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Malath Arar
Staff Engineer
Piero Aversa
Global Chief Engineer - Advanced Driver Assistance
Robert Azzari
Global R&D Commercialization Engineer
Dean Barker
Vice President, Head of R&D
Richard Berger
Senior CAE Engineer PTC - Performance Cars
Nate Bernklau
Senior Drivetrain Engineer
Michael Brattoli
Engineering Systems Administrator
Eric Bronson
Senior Lighting Engineer
Sabin Carpiuc
Senior Engineer
Miguel Castillo
VP Technology Development
Jeff Crompton
Principal
Adrian Draghici
R&D Manager
David Ferguson
Global Technology Leader
Francesco Ferretti
Product Design Engineer
Jon Fifield
Chief Engineer
Mitch Finne
Senior Engineering Manager
Oscar Gallo
PhD Bioengineering
D V Satya Gupta
Technology Fellow
Clint Hamre
Senior Manager
Girish Haritz
Head, Industrialization - Medical and Agricultural Products
Jim Hathaway
Manager, Advanced Technologies Programs
John Hayes
Researcher in Residence
Robert Holzhauer
Electrical Cost Engineer
Dave Hosey
Engineering Manager
Frank Joa
Senior Scientist
Marilyn Johnson
Manager, Brand Design
David Jorde
Development Consultant
Tomasz Kawala
Senior Electronics Designer
Boris Khusid
Professor
Bharath Konda
Research Engineer
Girish Kshirsagar
Global Engineering Leader
David Kubista
Presedent
Jacque LaValle
Senior Electrical Engineer
Joseph Lipman
Director of Device Development
Peter Matysiak
Senior Process Engineer
Robert Mink
Senior Powertrain Engineer
Scott Moore
Chief Engineer
Kevin Moore
Senior Principal Engineer
Paul Nussbaum
Professor
Stephen Osborne
Stanley Earth Engineering Manager
David Ouellette
Senior Manager, Engineering, Global
Anilkumar Pandit
Senior Consulting Engineer
Jay Paster
Electronics Engineer
Samuel Phillips
Consulting Engineer
Marek Piechocinski
MEMS Design Engineer
Peter Piechocniski
Engineering Lead
Ron Pietrowski
Engineering Manager - Steam Distribution
Alfred Piggott
Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Jeffery Puschell
Principal Engineering Fellow
Antonio Quintieri
Principal Engineer
Samson Rajakumar
Depty General Manager, Transmission Systems
Edgar Rodriguez
Program Director, School of Design
Alex Selvarathinam
Aeronautical Engineer Senior Staff
Gary Sera
CEO and Director
Amit Sharma
Senior Controls Engineer
Mike Stokes
Principal Design Engineer
Samson Stoll
Systems Engineer
Adnan Turkey
Senior Professor, Engineering
Javier Valdes
Principal Engineer, Mechanical Engineering Design
William Vetterling
Research Fellow
Torbjorn Virdung
Technical Expert, Complete Vehicle CFD
Rich Wells
Assistant Professor
William Wells
R&D Engineer
Puck Yan
Principal Professional Staff
Bradley Yearous
Principal Engineer
Ozgur Yilmaz
Senior Process Engineer
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2019 Entries
>> All
>> Aerospace &Defense
>> Automotive/Transportation
>> Consumer Products
>> Electronics/Sensors/IoT
>> Manufacturing/Robotics/Automation
>> Medical
>> Sustainable Technologies
2019 Participants
2019 Results
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