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Featuring:

-The 2020 overall best Zone and PIC papers and the Outstanding Teaching Award winner

-Corporate Member Council speaker

Moderated by

1. Dr. Adrienne Minerick, Mrs. Dora Smith, Dr. Beth M Holloway, and Mr. Nathan Kahl

Speaker

1. Dr. Jeffrey A. Abell P.E.

   General Motors Corporation

   Director, Manufacturing Systems Research Lab, Chief Scientist for Global Manufacturing, Global Research and Development

   Dr. Jeffrey Abell is Chief Scientist for Global Manufacturing and Director of Manufacturing Systems Research at General Motors. He is responsible for global manufacturing research focused on vehicle electrification, lightweight systems manufacturing, automation, and smart manufacturing. He led a research team that played a key role in bringing the Chevy Volt advanced battery to production and has held other leadership positions in product development and manufacturing at GM, Delphi, and DaimlerChrysler, including two international assignments. He has written numerous technical publications, been granted several patents, and has a strong track record of successful manufacturing technology implementation. He was twice presented with the Boss Kettering award, GM's highest recognition for technical innovation.

   Since 1998, Dr. Abell has served in various capacities with SME such as member of International Awards committee and Chair of Education and Accreditation Committee. He has been elected to the NAMRI board and is an SME Fellow. He is Vice-Chair of the Industrial Advisory Council and member of the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. He has a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from General Motors Institute (now Kettering University), and graduate degrees in Systems Engineering from Oakland University, and is a licensed Professional Engineer.

Papers Presented

1. 2020 BEST PIC III PAPER and BEST OVERALL PAPER WINNER - Do Open-Ended Design Projects Motivate First-Year Engineering Students? [view paper]
   Dr. Chao Wang (Arizona State University)
2. 2020 BEST ZONE IV PAPER and BEST OVERALL ZONE WINNER - BOOSTing Preparedness Through Engineering Project-based Service Learning [view paper]
   Dr. Deborah Won (California State University, Los Angeles), Dr. Gisele Ragusa (University of Southern California), Dr. Gustavo B. Menezes (California State University, Los Angeles), Prof. Adel Sharif (California State University, Los Angeles), Masood Shahverdi (California State University, Los Angeles), Ni Li (California State University, Los Angeles), and Dr. Arturo Pacheco-Vega (California State University, Los Angeles)
3. BEST OVERALL DIVERSITY PAPER WINNER - An Exploratory Study of Intentionality Towards Diversity in STEM Faculty Hiring [view paper]
   Ms. Samara Rose Boyle (Rice University ), Dr. Canek Moises Luna Phillips (Rice University), Dr. Yvette E. Pearson P.E. (University of Texas at Dallas), Dr. Reginald Desroches (Rice University), Prof. Stephen P. Mattingly (The University of Texas at Arlington), Dr. Anne Nordberg (University of Texas at Arlington), Prof. Wei Wayne Li (Texas Southern University), and Prof. Hanadi S. Rifai P.E. (University of Houston - COE)