ANN ARBOR – The
Center for Automotive Research announced it has added Andrew Brown Jr. to its
Board of Directors.
Brown
recently retired as Vice President & Chief Technologist for Delphi
Automotive where he was inducted into the Delphi Innovation Hall of Fame. Brown�s
accomplished career has included serving as the 2010 SAE International
President. He is a member of the National Academies and they appointed him to
serve as chair of the Board on Energy & Environmental Systems and chair of
Committee on Fuel Consumption Reduction for Medium and Heavy Duty Vehicles. He
has participated on the Cummins Science & Technology Council and currently
serves on the Deere & Company Global Technology and Innovation Advisory
Council (GTIAC). He has served as a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee
of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Energy and Environmental Sciences
Directorate.
After
working for Honeywell for a couple of years, Brown began his General Motors
career as a Project Engineer at Manufacturing Development in 1973. He has a
Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering from Wayne State University,
a Master of Business Administration in Finance and Marketing from Wayne State,
a Master of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering focused on energy and
environmental engineering from the University of Detroit-Mercy and earned a
Doctorate of Engineering in September 1992 from Wayne State. He has taught at
Wayne State, University of Michigan and Tsinghua University in China.
“Dr. Brown
will add an important perspective to CAR’s Board of Directors and assist CAR
with planning our future, especially as it relates to CAR�s research efforts in
numerous technology areas. We are very pleased to have such a distinguished
veteran of the industry joining our Board,” said Jay Baron, CAR�s CEO and
President.
