Review of the Research Program of the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles Second Report (1996) / Chapter Skim
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Previously, he was an officer of TRW Inc., serving in various capacities in the company's Automotive Worldwide Sector, including vice president of engineering and group vice president, Transportation Electronics Group. Prior to joining TRW, he was employed by General Motors in many aerospace and automotive executive positions, including director of General Motors Proving Grounds; director of the Delco Electronics Division, Automotive Electronic and Safety Systems; and director of General Motors' Advanced Product Engineering Group.
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He subsequently joined General Electric Company, where his positions included manager of advanced development engineering and manager of marketing and product technology for the Transformer Business Department. He spent five years as a vice president of Kulhman Corporation, a manufacturer of power distribution transformers and automotive products, before joining the Ohio Aerospace Institute in 1991.
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He previously held a number of positions with General Dynamics Land Systems, including division vice president and general manager, Development and Integration Business Unit; vice president, Research Engineering and Logistics; director, Engineering Programs; and engineering manager, Advanced Ground Vehicle Technology.
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Hirsch was vice president and manager, Research and Technical Services Department, ARCO Oil and Gas Company; chief executive officer of ARCO Power Technologies; manager, Exxon Baytown Research and Development Division; and general manager, Exploratory Research, Exxon Research and Engineering Company. Earlier, he served as assistant administrator for Solar, Geothermal, and Advanced Energy Systems and irector, Division of Magnetic Fusion Energy Research, U.S.
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He previously held a number of senior management positions with the Bendix Corporation and Ford Motor Company, including vice president for the Allied Automotive Sector of Bendix Electronics Group; group director of engineering for Bendix Electronic Fuel Injection Division; manager of He Bendix Automotive Advanced Concepts Program; and chief engineer for the Electrical and Electronics Division of Ford.
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He is currently developing improved modeling and simulation systems for a fuel-cell bus program and works as a consultant to Pratt and Whitney on advanced gas turbine propulsion systems. His research at He University of Florida has involved both spark-ignition and diesel engines operating with many alternative fuels and advanced concepts for both types of engine.
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Her previous positions include senior policy analyst, and later assistant director, at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; special assistant for policy, planning and evaluation at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; and executive vice president of Seaguard Corporation, a manufacturer of marine coatings.
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Before coming to the United States in 1988, she was responsible for advanced materials development at British Aerospace Military Aircraft Division, Warton, United Kingdom. She received her B.A.
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She has been with the Studies and Information Services Division of TRB for nine years and has managed several policy studies, ranging from an evaluation of size regulations for heavy trucks on highway safety, industry productivity, traffic operations, and road wear to a strategic study of highway safety research priorities and programs to a study of data requirements to support transportation policy. Currently, she is managing a study of the effects of highway capacity improvements on air quality and energy consumption, which is jointly funded by the Federal Highway Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, state departments of transportation (through the National Cooperative Highway Research Program)
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