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Appendix A: Biographic Sketches of Committee Members
Pages 221-227

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From page 221...
... In particular, he served on many National Academies committees, including the Committee on Fuel Economy of Automobiles and Light Trucks, the Committee on Advanced Automotive Technologies Plan, the Committee on the Impact and Effectiveness of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards, and the Committee to Assess Fuel Economy for Medium and Heavy-Duty Vehicles.
From page 222...
... Walker Awards, American Institute of Chemical Engineers; the Paul H Emmett Award in Fundamental Catalysis and the Michel Boudart Award, Catalysis Society; and the American Chemical Society (ACS)
From page 223...
... His previous positions include chief executive officer and chief technology officer, H2Pump LLC; chief technology officer, Plug Power, Inc.; technical leader, Advanced Materials Program, Dow Chemical Company; project leader, Discovery Research R&D and Inorganic Chemicals Research, Dow Chemical Company; and a Robert A Welch research fellow, University of Texas, Austin.
From page 224...
... He has been the recipient of the Academic Contribution Award from the Japan Society of Automotive Engineers, the UW Engineering Byron Bird Excellence in Research Publication Award, the ASME Honda Gold Medal for outstanding contributions in the field of personal transportation, and the 2011 SAE Horning Award, and he is a fellow of SAE. Matt Fronk is president of Matt Fronk & Associates, LLC.
From page 225...
... He was appointed senior vice president coincident with the merger of Chrysler Corporation and DaimlerBenz AG in 1998, and was named senior vice president of Engineering Technologies and Regulatory Affairs in 2001. In his last position he led the Liberty and Technical Affairs Research Group; Advanced Technology Management and F ­ reedomCAR activities; and hybrid electric, battery electric, fuel cell, and military vehicle development.
From page 226...
... His expertise covers a wide range of energy technology areas, including waste and biomass conversion to energy and fuels; energy storage; hydrogen production, storage, dispensing and fuel cell applications; selective oxidation processes; and a variety of chemical process improvement technologies. He has extensive expertise in applied catalysis and chemical reaction engineering; extensive R&D experience from concept to pilot scale, including commercial and business development support; and holds more than 30 U.S.
From page 227...
... He was the technical manager of the energy conversion technology group responsible for research and development of advanced materials and technologies for energy storage systems. He has led efforts to develop various rechargeable batteries and related energy conversion technologies for a variety of telecommunications applications.


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