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Tuesday, May 20
 

8:15am PDT

CAV Presentation - MAC
Tuesday May 20, 2025 8:15am - 9:00am PDT
2nd Floor - Boardroom East
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avatar for Kayla Hamilton

Kayla Hamilton

Pre-Doctoral CAV Research Engineer, ANL
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Judges
avatar for Akshra Ramakrishnan

Akshra Ramakrishnan

Senior Student Programs Engineer - Automotive, MathWorks
I am the Technical Lead for SAE AutoDrive at MathWorks. I also support EcoCAR CAV-related activities, along with other automotive and ADAS competitions. My expertise includes sensor data processing, sensor fusion algorithm development, MIL testing.
avatar for Bill Kozlowski

Bill Kozlowski

Senior Progam Manager, General Motors
Bill Kozlowski joined GM in 2016 as part of the Fusion team in the active safety area located at the Milford Proving Ground.  He spent 6 years leading a team of engineers interfacing active safety features with the vehicle HMI systems.  He is currently the program manager for ADAS... Read More →
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Chris Manning

Manager - Autonomous Driving & Software Engineering, dSPACE, Inc.
Chris has been involved in the EcoCAR competition since 2011. Starting as a student in EcoCAR 2 and moving to dSPACE and supporting the competition as a sponsor. He has conducted trainings and judged competition events over the years. Chris has worked as an Application Engineer and... Read More →
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Evan Graves

Lead Automated Driving Engineer, General Motors
After graduating from the University of Alabama with a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Evan has spent the last 9 years developing Active Safety systems at General Motors. He started as an integration engineer and calibrator for Forward Collision Systems before taking the... Read More →
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Rajkiran Ravula

Senior Manager SW Project Mgt, AAM
16+ years of experience working in the field of Embedded Systems.12+ years of experience working in automotive domain developing applications, control systems, hardware drivers and infrastructure software.4+ year of experience working as SW Project Manager for Driveline Module8+ years... Read More →
avatar for Tom LeMense

Tom LeMense

Lead Principal System Application Engineer, Infineon
Tom is currently working as a Systems Application Engineering with Infineon Technologies in Livonia, Michigan. Over the past 35 years, Tom has worked at several levels of the automotive electronics "food chain" (OEM, T1, and T2) with a specific focus on automotive sensors and RF/wireless... Read More →
avatar for Yudong Lin

Yudong Lin

Vehicle control engineer, PACCAR
Education 2019-2024 PH.D. - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON • Research topics: vehicle platooning, vehicle modeling and control, occlusion-aware control, multi-agent system. • Advisor: Professor Santosh Devasia, Professor Brian Fabien 2017-2019 M.S. - MECHANICAL... Read More →
Tuesday May 20, 2025 8:15am - 9:00am PDT
2nd Floor - Boardroom East 3999 Mission Blvd, San Diego, CA 92109
  Presentations, 02. CAV, MAC

11:15am PDT

SDI Presentation - MAC
Tuesday May 20, 2025 11:15am - 12:00pm PDT
2nd Floor - Cockatoo
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avatar for Nick Moore

Nick Moore

AVTC Technical Project Engineer, ANL
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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 →
avatar for Matt Morelli

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 →
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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 11:15am - 12:00pm PDT
2nd Floor - Cockatoo 3999 Mission Blvd, San Diego, CA 92109
  Presentations, 07. SDI, MAC

2:30pm PDT

Project Management Presentation - MAC
Tuesday May 20, 2025 2:30pm - 3:15pm 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 →
avatar for Don McGady

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 →
avatar for Justina Banks

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 →
avatar for Matthew O'Connor

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 →
avatar for Ralph Blanchard

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 →
avatar for Rita Arnold

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 →
avatar for Sharon Pekar

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 2:30pm - 3:15pm PDT
1st Floor - Rousseau West 3999 Mission Blvd, San Diego, CA 92109
  Presentations, 06. PM, MAC
 
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