Morgan Andreae, Cummins
Morgan Andreae is a Director in the Growth Office at Cummins, helping to evaluate new
technologies. He has worked on a variety of advanced propulsion technologies at
Cummins including new combustion concepts and hybrid powertrains. Prior to Cummins
he worked at Ford on the development of hybrid technology, including the Hybrid
Escape vehicle. Morgan has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, is the EMA cochair of the hybrid certification committee, and is a member of the SAE J2711 task force.
Matthew Busdiecker, Eaton
Matthew is a principal engineer for the Eaton Vehicle Technology Innovation group and
has been the technical lead on many advanced hybrid and automated transmission
system concepts. Matt has been in the commercial vehicle industry for the past 15
years, and holds multiple patents as well as authoring several papers. Matt holds a
bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University.
Mike Christianson, Daimler Trucks North America
Mike is a Senior Engineer with Daimler Trucks North America, focusing on product
compliance and regulatory affairs issues. Prior to joining Daimler, Mike was an Engineer
with the US EPA's Office of Transportation and Air Quality, where he worked as a
principle investigator on various research programs to better understand the impact of
fuel chemistry on exhaust emissions. Mike obtained his Bachelors and Masters
degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan.
Hisakazu Suzuki, National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory (Japan)
Hisakazu Suzuki has worked at Japan’s National Traffic Safety and Environment
Laboratory for more than 20 years. From 1995 to 2000, he was engaged in research
related to HCCI and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from motor vehicles. Beginning in
2000, he began research on emission control strategies for diesel engines, including
aftertreatment, as well as on methods for assessing the fuel economy of diesel and
gasoline passenger vehicles. In 2010 Dr. Suzuki completed a Ph.D. dissertation on
mobile source urea SCR systems, and is currently active in the Society of Automotive
Engineers of Japan (JSAE).
Stéphane Couroux, Environment Canada
Stéphane Couroux works with the Transportation Division of Environment Canada. He
is the Manager currently leading the development of regulations to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions from new vehicles. Stéphane cumulates over 13 years of experience with
the Transportation Division of Environment Canada. Over this period, Stéphane has
occupied various positions of increasing responsibilities related to the development and
implementation of several regulations under the authority of the Canadian
Environmental Protection Act, 1999 to reduce air pollutant and greenhouse gas
emissions from vehicles and engines, including: On Road-Vehicle and Engine Emission
Regulations; Off-Road Small Spark-Ignition Engine Emission Regulations; Off-Road
Compression-Ignition Engine Emission Regulations; Marine Spark-Ignition Engine,
Vessel and Off-Road Recreational Vehicle Emission Regulations; Passenger
Automobile and Light Truck Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations; and, Heavy-Duty
Vehicle and Engine Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations.
Giorgos Fontaras (Consultant for the JRC)
Dr. Georgios Fontaras is a mechanical engineer holding a PhD in mechanical and
automotive engineering. He has worked for eight years as a researcher at the Lab of
Applied Thermodynamics of the Aristotle University performing a wide range of activities
on fuel consumption reduction technologies, fuels and biofuels and policy analysis.
Since 2010 he is working for the European Commission’s Joint Research Center initially
as researcher and currently as a consultant. His work is related to vehicle energy
efficiency analysis and modeling, monitoring CO2 emissions from Light and Heavy Duty
Vehicles, vehicle testing and policy analysis. He has authored and co-authored more
than 25 peer reviewed publications in these fields.
James Sanchez, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
James Sanchez is an Engineer in the Assessments and Standards Division of the Office
of Transportation and Air Quality of the United States Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA). Mr. Sanchez has been at the EPA since 2005. Over that time he has played a
significant role in finalizing some of the EPA’s main air pollution regulations, which have
been projected to save thousands of lives annually. James led the development of the
EPA’s first test procedure for measuring heavy-duty (HD) powertrain emissions and fuel
economy. Mr. Sanchez has also led test programs to prove the feasibility of using
heavy-duty highway engine emission control devices on locomotive engines. Currently,
James is focusing his time on developing the EPA’s regulations to reduce GHG
emissions for both HD and light-duty vehicles.
Nigel Clark, West Virginia University
Nigel Clark is the George B. Berry Chair of Engineering at West Virginia University and
associate vice president for academic strategic planning. Nigel is also a member of the
National Academy of Sciences committee that was recently reconvened to continue the
work done in 2010 to assess technologies and strategies for increasing the efficiency of
heavy-duty vehicles. Nigel has extensive experience in vehicle design, advanced
vehicle concepts, alternative fuels and the measurement and reduction of vehicle
emissions. He has conducted research for government and industry in the areas of fuel
economy and emissions from heavy-duty vehicles, including buses and heavy hybrid
drive vehicles, and works with the International Council for Clean Transportation on
technology and efficiency review.
Bernardo Martinez, European Commission (DG Enterprise)
Bernardo Martinez is a Legislative officer at the Directorate General for Enterprise and
Industry (DG Enterprise) at the European Commission. He is responsible for developing
legislation on emissions from the transport sector. In addition, he helps facilitate the
implementation of actions and policy measures for electric vehicles. He holds a Masters
of Engineering degree from ICAI School of Engineering (Escuela Técnica Superior de
Ingeniería).
Tony Greszler, Volvo Trucks North America
Mr. Greszler has been involved with diesel engine and commercial vehicle development
since 1977, with experience in all aspects of engine and powertrain design and
development, including heavy-duty diesel and natural gas engines and other alternative
fuels. He is also working on overall road freight efficiency through integrated complete
vehicle development and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions associated with road
freight. From 1977-2001 he was with Cummins Engine Co. responsible for design and
development of heavy-duty diesel engines, including on-highway and off-highway
applications. In 2001, he became Vice President, Engineering for Volvo Powertrain,
North America, a division of AB Volvo, with responsibility for engine development for
Mack Trucks and Volvo Trucks North America, including US 2007 and 2010 emissions.
In 2005, he took responsibility for Advanced Engineering for Engines and Vehicle
Propulsion with focus on diesel combustion/emissions, hybrid propulsion, advanced
transmissions, and alternative fuels. Currently, he is Vice President Government and
Industry Relations focusing on fuel savings and CO2 mitigation from road freight
transport and heavy-duty vehicle regulations. Other activities include serving as an
officer and current chair of the Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association, memberTransportation Research Board Special Task Force on Climate Change and Energy,
and National Academy of Science “Committee for Potential Energy Savings and Green
House Gas Reduction from Transportation”. He has been a speaker at numerous
conferences related to diesel engine and freight efficiency and has testified in the House
Committee on Science and Technology relative to commercial vehicle technology
programs.