Engineers Receive SAE Environmental Excellence in Transportation Award

WARRENDALE, Pa., June 12, 2007 - Engineers representing companies and universities from across the globe are recipients of SAE International's Environmental Excellence in Transportation Award. They were presented the award during the 2007 Government/Industry Meeting in Washington, D.C.

The award, established in 2000, recognizes individuals and teams who demonstrate significant innovations in improving the transportation industry's impact on the environment. 

Recipients were honored in the following categories:

Education, Training and Public Awareness
First place:
Project title: "Innovative Education and Training Program in Electric, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Vehicles" Team presenter:  Chris Mi, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Team members:  C.C. Chan, K.T. Chau, Ming Chen, Shumei Cui, Abul Masrur, Shigeyuki Minami, Sam Y.S. Wong

To set up an interview with Mi, please contact Terry Gallagher at University of Michigan-Dearborn, tgallagh@umd.umich.edu.

Runner-up
Project title:  "The On-Road Vehicle Emissions Workshop 1990-2006"
Presenter:  Steven Cadle, General Motors Corp.

To set up an interview with Cadle, please contact Tina Bauer at General Motors Corp., Tina.bauer@gm.com.

Materials Development and Usage
First place
Project title:  "New Catalyst Technology Designed to Meet EPA Tier 2 Regulation Standards"
Team presenter:  Shiang Sung, BASF Catalysts, LLC
Team members:  Patrick Burk, Richard Casper, Paul Hyde, Tonya Krause, Gwendolyn Miles, Yogesh Patel, Pramod Ravindran

To set up an interview with Sung, please contact Theodore Lowen at BASF Catalysts, Theodore.lowen@basf.com. 

Mobile Energy and Emissions
First place
Project title:  "Ultra-Low Emissions Diesel 'GenSet' Switching Locomotive"
Team presenter:  Michael Iden, Union Pacific Railroad
Team members:  Mark Coles, Greg Dickinson, Matthew Findlay, Robert Grimaila, Barry Kanuch, Gregory Pietruszynski, Lanny Schmid, Ed Weber

To set up an interview with Iden, please contact Mark Davis at Union Pacific Railroad, 402-544-5459. 

Runner-up
Project title:  "Low Backpressure Three Way Catalyst (TWC) for Fuel Efficiency Improvement"
Team presenter:  Christophe Lahousse, Delphi Customer Technology Center
Team members:  Patrick Blosser, Kelly Brown, Laurent Faillon, Cecile Favre, Hassan Hadrane, Bernhard Kern, John Nunan      

To set up an interview with Lahousse, please contact Lindsey Williams at Delphi, lindsey.c.williams@delphi.com.

Noise Management Innovations
First place
Project title:  "Track Lubrication System"
Team presenter:  Volker Strese, DaimlerChrysler AG
Team members:  Detlef Brenner, Jörg Fetzer, Christian Hettig, Jörg Mosig, Michael Schwarz, Georg Vogel

To set up an interview with Strese, please contact Marianne Ihring at DaimlerChrylser, marianne.ihring@daimlerchrysler.com.

Recycling, Reuse and Remanufacturing
First place
Project title: "GE Valox* iQ* / Xenoy* iQ* Carbon Secure Engineering Plastics Significantly Reduce CO2 Emissions and Eliminate Landfill"
Team presenter:  Vikram Gopal, General Electric Plastics
Team members:  Angelika Clark, Anne Clement, Kristin Cohoon, Tim Dummer, Rodney Fonseca, Tim Hesse, Doug Kim, Bill McNally, Ken Miller, Manish Mukherjee, Christine Murner, Kayoko Onda, Dhaval Shah, Diderico Van Eyl, IsamuYamamoto, Yantao Zhu

To set up an interview with Gopal, please contact Clement at General Electric Plastics, anne.clement@ge.com. 

Service, Maintenance and Logistics
First place
Project title: "3M™ PPS™ Paint Preparation System – A Revolution in Paint Preparation and Application"
Team presenter:  Steve Joseph, 3M  
Team members:  Dave Bastow, Gary Brotherton, Neil Delbridge, Malcolm Douglas, Peter Eisenberg, Michael Howcroft, Phil McFadden, Keith Navis

To set up an interview with Joseph, please contact Colleen Harris at 3M, cahornharris1@MMM.com.    

Stationary Energy & Emissions & Process Innovations
First place
Project title:  "Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL) Machining for the Transportation Industry"
Team presenter:  Richard J. Furness, Ford Motor Company
Team members:  David Bednarek, Mark Hayley, Roland Keck, Robert Klosinski, Ross Molinaro, George Nordstrom, Scott Silverson, Alexander Stoll

To set up an interview with Furness, please contact Nicholas Twork at Ford Motor Company, ntwork1@ford.com. 

Runner-up
Project title:  "Dispense Optimization to Significantly Reduce the Occurrence of Bubbles in Silicone Coating"
Team presenter:  Aldo Gomez, Delphi Electronics and Safety     
Team members:  Dan Afseth, Brad Burton, Fred Kuhlman, Sam Platt

To set up an interview with Gomez, please contact Tom Woods at Delphi, thomas.c.woods@delphi.com.

 

To learn more about SAE International's Environmental Excellence in Transportation Award, please contact pr@sae.org.    

 

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