Presentations and Committee Meetings
SEPTEMBER 8-9, 2010, WASHINGTON, D.C.
Overview of 21st Century Truck Partnership
Patrick Davis, DOE Office of Vehicle Technologies
Overview of DOE’s Vehicle Technologies Program R&D Patrick Davis, DOE Office of Vehicle Technologies
Overview of U.S. Army (National Automotive Center [NAC]/Tank Automotive Research and Development
Engineering Center [TARDEC]) Activities Paul Skalny, U.S. Army
Overview of EPA SmartWay Transport and Clean Automotive Technology Activities
Cheryl Bynum and John Kargul, U.S. EPA
Overview of DOT Truck Safety and Productivity Activities Rolf Schmitt, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Luke Loy, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
Bob Kreeb, National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA)
Review of Previous NAS Review Recommendations, with Responses
Ken Howden, DOE Office of Vehicle Technologies
Heavy Duty Vehicle Industry Perspective
Susan Alt, VP, Customer and Industry Relations, Volvo Trucks N. America
SuperTruck Project Team Presentations
Donald Stanton, Cummins
Anthony (Tony) J. Cook, Navistar, Inc.
Derek Rotz, Kevin Sisken, and David Kayes, Daimler
NOVEMBER 15-16, 2010, WASHINGTON, D.C.
Engines Area
Gurpreet Singh and James Eberhardt, DOE
Fuels Area
Kevin Stork, DOE
Safety
Bob Kreeb, NHTSA; Luke Loy, FMCSA; and John Nicholas, FHWA
Idle Reduction
Glenn Keller, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
Department of Defense Related Activities: Overview of U.S. Army Medium/Heavy Vehicle Efforts
Bill Haris, U.S. Army
Power Demands
Mark Smith, PNNL; Carol Schutte, DOE; Dean Paxton, PNNL; David Warren, ORNL; Jerry Gibbs, DOE; and Kambiz Salari, LLNL
Heavy Duty Hybrids Area
Kevin Walkowicz, NREL, and Bill Batten, Eaton Corporation
Previous NAS Findings and Recommendations (2008) and 21CTP Responses Discussion
Ken Howden, DOE
Summary of Committee Site Visit to EPA Ann Arbor Laboratory
Wally Wade, Committee Member
Greenhouse Gas Emissions/Fuel Economy Update Byron Bunker, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Jim Tamm, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
JANUARY 31, 2011, WASHINGTON, D.C.
DOE EERE Biomass Program—Outlook and Costs for Biofuels
Zia Haq, DOE Biomass Program
Status and Prospects for Energy Storage Technologies for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Hybrids
Jim Miller, Argonne National Laboratory
DOE Aftertreatment Activities, and Combustion Memorandum of Understanding
Ron Graves, ORNL; Dennis Siebers, SNL; George Muntean (by phone), PNNL
Summary of Visit to TARDEC
Dave Merrion and Wally Wade, Committee Members
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technology Status
Dan Hennessy, Delphi Corporation
Cutting Edge Developments for Heavy-Duty Aftertreatment Technologies and Research Needs Tim Johnson, Corning
Current Status of Electric Medium-Duty Truck Technology Jan Friesner, Navista, and Scott Carson, Smith Electric
Questions and Answers on Program Activities with 21CTP Ken Howden, DOE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION GATHERING MEETINGS
Subgroups of the committee also made site visits to the Environmental Protection Agency, Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 26, 2010; the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center, Warren, Michigan, January 10, 2011; and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, February 17, 2011.
Proprietary-information-gathering site visits were also made to Cummins Technical Center, Columbus, Indiana, November 8, 2010; Navistar, Inc., Truck Development and Technology Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana, January 13, 2011; and Eaton Corporation’s Eaton Innovation Center, January 14, 2011.
