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Appendix C Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
Pages 115-122

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From page 115...
... was director, Ford Research Laboratory, Ford Motor Company, prior to his retirement in August 2000. His primary research interests are in the deformation and fracture of materials, including extensive research experience in metals, polymers, and composites, and he has published over 83 technical articles.
From page 116...
... He is a member of the NRC's Board on Energy and Environmental Systems and recently served on the Committee on Alternatives and Strategies for Future Hydrogen Production and Use. He was once a soldier and served in the Army in Vietnam.
From page 117...
... Major research activities include engine combustion, pollutant formation, and operating and emissions characteristics and fuel requirements of automotive and aircraft engines. He has served on a number of NRC committees, including the Committee on Review of the Research Program of the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles.
From page 118...
... Emmett Award and the Robert Burwell Lectureship Award from the North American Catalysis Society, the Herman Pines Award of the Chicago Catalysis Club, the Cross-Canada Lectureship of the Catalysis Division of the Chemical Institute of Canada, the John McClanahan Henske Distinguished Lectureship of Yale University, and the Olaf A Hougen Professorship at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
From page 119...
... Magee joined MIT, he had more than 35 years of experience at Ford Motor Company, beginning in the Scientific Research Laboratory and progressing through a series of management positions to executive director of Programs and Advanced Engineering. The latter position had global responsibility for all major technically deep areas involved in Ford's Product Development Organization and consisted of about 7,000 people located in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
From page 120...
... He has been a consultant to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, monitoring its electric and hybrid vehicle programs. He organized and chaired two national meetings on advanced vehicle technologies and a national seminar on the development of fuel-cell-powered automobiles and has published numerous technical papers on innovative propulsion systems.
From page 121...
... He also served as associate administrator for R&D at NHTSA and while at Martin Marietta worked on energy conversion devices for space power. He has been a consultant to the Motor Vehicle Fire Research Institute, has been providing peer reviews of automotive safety issues, and recently published a number of papers on crash-induced fire safety issues with motor vehicles, including hydrogen-fueled vehicles.
From page 122...
... Before that, he held positions at Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Technical University of Denmark. His primary responsibility is R&D of advanced materials and technologies for highenergy-density batteries for portable applications and forward-looking work on energy storage systems for standby applications, including batteries, flywheels, fuel cells, and photovoltaic devices.


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