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US, Canada, and Australia and speaks at engineering related functions. Mr. Dawson has written and collaborated on several technical books and manuals including Murphy’s Law Overruled (FMEA in Design, Process and Service), Ford Design Institute FMEA Handbook and AIAG Effective Error Proofing CQI-18. He has participated, written and presented numerous technical papers at ASQ, ASM and other professional organizations. Mr. Dawson has a B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering from Penn State University and is a Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE) and is a Master Black Belt in the practice of Six Sigma. Rami Debouk Rami Debouk has been a Staff Researcher at General Motors Global Research and Development Center in Warren, Michigan, since 2000. His research interests are in system safety methods and techniques, system of systems, failure diagnosis, and fault tolerant systems. Rami represents the U.S. as a technical expert in the development of the ISO 26262: Functional Safety - Road Vehicles Standard. He was named the “Engineer of the Year’ by the International System Safety Society in 2009 and was the recipient of the 2014 SAE/InterRegs Standards and Regulations Award for his involvement in developing and implementing safety processes and standards since 2001. Rami received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Robert Dekelbaum Robert Dekelbaum “Deker” is a founding partner of AutoImmune, Inc. AutoImmune was founded to exclusively address the cyber- security challenge in the automotive space. Deker was former the operations officer for Battelle’s automotive cybersecurity organization, the Center for Advanced Vehicle Environments. He has been a mobile security engineer, security Q/A test engineer, and cybersecurity trainer and lab manager for many projects for the US Department of Defense from 2002-2012; prior to that he ran security programs for large ISPs. Eric Denys Eric Denys is currently the Vice President of Global OE Brake and AM Integration at Wolverine Advanced Materials. He previously worked for Material Sciences Corporation and Federal-Mogul. Throughout his career, Mr. Denys has lead teams to achieve best-in-class in brake squeal on numerous vehicle lines and he is the recipient of the 2001 Ford Global Customer Satisfaction Award for his work on high mileage brake squeal reduction. His work has been published in numerous national and international papers, and in an SAE book on Disc Brake Squeal. Eric is a 6 Sigma Black Belt and is currently the chairman of the SAE Brake NVH Standards Committee. He received a B.S. in Mathematics from the Jean-Bart University, France and a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Technology of Compiegne, France and an MBA from the University Of Michigan.
that occur while the vehicle is being operated. He analyzes how these fire scenarios, along with vehicle design, operation, maintenance, repair, and aftermarket equipment, are related to mechanisms of fire causation, growth rate, and spread. He has specialized expertise in designing and conducting both component and full-scale tests to evaluate these complex relationships. Prior to joining Exponent, Dr. Colwell held research positions at AlliedSignal Aerospace, the Combustion Laboratory at Arizona State University, the High Temperature Gas Dynamics Laboratory at Stanford University, and the Thermal Sciences and Propulsion Center at Purdue University. He has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wyoming, a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University, a M.S. in Engineering from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University. Cybersecurity at ZF TRW. She has over six years of experience working in automotive cybersecurity and began promoting a cybersecurity process in early 2012 at SAE. An active member of several SAE International committees, Dr. Czerny played a key role in the development of the SAE Recommended Practice J3061. She has authored numerous papers and presentations in the areas of cybersecurity and safety-critical automotive system and has co-led workshops. Dr. Czerny also has over 18 years of experience working in automotive system safety and has worked on advanced development safety-critical automotive systems. She is an ISO technical expert and has actively participated in the development of ISO 26262 from its beginning. She is a member of the US Technical Advisory Group that worked on the development of ISO 26262. Dr. Czerny holds MS and PhD degrees in Computer Science from Michigan State University. Gregory Davis Dr. Gregory Davis is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University where he teaches courses in the Automotive and Thermal Science disciplines. He also serves as Director of the Automotive Engine Research Laboratory, and faculty advisor to the Clean Snowmobile Challenge Project. At Kettering, Dr. Hoff and Dr. Davis team-teach a graduate/undergraduate course on the fundamentals of automotive powertrains and they are co-authors of the text Introduction to Automotive Powertrains. Lee Dawson Mr. Dawson has been acquiring experience since 1983, in Quality and Reliability engineering. President and CEO of Quality-One International since 1986, Mr. Dawson had previously held engineering and training positions at Ford Motor Company, and Wickes Manufacturing. As CEO of Quality-One, Mr. Dawson has consulted with hundreds of companies and trained thousands of quality and engineering professionals in Failure Mode and Effects and Analysis (FMEA) and Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP). He periodically teaches these and other related quality and reliability courses for several colleges and universities in the Barbara Czerny Dr. Barbara Czerny is Sr. Technical Specialist Safety and
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