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Appendix A: Committee Member Biographies
Pages 15-24

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From page 15...
... He has served on three prior National Academies ad hoc study committees, and served as vice chair of the Charles Stark Draper Prize Committee in 2014. He is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Association of Artificial Intelligence, and the Indian Academy of Engineering.
From page 16...
... Dr. Savitz currently serves on the board of the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy and on advisory bodies for Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, and Fermi Research Alliance.
From page 17...
... She currently serves on the National Academies' National Materials and Manufacturing Board (NMMB) , and the World Economic Forum's Future of Advanced Materials Global Agenda Council, and previously served on the National Academies' Committee on Harnessing Light: Capitalizing on Optical Science Trends and Challenges for Future Research.
From page 18...
... Prior to joining RAND, he served as an American Association for the Advancement of Science Defense Science & Technology Policy Fellow in the Department of Defense Office of the Director for Defense Research and Engineering. After finishing graduate school, he earned a National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship, during which he conducted research on thin film material at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
From page 19...
... Prior to his investment work, he worked at General Electric, mainly at Corporate Research. In his various roles, he led evaluation of disruptive technologies for GE Energy, supported installation and repair of gas turbine power plants worldwide, served as developer and lead of a solid oxide fuel cell program and a low-carbon technologies program, carried out technical diligence on multiple fuel cell companies, and evaluated and ranked Gen III and Gen IV nuclear power cycles.
From page 20...
... Dr. Shipp's work spans topics related to the use of all data to advance policy, the science of data science, and metropolitan analytics.
From page 21...
... John Wall served as Vice President and Chief Technical officer for Cummins Inc. In this role, he oversaw more than 6,000 engineers working to design internal combustion engines, power generation systems, and related technologies in Cummins technical centers around the world.
From page 22...
... Williams worked at the RAND Corporation, where she led several government strategic planning and evaluation projects, including providing technical assistance to seven National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) programs preparing for external review by the National Academies.
From page 23...
... In addition, Dr. Yang investigates the application of nanostructures in direct solar energy conversion to storable fuels such as hydrogen (H2)


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