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the automotive and defense industries. Dr. Cheok has published over 40 tehcnical journal articles and 100 conference papers. He is an Associate Editor for three technical journals and an organizer for the annual Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition, and has served as a consultant Member on the US Army Science Board.

His technical responsibilities within Ricardo included noise and vibration, instrumentation and control, large engines and the business development of Ricardo in North America. Mr. Challen is active in a number of professional societies. A recipient of the SAE Forest R. McFarland award in 1983, 1990 and 1996, he was elected a Fellow of SAE in 1997 and in 2008 he was the recipient of the SAE Medal of Honor. Mr. Challen is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and also the Institution of Engineering Technology (IET). He has served as General Chair for the SAE Noise and Vibration Conference from 1992-2003. In addition to being a regular contributor of technical papers to SAE, he also serves on the Engineering Meetings Board. Mr. Challen earned a B.Sc.(Eng.) in Mechanical Engineering and M.Sc. Noise and Vibration, Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, from Southampton University.

Chesneau, Howard

Chau, K. T.

K. T. Chau received his B.Sc.(Eng.) degree with 1st Class Honors, M.Phil. degree and Ph.D. degree all in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from The University of Hong Kong. He joined the alma mater in 1995, and currently serves as Professor and Director of the International Research Center for Electric Vehicles. He is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the IET. At present, he serves as Co-Editor of the Journal of Asian Electric Vehicles. Professor Chau has published over 300 refereed technical papers, co-authored a monograph Modern Electric Vehicle Technology , and wrote two book chapters “Electric Motor Drives for Battery, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Vehicles” and “Hybrid Vehicles” in Electric Vehicles: Technology, Research and Development and Alternative Fuels for Transportation , respectively. Professor Chau has received many awards: including the Chang Jiang Chair Professorship by the China’s Ministry of Education; the Environmental Excellence in Transportation Award for Education, Training and Public Awareness by the SAE International; the Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Technology at the International Conference on College Teaching and Learning; and the University Teaching Fellow Award by The University of Hong Kong.

Mr. Chesneau is the President of Fuel Quality Services, Inc. A recognized expert on fuel-related issues, he has over thirty years of experience in fuel additives, distillate fuel problems, fuel ﬁltration, and tank remediation. Additionly, Mr. Chesneau has extensive knowledge and ﬁeld experience in the area of microbial contamination and detection. Mr. Chesneau is on the IASH Board of Directors and is the past Chairman of the SAE Atlanta Section. He is an active member of other professional organizations including SAE, IATA, and ASTM. He currently serves on the IATA Working Group on Microbial Contamination, the ASTM Committee dealing with fuel from middle distillates to heavy oils, the ASTM Committee establishing speciﬁcations for biodiesel, and the ASTM Committee on jet fuel. In addition to his committee and working group activities, Mr. Chesneau has authored and co-authored many articles on the subject of fuel storage and handling that have been published in various trade magazines. Mr. Chesneau served as a commissioned ofﬁcer in the US Army and holds a B.S. degree from the University of Florida.

Comer, Jess J.

Dr. Jess J. Comer has signiﬁcant teaching experience in the areas of machine design, dynamics of machines, metal fatigue and failure analysis. He is co-author of the text Fundamentals of Metal Fatigue Analysis and is a registered Professional Engineer in South Dakota. Dr. Comer is a member of SAE, ASME and ASEE. He holds a B.S. and an M.S. in mechanical engineering from South Dakota School of Mines and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Cover, Richard J.

Chehroudi, Bruce

Dr. Chehroudi is Chief Scientist and Group Leader at Advanced Technology Consultants. His previous positions include: Principal Scientist at Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL/ERC), Chief Scientist at Raytheon STX (formerly Hughes Aircraft STX), Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and Research Staff Member at Princeton University. He specializes in ﬂuid mechanics and heat transfer, laser optical diagnostics, internal combustion engine, gas turbine and rocket engines, structure of sprays, gas turbine engines, combustion, fuel injection issues and emission of pollutants. Dr. Chehroudi is an AIAA Associate Fellow, a member of Ta Beta Pi and the recipient of several SAE awards including the Arch T. Colwell Merit Award, the Ralph R. Teetor Award, the SAE Recognition Award and the SAE Forest R. McFarland Award in recognition of his efforts and leadership in contributions to the Continuing Professional Development Seminars. He has taught courses in the areas of internal combustion engines, thermodynamics, thermophysics of gas ﬂows, combustion, and measurement system, and has more than 150 publications and over 200 presentations in conferences, national and international journals. Dr. Chehroudi has a Ph.D from Princeton University.

Mr. Cover is currently President of Richard J. Cover & Associates, a consulting ﬁrm specializing in metals and materials engineering, investment analysis and market research. He previously worked for General Motors as the Global Commodity Manager-Steel and Manager of Supplier Quality-Steel for North American Metal Fabricating. Prior to joining General Motors, Mr. Cover spent over twenty years with LTV Steel in positions including Director of Marketing and Technical Services, Manager of Automotive Marketing, District Sales ManagerAutomotive, and Manager of Automotive Technology. He also has experience in ferrous metallurgy research, reinforced plastics and test instrumentation. Mr. Cover has a B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering, a M.S. in Metallurgy and Materials Science, and a Master of Business Administration, all from the University of Pittsburgh.

Cressionnie, L. L. “Buddy”

Cheok Ph.D., Ka C.

Ka C. Cheok, Ph.D. is a Professor of Engineering at the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, Oakland University, Rochester, MI. He conducts theoretical and experimental research in driver’s assistance systems, navigation and guidance for autonomous unmanned vehicle systems and mobile robots, UWB tracking of multiple robots and assets. His work focuses on transition of R&D in intelligent systems, heuristics search, fuzzy logic, neural network and optimal control and estimation techniques into practical applications to smart mechatronics systems for

Mr. Cressionnie is currently the International and Americas IAQG 9100 Team Lead responsible for maintenance, revision, and clariﬁcation of the AS9100 standard. He is active in standards development as a voting member of the US Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to ISO/ TC 176 which writes ISO Quality Management System standards. He serves on the US TAG Interpretations Committee and is the Aerospace Sector Liaison to the US TAG. Mr. Cressionnie represents Lockheed Martin in these roles where he works in the Aeronautics Business Unit, a 31,000 employee operation across nine sites. He led the implementation of AS9100/ISO 9001:2000 standards and quality process area for Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI®) at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics into a centralized, integrated quality system. Buddy Cressionnie is an ASQ senior member with quality manager and quality auditor certiﬁcations. He is a certiﬁed RABQSA aerospace experienced auditor and International Register of Certiﬁed Auditors (IRCA) lead auditor for ISO 9001 and ISO 14001. Buddy Cressionnie received his MBA degree from Texas Christian University and Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Florida.

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