Appendix B Committee Meetings and Other Activities
First Committee Meeting, October 19–21, 1997 Washington, D.C.
The following presentations were made to the committee:
Sponsor expectations for the study
Pandit Patil, Office of Advanced Automotive Technologies (OAAT), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Introduction to the USABC
Norm Thorpe, USABC/General Motors
Establishment of technical goals and objectives for battery development
Bob Davis, USABC/Chrysler
Processes used by USABC to solicit proposals, choose contractors, and make awards
Marlyn Stroven, USABC/Ford
Measurement and evaluation of contractor performance by USABC
Jim Pass, USABC/General Motors
In-depth review of a nickel-metal hydride battery contract
Bruce Rauhe, USABC/Electric Power Research Institute
Summary of major Phase I contracts
Jim Pass, USABC/General Motors Marlyn Stroven, USABC/Ford
USABC plans and activities for Phase II
Marlyn Stroven, USABC/Ford
General Accounting Office (GAO) assessment of USABC activities
Susan Kladiva, GAO
Advanced Lead-Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC)
Pat Moseley, ALABC
Second Committee Meeting, December 10–12, 1997 Washington, D.C.
The following presentations were made to the committee:
Sematech: An alternative model for a government-industry R&D consortium
Chris Daverse, Sematech
Lithium battery technologies
Brijesh Vyas, committee member
Development of lithium-polymer batteries under contract to USABC
Chuck Donnelly, 3M Claude Létourneau, Argo-Tech Productions, Inc.
DOE role in USABC management and battery technology selection
Ken Heitner, OAAT, DOE
Site Visit to 3M, January 14, 1998 Minneapolis, Minnesota
A representative of the committee visited 3M to see lithium-polymer battery hardware developed by 3M and Hydro-Québec under the USABC program.
