2012 Award Recipients
Lifetime Achievement Award Winners
USCAR began presenting Lifetime Achievement Awards in 2003 to recognize individuals who made significant contributions to USCAR during an extended period of time. Most recipients have been active USCAR participants for at least a decade. Their dedication, expertise and the value of their contributions to the organization and our member companies have been immeasurable.
Bill Charron (Ford)
Manufacturing/USAMP
Harshad Tataria (GM)
United States Advanced Battery Consortium
Team Award Winners
USCAR Team Awards recognize those teams and members who leveraged their resources, exceeded expectations, overcame challenges and created outstanding value for our member companies.
HUMOSIM Integration into Jack DHM
Lighting Group
Special Recognition Award Winners
The Special Recognition Award is designed to recognize individual OEM participants who excelled in the past year and demonstrated their exceptional commitment to USCAR by going above and beyond the call of duty. It recognizes those whose leadership inspires their teams to achieve greatness.
Ronald Elder (Chrysler)
Energy Storage TLC: United States Advanced Battery Consortium
Oliver Gross (Chrysler)
Energy Storage TLC: United States Advanced Battery Consortium
Michael Kirk (Chrysler)
Advanced Powertrain TLC: Transmission Working Group – Driveline Subteam
Hal Zatorski (Chrysler)
Advanced Powertrain TLC: Selective Catalytic Reduction Working Group
Shinichi Hirano (Ford)
Hydrogen and Fuel Cell TLC: U.S. DRIVE Fuel Cell Tech Team
Debbie Kowalski (Ford)
Finance Stakeholders
Al Masias (Ford)
Energy Storage TLC: United States Advanced Battery Consortium
Mike Veenstra (Ford)
Hydrogen and Fuel Cell TLC: U.S. DRIVE Hydrogen Tech Team
Richard Davis (GM)
Advanced Powertrain TLC: Engine Benchmarking Group
Louis Hector (GM)
Materials TLC: United States Automotive Materials Partnership – 3GAHSS ICME Project Team
Chang Kim (GM)
Advanced Powertrain TLC: Advanced Combustion and Emissions Control Tech Team
Research Partner Award Winners
The Research Partner Award recognizes external collaborators, who have become essential members of our USCAR teams. They bring the depth and resources of their organizations or companies, expanding our circle of collaboration, and go the extra mile and to do more than their contracts require.