SAE Update - June 2019 - 15

MEMBER NEWS
What is the most interesting activity that
you are engaged in at the moment?
Studying battery electric vehicles to learn of
the critical issues, how fast they might
penetrate the market, and the implications
to the internal combustion engine. Took a
big risk and stepped out of my engine and
emissions comfort zone and into
electrochemistry, battery technology, and
trends in BEVs.  It's been a reinvigorating,
late career shift. Handing out hundreds of
business cards again!  Took on the ad hoc
role of being in the interface (the
"whisperer") between ICEs and BEVs; a
moderator of the discussion.
What past activity, accomplishment, or
memory gives you the most satisfaction?
My most gratifying accomplishment came
early in my current job. In 1998, I came
across a presentation from the Millford
Proving Grounds in the UK in which they
retrofit a few London diesel buses with
diesel particulate filters (DPFs), and
reported very low particulate emissions. A
few months later, I was in an EPA advisory
committee meeting sitting next to Dick
Gibbs, who was the Director of Mobile
Source Emissions for the state of New York. 
Dick related to me that NYC was planning to
spend hundreds of millions of dollars buying
new natural-gas buses to remove the diesel
particulate emissions from the street
canyons. After sketching out some numbers

UPDATE

Tim poses with the first diesel engine model built
by MAN, in 1899. Engine No. 21. 180 RPM, 20 HP.
Gifted to Yanmar's founder, Magokichi Yamaoka in
1957, it's now in Yanmar's headquarters lobby.

in my head, I told Dick he could retrofit 20
buses with DPFs for the same cost as buying
one natural gas bus. Within a few weeks, I
was meeting with the MTA in NYC, and soon
after they significantly scaled back their
plans and moved forward with retrofitting
all their diesel buses with filters.
Paris shortly followed, and this, along with
the Swiss requirement to put DPFs on their
tunneling equipment, combined with the

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SAE Update - June 2019

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of SAE Update - June 2019

SAE Update - June 2019
Contents
SAE on solid financial and technology footing, CEO says at Annual Business Meeting
SAE on the edge with new technical reports
Committee selects nominees for SAE Board of Directors positions
PROPEL: All about volunteerism
'The best of the best'
Dossier: Dr. Timothy V. Johnson
Farewells
What’s happening in the Member Connection
Tips to preventing dryer fire
Save on your summer vacation with SAE Membership
2018-2019 SAE Section year highlight: SAE Milwaukee Section hosts Student Night
SAE Detroit Section has busy schedule
Funding for student projects awarded by SAE Washington, DC, Section
2019 SAE Medal of Honor winner hailed
Nomination deadline approaching for SAE leadership awards
Wireless power transfer advances through standardization
WCX 2019: The AV “Money Race” is on
SAE book wins silver in contest
Baja SAE: more than just winning
Classified advertising
SAE Update - June 2019 - SAE Update - June 2019
SAE Update - June 2019 - Contents
SAE Update - June 2019 - SAE on solid financial and technology footing, CEO says at Annual Business Meeting
SAE Update - June 2019 - 3
SAE Update - June 2019 - SAE on the edge with new technical reports
SAE Update - June 2019 - Committee selects nominees for SAE Board of Directors positions
SAE Update - June 2019 - PROPEL: All about volunteerism
SAE Update - June 2019 - 7
SAE Update - June 2019 - 'The best of the best'
SAE Update - June 2019 - 9
SAE Update - June 2019 - 10
SAE Update - June 2019 - 11
SAE Update - June 2019 - 12
SAE Update - June 2019 - 13
SAE Update - June 2019 - Dossier: Dr. Timothy V. Johnson
SAE Update - June 2019 - 15
SAE Update - June 2019 - 16
SAE Update - June 2019 - 17
SAE Update - June 2019 - Farewells
SAE Update - June 2019 - 19
SAE Update - June 2019 - What’s happening in the Member Connection
SAE Update - June 2019 - 21
SAE Update - June 2019 - Tips to preventing dryer fire
SAE Update - June 2019 - Save on your summer vacation with SAE Membership
SAE Update - June 2019 - 2018-2019 SAE Section year highlight: SAE Milwaukee Section hosts Student Night
SAE Update - June 2019 - 25
SAE Update - June 2019 - 26
SAE Update - June 2019 - SAE Detroit Section has busy schedule
SAE Update - June 2019 - Funding for student projects awarded by SAE Washington, DC, Section
SAE Update - June 2019 - 2019 SAE Medal of Honor winner hailed
SAE Update - June 2019 - 30
SAE Update - June 2019 - Nomination deadline approaching for SAE leadership awards
SAE Update - June 2019 - 32
SAE Update - June 2019 - Wireless power transfer advances through standardization
SAE Update - June 2019 - 34
SAE Update - June 2019 - WCX 2019: The AV “Money Race” is on
SAE Update - June 2019 - SAE book wins silver in contest
SAE Update - June 2019 - 37
SAE Update - June 2019 - Baja SAE: more than just winning
SAE Update - June 2019 - 39
SAE Update - June 2019 - Classified advertising
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