TRW Honors Six Technology Leaders as Automotive Fellows for 2000
11 October 2000
TRW Honors Six Technology Leaders as Automotive Fellows for 2000
Business Editors/Automotive WritersCLEVELAND--Oct. 11, 2000--TRW Inc. has recognized the technical excellence of six employees by naming them to the 2000 class of the TRW Automotive Engineering & Manufacturing Fellows Program. Individuals selected for the Automotive Fellows program represent TRW's highest caliber of scientific, technical, and manufacturing engineering talent.
"The TRW Automotive Fellows represent the best and the brightest of an extremely skilled and knowledgeable technical community," said David M. Cote, TRW president and chief operating officer. "Their ability to predict market needs and create those next-generation products are the key reasons that customers all over the world turn to TRW for technical solutions."
The 2000 TRW Automotive Fellows are:
Jeffrey R. Coles, who has provided 25 years of leadership and expertise in the design and development of electric motors and their controllers. He is the technology leader of a specialist group responsible for chassis systems motor technology/electromagnetics at the TRW automotive technical center in Solihull, England.
Mr. Coles led the team that devised one of the world's first AC induction motor drives for electric vehicles in 1977 and designed the initial brushless motors used in TRW's electrically-assisted steering systems. This motor technology also has application in TRW's anti-lock braking (ABS) systems and electric braking, electric suspension and solenoid controller systems. He has also initiated and then supported many of the company's activities in electric actuation and electric control for aerospace applications such as electrically driven fuel pumps, electrically actuated flight control surfaces and integrated starter-generators.
Mr. Coles graduated from the University of Wales Institute of Science & Technology in Cardiff, South Wales, with a bachelor of engineering degree in electrical/electronics. He holds four U.S./European patents. He joined TRW in 1976 to work on the electric vehicle program.
Chek-Peng (Anson) Foo, Ph.D., has provided a decade of leadership in developing next-generation algorithm system architectures for smart restraints, with significant contributions in the areas of crash severity sensing, occupant weight sensing, occupant position sensing, and rollover detection. He is a technical specialist/manager leading the algorithm development and applications group at TRW's automotive electronics business in Farmington Hills, Michigan, U.S.A.
Dr. Foo was the principal designer on TRW's most successful generations of front-impact sensing algorithms and the principal designer of all of the company's side-impact sensing algorithms. He is recognized as an industry leader in crash sensing algorithm design. Dr. Foo has been further recognized by the company with two consecutive TRW Chairman's Awards for Innovation, in 1997 and 1998. Dr. Foo holds a doctorate in aerospace engineering, a master of science degree in aerospace engineering, and a bachelor of science degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He holds six U.S. patents, with another 15 pending. He joined TRW in 1993.
Ying-Kuo Lee, Ph.D., who for nearly 20 years has led the field in computer-aided analysis and design in materials processing and mechanical behavior modeling. He is a staff engineer/computer-aided engineering (CAE) technical specialist with TRW's occupant safety systems business in Washington, Michigan, U.S.A.
Dr. Lee's expertise spans physical and mechanical metallurgy, manufacturing processes, deformation processing, fatigue and fracture mechanics, heat aging, and accelerated testing. Most recently, Dr. Lee's cross-disciplinary approach of materials engineering and CAE has helped guide one of TRW's key inflator designs used in automotive air bags.
Dr. Lee holds a doctorate in mechanical engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, a master of science degree in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, and a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Tatung Institute of Technology in Taipei, Taiwan. He is the author of 17 scholarly papers and the recipient of the SIGMA XI award, honoring international scientific achievement. He is a member of the ASTM E-08 committee on fracture and fatigue. He joined TRW in 1996.
Kevin M. McLaughlin, who, over the past decade, created much of the controls design behind TRW's electric steering systems. An expert in control systems, he is the chief technology engineer for electrically assisted steering at TRW's chassis systems business in Sterling Heights, Michigan, U.S.A.
Mr. McLaughlin was the lead engineer in implementing the first permanent magnet AC controlled motor in the ballnut electrically powered steering system. While in the aerospace business at TRW, he managed the flight operations for attitude control and determination subsystem for the Gamma Ray Observatory. He is the author of numerous scholarly papers, holds eight U.S. patents with another three pending, and was commended by NASA for the re-boost of the Gamma Ray Observatory.
Mr. McLaughlin holds a master of science degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, and a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He joined TRW in 1985.
Stephen J. Prosser, Ph.D., whose leadership and expertise in automotive sensors, actuators and electronic assemblies over the past two decades has led to various new products, including a low-cost silicon pressure sensor, which was named as one of the top 40 new products for 1997 by Product Design & Development magazine. He is technology manager for automotive electronics at the TRW automotive technical center in Solihull, England.
Dr. Prosser's current focus is electronics and sensors integration, especially the transition from reactive chassis systems, such as ABS systems and power steering, to future predictive systems, such as collision avoidance. He is the author of more than 30 technical publications ranging from sensors and micro-engineering to automotive/aerospace applications. In 1997, he was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and, in1999, was named a chartered engineer by the Engineering Council in the United Kingdom.
Dr. Prosser holds a doctorate in physics and master and bachelor of science degrees in chemistry from Oxford University in England. He is currently visiting professor of engineering at Lancaster University in the United Kingdom. He joined TRW in 1985.
Yongbin Yuan, Ph.D., who has provided expertise and leadership in the areas of materials modeling and engineering as applied to automotive systems. He is a senior manager in the braking systems group, chassis systems, in Livonia, Michigan, U.S.A.
Dr. Yuan's expertise is in friction and wear. Among his many accomplishments is the development of a computer-controlled tribometer system capable of accurate measurement of friction and a theoretical method for finite-element-analysis-based analysis of brake noise. He holds two U.S. patents and has published numerous technical papers.
Dr. Yuan, who is trilingual, holds a doctorate in engineering mechanics and a master of science degree in operations management from Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan; a master of science degree in mechanical engineering from Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan; and a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering-machine design from East China University of Science and Technology in Nan-Jing, China. He joined TRW in 1998.
Each Automotive Fellow will receive three years of renewable, company-funded study in his chosen field, a monetary award of 10 percent of his salary, stock options, and opportunities to serve as technology ambassadors across TRW's automotive businesses.
TRW Inc. provides advanced technology products and services for the global automotive, aerospace and information systems markets. The company, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A., is one of the world's largest independent automotive suppliers in the world.
TRW Automotive produces braking systems, steering and suspension systems and aftermarket replacement parts, electronic safety and security systems, occupant restraint systems, engineered fastening systems and engine components. The company's news releases are available on two internet sites (www.trw.com and www.businesswire.com/trw/).