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Tuesday, May 20
 

9:15am PDT

SDI Presentation - GT
Tuesday May 20, 2025 9:15am - 10:00am PDT
2nd Floor - Cockatoo
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Nick Moore

AVTC Technical Project Engineer, ANL
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Judges
avatar for Alan Kajihara

Alan Kajihara

Senior Engineering Section Manager - Electrical Systems, PACCAR
Alan Kajihara is a Senior Engineering Section Manager-Electrical Systems at Peterbilt Motors Company in Denton, Texas.  He has over 36 years in multiple areas of engineering and program management, including design, development, and plant resident engineering.   In his current role... Read More →
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Dave Brooks

Global Chief Engineer, General Motors
David Brooks is currently a Global Chief Engineer for Electric Propulsion at General Motors located in Michigan.Throughout his career, he was Director of Global Propulsion Systems R&D for GM, Global Powertrain Quality for GM, Director of Ricardo Inc. Engines Group, led global teams... Read More →
avatar for Hung Nguyen

Hung Nguyen

Supervisor - Garages and Prototyping, General Motors
Hung Nguyen is Supervisor for Garages and Prototyping at General Motors Canadian Technical Centre. He joined GM as an alumnus of the University of Waterloo Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Faculty.Hung began his career at GM’s Computer Aided Engineering Division with a focus... Read More →
avatar for Hyma Yelamanchi

Hyma Yelamanchi

Engineering Manager- Global Powertrain Department, PACCAR
•13 years & 4 Divisions in PACCAR (Total 15+)•PNT PACCAR Women Association Lead•Member of PB Diversity Council•Member of PNT Team Fun•Mentor in and outside PACCARExperience•Continental : Systems & Software Intern•Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems : Systems Engineer•Chrysler... Read More →
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Matt Morelli

Applications Engineer, Denso
DENSO International America, Inc               Sr. Applications Engineer ; Electrified Systems Engineering DivisionE-Motor NA promotions lead, responsible for growth and application development for Motor Generator components introduced to NA electrified systems.Previously... Read More →
avatar for Michael Bima

Michael Bima

Engineering Manager, Thermal Systems R&D, DENSO
avatar for Ryan Mansfield

Ryan Mansfield

Senior Systems Engineer - Battery State Estimation, General Motors
Ryan joined GM in 2018, after graduating from the University of Washington with a BSEE. At UW, Ryan was a part of AVTC 11 electrical team. Since joining GM, Ryan has held roles in battery validation and development, and battery calibration. Outside of work, Ryan enjoys cooking pizza... Read More →
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Seth Bunin

Director - Electrification Systems, AAM
Seth Bunin is the Director of Electrification System Engineering at AAM. This team is responsible for system architecture and design, requirements, system integration and calibration, validation, and also project management for AAM’s electrification products. Seth joined AAM in... Read More →
Tuesday May 20, 2025 9:15am - 10:00am PDT
2nd Floor - Cockatoo 3999 Mission Blvd, San Diego, CA 92109
  Presentations, 07. SDI, GT

11:15am PDT

Project Management Presentation - GT
Tuesday May 20, 2025 11:15am - 12:00pm PDT
1st Floor - Rousseau West
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avatar for Lucas Shoults

Lucas Shoults

Technical Project Manager, Argonne National Laboratory
Lucas Shoults is the Technical Project Manager for AVTCs at Argonne National Laboratory. Originally from Irvine, CA and he has a Bachelor and Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech, graduating in 2013 and 2016 respectively. While at Virginia Tech, he participated... Read More →
Judges
avatar for Connell D'Souza

Connell D'Souza

Manager of Education Programs, MathWorks
Connell D’Souza has worked at MathWorks since 2016 and is a Manager of Education Programs focusing on Students. In this role he manages a team of engineers that help students adopt MATLAB, Simulink and Model-Based Design practices for Aerospace, Data Science, Automotive and Autonomous... Read More →
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Don McGady

Program Manager, Enterprise Projects, ANL
Don McGady is the Program Manager for Enterprise Project at Argonne National Laboratory.  This team manages projects in 4 strategic portfolios- Operational Excellence, Talent, Enterprise Systems Advancement, and Laboratory Research Initiatives.Don has been with Argonne since 2020... Read More →
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Justina Banks

Senior Principal Customer Program Manager, NXP
Justina Banks is a Senior Principal Customer Program Manager (CPM) at NXP's Automotive Embedded Systems business unit. With 14 years of experience in the automotive semiconductors industry, Justina is dedicated to managing key customer projects, ensuring the successful delivery of... Read More →
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Matthew O'Connor

Engineering Manager, dSPACE, Inc.
Matthew has been involved in the EcoCAR competition since 2014. Starting in technical training as a sponsor in EcoCAR 2 and moving to a mentor role and eventually judging, supporting the competition for the past 10 years. He has conducted trainings and judged competition events over... Read More →
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Ralph Blanchard

Senior Automotive Technical Specialist, Judd Wire
Ralph attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, graduating in 1981 with a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering. He started his career at Smith & Wesson, where he progressed from Manufacturing Engineering to Product Design. He earned an MBA from Western New England College... Read More →
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Rita Arnold

Lead Engineering Project Manager, AAM
Rita Arnold is a Lead Engineering Project Manager at AAM in their Electrification Division. In this position, Rita has led many cross-functional teams in developing systems and subsystems of AAM’s innovative Electric Drive Unit (EDU) business. Rita began her career at AAM in 2015... Read More →
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Sharon Pekar

Project Manager, ALTEC
Sharon Pekar began her career at Altec in 2017 at the Mount Airy, NC facility. She joined the team as a Manufacturing Engineer after graduating from West Virginia University with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering. In early 2021, she transitioned into a Technical Sales role where she... Read More →
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Sim Gill

Staff Program Manager, General Motors
Sim Gill is a Staff Program Manager for the Carrier Connectivity Organization.  In this role, she is responsible for Global Connectivity, for all of the GM Global Regions. She joined GM in 2011 as a Manufacturing Controls Engineer and has since held positions such as Powertrain Resident... Read More →
Tuesday May 20, 2025 11:15am - 12:00pm PDT
1st Floor - Rousseau West 3999 Mission Blvd, San Diego, CA 92109
  Presentations, 06. PM, GT

2:30pm PDT

PCM Presentation - GT
Tuesday May 20, 2025 2:30pm - 3:15pm PDT
2nd Floor - Macaw
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avatar for David Ord

David Ord

PCM Organizer, ANL
David Ord is a Systems Modeling and Controls Engineer at ANL. His primary role in EcoCAR is to support all activities related to propulsion controls systems and modeling. He has a bachelor's and master's in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. Prior to joining Argonne in early... Read More →
Judges
avatar for Amine Taoudi

Amine Taoudi

Systems and Applications Engineer, NXP
Amine Taoudi is an Automotive Processors Systems and Applications Engineer at NXP Semiconductors since 2022. He has received a bachelors in aerospace engineering from Universite International de Rabat, a Masters in aerospace engineering from Mississippi State University, and a Ph.D... Read More →
avatar for Joe Orlando

Joe Orlando

Sales Engineer, Speedgoat
Joe works as a Sales Engineer at Speedgoat where he configures and builds real-time hardware solutions that meet his customers’ requirements.  Previously, Joe had worked as a test engineer at Raytheon Technologies and EdgeTech Marine.  When not at work, Joe keeps his motor running... Read More →
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Josh Hickman

Control System Supervisor, ALTEC
Josh Hickman began his career at Altec in 2012 as an Application Engineer after graduating from Virginia Tech with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. In late 2014 he transitioned into a Product Development Engineering role where he ran multiple projects of various sizes. The last of... Read More →
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Katherine Bovee

Propulsion System Architect, General Motors
Katherine Bovee is a Propulsion System Architect at General Motors. In this role, Katherine coordinates the mechanical, electrical and controls integration work for future electrification programs. During her time at GM Katherine has also worked as a Control System Engineer and a... Read More →
avatar for Laura Barlow

Laura Barlow

Manager - Thermal Controls and Software, General Motors
Laura Barlow is currently a Manager at General Motors, leading teams that develop controls and software for the Propulsion Thermal Management System of their Battery Electric Vehicles, such as the EV Hummer and Cadillac Lyriq. Prior to this role, she worked on active safety and automate... Read More →
avatar for Matthew Nelson

Matthew Nelson

eMobility Application Engineer, Bosch
Matthew Nelson eMobility Application Engineer, Bosch Engineering Group I’m an eMobility Application Engineer at Bosch Engineering Group, where I focus on developing and advancing electrification solutions for next-generation vehicles. I earned my Master of Science in Mechanical... Read More →
avatar for Noah Beattie

Noah Beattie

Software Technical Test Analyst, AAM
I am Noah Beattie; I am a Software Technical Test Analyst at AAM. I develop controller HIL test environments and simulation plant models for controls/software development and testing for driveline products, including actuators and inverters.
avatar for Sam Reinsel

Sam Reinsel

Senior Student Program Engineer, MathWorks
Sam joined MathWorks in 2018 as in the engineering development group, and has been on the Student competition team since 2020. He primarily supports Automotive student competitions in the US and Europe. Sam holds an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech, where he worked... Read More →
avatar for Shlok Goel

Shlok Goel

Team Lead- HIL Applications, dSPACE, Inc.
Shlok has been involved with the EcoCAR competition since 2018 – EcoCAR Mobility Challenge, starting out as a graduate student, and then moving to dSPACE to start his career as an application engineer. In his current role at dSPACE, Shlok is leading a team the HIL Applications department... Read More →
avatar for Steve Ciatti

Steve Ciatti

Principal Engineer - Battery Systems, PACCAR
Steve Ciatti is a Principal Engineer for Battery Systems at the PACCAR Technical Center (PTC). Steve joined PACCAR in 2018. During his time at PACCAR, Steve has worked on several different advanced technology projects, including a full-scale EV battery pack, Battery Management System... Read More →
Tuesday May 20, 2025 2:30pm - 3:15pm PDT
2nd Floor - Macaw 3999 Mission Blvd, San Diego, CA 92109
  Presentations, 05. PCM, GT
 
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