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SAE Officers and Board of Directors
The 2008 Officers and Board of Directors began their term on January 31, 2008. The officers are as follows: 2008 President 2009 President Nominee 2007 President Vice President Aerospace Vice President Automotive Vice President Commercial Vehicle Treasurer Assistant Treasurer Secretary
Dr. Ryan is a mechanical engineer who began his career at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in 1979 after spending two years as an assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Pennsylvania State University. Over the past 30 years Dr. Ryan has specialized in the areas of engine, fuels and combustion technology. He has performed both basic and applied combustion research in experiments involving very basic combustion processes and sophisticated diagnostics to actual internal combustion engine systems. Much of his work has involved the application of the appropriate diagnostic techniques in experiments involving both real and simulated combustion environments. Over the course of his career at Southwest Research Institute, Dr. Ryan has managed projects for almost all of the engine OEM’s, fuels and lubricants companies, and agencies of the US government. As Institute Engineer, Dr. Ryan has assumed an Institute wide responsibility in the areas of engines, fuels and combustion research. He is currently managing one Industry consortium in this area and he is responsible for management of a consulting service operated by SwRI for engine and component manufacturers from around the world. His involvement in SAE began as a student member during his graduate studies at Penn State University, presenting his first paper at the 1974 Congress. He has over 100 publications in the areas of engine, fuels and combustion research. He has been very active at both the local and national levels of SAE. He was involved in revitalizing the South Texas Section, serving as the local chairman of the Fall Fuels and Lubricants meetings in 1996 and 2001, and as chairman of the Section from 2001-2002. He has also been involved in the Fuels and Lubricant Activity, serving as Vice Chair for Combustion, and as Chair of the Activity from 1998-2000. He has served on the Land and Sea Group and is the recent past Chair. He is currently a Director on the SAE Board. He has served on the Membership Benefits Committee, the Strategic Planning Committee of the EMB, the Horning Award Committee, the Fellows Committee, and the Springer Award Committee. Dr. Ryan has served on the Board and as president of his homeowners association, and on the school board of his church. He also has several interests, including woodworking, golf, racket ball, water skiing, and motorcycling. PROFESSIONAL CHRONOLOGY: Congressional appointment to the United States Merchant Marine Academy, 1966‑70; field engineer, Factory Mutual Engineering Association, field engineer, 1970‑72; Pennsylvania State University, 1972‑79 (air pollution trainee, 1972‑73; graduate assistant and instructor, 1973‑77; assistant professor of mechanical engineering, 1977‑79); Southwest Research Institute, 1979‑ (senior research engineer, Fuels and Lubricants Technology, 1979‑84; manager, Combustion Technology Section, Energy Conversion and Combustion Technology Department, Fuels and Lubricants Research Division, 1984‑90; Manager, Combustion Technology Section, Division of Engine, Fuel, and Vehicle Research, 1990-1995; Institute Engineer, Engine Research Department, 1995-).
Mr. Schaum served as a member of the Board of Directors, New Venture Gear, Inc., a joint venture of DaimlerChrysler Corporation and General Motors Corporation. He was a member of the Steering Committee for Tritec Engines, a joint venture of DaimlerChrysler and BMW. He also served on the membership committee of the BEHR/DaimlerChrysler joint venture. Mr. Schaum graduated with a B.S., Mechanical Engineering, from Drexel University, in 1969. In 1971, he became a Chrysler Institute Graduate, also receiving his M.S., Mechanical Engineering, from the University of Michigan that year. He completed the Executive Program - University of California at Berkeley in 1989. In March 2003, Mr. Schaum was elected to serve a three year term in the newly created position of Vice President, Automotive for SAE International and served as General Chairman of the 2003 SAE World Congress. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Detroit Science Center. He was a panelist, National Research Council Workshop on Fuel Economy in 1991 and a member of the Auto/Oil Air Quality Research Planning Task Force in 1990. Mr. Schaum was born on March 23, 1946 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He and his wife, Mary have two daughters and reside in Birmingham, Michigan.
From 2006 through 2007 he was Vice-President, Special Projects for RR/DNA, where he led strategic planning and a number of business development initiatives. Previously, Dr. York was the Chief Operating Officer of Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc. (a.k.a. LibertyWorks?). LibertyWorks' primary mission is the development and validation of advanced gas turbine technology and engine concepts to meet future Rolls-Royce customer needs. LibertyWorks programs address both unmanned and man-rated applications, for which LibertyWorks? generated world-record levels of technology capability. Significant recent achievements of LibertyWorks include major contributions to the JSF LiftFan and F136 engine, a new product line of exhaust infrared suppressors and high temperature turbines for future high Mach applications. From 1993 to 2001, Dr. York was General Motors' director of the Partnership of a New Generation of Vehicles (PNGV). This partnership was a unique initiative undertaken jointly by the US Government and the United States Council for Automotive Research (USCAR). The key objective of PNGV was to develop the technological foundation for a new generation of automobiles and trucks that would be significantly more fuel-efficient than today's vehicles, while continuing to meet all other requirements of the marketplace. Dr. York was responsible for the integration of technical, business, political and public relations strategy for General Motors. Jointly with his counterparts at Ford and Chrysler and in the U.S. Government, he performed the same functions for the Partnership, coordinating the plans of the Big Three, eleven government agencies and over 400 supporting national laboratories, suppliers and academic participants. He also led the multi-disciplinary General Motors team that designed and demonstrated the GM Precept, an advanced technology demonstration vehicle that achieved the 80 mpg target established by PNGV. This vehicle integrated over 150 innovations that enabled it to be the most fuel-efficient family sedan ever developed. The Precept received the Popular Science Grand Award for Automotive Technology in 2000 and numerous other commendations. Dr. York was employed in a variety of R&D positions at Allison Gas Turbine (now Rolls-Royce) from 1961 to 1993. His work there focused on the development of advanced technologies needed for high performance turbine engines. He has functioned both as an individual researcher and as an engineering manager in several areas, including: advanced experimental and computational fluid mechanics, high temperature heat transfer, combustion systems and advanced electronic controls for both aeronautical and passenger car applications. In his last previous position at Allison, Dr. York was Director of Advanced Engines where he was responsible for integrating Allison's advanced component, materials, and structural technology into advanced demonstrator and product prototype engines to evaluate the feasibility and benefits at the system level. In 1989-90 Dr. York was an SAE White House Fellow in the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Dr. York served as a Sr. Policy Analyst at OSTP working on issues associated with the competitiveness of U.S. industry. Areas of responsibilities included the first National Critical Technologies Report, aeronautics policy, science and technology information policy, and technology transfer from the federal laboratories to the private sector. He has previously served as the VP of Public Policy for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), was on several university advisory boards and has supported STEM initiatives in Indiana including Science Bound and the Science Education Foundation of Indiana.
Previously Dedo was president of Timken's former automotive group, a position she held since 2004. In that role, Dedo established a global strategy to strengthen Timken's leadership position as a provider of automotive powertrain and friction management solutions. Dedo directed a major restructuring of the group to focus its assets on improving operational efficiency and profitability. In 2005, Dedo was recognized by Automotive News as one of the Top 100 Women in Automotive. Prior to joining Timken, she was corporate vice president at Motorola and served as the general manager of global market operations for Motorola's Automotive Communications and Electronic Systems Group. Dedo also worked at the Robert Bosch Corporation, where she served in a variety of leadership positions. Dedo serves on the boards of directors for several organizations, including the Original Equipment Suppliers Association (OESA), Kettering University, The New Detroit Science Center and the non-profit Convergence Transportation Electronics Association (CTEA). She was elected to a three-year term as vice president of Automotive for SAE International, beginning in 2007. Dedo holds a bachelor's degree of science in electrical engineering from Kettering University, formerly known as General Motors Institute (GMI), in Flint, Mich.
Mr. Rhoades joined Ford Motor Company in 1973 as a Project Engineer in Advanced Engine and Emissions Engineering. In 1974, Terry joined Michigan Automotive Research Corporation (MARCO) while pursuing his M.B.A. MARCO was formed to provide engine, powertrain, and eventually, vehicle emissions testing services on a contract basis to the worldwide mobility engineering community. He was appointed a Vice President and director in 1979. Mr. Rhoades was responsible for financial control, reporting and forecasting, facilities planning, sales, marketing and quotation activities. In August 2000 Terry joined AVL Powertrain Engineering, Inc. as Vice President for Powertrain Validation Operations. He led the design team that developed state of the art powertrain test facilities and capabilities for AVL in North America. Headquartered in Graz, Austria; AVL is a global, Tier 1 supplier of powertrain design, development and testing serving all sectors of the mobility and stationary engine engineering communities. Mr. Rhoades joined Mechanical Simulation Corporation in early 2004 and was appointed President of the company in August of that year. Mechanical Simulation is a small, high technology company with a global reach that develops and distributes vehicle dynamics simulation tools under the trademarks CarSim, TruckSim and BikeSim. These products are used by over half of the global OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers to simulate and evaluate the dynamic behavior of vehicles. Terry began his SAE involvement as a student member while at the University of Detroit. He became active in the SAE Detroit Section as Assistant Vice Chairman for the Ann Arbor activity in 1979. Over the next decade, Mr. Rhoades served Detroit in many different capacities and was elected Chairman for the 1992-93 Section year. The Detroit Section earned the Sections Board Gold Award during his tenure as Chairman. Mr. Rhoades has continued his Detroit Section involvement and currently serves on the Finance and Executive Committees and as a delegate to the Annual Nominating Committee. From 2001 to 2004 Mr. Rhoades served on the board of directors of SAE International. He served on the Quality Improvement Committee (QIC) and the International Sections Board from 1993 to 1999. Terry served two years as the Chairman of the Sections Board Finance Committee. Mr. Rhoades currently is serving on the SAE International finance committee and will begin a two year term as Treasurer of SAE International in January 2006. Mr. Rhoades has been married to Anne for over 27 years. They have two sons, Daniel and James, and reside in one of the historic homes in the oldest section of the village of Dexter, Michigan. His interests and hobbies include market analysis and investing, American history, home and historic car restoration. The current, nearly finished vehicle project is a 1971 Datsun 240Z. Carol received her B.S. degree and M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University. During her undergraduate years, she was a co-op student with International Harvester in the Truck Division. Ms. Story has been an active SAE leader at both the section and international levels. She joined the Fort Wayne SAE Section's Governing Board in 1988. She held various offices, including Chair (1992), Treasurer, Membership, and Vice Chair-Math and Science. She was the recipient of the Fort Wayne Outstanding Younger Member Award. She now serves on the Chicago Section Governing Board. On the international level, Carol is currently the SAE Assistant Treasurer, and is a member of the Board of Directors, Foundation Board of Directors, Finance Committee, Financial Audit Committee, and Administrative Committee and Trustees of the SAE Employee Retirement Income Plan and Beneficiary Association Trust. Previously, she served on the SAE Board of Directors (1998-2000). Ms. Story served on the Sections Board, chairing this committee in 1997. She also co-chaired two Section Officer Leadership Seminars (SOLS). She was a member of the Quality Improvement Committee (1998-2004), chairing this committee in 1999. She served on the Strategic Planning Committee (2001-2004), and chaired the 2003 Annual Strategic Planning Meeting. She was a member of the Non-Financial Audit Committee (2001-2004), Medal of Honor Committee (1998-2001), Annual Nominating Committee (2003-2005), and SAE Blue Ribbon Panel. Ms. Story is a volunteer for Purdue's Women in Engineering "Personal Connection Program - Alums for Seniors," a program designed to recruit women engineering students. She has also been a Junior Achievement Volunteer for several years. Her husband, Steve, is a manager with International Truck and Engine Corporation. They have two children: Daniella, age 10, and Bobby, age 7. They are avid sports fans. They enjoy skiing, playing golf, and watching their children's sports teams.
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B.S. in Marine Engineering, United States Merchant Marine Academy
Mr. Schaum is a 37 year veteran of the automotive industry, having risen through the ranks at DaimlerChrysler Corporation to the position of Executive Vice President, Product Development and Quality, a position he held from 1999 to 2003. In this position, Mr. Schaum oversaw 9,000 employees and a $1.8 billion budget and was responsible for all matters pertaining to Platform Engineering, Engineering Technologies, Regulatory Affairs, Product Planning and Quality. He was responsible for the development and launch of the Chrysler PT Cruiser, Minivan, Jeep Liberty, Dodge Ram Pickup Trucks (Motor Trend Truck of the Year), Chrysler Pacifica, and Chrysler Crossfire, etc. In 1998 and 1999 he served as Senior Vice President - Engineering and Quality, and General Manager - Powertrain Operations. He implemented several major quality improvement initiatives, built a Quality Engineering Center, and implemented various quality assurance methods to prevent problems. From 1994 to 1998 he was General Manager - Truck Engineering. He was responsible for all Dodge truck product development, developing the '95 Ram pickup, '97 Dakota pickup, and '98 Durango SUV, etc. He developed some of the most efficient emission control systems in the automotive industry, including the world's first vehicles to be certified to California's ULEV (ultra low emission vehicle) standard in 1994.
Dr. York is a strategic planning consultant for high technology organizations in the mobility industry, currently supporting Rolls-Royce Defence North America (RR/DNA). He is the Vice President for Aerospace, SAE International and a member of the SAE board of directors. Dr. York also supports the US Army Research Labs through the National Research Council Panel on Air & Ground Vehicle Technology and has supported the USAF Scientific Advisory Board.
In 2007, Jacqui was named senior vice president - Innovation and Growth reporting to the CEO. Dedo is responsible for leading the company's strategic initiatives to accelerate the pace of innovation and growth. 
Mr. Rhoades (Terry) received his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Detroit in 1973 and his Master's in Business Administration (M.B.A.) from the University of Michigan in 1976. Terry has been a registered professional engineer in the State of Michigan since 1978. 
Ms. Story (Carol) is a seasoned engineering professional with over 20 years of experience at International Truck and Engine Corporation. As manager of the Engine Group's Best In Class Quality initiative, Carol is responsible for driving increased customer satisfaction and resolving quality and warranty issues. Prior to her current position, Carol served in various engineering and program management roles in both the Truck Group and the Engine Group. She was program manager of the Truck Division's Next Generation Diesel program, driving the introduction of HEUI engines into International truck and bus models. This included the 1994 production launch of International's T444E (V8) engine, North America's first electronically controlled mid-range diesel engine. In addition, Ms. Story led International's Corporate University, where she was responsible for companywide employee education programs. Prior to International, Carol worked for Owens-Illinois, Kimble Glass, designing and installing glass forming machine lines.
