vehicle architecture chosen, the VTS, and competition cost. The presentation should also include information on the propulsion system hardware architectures chosen, including how these subsystem selections achieve the desired vehicle performance balance and achievement of the VTS.
Event Captains
avatar for Lynn R. Gantt

Lynn R. Gantt

General Motors, VT Mentor
Lynn Gantt is an Energy Architecture Lead Engineer at General Motors. He joined GM in 2010 as a summer intern and has since held positions working on Fuel Economy Learning Vehicles and in Vehicle Development as an Energy Engineer. Most recently he worked on the energy execution of... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Ann Schlenker

Ann Schlenker

Director, Center for Transportation Research, ANL
Ann M. Schlenker is the Director for the Center for Transportation Research at Argonne National Laboratory. Ms. Schlenker’ s applied research area is actively seeking to reduce the transportation sector's reliance on fossil fuel and the environmental impact; while improving mobility... Read More →
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Bob Ransijn

Manager - Application Engineers - Simulation, Siemens
Bob Ransijn, M.Sc. is managing a group of application engineers at Siemens Software focused on Siemens’ System Simulation solutions. He has 12 years of technical experience working with many automotive and non-automotive customers in implementing system simulation methodologies... Read More →
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Dan Mehr

Assistant Program Engineering Manager, GM
Dan Mehr earned his bachelors of science from the University of Wisconsin in 2008 after participating in the FutureTruck and ChallengeX advanced vehicle technology competitions. Upon graduating, Dan joined General Motors as an energy storage system integration engineer and completed... Read More →
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Kyle Crawford

Program Manager, Peterbilt
Kyle Crawford is a program manager at the Peterbilt.  Kyle joined Paccar in 2014 and is responsible for the introduction of new engine models for the engine plant, which includes equipment modifications and additions as well as process updates required for the cylinder head and block... Read More →
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Lynette Popma

System Safety Engineer - ETRS, Trans, ETRS, ATM & Electrification System Safety Team, GM
Lynette Popma joined General Motors in 2000 and is a Propulsion System Safety Engineer in Milford, Michigan. She holds a BSE in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State University and is a Master Black Belt in DFSS.
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Michele Rodgers

Director of Program Management, Peterbilt Motors Company, Paccar
Michele Rodgers is the Director of Program Management for Peterbilt Motors Company. Located in Denton, Texas, Peterbilt has a global reputation for superior quality, industry leading design, innovative engineering and fuel-efficient solutions, and is regarded as the "Class" of the... Read More →
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Mike Wahlstrom

Director: Global Electronic Components and Subsystems, GM
Mike Wahlstrom is currently the Director of Automated Driving Innovation and Software. In this position he is responsible for advanced hardware development, system engineering and software engineering for GM’s Active Safety and Automated Driving products. Mike started his career... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 10:20am - 11:10am EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 3 Room
  Judged Presentation, UWAFT

10:20am EDT

Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation
In the Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation, student Project Managers will present details about the architecture selection process through the lens of project management, covering any consideration that could potentially affect the time, scope, or budget of the project once the team begins to execute their selected architecture. PMs will deep dive on risk analysis and the strategic decision-making process they applied to the architecture selection process, including the methods, tools, and processes used, the specific risks identified, and how those risks impacted the team’s decision-making process. PMs will also present the risk profile of their selected architecture, justify the risk-benefit value proposition, and discuss future plans for executing the architecture including how to manage risk throughout the project.
Judges
avatar for Bill Venner

Bill Venner

Director Chassis Suspension, Structure & Steering, General Motors
Bill joined GM in 1999 as a Noise and Vibration Engineer. He has held many different positions including Vehicle Development for Noise and Vibration and Ride and Handling, Design Release for Steering Systems and Plant Quality Engineer. Prior to his current role as Chief Enggineer... Read More →
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Inga Yuditsky

System Safety Engineer - Gas Engine Systems, Engine Controls/Fuel/Advanced System Safety, GM
Inga Yuditsky joined General Motors in 2011, and is a Propulsion System Safety Engineer in Milford, Michigan. She holds a B.S.E in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and a M. Eng. in Energy Systems Engineering from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbo... Read More →
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Jesus Cota

Sr. Program Manager, PACCAR
Jesus started his career with PACCAR as an Associate Design Engineer at Kenworth Mexico in 2008. He moved to Kenworth Division at Kirkland, WA in 2012 and held positions of increasing responsibility such as Engineering Supervisor – Core Interiors and Program Manager for new product... Read More →
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Rachel Nealer

Chief of Staff, VTO, BETO, FCTO, U.S. Department of Energy
Dr. Rachael Nealer is the Chief of Staff for the three Sustainable Transportation Offices (Bioenergy Technologies Office, Fuel Cell Technologies Office, and Vehicle Technologies Office) in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. Prior... Read More →
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Tony Farrell

Engineering Manager – Chassis Controls - Radar Systems, Bosch
Anthony Farrell is an Engineering Manager in the Chassis Controls – Active Safety division. He is responsible for technical project management, software management timelines, and international associate coordination. He has 17 years’ experience in chassis controls working for... Read More →
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Zach Slaton

Senior Assistant Chief Engineer - Embedded Engineering, PACCAR
Zach Slaton has been with PACCAR since 2007. During his career he has held positions of increasing responsibility including Principal Engineer, Vehicle Integration Supervisor, Embedded Engineering Manager, and Director of Program Management. He was promoted to Assistant Chief Engineer... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 10:20am - 11:10am EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 1 Room
  Judged Presentation, ERAU

10:20am EDT

PSI Presentation
The PSI Presentation is designed to evaluate the teams’ architectural decisions, current vehicle status, mechanical & electrical design and engineering methodologies. Teams will need to demonstrate forward thinking in their problem solving, understanding the critical interactions of each functional area within the PSI swimlane and how they affect the VTS. This will be achieved through providing one example of complex system within their vehicle architecture.
Event Captains
avatar for Laura Barlow

Laura Barlow

Engineering Group Manager, General Motors
Laura is an Engineering Group Manager for the Thermal Controls and Software team at the Canadian Technical Centre with General Motors. Laura has been with GM for over 10 years, holding various roles such as Algorithm Engineer, Controls Technical Specialist, as well as leading teams... Read More →
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Hung Nguyen

Advanced Technology Engineer, General Motors
Hung Nguyen is an Advanced Technology Engineer – Chassis ATW at General Motors Canadian Technical Centre. He joined GM as an alumnus of the University of Waterloo Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Faculty and EcoCAR. Hung began his career at GM’s Computer Aided Engineering... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Bryan Ross

Bryan Ross

Vehicle Integration Manager, PACCAR
Bryan Ross has been the PACCAR chair for EcoCAR for 7 years and has led 3 series of programs. He provides in-depth participation with and application of systems engineering principles to mechanical and information system engineering challenges, especially maturing disruptive technologies... Read More →
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Chris Jarrell

Senior Manager, Electrified Systems Engineering Group, DENSO
Christopher M. Jarrell (Chris) is the Senior Manager of the Electrified Systems Engineering Group at DENSO International America, Inc. (DIAM) located in Southfield, Michigan. Chris joined DENSO in 1995 as an application engineer, responsible for the development of starters and alternators... Read More →
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Chris Meagher

Retired from GM, General Motors
Chris Meagher is a retired General Motors executive with 42 years of experience in the propulsion system area of engineering. After joining GM in 1979, he held positions as an engine development engineer, design release engineer, and global chief engineer & program manager of 4-cylinder... Read More →
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Doug Chemelli

Lead Product Engineer, Components and Subsystems, AAM
Doug Chemelli is a Lead Product Engineer at American Axle & Manufacturing. He has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University, graduating in 2008. His work focuses on Component Engineering of Driveline / Propulsion systems, including the development of... Read More →
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Forrest Jehlik

Principle Engineer, ANL
Forrest Jehlik is a Principle Engineer conducting advanced technology vehicle research at Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Powertrain Research Facility (APRF). Such research involves hybrids, plug-in hybrids, electric vehicles, autonomous vehicle technology. Particular areas... Read More →
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Keith Confer

Engineering Manager - Advanced Vehicle Systems, Delphi
Keith Confer is the Engineering Manager for Advanced Vehicle Systems in Delphi Technologies Advanced Systems Group.   He has over 30 years powertrain systems experience with extensive background in automotive air and fuel system design and development.  Keith holds ten US Patents... Read More →
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Matt Young

Manufacturing Engineering Manager, PACCAR Engine Company
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Wenbo Du

Application Engineer, Siemens
Dr. Wenbo Du is an Application Engineer at Siemens Software, specializing in CFD and multiphysics simulation for electrified powertrain applications. He is responsible for providing training and technical support for Simcenter STAR-CCM+ and Battery Design Studio customers including... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 10:20am - 11:10am EDT
Sheraton: Valdosta Room
  Judged Presentation, UA

10:20am EDT

Target Market Presentation
The first step in any product development process is to define the customer. A set of technical specifications for the product can then be established to quantitatively define the characteristics of the product which will appeal to the targeted customer. Finally, the product can be engineered to meet those specifications. For the purposes of EcoCAR, some elements of the target market have been pre-defined: teams must design a car for a Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) market, specifically a fleet-owned carsharing application (similar to Maven or Zipcar). By nature, this is a dual market where the vehicle must appeal to both the fleet-owner (operator of the carsharing service and purchaser of the vehicle) and the customer (the person that subscribes to the carsharing service and drives the vehicle). In this presentation, teams will define and characterize both the fleet-owner and the customer for this MaaS market and justify that the geographical region of this market suitable to support a carsharing service. Teams will also discuss the wants and needs of the fleet-owner and the customer as it pertains to the vehicle, including any areas where the fleet-owner and customer diverge. Finally, teams will present a single set of Vehicle Technical Specifications (VTS) that combines the wants and needs of the fleet-owner and customer into a unified vehicle design.
Event Captains
avatar for Mark Smith

Mark Smith

Technology Integration Program Manager, Department of Energy
Mark Smith is the Technology Integration Program Manager within the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Vehicle Technologies Office. In this role, he oversees a broad technology portfolio, which is focused on accelerating the development... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Heather Croteau

Heather Croteau

Chief of Staff for Sustainable Transportation and Fuels, U.S. Department of Energy
Heather Croteau is Chief of Staff for Sustainable Transportation and Fuels in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the Department of Energy. Prior to becoming Chief of Staff, she was a Technology Manager for the Vehicle Technologies Office Energy Efficient Mobility... Read More →
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Jim Harkins

Director, Engineering, Denso
James K. Harkins (Jim) is the Engineering Director of Electrified Systems Engineering at DENSO International America, Inc. (DIAM) located in Southfield, Michigan. Harkins joined DENSO in 1996 as an application engineer, responsible for the development of starters and alternators... Read More →
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John Haraf

Director - Software Integration, General Motors
John Haraf is currently the Director of Global Electrification and Battery Systems at General Motors. In this position, he is responsible for electrification control system integration/calibration development for all of GM’s Hybrid and Electric Vehicles. John began his career with... Read More →
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Lauren Tabolinsky

Academic Programs Manager, MathWorks
Lauren Tabolinsky joined MathWorks in 2008 and currently manages Academic Programs at MathWorks. Before joining MathWorks, Lauren was a product manager at Harvard Business School Publishing. Lauren holds a B.A. degree from Monmouth University and a Master’s degree in Marketing Communications... Read More →
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Leigh Anderson

Business Development Manager - the Americas & Automotive, Siemens
Mr. Leigh Anderson, MBA, Higher Education Program Manager for Automotive worldwide at Siemens Software. Leigh has 15 years of product management experience in the engineering software industry across a wide range of products ― from embedded software to simulation. Another 10 years... Read More →
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Lisa Tipton

Talent Attraction | STEM,DEI and University Partners, Bosch
Lisa Tipton is located at Robert Bosch North America HQ Corporate Office in Farmington Hills, MI and is lead for STEM, DEI and University Partners. She is the Center for Expertise for early talent recruiting for Bosch North America Region. She has worked in automotive HR, marketing... Read More →
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Taylor Frey

Marketing Manager, AVL
Taylor Frey is the marketing manager for the North American affiliate of AVL, a global leader in advanced propulsion technology. She received bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Public Relations/Advertising from Penn State University. While there, she participated in AVTC’s for... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 10:20am - 11:10am EDT
Sheraton: Athens Room
  Judged Presentation, UW

10:20am EDT

Women in STEM Presentation
General Motors is sponsoring an award to honor women students in STEM fields who are demonstrating outstanding technical excellence and accomplishments through the EcoCAR automotive engineering program. The award is intended to encourage more women to study engineering, grow the support for Women in STEM within their EcoCAR Team and University, and pursue a career in automotive engineering after graduation. All EcoCAR female engineering students are eligible to compete for this award.
Event Captains
avatar for Maribeth Yabes

Maribeth Yabes

EGM: Global Controls Design Engineering, GM
Maribeth (MB) Yabes is the Engineering Group Manager of the Electrification Driver Data Team for GM’s Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls organization. In this role, MB manages a team of engineers who design, develop and test costumer facing features related to displays. MB joined... Read More →

Judges
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Christy Cooper

Operations Supervisor, VTO, and DOE Director, U.S. DRIVE Partnership, DOE
avatar for Connie Bezanson

Connie Bezanson

Education and Outreach Manager, Vehicle Technologies Office, DOE
Connie Bezanson manages the Education and Outreach activities within the Vehicle Technologies Program in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. In addition to managing the Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition (AVTC) activity, she manages... Read More →
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Wendy Eckman

Director: Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls, General Motors
Wendy Eckman is currently the Director of Propulsion and Chassis Embedded Controls Design Engineering, for General Motors. She graduated with a BSEE from Missouri S&T before joining Ford, and then went on to earn her MBA from the Michigan Ross Business School. She has been immersed... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 10:20am - 11:10am EDT
Sheraton: Piedmont Room
  Sponsored Award, CSU - Nikki Machado

11:10am EDT

CAVs Presentation
The Year 1 CAVs Presentation is designed to evaluate the effectiveness with which the team completed the CAV activities throughout the year. CAV teams in Year 1 should be focused on sensing system design and simulation, computing hardware selection, sensor fusion algorithm testing, basic longitudinal control and mule vehicle sensor data collection using sensor hardware. The presentation itself will focus on several aspects of these activities: hardware system design, sensor fusion algorithm development, and software development workflow and processes.
Event Captains
avatar for Andrew Huster

Andrew Huster

Controls System Engineer, GM
Andrew Huster is a Controls System Engineer in the Automated Driving and Active Safety Production Controls group at General Motors. In this position, he develops software for sensor fusion that enables advanced ADAS features like Super Cruise. Prior to his current position, he was... Read More →

Judges
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Chris Kinser

Director: Global Performance Integration & Proving Grounds, GM
Chris Kinser is Director of the Global Autonomous Driving Center. Chris’ team is responsible for Vehicle Integration of General Motors’ Autonomous Vehicles, Automated Driving and Active Safety technologies. His team has developed prototypes of the companies’ first mass produced... Read More →
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Connell D'Souza

Student Competitions Technical Evangelist, MathWorks
Connell joined MathWorks in 2016 as a technical evangelist on the student competitions team. He primarily supports student competitions in Aerospace and Unmanned Systems. Connell holds an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University, Boston.
avatar for David Anderson

David Anderson

Program Manager, Energy Efficient Mobility Systems, VTO, U.S. Department of Energy
David Anderson is the Program Manager for the Energy Efficient Mobility Systems (EEMS) Program within the U.S. Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO). He leads a team responsible for a research portfolio that focuses on understanding the potentially dramatic energy... Read More →
avatar for Frank Schneck

Frank Schneck

Senior Division Engineering Manager - Peterbilt, PACCAR
Frank Schneck is the Senior Engineering Manager for Peterbilt’s Advance Design & Vehicle Integration department. This team is responsible for bringing Advance Concept development into production by providing early vehicle layout, performance, functionality, scope definition and... Read More →
avatar for Jacob Krakauer

Jacob Krakauer

Systems Engineer, Intel
Jacob Krakauer is a mechanical engineer in the autonomous transportation and infrastructure division. He works with government and educational engagements as well as working on Intel reference designs for autonomous vehicle systems. His main focus is on educating the public and academic... Read More →
avatar for Jacob Perrin

Jacob Perrin

Team Lead - Data Driven Development, dSPACE
Jacob is a Technical Lead for Data Driven Development at dSPACE Inc in Wixom, Michigan. Since graduating from the University of Michigan with a degree in Computer Engineering in 2015, Jacob has worked primarily in the areas of perception software development and prototyping. Recently... Read More →
avatar for John Cotner

John Cotner

Technical Director - Automotive Systems Engineering, NXP
John Cotner is currently working as a Technical Director - Automotive Systems Engineering at NXP Semiconductors.John has worked in a variety of positions within the automotive electronics industry for the past 35 years focusing on systems engineering. This work has resulted in 5 patents... Read More →
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Leo Breton

Technology Development Director, Horiba
Leo Breton pioneered real-world, in-use mass emissions and fuel economy testing as an EPA engineer in the mid 1990's. He invented the seminal technologies still used in today’s PEMS systems and personally built and proved the first system to do this – it was known as ROVER. ROVER... Read More →
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Robb Bolio

Global Vehicle Performance Manager: Global Autonomous Driving Center, GM
Robb Bolio is the Global Vehicle Performance Manager for Autonomous and Electric Vehicles for General Motors. Robb’s team is based out of the Milford Proving Ground and part of the Global Autonomous Driving Center. Robb leads a team of engineers that are responsible for full vehicle... Read More →
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Scott Miller

Executive Director: Autonomous and Electric Vehicle Programs, GM
Scott Miller has been with General Motors since March 1994 and is currently Executive Director, Autonomous Development and Validation. In this role, he works internally with our partners in Product Development, Safety, and vehicle performance to ensure timely success of autonomous... Read More →
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Simeon Iliev

Research Engineer, ANL
Simeon Iliev joined Argonne National Laboratory in June of 2015. He is a research engineer at the Advanced Mobility Technology Laboratory and works on testing and evaluation of advanced vehicle technologies. Simeon earned a Master's of Science in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering... Read More →
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Troy McCormick

Sr. Software Engineer and Team Lead – Chassis Controls - Radar Systems, Bosch
Troy McCormick is an Engineering Manager in the Driver Assistance division at Robert Bosch in Plymouth, MI.  He currently leads a group of engineers focusing on the development and testing of Automotive Radar based Driver Assistance functions.  Troy has been working in automotive... Read More →
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Vivek Jaikamal

Business Development Manager – Advanced Applications, AVL
Vivek is passionate about leveraging the power of software and simulation to accelerate product development and reduce costs. Throughout his 25+ year career in the automotive industry, he has helped automotive OEMs and suppliers shorten their development, testing and calibration times... Read More →
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Yun Cai

Presales Tech Support Engineer, Siemens PLM Inc
Yun Cai is a pre-sales technical support engineer at Siemens PLM Software Inc. She has over 6 years of experience working in the automotive industry, where Yun focuses on applying integrated safety technologies to improve vehicle safety performance. Yun worked closely with OEM crash... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 11:10am - 12:00pm EDT
Sheraton: Augusta Room
  Judged Presentation, MAC

11:10am EDT

CSMS Presentation
This CSMS Presentation will focus on the development of plant models for propulsion system architecture selection and establishing a control system architecture. A control system architecture is the high level physical system/structure for controls including: ECUs, interfaces, serial data and other communication busses, key sensors, HMI and actuators added to base vehicle. In addition to this, any requirements that have been developed, energy management strategy research, and CAVs (Connected and Automated Vehicle) team interactions achieved in year one is within scope for this event. Additional focus areas of the presentation include: model-in-the-loop simulation methods, including model development strategy, requirements management, testing techniques, results evaluation, creation of a control architectures and how these processes are applied to optimum vehicle propulsion system architecture selection, controls development and achieving CAVs goals.
Event Captains
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Tom Ender

Senior Manager: PSEC Canada and EC&S, Engineering GMCC, General Motors
Tom Ender joined GM in 1997 as a controls engineer and is currently a Senior Manager for the Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls and Diagnostics Team.  He and his team develop controls and diagnostics for a wide variety of chassis, propulsion integration, thermal, electrical and body... Read More →
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Swarooph Seshadri

Senior Technical Evangelist – Student Competitions, MathWorks
Swarooph Seshadri is a Technical Evangelist for Automotive Student Competitions at the MathWorks and is the full time MathWorks technical lead for EcoCAR. He has been providing guidance for the PCM and the CAVs swim lanes. Swarooph graduated with a Master of Science in Mechanical... Read More →

Judges
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Antoine Tremblay

Lead Simulation Engineer – Vehicle Systems Engineering, Bosch
Antoine Tremblay is a Senior Simulation Engineer – Team Lead at BEG-NA in Novi, MI. His group focuses on supporting the Vehicle System Engineering team with simulation in the areas of thermal simulations, vehicle architecture (powertrain and powernet) and functional safety. Prior... Read More →
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Bo Sun

Manager, AD & ADAS Group (Active & Passive Safety), Denso
Graduated from The Ohio State University. Responsible for AD/ADAS Sensing System in DENSO North America.
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Chris Balton

Advanced Controls Manager, Paccar
Chris Balton the Manager for the Advanced Controls group for Advanced Technology at the PACCAR Technical Center. During his 13 years at PACCAR Chris has led projects in Powertrain Controls for PACCAR Engines, Transmissions and Predictive Cruise Control. He has also developed vehicle... Read More →
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Chris Manning

Project Manager, dSPACE
Chris has been involved in the EcoCAR competition since 2011. Starting as a student in EcoCAR 2 and moving to dSPACE and supporting the competition as a sponsor. He has conducted trainings and judged competition events over the years. Chris has worked as an Application Engineer and... Read More →
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Jason Mullins

EGM: VMEC Controls, GM
Jason Mullins is currently the Engineering Group Manager for Electrification Energy Management at General Motors. This team is responsible for the Electrification Torque Supervisory controls for all of GM’s electrified vehicles. Jason has 20 years of industry experience with a strong... Read More →
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Joaquin Reyes

Joaquin Reyes is the Lead Vehicle Modeling and Simulation Engineer at Proterra Inc. He is responsible for the creation of numerical simulations to support the development of all ECU control software at Proterra. His role also involves modeling activities for transit bus range performance... Read More →
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Joel Van Sickel

Senior Application Engineer, MathWorks
Joel Van Sickel is a Senior Application Engineer at MathWorks who focuses on power systems and power electronics.
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Maulin Patel

Vice President, Systems Engineering, NXP
Maulin Patel is Vice President of Systems Engineering for the Business Line (BL) Secure Connected Edge (SCE) at NXP. He manages and drives global engineering teams for the BL SCE products execution, enablement, customer engagement & support, which also includes Security & Machine... Read More →
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Nick Kothari

Tech Specialist - Electrification Controls, General Motors
Nick joined GM in 1995 through a sponsor event during the SunRayce student competition. Starting with the GM EV1, he's since worked exclusively on hybrid/electric vehicle control systems focused mostly on propulsion and battery management. Currently Nick is leading system design for... Read More →
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Noel Mack

Product Line Executive – Components and Subsystems, AAM
Noel Mack is the Product Line Executive for AAM, where he has global responsibility for engineering of components and subsystems, including torque transfer devices and electronically controlled systems for AAM’s portfolio of driveline products. Previously Noel was the director of... Read More →
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Ren Fang

Senior Application Engineer, dSPACE
Ren Fang is a Senior Application Engineer in the Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) department at dSPACE Inc. Having joined dSPACE in 2014, Ren’s current responsibilities consist of managing and executing turnkey HIL projects at dSPACE. His areas of technical expertise include HIL Test... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 11:10am - 12:00pm EDT
Sheraton: Macon Room
  Judged Presentation, OSU

11:10am EDT

PIA Presentation
The PIA Event for year one of the EcoCAR mobility challenge is focused on vehicle architecture selection and the selection of the major vehicle subsystems to meet the team’s Vehicle Technical Specification (VTS) goals. The intent of this event is to allow each team the opportunity to demonstrate an understanding of the vehicle architecture selection process, the advantages and limitations of the selected architecture and how the particular architecture affects the overall vehicle balance to the VTS requirements. The focus of this presentation will be at the vehicle level with references and connections made to the major subsystems. A high-level understanding of the vehicle integration areas (occupant packaging, subsystem packaging, mass, thermal performance, dynamic performance, noise & vibration performance, system safety, and fuel economy) is expected to be demonstrated. A description of how the vehicle performance analysis and simulation were done is required such that VTS targets will be achieved within a bandwidth of confidence. Vehicle integration and performance balance should be the emphasis of the presentation. Particular emphasis will be placed on evaluating the relationship between the vehicle architecture chosen, the VTS, and competition cost. The presentation should also include information on the propulsion system hardware architectures chosen, including how these subsystem selections achieve the desired vehicle performance balance and achievement of the VTS.
Event Captains
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Lynn R. Gantt

General Motors, VT Mentor
Lynn Gantt is an Energy Architecture Lead Engineer at General Motors. He joined GM in 2010 as a summer intern and has since held positions working on Fuel Economy Learning Vehicles and in Vehicle Development as an Energy Engineer. Most recently he worked on the energy execution of... Read More →

Judges
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Ann Schlenker

Director, Center for Transportation Research, ANL
Ann M. Schlenker is the Director for the Center for Transportation Research at Argonne National Laboratory. Ms. Schlenker’ s applied research area is actively seeking to reduce the transportation sector's reliance on fossil fuel and the environmental impact; while improving mobility... Read More →
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Bob Ransijn

Manager - Application Engineers - Simulation, Siemens
Bob Ransijn, M.Sc. is managing a group of application engineers at Siemens Software focused on Siemens’ System Simulation solutions. He has 12 years of technical experience working with many automotive and non-automotive customers in implementing system simulation methodologies... Read More →
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Dan Mehr

Assistant Program Engineering Manager, GM
Dan Mehr earned his bachelors of science from the University of Wisconsin in 2008 after participating in the FutureTruck and ChallengeX advanced vehicle technology competitions. Upon graduating, Dan joined General Motors as an energy storage system integration engineer and completed... Read More →
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Kyle Crawford

Program Manager, Peterbilt
Kyle Crawford is a program manager at the Peterbilt.  Kyle joined Paccar in 2014 and is responsible for the introduction of new engine models for the engine plant, which includes equipment modifications and additions as well as process updates required for the cylinder head and block... Read More →
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Lynette Popma

System Safety Engineer - ETRS, Trans, ETRS, ATM & Electrification System Safety Team, GM
Lynette Popma joined General Motors in 2000 and is a Propulsion System Safety Engineer in Milford, Michigan. She holds a BSE in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State University and is a Master Black Belt in DFSS.
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Michele Rodgers

Director of Program Management, Peterbilt Motors Company, Paccar
Michele Rodgers is the Director of Program Management for Peterbilt Motors Company. Located in Denton, Texas, Peterbilt has a global reputation for superior quality, industry leading design, innovative engineering and fuel-efficient solutions, and is regarded as the "Class" of the... Read More →
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Mike Wahlstrom

Director: Global Electronic Components and Subsystems, GM
Mike Wahlstrom is currently the Director of Automated Driving Innovation and Software. In this position he is responsible for advanced hardware development, system engineering and software engineering for GM’s Active Safety and Automated Driving products. Mike started his career... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 11:10am - 12:00pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 3 Room
  Judged Presentation, GT

11:10am EDT

Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation
In the Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation, student Project Managers will present details about the architecture selection process through the lens of project management, covering any consideration that could potentially affect the time, scope, or budget of the project once the team begins to execute their selected architecture. PMs will deep dive on risk analysis and the strategic decision-making process they applied to the architecture selection process, including the methods, tools, and processes used, the specific risks identified, and how those risks impacted the team’s decision-making process. PMs will also present the risk profile of their selected architecture, justify the risk-benefit value proposition, and discuss future plans for executing the architecture including how to manage risk throughout the project.
Judges
avatar for Bill Venner

Bill Venner

Director Chassis Suspension, Structure & Steering, General Motors
Bill joined GM in 1999 as a Noise and Vibration Engineer. He has held many different positions including Vehicle Development for Noise and Vibration and Ride and Handling, Design Release for Steering Systems and Plant Quality Engineer. Prior to his current role as Chief Enggineer... Read More →
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Inga Yuditsky

System Safety Engineer - Gas Engine Systems, Engine Controls/Fuel/Advanced System Safety, GM
Inga Yuditsky joined General Motors in 2011, and is a Propulsion System Safety Engineer in Milford, Michigan. She holds a B.S.E in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and a M. Eng. in Energy Systems Engineering from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbo... Read More →
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Jesus Cota

Sr. Program Manager, PACCAR
Jesus started his career with PACCAR as an Associate Design Engineer at Kenworth Mexico in 2008. He moved to Kenworth Division at Kirkland, WA in 2012 and held positions of increasing responsibility such as Engineering Supervisor – Core Interiors and Program Manager for new product... Read More →
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Rachel Nealer

Chief of Staff, VTO, BETO, FCTO, U.S. Department of Energy
Dr. Rachael Nealer is the Chief of Staff for the three Sustainable Transportation Offices (Bioenergy Technologies Office, Fuel Cell Technologies Office, and Vehicle Technologies Office) in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. Prior... Read More →
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Tony Farrell

Engineering Manager – Chassis Controls - Radar Systems, Bosch
Anthony Farrell is an Engineering Manager in the Chassis Controls – Active Safety division. He is responsible for technical project management, software management timelines, and international associate coordination. He has 17 years’ experience in chassis controls working for... Read More →
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Zach Slaton

Senior Assistant Chief Engineer - Embedded Engineering, PACCAR
Zach Slaton has been with PACCAR since 2007. During his career he has held positions of increasing responsibility including Principal Engineer, Vehicle Integration Supervisor, Embedded Engineering Manager, and Director of Program Management. He was promoted to Assistant Chief Engineer... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 11:10am - 12:00pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 1 Room
  Judged Presentation, CSU

11:10am EDT

PSI Presentation
The PSI Presentation is designed to evaluate the teams’ architectural decisions, current vehicle status, mechanical & electrical design and engineering methodologies. Teams will need to demonstrate forward thinking in their problem solving, understanding the critical interactions of each functional area within the PSI swimlane and how they affect the VTS. This will be achieved through providing one example of complex system within their vehicle architecture.
Event Captains
avatar for Laura Barlow

Laura Barlow

Engineering Group Manager, General Motors
Laura is an Engineering Group Manager for the Thermal Controls and Software team at the Canadian Technical Centre with General Motors. Laura has been with GM for over 10 years, holding various roles such as Algorithm Engineer, Controls Technical Specialist, as well as leading teams... Read More →
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Hung Nguyen

Advanced Technology Engineer, General Motors
Hung Nguyen is an Advanced Technology Engineer – Chassis ATW at General Motors Canadian Technical Centre. He joined GM as an alumnus of the University of Waterloo Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Faculty and EcoCAR. Hung began his career at GM’s Computer Aided Engineering... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Bryan Ross

Bryan Ross

Vehicle Integration Manager, PACCAR
Bryan Ross has been the PACCAR chair for EcoCAR for 7 years and has led 3 series of programs. He provides in-depth participation with and application of systems engineering principles to mechanical and information system engineering challenges, especially maturing disruptive technologies... Read More →
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Chris Jarrell

Senior Manager, Electrified Systems Engineering Group, DENSO
Christopher M. Jarrell (Chris) is the Senior Manager of the Electrified Systems Engineering Group at DENSO International America, Inc. (DIAM) located in Southfield, Michigan. Chris joined DENSO in 1995 as an application engineer, responsible for the development of starters and alternators... Read More →
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Chris Meagher

Retired from GM, General Motors
Chris Meagher is a retired General Motors executive with 42 years of experience in the propulsion system area of engineering. After joining GM in 1979, he held positions as an engine development engineer, design release engineer, and global chief engineer & program manager of 4-cylinder... Read More →
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Doug Chemelli

Lead Product Engineer, Components and Subsystems, AAM
Doug Chemelli is a Lead Product Engineer at American Axle & Manufacturing. He has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University, graduating in 2008. His work focuses on Component Engineering of Driveline / Propulsion systems, including the development of... Read More →
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Forrest Jehlik

Principle Engineer, ANL
Forrest Jehlik is a Principle Engineer conducting advanced technology vehicle research at Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Powertrain Research Facility (APRF). Such research involves hybrids, plug-in hybrids, electric vehicles, autonomous vehicle technology. Particular areas... Read More →
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Keith Confer

Engineering Manager - Advanced Vehicle Systems, Delphi
Keith Confer is the Engineering Manager for Advanced Vehicle Systems in Delphi Technologies Advanced Systems Group.   He has over 30 years powertrain systems experience with extensive background in automotive air and fuel system design and development.  Keith holds ten US Patents... Read More →
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Matt Young

Manufacturing Engineering Manager, PACCAR Engine Company
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Wenbo Du

Application Engineer, Siemens
Dr. Wenbo Du is an Application Engineer at Siemens Software, specializing in CFD and multiphysics simulation for electrified powertrain applications. He is responsible for providing training and technical support for Simcenter STAR-CCM+ and Battery Design Studio customers including... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 11:10am - 12:00pm EDT
Sheraton: Valdosta Room
  Judged Presentation, MSU

11:10am EDT

Target Market Presentation
The first step in any product development process is to define the customer. A set of technical specifications for the product can then be established to quantitatively define the characteristics of the product which will appeal to the targeted customer. Finally, the product can be engineered to meet those specifications. For the purposes of EcoCAR, some elements of the target market have been pre-defined: teams must design a car for a Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) market, specifically a fleet-owned carsharing application (similar to Maven or Zipcar). By nature, this is a dual market where the vehicle must appeal to both the fleet-owner (operator of the carsharing service and purchaser of the vehicle) and the customer (the person that subscribes to the carsharing service and drives the vehicle). In this presentation, teams will define and characterize both the fleet-owner and the customer for this MaaS market and justify that the geographical region of this market suitable to support a carsharing service. Teams will also discuss the wants and needs of the fleet-owner and the customer as it pertains to the vehicle, including any areas where the fleet-owner and customer diverge. Finally, teams will present a single set of Vehicle Technical Specifications (VTS) that combines the wants and needs of the fleet-owner and customer into a unified vehicle design.
Event Captains
avatar for Mark Smith

Mark Smith

Technology Integration Program Manager, Department of Energy
Mark Smith is the Technology Integration Program Manager within the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Vehicle Technologies Office. In this role, he oversees a broad technology portfolio, which is focused on accelerating the development... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Heather Croteau

Heather Croteau

Chief of Staff for Sustainable Transportation and Fuels, U.S. Department of Energy
Heather Croteau is Chief of Staff for Sustainable Transportation and Fuels in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the Department of Energy. Prior to becoming Chief of Staff, she was a Technology Manager for the Vehicle Technologies Office Energy Efficient Mobility... Read More →
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Jim Harkins

Director, Engineering, Denso
James K. Harkins (Jim) is the Engineering Director of Electrified Systems Engineering at DENSO International America, Inc. (DIAM) located in Southfield, Michigan. Harkins joined DENSO in 1996 as an application engineer, responsible for the development of starters and alternators... Read More →
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John Haraf

Director - Software Integration, General Motors
John Haraf is currently the Director of Global Electrification and Battery Systems at General Motors. In this position, he is responsible for electrification control system integration/calibration development for all of GM’s Hybrid and Electric Vehicles. John began his career with... Read More →
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Lauren Tabolinsky

Academic Programs Manager, MathWorks
Lauren Tabolinsky joined MathWorks in 2008 and currently manages Academic Programs at MathWorks. Before joining MathWorks, Lauren was a product manager at Harvard Business School Publishing. Lauren holds a B.A. degree from Monmouth University and a Master’s degree in Marketing Communications... Read More →
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Leigh Anderson

Business Development Manager - the Americas & Automotive, Siemens
Mr. Leigh Anderson, MBA, Higher Education Program Manager for Automotive worldwide at Siemens Software. Leigh has 15 years of product management experience in the engineering software industry across a wide range of products ― from embedded software to simulation. Another 10 years... Read More →
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Lisa Tipton

Talent Attraction | STEM,DEI and University Partners, Bosch
Lisa Tipton is located at Robert Bosch North America HQ Corporate Office in Farmington Hills, MI and is lead for STEM, DEI and University Partners. She is the Center for Expertise for early talent recruiting for Bosch North America Region. She has worked in automotive HR, marketing... Read More →
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Taylor Frey

Marketing Manager, AVL
Taylor Frey is the marketing manager for the North American affiliate of AVL, a global leader in advanced propulsion technology. She received bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Public Relations/Advertising from Penn State University. While there, she participated in AVTC’s for... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 11:10am - 12:00pm EDT
Sheraton: Athens Room
  Judged Presentation, UT

11:10am EDT

Women in STEM Presentation
General Motors is sponsoring an award to honor women students in STEM fields who are demonstrating outstanding technical excellence and accomplishments through the EcoCAR automotive engineering program. The award is intended to encourage more women to study engineering, grow the support for Women in STEM within their EcoCAR Team and University, and pursue a career in automotive engineering after graduation. All EcoCAR female engineering students are eligible to compete for this award.
Event Captains
avatar for Maribeth Yabes

Maribeth Yabes

EGM: Global Controls Design Engineering, GM
Maribeth (MB) Yabes is the Engineering Group Manager of the Electrification Driver Data Team for GM’s Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls organization. In this role, MB manages a team of engineers who design, develop and test costumer facing features related to displays. MB joined... Read More →

Judges
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Christy Cooper

Operations Supervisor, VTO, and DOE Director, U.S. DRIVE Partnership, DOE
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Connie Bezanson

Education and Outreach Manager, Vehicle Technologies Office, DOE
Connie Bezanson manages the Education and Outreach activities within the Vehicle Technologies Program in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. In addition to managing the Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition (AVTC) activity, she manages... Read More →
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Wendy Eckman

Director: Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls, General Motors
Wendy Eckman is currently the Director of Propulsion and Chassis Embedded Controls Design Engineering, for General Motors. She graduated with a BSEE from Missouri S&T before joining Ford, and then went on to earn her MBA from the Michigan Ross Business School. She has been immersed... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 11:10am - 12:00pm EDT
Sheraton: Piedmont Room
  Sponsored Award, UW - Livia Anderson

12:00pm EDT

Lunch
Tuesday May 21, 2019 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
Sheraton: Grand Ballroom Salon D/E/F
  Food

1:00pm EDT

CAVs Presentation
The Year 1 CAVs Presentation is designed to evaluate the effectiveness with which the team completed the CAV activities throughout the year. CAV teams in Year 1 should be focused on sensing system design and simulation, computing hardware selection, sensor fusion algorithm testing, basic longitudinal control and mule vehicle sensor data collection using sensor hardware. The presentation itself will focus on several aspects of these activities: hardware system design, sensor fusion algorithm development, and software development workflow and processes.
Event Captains
avatar for Andrew Huster

Andrew Huster

Controls System Engineer, GM
Andrew Huster is a Controls System Engineer in the Automated Driving and Active Safety Production Controls group at General Motors. In this position, he develops software for sensor fusion that enables advanced ADAS features like Super Cruise. Prior to his current position, he was... Read More →

Judges
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Chris Kinser

Director: Global Performance Integration & Proving Grounds, GM
Chris Kinser is Director of the Global Autonomous Driving Center. Chris’ team is responsible for Vehicle Integration of General Motors’ Autonomous Vehicles, Automated Driving and Active Safety technologies. His team has developed prototypes of the companies’ first mass produced... Read More →
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Connell D'Souza

Student Competitions Technical Evangelist, MathWorks
Connell joined MathWorks in 2016 as a technical evangelist on the student competitions team. He primarily supports student competitions in Aerospace and Unmanned Systems. Connell holds an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University, Boston.
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David Anderson

Program Manager, Energy Efficient Mobility Systems, VTO, U.S. Department of Energy
David Anderson is the Program Manager for the Energy Efficient Mobility Systems (EEMS) Program within the U.S. Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO). He leads a team responsible for a research portfolio that focuses on understanding the potentially dramatic energy... Read More →
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Frank Schneck

Senior Division Engineering Manager - Peterbilt, PACCAR
Frank Schneck is the Senior Engineering Manager for Peterbilt’s Advance Design & Vehicle Integration department. This team is responsible for bringing Advance Concept development into production by providing early vehicle layout, performance, functionality, scope definition and... Read More →
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Jacob Krakauer

Systems Engineer, Intel
Jacob Krakauer is a mechanical engineer in the autonomous transportation and infrastructure division. He works with government and educational engagements as well as working on Intel reference designs for autonomous vehicle systems. His main focus is on educating the public and academic... Read More →
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Jacob Perrin

Team Lead - Data Driven Development, dSPACE
Jacob is a Technical Lead for Data Driven Development at dSPACE Inc in Wixom, Michigan. Since graduating from the University of Michigan with a degree in Computer Engineering in 2015, Jacob has worked primarily in the areas of perception software development and prototyping. Recently... Read More →
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John Cotner

Technical Director - Automotive Systems Engineering, NXP
John Cotner is currently working as a Technical Director - Automotive Systems Engineering at NXP Semiconductors.John has worked in a variety of positions within the automotive electronics industry for the past 35 years focusing on systems engineering. This work has resulted in 5 patents... Read More →
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Leo Breton

Technology Development Director, Horiba
Leo Breton pioneered real-world, in-use mass emissions and fuel economy testing as an EPA engineer in the mid 1990's. He invented the seminal technologies still used in today’s PEMS systems and personally built and proved the first system to do this – it was known as ROVER. ROVER... Read More →
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Robb Bolio

Global Vehicle Performance Manager: Global Autonomous Driving Center, GM
Robb Bolio is the Global Vehicle Performance Manager for Autonomous and Electric Vehicles for General Motors. Robb’s team is based out of the Milford Proving Ground and part of the Global Autonomous Driving Center. Robb leads a team of engineers that are responsible for full vehicle... Read More →
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Scott Miller

Executive Director: Autonomous and Electric Vehicle Programs, GM
Scott Miller has been with General Motors since March 1994 and is currently Executive Director, Autonomous Development and Validation. In this role, he works internally with our partners in Product Development, Safety, and vehicle performance to ensure timely success of autonomous... Read More →
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Simeon Iliev

Research Engineer, ANL
Simeon Iliev joined Argonne National Laboratory in June of 2015. He is a research engineer at the Advanced Mobility Technology Laboratory and works on testing and evaluation of advanced vehicle technologies. Simeon earned a Master's of Science in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering... Read More →
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Troy McCormick

Sr. Software Engineer and Team Lead – Chassis Controls - Radar Systems, Bosch
Troy McCormick is an Engineering Manager in the Driver Assistance division at Robert Bosch in Plymouth, MI.  He currently leads a group of engineers focusing on the development and testing of Automotive Radar based Driver Assistance functions.  Troy has been working in automotive... Read More →
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Vivek Jaikamal

Business Development Manager – Advanced Applications, AVL
Vivek is passionate about leveraging the power of software and simulation to accelerate product development and reduce costs. Throughout his 25+ year career in the automotive industry, he has helped automotive OEMs and suppliers shorten their development, testing and calibration times... Read More →
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Yun Cai

Presales Tech Support Engineer, Siemens PLM Inc
Yun Cai is a pre-sales technical support engineer at Siemens PLM Software Inc. She has over 6 years of experience working in the automotive industry, where Yun focuses on applying integrated safety technologies to improve vehicle safety performance. Yun worked closely with OEM crash... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Sheraton: Augusta Room
  Judged Presentation, UA

1:00pm EDT

CSMS Presentation
This CSMS Presentation will focus on the development of plant models for propulsion system architecture selection and establishing a control system architecture. A control system architecture is the high level physical system/structure for controls including: ECUs, interfaces, serial data and other communication busses, key sensors, HMI and actuators added to base vehicle. In addition to this, any requirements that have been developed, energy management strategy research, and CAVs (Connected and Automated Vehicle) team interactions achieved in year one is within scope for this event. Additional focus areas of the presentation include: model-in-the-loop simulation methods, including model development strategy, requirements management, testing techniques, results evaluation, creation of a control architectures and how these processes are applied to optimum vehicle propulsion system architecture selection, controls development and achieving CAVs goals.
Event Captains
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Tom Ender

Senior Manager: PSEC Canada and EC&S, Engineering GMCC, General Motors
Tom Ender joined GM in 1997 as a controls engineer and is currently a Senior Manager for the Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls and Diagnostics Team.  He and his team develop controls and diagnostics for a wide variety of chassis, propulsion integration, thermal, electrical and body... Read More →
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Swarooph Seshadri

Senior Technical Evangelist – Student Competitions, MathWorks
Swarooph Seshadri is a Technical Evangelist for Automotive Student Competitions at the MathWorks and is the full time MathWorks technical lead for EcoCAR. He has been providing guidance for the PCM and the CAVs swim lanes. Swarooph graduated with a Master of Science in Mechanical... Read More →

Judges
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Antoine Tremblay

Lead Simulation Engineer – Vehicle Systems Engineering, Bosch
Antoine Tremblay is a Senior Simulation Engineer – Team Lead at BEG-NA in Novi, MI. His group focuses on supporting the Vehicle System Engineering team with simulation in the areas of thermal simulations, vehicle architecture (powertrain and powernet) and functional safety. Prior... Read More →
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Bo Sun

Manager, AD & ADAS Group (Active & Passive Safety), Denso
Graduated from The Ohio State University. Responsible for AD/ADAS Sensing System in DENSO North America.
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Chris Balton

Advanced Controls Manager, Paccar
Chris Balton the Manager for the Advanced Controls group for Advanced Technology at the PACCAR Technical Center. During his 13 years at PACCAR Chris has led projects in Powertrain Controls for PACCAR Engines, Transmissions and Predictive Cruise Control. He has also developed vehicle... Read More →
avatar for Chris Manning

Chris Manning

Project Manager, dSPACE
Chris has been involved in the EcoCAR competition since 2011. Starting as a student in EcoCAR 2 and moving to dSPACE and supporting the competition as a sponsor. He has conducted trainings and judged competition events over the years. Chris has worked as an Application Engineer and... Read More →
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Jason Mullins

EGM: VMEC Controls, GM
Jason Mullins is currently the Engineering Group Manager for Electrification Energy Management at General Motors. This team is responsible for the Electrification Torque Supervisory controls for all of GM’s electrified vehicles. Jason has 20 years of industry experience with a strong... Read More →
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Joaquin Reyes

Joaquin Reyes is the Lead Vehicle Modeling and Simulation Engineer at Proterra Inc. He is responsible for the creation of numerical simulations to support the development of all ECU control software at Proterra. His role also involves modeling activities for transit bus range performance... Read More →
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Joel Van Sickel

Senior Application Engineer, MathWorks
Joel Van Sickel is a Senior Application Engineer at MathWorks who focuses on power systems and power electronics.
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Maulin Patel

Vice President, Systems Engineering, NXP
Maulin Patel is Vice President of Systems Engineering for the Business Line (BL) Secure Connected Edge (SCE) at NXP. He manages and drives global engineering teams for the BL SCE products execution, enablement, customer engagement & support, which also includes Security & Machine... Read More →
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Nick Kothari

Tech Specialist - Electrification Controls, General Motors
Nick joined GM in 1995 through a sponsor event during the SunRayce student competition. Starting with the GM EV1, he's since worked exclusively on hybrid/electric vehicle control systems focused mostly on propulsion and battery management. Currently Nick is leading system design for... Read More →
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Noel Mack

Product Line Executive – Components and Subsystems, AAM
Noel Mack is the Product Line Executive for AAM, where he has global responsibility for engineering of components and subsystems, including torque transfer devices and electronically controlled systems for AAM’s portfolio of driveline products. Previously Noel was the director of... Read More →
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Ren Fang

Senior Application Engineer, dSPACE
Ren Fang is a Senior Application Engineer in the Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) department at dSPACE Inc. Having joined dSPACE in 2014, Ren’s current responsibilities consist of managing and executing turnkey HIL projects at dSPACE. His areas of technical expertise include HIL Test... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Sheraton: Macon Room
  Judged Presentation, UW

1:00pm EDT

PIA Presentation
The PIA Event for year one of the EcoCAR mobility challenge is focused on vehicle architecture selection and the selection of the major vehicle subsystems to meet the team’s Vehicle Technical Specification (VTS) goals. The intent of this event is to allow each team the opportunity to demonstrate an understanding of the vehicle architecture selection process, the advantages and limitations of the selected architecture and how the particular architecture affects the overall vehicle balance to the VTS requirements. The focus of this presentation will be at the vehicle level with references and connections made to the major subsystems. A high-level understanding of the vehicle integration areas (occupant packaging, subsystem packaging, mass, thermal performance, dynamic performance, noise & vibration performance, system safety, and fuel economy) is expected to be demonstrated. A description of how the vehicle performance analysis and simulation were done is required such that VTS targets will be achieved within a bandwidth of confidence. Vehicle integration and performance balance should be the emphasis of the presentation. Particular emphasis will be placed on evaluating the relationship between the vehicle architecture chosen, the VTS, and competition cost. The presentation should also include information on the propulsion system hardware architectures chosen, including how these subsystem selections achieve the desired vehicle performance balance and achievement of the VTS.
Event Captains
avatar for Lynn R. Gantt

Lynn R. Gantt

General Motors, VT Mentor
Lynn Gantt is an Energy Architecture Lead Engineer at General Motors. He joined GM in 2010 as a summer intern and has since held positions working on Fuel Economy Learning Vehicles and in Vehicle Development as an Energy Engineer. Most recently he worked on the energy execution of... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Ann Schlenker

Ann Schlenker

Director, Center for Transportation Research, ANL
Ann M. Schlenker is the Director for the Center for Transportation Research at Argonne National Laboratory. Ms. Schlenker’ s applied research area is actively seeking to reduce the transportation sector's reliance on fossil fuel and the environmental impact; while improving mobility... Read More →
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Bob Ransijn

Manager - Application Engineers - Simulation, Siemens
Bob Ransijn, M.Sc. is managing a group of application engineers at Siemens Software focused on Siemens’ System Simulation solutions. He has 12 years of technical experience working with many automotive and non-automotive customers in implementing system simulation methodologies... Read More →
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Dan Mehr

Assistant Program Engineering Manager, GM
Dan Mehr earned his bachelors of science from the University of Wisconsin in 2008 after participating in the FutureTruck and ChallengeX advanced vehicle technology competitions. Upon graduating, Dan joined General Motors as an energy storage system integration engineer and completed... Read More →
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Kyle Crawford

Program Manager, Peterbilt
Kyle Crawford is a program manager at the Peterbilt.  Kyle joined Paccar in 2014 and is responsible for the introduction of new engine models for the engine plant, which includes equipment modifications and additions as well as process updates required for the cylinder head and block... Read More →
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Lynette Popma

System Safety Engineer - ETRS, Trans, ETRS, ATM & Electrification System Safety Team, GM
Lynette Popma joined General Motors in 2000 and is a Propulsion System Safety Engineer in Milford, Michigan. She holds a BSE in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State University and is a Master Black Belt in DFSS.
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Michele Rodgers

Director of Program Management, Peterbilt Motors Company, Paccar
Michele Rodgers is the Director of Program Management for Peterbilt Motors Company. Located in Denton, Texas, Peterbilt has a global reputation for superior quality, industry leading design, innovative engineering and fuel-efficient solutions, and is regarded as the "Class" of the... Read More →
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Mike Wahlstrom

Director: Global Electronic Components and Subsystems, GM
Mike Wahlstrom is currently the Director of Automated Driving Innovation and Software. In this position he is responsible for advanced hardware development, system engineering and software engineering for GM’s Active Safety and Automated Driving products. Mike started his career... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 3 Room
  Judged Presentation, ERAU

1:00pm EDT

Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation
In the Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation, student Project Managers will present details about the architecture selection process through the lens of project management, covering any consideration that could potentially affect the time, scope, or budget of the project once the team begins to execute their selected architecture. PMs will deep dive on risk analysis and the strategic decision-making process they applied to the architecture selection process, including the methods, tools, and processes used, the specific risks identified, and how those risks impacted the team’s decision-making process. PMs will also present the risk profile of their selected architecture, justify the risk-benefit value proposition, and discuss future plans for executing the architecture including how to manage risk throughout the project.
Judges
avatar for Bill Venner

Bill Venner

Director Chassis Suspension, Structure & Steering, General Motors
Bill joined GM in 1999 as a Noise and Vibration Engineer. He has held many different positions including Vehicle Development for Noise and Vibration and Ride and Handling, Design Release for Steering Systems and Plant Quality Engineer. Prior to his current role as Chief Enggineer... Read More →
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Inga Yuditsky

System Safety Engineer - Gas Engine Systems, Engine Controls/Fuel/Advanced System Safety, GM
Inga Yuditsky joined General Motors in 2011, and is a Propulsion System Safety Engineer in Milford, Michigan. She holds a B.S.E in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and a M. Eng. in Energy Systems Engineering from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbo... Read More →
avatar for Jesus Cota

Jesus Cota

Sr. Program Manager, PACCAR
Jesus started his career with PACCAR as an Associate Design Engineer at Kenworth Mexico in 2008. He moved to Kenworth Division at Kirkland, WA in 2012 and held positions of increasing responsibility such as Engineering Supervisor – Core Interiors and Program Manager for new product... Read More →
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Rachel Nealer

Chief of Staff, VTO, BETO, FCTO, U.S. Department of Energy
Dr. Rachael Nealer is the Chief of Staff for the three Sustainable Transportation Offices (Bioenergy Technologies Office, Fuel Cell Technologies Office, and Vehicle Technologies Office) in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. Prior... Read More →
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Tony Farrell

Engineering Manager – Chassis Controls - Radar Systems, Bosch
Anthony Farrell is an Engineering Manager in the Chassis Controls – Active Safety division. He is responsible for technical project management, software management timelines, and international associate coordination. He has 17 years’ experience in chassis controls working for... Read More →
avatar for Zach Slaton

Zach Slaton

Senior Assistant Chief Engineer - Embedded Engineering, PACCAR
Zach Slaton has been with PACCAR since 2007. During his career he has held positions of increasing responsibility including Principal Engineer, Vehicle Integration Supervisor, Embedded Engineering Manager, and Director of Program Management. He was promoted to Assistant Chief Engineer... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 1 Room
  Judged Presentation, WVU

1:00pm EDT

PSI Presentation
The PSI Presentation is designed to evaluate the teams’ architectural decisions, current vehicle status, mechanical & electrical design and engineering methodologies. Teams will need to demonstrate forward thinking in their problem solving, understanding the critical interactions of each functional area within the PSI swimlane and how they affect the VTS. This will be achieved through providing one example of complex system within their vehicle architecture.
Event Captains
avatar for Laura Barlow

Laura Barlow

Engineering Group Manager, General Motors
Laura is an Engineering Group Manager for the Thermal Controls and Software team at the Canadian Technical Centre with General Motors. Laura has been with GM for over 10 years, holding various roles such as Algorithm Engineer, Controls Technical Specialist, as well as leading teams... Read More →
avatar for Hung Nguyen

Hung Nguyen

Advanced Technology Engineer, General Motors
Hung Nguyen is an Advanced Technology Engineer – Chassis ATW at General Motors Canadian Technical Centre. He joined GM as an alumnus of the University of Waterloo Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Faculty and EcoCAR. Hung began his career at GM’s Computer Aided Engineering... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Bryan Ross

Bryan Ross

Vehicle Integration Manager, PACCAR
Bryan Ross has been the PACCAR chair for EcoCAR for 7 years and has led 3 series of programs. He provides in-depth participation with and application of systems engineering principles to mechanical and information system engineering challenges, especially maturing disruptive technologies... Read More →
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Chris Jarrell

Senior Manager, Electrified Systems Engineering Group, DENSO
Christopher M. Jarrell (Chris) is the Senior Manager of the Electrified Systems Engineering Group at DENSO International America, Inc. (DIAM) located in Southfield, Michigan. Chris joined DENSO in 1995 as an application engineer, responsible for the development of starters and alternators... Read More →
avatar for Chris Meagher

Chris Meagher

Retired from GM, General Motors
Chris Meagher is a retired General Motors executive with 42 years of experience in the propulsion system area of engineering. After joining GM in 1979, he held positions as an engine development engineer, design release engineer, and global chief engineer & program manager of 4-cylinder... Read More →
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Doug Chemelli

Lead Product Engineer, Components and Subsystems, AAM
Doug Chemelli is a Lead Product Engineer at American Axle & Manufacturing. He has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University, graduating in 2008. His work focuses on Component Engineering of Driveline / Propulsion systems, including the development of... Read More →
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Forrest Jehlik

Principle Engineer, ANL
Forrest Jehlik is a Principle Engineer conducting advanced technology vehicle research at Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Powertrain Research Facility (APRF). Such research involves hybrids, plug-in hybrids, electric vehicles, autonomous vehicle technology. Particular areas... Read More →
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Keith Confer

Engineering Manager - Advanced Vehicle Systems, Delphi
Keith Confer is the Engineering Manager for Advanced Vehicle Systems in Delphi Technologies Advanced Systems Group.   He has over 30 years powertrain systems experience with extensive background in automotive air and fuel system design and development.  Keith holds ten US Patents... Read More →
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Matt Young

Manufacturing Engineering Manager, PACCAR Engine Company
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Wenbo Du

Application Engineer, Siemens
Dr. Wenbo Du is an Application Engineer at Siemens Software, specializing in CFD and multiphysics simulation for electrified powertrain applications. He is responsible for providing training and technical support for Simcenter STAR-CCM+ and Battery Design Studio customers including... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Sheraton: Valdosta Room
  Judged Presentation, VT

1:00pm EDT

Target Market Presentation
The first step in any product development process is to define the customer. A set of technical specifications for the product can then be established to quantitatively define the characteristics of the product which will appeal to the targeted customer. Finally, the product can be engineered to meet those specifications. For the purposes of EcoCAR, some elements of the target market have been pre-defined: teams must design a car for a Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) market, specifically a fleet-owned carsharing application (similar to Maven or Zipcar). By nature, this is a dual market where the vehicle must appeal to both the fleet-owner (operator of the carsharing service and purchaser of the vehicle) and the customer (the person that subscribes to the carsharing service and drives the vehicle). In this presentation, teams will define and characterize both the fleet-owner and the customer for this MaaS market and justify that the geographical region of this market suitable to support a carsharing service. Teams will also discuss the wants and needs of the fleet-owner and the customer as it pertains to the vehicle, including any areas where the fleet-owner and customer diverge. Finally, teams will present a single set of Vehicle Technical Specifications (VTS) that combines the wants and needs of the fleet-owner and customer into a unified vehicle design.
Event Captains
avatar for Mark Smith

Mark Smith

Technology Integration Program Manager, Department of Energy
Mark Smith is the Technology Integration Program Manager within the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Vehicle Technologies Office. In this role, he oversees a broad technology portfolio, which is focused on accelerating the development... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Heather Croteau

Heather Croteau

Chief of Staff for Sustainable Transportation and Fuels, U.S. Department of Energy
Heather Croteau is Chief of Staff for Sustainable Transportation and Fuels in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the Department of Energy. Prior to becoming Chief of Staff, she was a Technology Manager for the Vehicle Technologies Office Energy Efficient Mobility... Read More →
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Jim Harkins

Director, Engineering, Denso
James K. Harkins (Jim) is the Engineering Director of Electrified Systems Engineering at DENSO International America, Inc. (DIAM) located in Southfield, Michigan. Harkins joined DENSO in 1996 as an application engineer, responsible for the development of starters and alternators... Read More →
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John Haraf

Director - Software Integration, General Motors
John Haraf is currently the Director of Global Electrification and Battery Systems at General Motors. In this position, he is responsible for electrification control system integration/calibration development for all of GM’s Hybrid and Electric Vehicles. John began his career with... Read More →
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Lauren Tabolinsky

Academic Programs Manager, MathWorks
Lauren Tabolinsky joined MathWorks in 2008 and currently manages Academic Programs at MathWorks. Before joining MathWorks, Lauren was a product manager at Harvard Business School Publishing. Lauren holds a B.A. degree from Monmouth University and a Master’s degree in Marketing Communications... Read More →
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Leigh Anderson

Business Development Manager - the Americas & Automotive, Siemens
Mr. Leigh Anderson, MBA, Higher Education Program Manager for Automotive worldwide at Siemens Software. Leigh has 15 years of product management experience in the engineering software industry across a wide range of products ― from embedded software to simulation. Another 10 years... Read More →
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Lisa Tipton

Talent Attraction | STEM,DEI and University Partners, Bosch
Lisa Tipton is located at Robert Bosch North America HQ Corporate Office in Farmington Hills, MI and is lead for STEM, DEI and University Partners. She is the Center for Expertise for early talent recruiting for Bosch North America Region. She has worked in automotive HR, marketing... Read More →
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Taylor Frey

Marketing Manager, AVL
Taylor Frey is the marketing manager for the North American affiliate of AVL, a global leader in advanced propulsion technology. She received bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Public Relations/Advertising from Penn State University. While there, she participated in AVTC’s for... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Sheraton: Athens Room
  Judged Presentation, UWAFT

1:00pm EDT

Women in STEM Presentation
General Motors is sponsoring an award to honor women students in STEM fields who are demonstrating outstanding technical excellence and accomplishments through the EcoCAR automotive engineering program. The award is intended to encourage more women to study engineering, grow the support for Women in STEM within their EcoCAR Team and University, and pursue a career in automotive engineering after graduation. All EcoCAR female engineering students are eligible to compete for this award.
Event Captains
avatar for Maribeth Yabes

Maribeth Yabes

EGM: Global Controls Design Engineering, GM
Maribeth (MB) Yabes is the Engineering Group Manager of the Electrification Driver Data Team for GM’s Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls organization. In this role, MB manages a team of engineers who design, develop and test costumer facing features related to displays. MB joined... Read More →

Judges
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Christy Cooper

Operations Supervisor, VTO, and DOE Director, U.S. DRIVE Partnership, DOE
avatar for Connie Bezanson

Connie Bezanson

Education and Outreach Manager, Vehicle Technologies Office, DOE
Connie Bezanson manages the Education and Outreach activities within the Vehicle Technologies Program in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. In addition to managing the Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition (AVTC) activity, she manages... Read More →
avatar for Wendy Eckman

Wendy Eckman

Director: Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls, General Motors
Wendy Eckman is currently the Director of Propulsion and Chassis Embedded Controls Design Engineering, for General Motors. She graduated with a BSEE from Missouri S&T before joining Ford, and then went on to earn her MBA from the Michigan Ross Business School. She has been immersed... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Sheraton: Piedmont Room
  Sponsored Award

1:50pm EDT

CAVs Presentation Judge Debrief
After all teams have presented, judges will take time to review their scores and discuss all team presentations before finalizing their scorecard
Event Captains
avatar for Andrew Huster

Andrew Huster

Controls System Engineer, GM
Andrew Huster is a Controls System Engineer in the Automated Driving and Active Safety Production Controls group at General Motors. In this position, he develops software for sensor fusion that enables advanced ADAS features like Super Cruise. Prior to his current position, he was... Read More →

Judges
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Chris Kinser

Director: Global Performance Integration & Proving Grounds, GM
Chris Kinser is Director of the Global Autonomous Driving Center. Chris’ team is responsible for Vehicle Integration of General Motors’ Autonomous Vehicles, Automated Driving and Active Safety technologies. His team has developed prototypes of the companies’ first mass produced... Read More →
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Connell D'Souza

Student Competitions Technical Evangelist, MathWorks
Connell joined MathWorks in 2016 as a technical evangelist on the student competitions team. He primarily supports student competitions in Aerospace and Unmanned Systems. Connell holds an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University, Boston.
avatar for David Anderson

David Anderson

Program Manager, Energy Efficient Mobility Systems, VTO, U.S. Department of Energy
David Anderson is the Program Manager for the Energy Efficient Mobility Systems (EEMS) Program within the U.S. Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO). He leads a team responsible for a research portfolio that focuses on understanding the potentially dramatic energy... Read More →
avatar for Frank Schneck

Frank Schneck

Senior Division Engineering Manager - Peterbilt, PACCAR
Frank Schneck is the Senior Engineering Manager for Peterbilt’s Advance Design & Vehicle Integration department. This team is responsible for bringing Advance Concept development into production by providing early vehicle layout, performance, functionality, scope definition and... Read More →
avatar for Jacob Krakauer

Jacob Krakauer

Systems Engineer, Intel
Jacob Krakauer is a mechanical engineer in the autonomous transportation and infrastructure division. He works with government and educational engagements as well as working on Intel reference designs for autonomous vehicle systems. His main focus is on educating the public and academic... Read More →
avatar for Jacob Perrin

Jacob Perrin

Team Lead - Data Driven Development, dSPACE
Jacob is a Technical Lead for Data Driven Development at dSPACE Inc in Wixom, Michigan. Since graduating from the University of Michigan with a degree in Computer Engineering in 2015, Jacob has worked primarily in the areas of perception software development and prototyping. Recently... Read More →
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John Cotner

Technical Director - Automotive Systems Engineering, NXP
John Cotner is currently working as a Technical Director - Automotive Systems Engineering at NXP Semiconductors.John has worked in a variety of positions within the automotive electronics industry for the past 35 years focusing on systems engineering. This work has resulted in 5 patents... Read More →
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Leo Breton

Technology Development Director, Horiba
Leo Breton pioneered real-world, in-use mass emissions and fuel economy testing as an EPA engineer in the mid 1990's. He invented the seminal technologies still used in today’s PEMS systems and personally built and proved the first system to do this – it was known as ROVER. ROVER... Read More →
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Robb Bolio

Global Vehicle Performance Manager: Global Autonomous Driving Center, GM
Robb Bolio is the Global Vehicle Performance Manager for Autonomous and Electric Vehicles for General Motors. Robb’s team is based out of the Milford Proving Ground and part of the Global Autonomous Driving Center. Robb leads a team of engineers that are responsible for full vehicle... Read More →
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Scott Miller

Executive Director: Autonomous and Electric Vehicle Programs, GM
Scott Miller has been with General Motors since March 1994 and is currently Executive Director, Autonomous Development and Validation. In this role, he works internally with our partners in Product Development, Safety, and vehicle performance to ensure timely success of autonomous... Read More →
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Simeon Iliev

Research Engineer, ANL
Simeon Iliev joined Argonne National Laboratory in June of 2015. He is a research engineer at the Advanced Mobility Technology Laboratory and works on testing and evaluation of advanced vehicle technologies. Simeon earned a Master's of Science in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering... Read More →
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Troy McCormick

Sr. Software Engineer and Team Lead – Chassis Controls - Radar Systems, Bosch
Troy McCormick is an Engineering Manager in the Driver Assistance division at Robert Bosch in Plymouth, MI.  He currently leads a group of engineers focusing on the development and testing of Automotive Radar based Driver Assistance functions.  Troy has been working in automotive... Read More →
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Vivek Jaikamal

Business Development Manager – Advanced Applications, AVL
Vivek is passionate about leveraging the power of software and simulation to accelerate product development and reduce costs. Throughout his 25+ year career in the automotive industry, he has helped automotive OEMs and suppliers shorten their development, testing and calibration times... Read More →
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Yun Cai

Presales Tech Support Engineer, Siemens PLM Inc
Yun Cai is a pre-sales technical support engineer at Siemens PLM Software Inc. She has over 6 years of experience working in the automotive industry, where Yun focuses on applying integrated safety technologies to improve vehicle safety performance. Yun worked closely with OEM crash... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 1:50pm - 2:50pm EDT
Sheraton: Augusta Room
  Judged Presentation

1:50pm EDT

CSMS Presentation Judge Debrief
After all teams have presented, judges will take time to review their scores and discuss all team presentations before finalizing their scorecard
Event Captains
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Tom Ender

Senior Manager: PSEC Canada and EC&S, Engineering GMCC, General Motors
Tom Ender joined GM in 1997 as a controls engineer and is currently a Senior Manager for the Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls and Diagnostics Team.  He and his team develop controls and diagnostics for a wide variety of chassis, propulsion integration, thermal, electrical and body... Read More →
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Swarooph Seshadri

Senior Technical Evangelist – Student Competitions, MathWorks
Swarooph Seshadri is a Technical Evangelist for Automotive Student Competitions at the MathWorks and is the full time MathWorks technical lead for EcoCAR. He has been providing guidance for the PCM and the CAVs swim lanes. Swarooph graduated with a Master of Science in Mechanical... Read More →

Judges
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Antoine Tremblay

Lead Simulation Engineer – Vehicle Systems Engineering, Bosch
Antoine Tremblay is a Senior Simulation Engineer – Team Lead at BEG-NA in Novi, MI. His group focuses on supporting the Vehicle System Engineering team with simulation in the areas of thermal simulations, vehicle architecture (powertrain and powernet) and functional safety. Prior... Read More →
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Bo Sun

Manager, AD & ADAS Group (Active & Passive Safety), Denso
Graduated from The Ohio State University. Responsible for AD/ADAS Sensing System in DENSO North America.
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Chris Balton

Advanced Controls Manager, Paccar
Chris Balton the Manager for the Advanced Controls group for Advanced Technology at the PACCAR Technical Center. During his 13 years at PACCAR Chris has led projects in Powertrain Controls for PACCAR Engines, Transmissions and Predictive Cruise Control. He has also developed vehicle... Read More →
avatar for Chris Manning

Chris Manning

Project Manager, dSPACE
Chris has been involved in the EcoCAR competition since 2011. Starting as a student in EcoCAR 2 and moving to dSPACE and supporting the competition as a sponsor. He has conducted trainings and judged competition events over the years. Chris has worked as an Application Engineer and... Read More →
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Jason Mullins

EGM: VMEC Controls, GM
Jason Mullins is currently the Engineering Group Manager for Electrification Energy Management at General Motors. This team is responsible for the Electrification Torque Supervisory controls for all of GM’s electrified vehicles. Jason has 20 years of industry experience with a strong... Read More →
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Joaquin Reyes

Joaquin Reyes is the Lead Vehicle Modeling and Simulation Engineer at Proterra Inc. He is responsible for the creation of numerical simulations to support the development of all ECU control software at Proterra. His role also involves modeling activities for transit bus range performance... Read More →
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Joel Van Sickel

Senior Application Engineer, MathWorks
Joel Van Sickel is a Senior Application Engineer at MathWorks who focuses on power systems and power electronics.
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Maulin Patel

Vice President, Systems Engineering, NXP
Maulin Patel is Vice President of Systems Engineering for the Business Line (BL) Secure Connected Edge (SCE) at NXP. He manages and drives global engineering teams for the BL SCE products execution, enablement, customer engagement & support, which also includes Security & Machine... Read More →
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Nick Kothari

Tech Specialist - Electrification Controls, General Motors
Nick joined GM in 1995 through a sponsor event during the SunRayce student competition. Starting with the GM EV1, he's since worked exclusively on hybrid/electric vehicle control systems focused mostly on propulsion and battery management. Currently Nick is leading system design for... Read More →
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Noel Mack

Product Line Executive – Components and Subsystems, AAM
Noel Mack is the Product Line Executive for AAM, where he has global responsibility for engineering of components and subsystems, including torque transfer devices and electronically controlled systems for AAM’s portfolio of driveline products. Previously Noel was the director of... Read More →
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Ren Fang

Senior Application Engineer, dSPACE
Ren Fang is a Senior Application Engineer in the Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) department at dSPACE Inc. Having joined dSPACE in 2014, Ren’s current responsibilities consist of managing and executing turnkey HIL projects at dSPACE. His areas of technical expertise include HIL Test... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 1:50pm - 2:50pm EDT
Sheraton: Macon Room
  Judged Presentation

1:50pm EDT

PIA Presentation Judge Debrief
After all teams have presented, judges will take time to review their scores and discuss all team presentations before finalizing their scorecard
Event Captains
avatar for Lynn R. Gantt

Lynn R. Gantt

General Motors, VT Mentor
Lynn Gantt is an Energy Architecture Lead Engineer at General Motors. He joined GM in 2010 as a summer intern and has since held positions working on Fuel Economy Learning Vehicles and in Vehicle Development as an Energy Engineer. Most recently he worked on the energy execution of... Read More →

Judges
avatar for Ann Schlenker

Ann Schlenker

Director, Center for Transportation Research, ANL
Ann M. Schlenker is the Director for the Center for Transportation Research at Argonne National Laboratory. Ms. Schlenker’ s applied research area is actively seeking to reduce the transportation sector's reliance on fossil fuel and the environmental impact; while improving mobility... Read More →
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Bob Ransijn

Manager - Application Engineers - Simulation, Siemens
Bob Ransijn, M.Sc. is managing a group of application engineers at Siemens Software focused on Siemens’ System Simulation solutions. He has 12 years of technical experience working with many automotive and non-automotive customers in implementing system simulation methodologies... Read More →
avatar for Dan Mehr

Dan Mehr

Assistant Program Engineering Manager, GM
Dan Mehr earned his bachelors of science from the University of Wisconsin in 2008 after participating in the FutureTruck and ChallengeX advanced vehicle technology competitions. Upon graduating, Dan joined General Motors as an energy storage system integration engineer and completed... Read More →
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Kyle Crawford

Program Manager, Peterbilt
Kyle Crawford is a program manager at the Peterbilt.  Kyle joined Paccar in 2014 and is responsible for the introduction of new engine models for the engine plant, which includes equipment modifications and additions as well as process updates required for the cylinder head and block... Read More →
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Lynette Popma

System Safety Engineer - ETRS, Trans, ETRS, ATM & Electrification System Safety Team, GM
Lynette Popma joined General Motors in 2000 and is a Propulsion System Safety Engineer in Milford, Michigan. She holds a BSE in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State University and is a Master Black Belt in DFSS.
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Michele Rodgers

Director of Program Management, Peterbilt Motors Company, Paccar
Michele Rodgers is the Director of Program Management for Peterbilt Motors Company. Located in Denton, Texas, Peterbilt has a global reputation for superior quality, industry leading design, innovative engineering and fuel-efficient solutions, and is regarded as the "Class" of the... Read More →
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Mike Wahlstrom

Director: Global Electronic Components and Subsystems, GM
Mike Wahlstrom is currently the Director of Automated Driving Innovation and Software. In this position he is responsible for advanced hardware development, system engineering and software engineering for GM’s Active Safety and Automated Driving products. Mike started his career... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 1:50pm - 2:50pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 3 Room
  Judged Presentation

1:50pm EDT

Project Strategy and Risk Review Presentation Judge Debrief
After all teams have presented, judges will take time to review their scores and discuss all team presentations before finalizing their scorecard
Judges
avatar for Bill Venner

Bill Venner

Director Chassis Suspension, Structure & Steering, General Motors
Bill joined GM in 1999 as a Noise and Vibration Engineer. He has held many different positions including Vehicle Development for Noise and Vibration and Ride and Handling, Design Release for Steering Systems and Plant Quality Engineer. Prior to his current role as Chief Enggineer... Read More →
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Inga Yuditsky

System Safety Engineer - Gas Engine Systems, Engine Controls/Fuel/Advanced System Safety, GM
Inga Yuditsky joined General Motors in 2011, and is a Propulsion System Safety Engineer in Milford, Michigan. She holds a B.S.E in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and a M. Eng. in Energy Systems Engineering from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbo... Read More →
avatar for Jesus Cota

Jesus Cota

Sr. Program Manager, PACCAR
Jesus started his career with PACCAR as an Associate Design Engineer at Kenworth Mexico in 2008. He moved to Kenworth Division at Kirkland, WA in 2012 and held positions of increasing responsibility such as Engineering Supervisor – Core Interiors and Program Manager for new product... Read More →
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Rachel Nealer

Chief of Staff, VTO, BETO, FCTO, U.S. Department of Energy
Dr. Rachael Nealer is the Chief of Staff for the three Sustainable Transportation Offices (Bioenergy Technologies Office, Fuel Cell Technologies Office, and Vehicle Technologies Office) in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. Prior... Read More →
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Tony Farrell

Engineering Manager – Chassis Controls - Radar Systems, Bosch
Anthony Farrell is an Engineering Manager in the Chassis Controls – Active Safety division. He is responsible for technical project management, software management timelines, and international associate coordination. He has 17 years’ experience in chassis controls working for... Read More →
avatar for Zach Slaton

Zach Slaton

Senior Assistant Chief Engineer - Embedded Engineering, PACCAR
Zach Slaton has been with PACCAR since 2007. During his career he has held positions of increasing responsibility including Principal Engineer, Vehicle Integration Supervisor, Embedded Engineering Manager, and Director of Program Management. He was promoted to Assistant Chief Engineer... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 1:50pm - 2:50pm EDT
Sheraton: Savannah 1 Room
  Judged Presentation

1:50pm EDT

PSI Presentation Judge Debrief
After all teams have presented, judges will take time to review their scores and discuss all team presentations before finalizing their scorecard
Event Captains
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Laura Barlow

Engineering Group Manager, General Motors
Laura is an Engineering Group Manager for the Thermal Controls and Software team at the Canadian Technical Centre with General Motors. Laura has been with GM for over 10 years, holding various roles such as Algorithm Engineer, Controls Technical Specialist, as well as leading teams... Read More →
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Hung Nguyen

Advanced Technology Engineer, General Motors
Hung Nguyen is an Advanced Technology Engineer – Chassis ATW at General Motors Canadian Technical Centre. He joined GM as an alumnus of the University of Waterloo Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Faculty and EcoCAR. Hung began his career at GM’s Computer Aided Engineering... Read More →

Judges
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Bryan Ross

Vehicle Integration Manager, PACCAR
Bryan Ross has been the PACCAR chair for EcoCAR for 7 years and has led 3 series of programs. He provides in-depth participation with and application of systems engineering principles to mechanical and information system engineering challenges, especially maturing disruptive technologies... Read More →
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Chris Jarrell

Senior Manager, Electrified Systems Engineering Group, DENSO
Christopher M. Jarrell (Chris) is the Senior Manager of the Electrified Systems Engineering Group at DENSO International America, Inc. (DIAM) located in Southfield, Michigan. Chris joined DENSO in 1995 as an application engineer, responsible for the development of starters and alternators... Read More →
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Chris Meagher

Retired from GM, General Motors
Chris Meagher is a retired General Motors executive with 42 years of experience in the propulsion system area of engineering. After joining GM in 1979, he held positions as an engine development engineer, design release engineer, and global chief engineer & program manager of 4-cylinder... Read More →
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Doug Chemelli

Lead Product Engineer, Components and Subsystems, AAM
Doug Chemelli is a Lead Product Engineer at American Axle & Manufacturing. He has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University, graduating in 2008. His work focuses on Component Engineering of Driveline / Propulsion systems, including the development of... Read More →
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Forrest Jehlik

Principle Engineer, ANL
Forrest Jehlik is a Principle Engineer conducting advanced technology vehicle research at Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Powertrain Research Facility (APRF). Such research involves hybrids, plug-in hybrids, electric vehicles, autonomous vehicle technology. Particular areas... Read More →
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Keith Confer

Engineering Manager - Advanced Vehicle Systems, Delphi
Keith Confer is the Engineering Manager for Advanced Vehicle Systems in Delphi Technologies Advanced Systems Group.   He has over 30 years powertrain systems experience with extensive background in automotive air and fuel system design and development.  Keith holds ten US Patents... Read More →
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Matt Young

Manufacturing Engineering Manager, PACCAR Engine Company
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Wenbo Du

Application Engineer, Siemens
Dr. Wenbo Du is an Application Engineer at Siemens Software, specializing in CFD and multiphysics simulation for electrified powertrain applications. He is responsible for providing training and technical support for Simcenter STAR-CCM+ and Battery Design Studio customers including... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 1:50pm - 2:50pm EDT
Sheraton: Valdosta Room
  Judged Presentation

1:50pm EDT

Target Market Presentation Judge Debrief
After all teams have presented, judges will take time to review their scores and discuss all team presentations before finalizing their scorecard
Event Captains
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Mark Smith

Technology Integration Program Manager, Department of Energy
Mark Smith is the Technology Integration Program Manager within the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Vehicle Technologies Office. In this role, he oversees a broad technology portfolio, which is focused on accelerating the development... Read More →

Judges
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Heather Croteau

Chief of Staff for Sustainable Transportation and Fuels, U.S. Department of Energy
Heather Croteau is Chief of Staff for Sustainable Transportation and Fuels in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the Department of Energy. Prior to becoming Chief of Staff, she was a Technology Manager for the Vehicle Technologies Office Energy Efficient Mobility... Read More →
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Jim Harkins

Director, Engineering, Denso
James K. Harkins (Jim) is the Engineering Director of Electrified Systems Engineering at DENSO International America, Inc. (DIAM) located in Southfield, Michigan. Harkins joined DENSO in 1996 as an application engineer, responsible for the development of starters and alternators... Read More →
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John Haraf

Director - Software Integration, General Motors
John Haraf is currently the Director of Global Electrification and Battery Systems at General Motors. In this position, he is responsible for electrification control system integration/calibration development for all of GM’s Hybrid and Electric Vehicles. John began his career with... Read More →
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Lauren Tabolinsky

Academic Programs Manager, MathWorks
Lauren Tabolinsky joined MathWorks in 2008 and currently manages Academic Programs at MathWorks. Before joining MathWorks, Lauren was a product manager at Harvard Business School Publishing. Lauren holds a B.A. degree from Monmouth University and a Master’s degree in Marketing Communications... Read More →
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Leigh Anderson

Business Development Manager - the Americas & Automotive, Siemens
Mr. Leigh Anderson, MBA, Higher Education Program Manager for Automotive worldwide at Siemens Software. Leigh has 15 years of product management experience in the engineering software industry across a wide range of products ― from embedded software to simulation. Another 10 years... Read More →
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Lisa Tipton

Talent Attraction | STEM,DEI and University Partners, Bosch
Lisa Tipton is located at Robert Bosch North America HQ Corporate Office in Farmington Hills, MI and is lead for STEM, DEI and University Partners. She is the Center for Expertise for early talent recruiting for Bosch North America Region. She has worked in automotive HR, marketing... Read More →
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Taylor Frey

Marketing Manager, AVL
Taylor Frey is the marketing manager for the North American affiliate of AVL, a global leader in advanced propulsion technology. She received bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Public Relations/Advertising from Penn State University. While there, she participated in AVTC’s for... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 1:50pm - 2:50pm EDT
Sheraton: Athens Room
  Judged Presentation

1:50pm EDT

Women in STEM Presentation Judge Debrief
After all teams have presented, judges will take time to review their scores and discuss all team presentations before finalizing their scorecard
Event Captains
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Maribeth Yabes

EGM: Global Controls Design Engineering, GM
Maribeth (MB) Yabes is the Engineering Group Manager of the Electrification Driver Data Team for GM’s Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls organization. In this role, MB manages a team of engineers who design, develop and test costumer facing features related to displays. MB joined... Read More →

Judges
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Christy Cooper

Operations Supervisor, VTO, and DOE Director, U.S. DRIVE Partnership, DOE
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Connie Bezanson

Education and Outreach Manager, Vehicle Technologies Office, DOE
Connie Bezanson manages the Education and Outreach activities within the Vehicle Technologies Program in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. In addition to managing the Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition (AVTC) activity, she manages... Read More →
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Wendy Eckman

Director: Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls, General Motors
Wendy Eckman is currently the Director of Propulsion and Chassis Embedded Controls Design Engineering, for General Motors. She graduated with a BSEE from Missouri S&T before joining Ford, and then went on to earn her MBA from the Michigan Ross Business School. She has been immersed... Read More →

Tuesday May 21, 2019 1:50pm - 2:50pm EDT
Sheraton: Piedmont Room
  Sponsored Award

4:00pm EDT

University Administrator Reception (Sponsored by MathWorks)
Tuesday May 21, 2019 4:00pm - 5:30pm EDT
College Football Hall of Fame: Game Day Theatre 250 Marietta St NW, Atlanta, GA 30313
  Stakeholder Event, Faculty, Sponsors, Administrators

5:30pm EDT

EcoCAR Fun Night - Sponsored by Paccar and GM
Tuesday May 21, 2019 5:30pm - 8:00pm EDT
College Football Hall of Fame 250 Marietta St NW, Atlanta, GA 30313
  Stakeholder Event, Faculty, Students, Sponsors, Administrators
 
Wednesday, May 22
 

9:00am EDT

Sponsor Social Setup
Wednesday May 22, 2019 9:00am - 11:00am EDT
Sheraton: Grand Ballroom Salon D/E/F
  Registration/Logistics

11:00am EDT

Sponsor Social Networking and Recruiting Event
Wednesday May 22, 2019 11:00am - 1:30pm EDT
Sheraton: Grand Ballroom Salon D/E/F
  Stakeholder Event, Faculty, Students, Sponsors

1:30pm EDT

Sponsor Social Teardown
Wednesday May 22, 2019 1:30pm - 2:00pm EDT
Sheraton: Grand Ballroom Salon D/E/F
  Registration/Logistics

5:00pm EDT

Bus to Award Ceremony
Buses will begin loading at 4:45 pm and depart at 5:00 pm. Bus loading area is on the 1st floor of the Sheraton, through the glass doors on the north side of the building. You will be loading next to the UPS store. The first floor is the floor BELOW the lobby level and can be accessed by elevators or stairs.
Wednesday May 22, 2019 5:00pm - 5:30pm EDT
Sheraton First Floor (next to UPS store)
  Registration/Logistics

5:30pm EDT

Award Ceremony Reception: Sponsored by MathWorks
Wednesday May 22, 2019 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
Fox Theatre 660 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30308
  Stakeholder Event, Faculty, Students, Sponsors

6:30pm EDT

Award Ceremony Banquet and Award Ceremony
Wednesday May 22, 2019 6:30pm - 9:30pm EDT
Fox Theatre 660 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30308
  Stakeholder Event, Faculty, Students, Sponsors

9:30pm EDT

Bus to Hotel
Wednesday May 22, 2019 9:30pm - 10:00pm EDT
Fox Theatre 660 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30308
  Registration/Logistics
 
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