ALAN TAUB

(Term expires May 8, 2011)

Alan Taub is Executive Director in charge of GM Research & Development. He oversees GM’s seven science laboratories, located in Warren, MI, Bangalore, India, Honeoye Falls, NY, Mainz-Kastel, Germany, Palo Alto, CA, Tel Aviv, Israel, and Shanghai, China. These are focused on advanced powertrain and energy systems, computer-based design and analysis systems for vehicle engineering, electronics and information-based vehicle systems, new materials and fabrication processes, new more environmentally friendly fuels and lubricants, and more efficient emission control systems. In addition, he has responsibility for GM’s advanced technical work activity, which manages major innovation programs within the company, as well as GM’s global technology collaboration network, which is managed through science offices located around the world.

Dr. Taub received his bachelor’s degree in materials engineering from Brown University and master’s and Ph.D. degrees in applied physics from Harvard University. He spent nearly 15 years in research and development with General Electric, where he earned 26 patents, authored more than 60 papers, and ultimately managed the GE materials properties and processes laboratory. He also worked at Ford Motor Company for eight years, where he was manager of the materials science department, manager of North American vehicle crash safety, and manager of vehicle engineering for the Lincoln brand. He joined GM R&D as executive director in 2001.

Dr. Taub was elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering in 2006. He has been an active member of the Materials Research Society and the Industrial Research Institute and serves on advisory boards of several institutions, including Harvard University, Brown University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northwestern University, and the National Science Foundation. He was a member of the USCAR Automotive Composites Consortium from 1993 to 1997 and served with the PNGV Materials Tech Team from 1995 to 1997. Dr. Taub received the Materials Research Society’s Special Recognition Award in 2004 and Woody White Service Award in 2002. He was awarded the Brown University Engineering Alumni Medal in 2002.

Dr. Taub has presented numerous keynote and plenary lectures, including the ASM/TMS Distinguished Lecture on Materials and Society at the Materials Science & Technology 2007 Conference, 50^th Anniversary Laureate Lecture at the TMS 2007 Annual Meeting, the 2007 Wulff Lecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the 2006 Wenk Lecture at Johns Hopkins School of Engineering, and the 2002 Technology Distinguished Lecture at the University of Pennsylvania.

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