SAE Industrial Lecturers
Reinventing the Automobile
Dr. Chris Borroni-Bird
Director
Advanced Technology Vehicle Concepts
General Motors Corporation
Warren, Michigan
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Christopher Borroni-Bird is currently Director of Advanced Technology Vehicle Concepts at General Motors. He is one of the world's leading fuel cell vehicle experts and joined General Motors in 2000 as director of Design and Technology Fusion with responsibility for fostering collaboration between Design, Research and Engineering in support of future vehicle programs.
Chris Borroni-Bird is the driving force behind GM's "Reinvention of the Automobile" program, which includes the Autonomy, Hy-wire and Sequel concept vehicles. These are the first vehicles designed from a clean sheet around a hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system and the first to combine fuel cells with wheel motors and by-wire technology, which allows steering, braking and other vehicle systems to be controlled electronically rather than mechanically. AUTOnomy was unveiled at the 2002 North American International Auto Show, Hy-wire was unveiled at the Paris Motors Show in September 2002 and Sequel was unveiled at the 2005 North American International Auto Show. In May 2007 Sequel drove into the history books by becoming the first zero emissions vehicle to drive 300 miles non-stop on public roads without refueling or recharging. For this work he received the Technology, Innovation and Achievement Award from Automation Alley and ConnecTech Detroit in 2008.
Prior to joining General Motors, Chris Borroni-Bird was in technology management at DaimlerChrysler and led an effort to develop fuel cell vehicles that run on gasoline. He was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame as a Young Leader in 2000.
A native of Liverpool, England, Chris Borroni-Bird earned a First-Class B.A and an M.A degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge (King's College). He then started his Ph.D in Surface Science at University of Liverpool and completed it at the University of Cambridge (King's College). He continued his studies on reaction heats and heterogeneous catalysts during a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Tokyo's Institute for Solid State Physics.
ABSTRACT
The Electrification of the vehicle and connectivity between vehicles promises to address the major societal challenges posed by automobile usage: energy, environment, safety and congestion. These enablers also promise to reinvent the driving experience.
RESTRICTIONS
Travel restrictions. Dr. Borroni-Bird can only lecture in the Southeast Michigan and the Boston areas.
EQUIPMENT NEEDS
LCD projector/screen.
Formula SAE, A Design Judge's Perspective
Steven M. Fox
President / Director of Engineering
PowerTrain Technology, Inc.
Algonquin, IL
BIOGRAPHY
Steve currently heads an innovative manufacturing company, specializing in lightweight low-inertia drivetrain products for motorsports. In addition to 'off the shelf' solutions, he oversees one-off engineered drivetrain solutions for industrial and street use.
Previously, Steve was Engineering Director for Quarter Master Industries, Inc. (QMI), where he was employed for two decades. Steve is well versed in manufacturing engineering and materials selection and served as a design engineer responsible for all new product design, development and manufacture for most of his tenure with QMI, while at the same time dealing with many of the top racing teams from around the world.
Steve is an expert in I.C. engine technology and power transmission. One notable example of his development capability is the drivetrain package for Dodge's return to NASCAR in 1999. With a motorsports career that spans nearly 40 years, He has engineered, constructed, wrenched, driven, broken, or piloted almost everything imaginable with 2, 3 or 4 wheels, a hull, or wings. He is a licensed aircraft pilot, racecar driver, scuba diver, and firearms instructor.
Steve was selected by Carroll Smith to participate in Formula SAE (FSAE) as Design Judge in 1999. He has been giving back to future engineers with FSAE involvement ever since. He has also judged the Baja SAE events. Currently the Captain of the Design Event at FSAE-East(VIR), he also serves as Chief Design Judge at Formula Student Germany.
ABSTRACT
Steve's latest presentation is 'Those Who Cannot Remember The Past Are Condemned To Repeat It'. This presentation is specifically targeted towards FSAE teams who wish to build a better car, without re-inventing the wheel. This presentation can be adjusted to suit the experience level of each team being visited. Historically, FSAE championship-winning teams, as well as new teams, have benefited from his presentations.
Subjects that Steve will cover include: Vehicle Design Principles; Chassis; Suspension; Steering; Brakes; Engine; Drivetrain; Gearing; Ergonomics; Team Management; Manufacturing; DFM (Design For Manufacturability); Material Selection; Heat Treat; Testing; Points Strategy Considerations; and most importantly, Project Management. Steve covers a LOT of material. Many teams video or audio record these meetings for review later.
After his formal presentation, your team may present your efforts to date. He will help you evaluate your design choices, and offer advice on selected optimization techniques. The informal question and answer session which follows can cover any area of FSAE competition. Your team's efforts are treated in the strictest of confidence. Steve will not share ANY information between schools.
Please understand Steve does not give your team 'the answers to the test'. He has to remain unbiased in order to be able to fairly and impartially judge at the competitions. He does provide insight and ideas from a design judge's perspective. Most importantly, he offers methods for 'thinking outside the box' that have driven past teams to new heights.
RESTRICTIONS
Weekends are preferred, but weekdays can sometimes be accommodated.
EQUIPMENT NEEDS
Digital projector for computer-based presentation
Strategies for Managing Vehicle Mass throughout the Development Process and Vehicle Lifecycle
Tom Glennan
Engineering Group Manager
Rochester, Michigan
BIOGRAPHY
Thomas (Tom) Glennan has worked in the field of automotive engineering at General Motors for over 38 years. Past assignments have included Design and Release Engineer, Emission Systems Engineer, Vehicle Validation Engineer, Engineering Supervisor of Special Test and Instrumentation, Program Engineering Manager, Program Launch Manager, and Engineering Group Manager of Energy and Drive Quality. In his current role as Engineering Group Manager for Vehicle Mass, Tom manages a team of Mass Integration Engineers who are responsible for setting vehicle mass targets, developing strategies for achieving those targets, and managing the vehicle mass during vehicle development by identifying mass-related issues and their resolution.
ABSTRACTS
In times of increasing fuel prices and environmental concern, managing (minimizing and optimizing) the total mass of a vehicle is recognized as a critical task during the development of that vehicle, as well as throughout its production lifecycle. This presentation summarizes a literature review of, and investigation into, the strategies, methods, and best practices for achieving low total mass in new vehicle programs, and/or mass reductions in existing production vehicle programs. Empirical and quantitative data and examples from the automotive manufacturers and suppliers are also provided in support if the material presented.
RESTRICTIONS
I need at least six weeks of advance notice to avoid conflicts with my work schedule. Lectures in the middle of the week (Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday) will work best from a scheduling standpoint.
EQUIPMENT NEEDS
The Basics & Secrets of Vehicle Aerodynamics
PAUL T. GLESSNER
Principal Engineer - Specialist
Lancaster, California
BIOGRAPHY
Paul T. Glessner has worked as an aerospace engineer in varying capacities for Boeing-Vertol, Grumman Aerospace, Lockheed - Burbank, McDonnell-Douglas now Boeing on such projects as the CH-46/47, F-14, Black projects, S-3, P-3, accident investigations, High Speed Civil Transport, B-717 and the Space Shuttle's aerodynamics in such disciplines as Stability, Control and Flying Qualities besides Aerodynamics and Flight Controls. Paul not only has 300 hours jumpseating in airliners' cockpits pre-9/11, he also flew with the Chief Pilot of British Airways on the Concorde in the cockpit from New York to London and back. He has been flying since he was 16 years old holding an FAA Commercial License with Instrument and Multi-engine Land ratings. Paul just finished a two and a half year stint as a Principal Engineer-Specialist overseeing the handling qualities of the soon to be operational-USAF's number one program, the F/A-22 fighter plane. He was recently courted by XCOR Aerospace's executives and took a position as their Chief Aerodynamicist.
Regarding cars, Mark Donohue was Paul's idol growing up in the late 60's; one year after Mark won the Indy 500, he presented Paul with his Team Penske/Sunoco uniform. It now hangs in the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California. Upon learning of Mark's death following the 1975 Austrian Grand Prix's practice, he was able to serve his funeral as an altar boy. It was from then on that he corresponded with Roger Penske. Roger called Paul at Penn State University to learn more about Paul's design. Roger Penske and Derrick Walker raced the wing design Paul initiated in 1981 for both the cars Roger fielded in the 1983 Indy 500; the cars placed second and third. Paul was 22 y.o. Later that year he oversaw two colleagues wind tunnel test Bob Leitzinger's Camel GTU 280ZX and found drag and downforce concepts that helped Bob win two national championships the following years. In the late 90's Don Prudhomme, Dale Armstrong and NHRA extended the fun factor immensely as Paul interfaced with the teams both personally to increase speed and reduce drag and on behalf of the sanctioning body for the benefit of drivers' safety and rules changes. Paul felt he reached a level of competence after having taught vehicle aerodynamics at one of the U.S.'s top three art center's transportation department - Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.
Paul is active in the Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc. He was appointed to the Aerodynamics Committee in 1989, was the Planning Chairman for AEROTECH in 1991 and 1992, and is the Air & Space Division Vice Chairman of the Southern California Section in 1992.
ABSTRACT
Automotive enthusiast and aerospace engineer, Paul T. Glessner, unfolds the basics of aerodynamics and its impact on automobiles. Mr. Glessner will give a short overview of aerodynamics with a focus on ideas that work and some that don't when trying to get there "first." Mr. Glessner can design the lecture around your needs to some degree: lift, drag, wind tunnels or add some points to your current knowledge via real world applications.
RESTRICTIONS
None.
EQUIPMENT NEEDS
LCS Projector for use with Laptop.
White Board with multi-colored pens.
Tire Testing and Modeling for Vehicle Dynamics
DR. EDWARD M. KASPRZAK
Associate
Milliken Research Associates, Inc.
Buffalo, New York
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Kasprzak is an Associate at Milliken Research Associates, Inc. where he has worked since 1996. Responsibilities include developing dynamic, quasi-static and race circuit simulations, as well as performing tire modeling and testing for passenger car manufacturers, their suppliers and professional racing teams. He is the co-founder and co-director of the Formula SAE Tire Test Consortium, and in late 2006 he completed his Ph.D. with a dissertation on the Nondimensional Tire Theory. Dr. Kasprzak teaches two courses on Vehicle Dynamics at the University at Buffalo and is the advisor to their Formula SAE team. He is the author of several technical papers, co-author of "Race Car Vehicle Dynamics: Problems, Answers and Experiments" with the Millikens, and a significant contributor to their "Chassis Design, Principles and Analysis." He is also an occasional writer for Racecar Engineering magazine.
ABSTRACT
This lecture will focus on tire performance as it relates to vehicle dynamics. It will include: a brief overview of tire construction, a discussion of laboratory tire testing, a discussion of tire model development from measured data, and the application of tire models to vehicle analysis, design and simulation.
RESTRICTIONS
None
EQUIPMENT NEEDS
LCD projector for use with PowerPoint
More Electric Engine and More Electric Aircraft
Kaushik Rajashekara
Chief Technologist
Propulsion & Power Systems Engineering
Rolls-Royce Corporation
Indianapolis
BIOGRAPHY
Kaushik Rajashekara received his B.Eng., M.Eng, and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India in 1974, 1977, and 1984, respectively, and MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University, USA in 1992. From 1977 to 1985, he was a faculty member at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. In 1978 and 1984-85, he worked at Asea Brown Boveri, Switzerland, on power electronics systems. In 1982, he was a visiting scientist at the Technical University of Dresden, Germany. From 1985-87, he was a Visiting Research Professor in University of Quebec Canada, working on photovoltaic utility interactive inverters. In July 1989 he joined Delphi Corporation in USA, which was a division of General Motors. In Delphi/GM, he held various lead technical and managerial positions, and has been the Technical Fellow and Chief Scientist for Propulsion, Fuel Cell & Advanced Energy Systems. In May 2006, he joined Rolls-Royce Corporation, Indianapolis, USA as a Chief Technologist working on the Power Conversion system for More Electric Aircraft systems, Fuel Cell based power generation Systems, and other Energy related projects.
Dr. Rajashekara has published more than 80 papers and has 22 patents in the areas of Power Electronics and Drive Systems; Electric, Hybrid, and Fuel cell vehicle propulsion systems. He is a Fellow of IEEE and a Fellow of Society of Automotive Engineers. He was awarded 2006 IEEE Industry Applications Society Gerald Kliman Innovator Award for "contributions to the advancement of power conversion technologies through innovations and their applications to industry." He was inducted into the Delphi Innovation Hall of Fame in 1999 and received president's award. He was selected as Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Industry Applications Society. He is an Adjunct Professor in Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, Indianapolis, Indiana. He has been a Keynote speaker in several IEEE sponsored and other international conferences. He has given more than 100 invited presentations in various universities and local IEEE chapters in over 30 countries.
ABSTRACT
The aerospace industry is facing similar environmental challenges as the automotive industry in terms of improving emissions, fuel economy, and cost. Another similarity is the move towards replacing mechanical systems by electrical systems, thus transitioning towards More Electric Aircraft (MEA) Architecture. The transition to the More Electric Aircraft provides a range of challenges and opportunities for the engine also. The fundamental more electric aircraft concept removes hydraulic, pneumatic and gearbox driven subsystems in favor of electrical driven subsystems, and using the electric starter for the engine. The same electric machine could be used as a generator to power all the electrical loads in the aircraft. In this seminar, the following topics will be presented:
- Vision for More electric Aircraft
- More Electric Engine and More Electric Aircraft Architectures with European Power Optimized Aircraft and Boeing 787 as examples
- Fuel Cell APUs
- Electric Taxiing
- Power Conversion systems in an MEA
- Future Trends
RESTRICTIONS
None
EQUIPMENT NEEDS
LCD projector for use with PowerPoint
Defects in Aircraft Design & Materials: Engineering Lessons Learned
Larry Rinek
Senior Consultant
Frost & Sullivan
Mountain View, California
Biography
Larry Rinek is a Senior Consultant in the Automotive & Transportation practice at Frost & Sullivan, where he has worked since 1998. He is a trained engineer, published historian (authored around 20 items, including 6 SAE publications) focusing heavily on US aviation history, a former USAF officer, a former student pilot, and veteran of the U.S. aerospace industry. Mr. Rinek is an active member of both AIAA and SAE technical societies, as well as the American Aviation Historical Society (AAHS) and the Aircraft Engine Historical Society (AEHS). He earned a BS (with honors) in Industrial Engineering and an MBA in Marketing, both from UCLA. Mr. Rinek has over 30 years of business and technology consulting experience. Many of his consulting projects have been sponsored by leading aerospace and motor vehicle builders/system suppliers around the world.
Abstract
Why have preventable mishaps in aircraft occurred (which are not the fault of pilots), resulting in loss of life and property? Many of these incidents are directly attributed to human error and negligence in aircraft design as well as processing of materials (manufacturing issues). How can engineers prevent or at least minimize such unpleasant events, thus improving aircraft safety? What lessons can we learn from historical mishaps, so that they might be avoided in the future?
Answers to these questions will be addressed, while exploring 12 case studies, involving some well-known civil and military aircraft programs. We will see how engineers recovered from hidden defects, and developed workable solutions.
Restrictions
Request a few weeks advance notice, to fit into work schedule
Equipment needs
Digital projector (with cable link to laptop), plus screen are requested. For larger student groups, desirable to have a podium with amplified audio/microphone.
