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Tuesday, May 20
 

8:15am PDT

PCM Presentation - UT
Tuesday May 20, 2025 8:15am - 9:00am PDT
2nd Floor - Macaw
Moderators
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 →
avatar for Josh Hickman

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 →
avatar for Katherine Bovee

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 8:15am - 9:00am PDT
2nd Floor - Macaw 3999 Mission Blvd, San Diego, CA 92109
  Presentations, 05. PCM, UT

10:15am PDT

Mobility Challenge Presentation - UT
Tuesday May 20, 2025 10:15am - 11:00am PDT
2nd Floor - Boardroom West
Moderators
avatar for Richard Ezike

Richard Ezike

Technology Integration Project Manager, ANL
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Judges
avatar for Douglas Monieson

Douglas Monieson

CEO, UICO
Doug Monieson is CEO of UICO, a Chicago-based manufacturer of rugged industrial touch screens and Beringea portfolio company. Doug has extensive board experience in governance, nominating and strategy for profit and non-profit organizations. He is Chairman Emeritus of Hyde Park... Read More →
avatar for Emilia Brandenburg

Emilia Brandenburg

Talent Acquisition Partner, AAM
Emilia Brandenburg is a Talent Acquisition Partner at AAM based at their World Headquarters in Detroit. In this role, Emilia is a full cycle recruiter who primarily focuses on engineering roles within the United States. She began her career at AAM in 2021 as a Talent Acquisition Co-Op... Read More →
avatar for Kerri Carr

Kerri Carr

Recruiter, Student Programs, MathWorks
Kerri Carr is a seasoned recruiter with over 14 years of experience at MathWorks, a leading developer of mathematical computing software. Throughout her tenure, Kerri has played a pivotal role in shaping the future of the company by identifying and attracting top talent for various... Read More →
avatar for Mariah Stanley

Mariah Stanley

Technology Integration Project Specialist, ANL
Mariah Stanley is an accomplished Technology Integration Project Specialist and Program Manager with over a decade of experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver pioneering technology and clean energy transportation solutions. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Trinity... Read More →
avatar for MaryAnn Beebe

MaryAnn Beebe

Accessibility Program Engineering Manager, General Motors
MaryAnn Beebe – EcoCAR 2025MaryAnn Beebe is the Program Engineering Manager for the Accessibility Center of Excellence at General Motors. With over 20 years of experience in the automotive industry, she collaborates across the GM enterprise to advance the development of accessible... Read More →
avatar for Sabrina Ridenour

Sabrina Ridenour

Vehicle Systems Engineer, General Motors
Sabrina Ridenour is a graduate of West Virginia University with a B.S. in mechanical engineering and minor in vocal performance.  She also holds her M.Eng. in energy systems engineering from the University of Michigan and is pursuing her MBA through Indiana University.  Ridenour... Read More →
Tuesday May 20, 2025 10:15am - 11:00am PDT
2nd Floor - Boardroom West 3999 Mission Blvd, San Diego, CA 92109
  Presentations, 04. MC, UT

1:30pm PDT

Communications Presentation - UT
Tuesday May 20, 2025 1:30pm - 2:15pm PDT
2nd Floor - Toucan
Moderators
avatar for Ashley Kronsell-Oller

Ashley Kronsell-Oller

Communications Manager, ANL
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Judges
avatar for Emily Baker

Emily Baker

Communications Strategist, DOE Liaison, ANL
Emily Baker, originally from Washington, DC, commenced her professional journey on Capitol Hill, where she served in various capacities for Members of Congress involved in energy and environmental committees.Subsequent to her tenure on Capitol Hill, she transitioned to lobbying roles... Read More →
avatar for Jacob Schmid

Jacob Schmid

Pre-Sales Specialist, dSPACE, Inc.
Jacob is a Pre-Sales Specialist at dSPACE, Inc., where he has been for 8 months. With a background in sales and marketing, along with a degree in Communication Studies from Wayne State University, he excels at understanding customer needs and crafting effective marketing strategies... Read More →
avatar for Jessica Burgess

Jessica Burgess

STEM Partnerships and Outreach Manager, ANL
Jessica Burgess is Argonne’s STEM Partnerships and Outreach Manager, overseeing the development and coordination of outreach activities and competitions that align with Argonne’s science and research. These immersive learning experiences aim to advance STEM learning and create... Read More →
avatar for Kara Demirjian Huss

Kara Demirjian Huss

SVP, Other
Executive Profile National Leader in Clean Energy, Sustainability, Strategic Policy Communications, and Workforce Development Kara Demirjian Huss is a recognized leader in clean energy communications, public affairs, workforce development, and sustainable transportation policy. With... Read More →
avatar for Marcella Dudek

Marcella Dudek

Account Director, Stratacomm
Marcella Dudek is a Michigan-based, account director at Stratacomm, with nearly a decade of experience leading public relations and marketing strategy with tactical excellence, for several of Stratacomm’s corporate, transportation clients. She was formerly involved on Wayne State... Read More →
avatar for Nate Baguio

Nate Baguio

Chief Commercial Officer, Other
Nate Baguio is a seasoned leader in transportation operations, government relations, and business development, with over 35 years of experience spanning public and private sectors. As Chief Commercial Officer at DCC Marketing, Nate drives external business development, leveraging... Read More →
avatar for Shane Levy

Shane Levy

Director, Electrification Communications, General Motors
Shane Levy is a clean technology communications leader with 15 years of experience shaping public narratives and building brand reputation in the renewable energy, technology, and transportation sectors.Shane currently serves as Director of Electrification Communications at General... Read More →
Tuesday May 20, 2025 1:30pm - 2:15pm PDT
2nd Floor - Toucan 3999 Mission Blvd, San Diego, CA 92109
  Presentations, 03. COMM, UT

3:30pm PDT

CAV Presentation - UT
Tuesday May 20, 2025 3:30pm - 4:15pm PDT
2nd Floor - Boardroom East
Moderators
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 →
avatar for Chris Manning

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 →
avatar for Evan Graves

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 →
avatar for Rajkiran Ravula

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 3:30pm - 4:15pm PDT
2nd Floor - Boardroom East 3999 Mission Blvd, San Diego, CA 92109
  Presentations, 02. CAV, UT
 
Wednesday, May 21
 

10:15am PDT

SDI Presentation - UT
Wednesday May 21, 2025 10:15am - 11:00am PDT
2nd Floor - Cockatoo
Moderators
avatar for Nick Moore

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 →
avatar for Dave Brooks

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 →
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 →
avatar for Seth Bunin

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 →
Wednesday May 21, 2025 10:15am - 11:00am PDT
2nd Floor - Cockatoo 3999 Mission Blvd, San Diego, CA 92109
  Presentations, 07. SDI, UT

1:00pm PDT

Project Management Presentation - UT
Wednesday May 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:45pm PDT
1st Floor - Rousseau West
Moderators
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 →
avatar for Sim Gill

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 →
Wednesday May 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:45pm PDT
1st Floor - Rousseau West 3999 Mission Blvd, San Diego, CA 92109
  Presentations, 06. PM, UT
 
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