Automotive Steel Industry Experts Honored By Auto/Steel Partnership
Thirty-six individuals representing steel producing companies and automakers were recognized today during the Award of Excellence presentation as part of the Tech Day 2020 event sponsored by Auto/Steel Partnership. Auto/Steel Partnership Executive Director Michael Davenport said "The Auto/Steel Partnership succeeds because of innovation through collaboration. The Excellence awards acknowledge those from the consortium who have demonstrated this skill and the winners were chosen by their peers in the automotive and steel industries as leaders in their field. Their outstanding contributions continue to move A/SP and the industry forward."
Award selections were based on A/SP project work conducted over the past year and voted on by the Joint Policy Council of the Partnership. Criteria included demonstrating technical expertise necessary to execute or significantly contribute to project results with excellence and on time.
Certificates and trophies were awarded to:
Individual Category
1) I Iassan Ghassemi-Armaki, ArcelorMittal
2) Evangelos Liasi, Ford Motor Company
3) Joseph Polewarczyk, General Motors Company
Most Valuable Player Category
1) J.P. Singh, General Motors Company
2) Thomas Stoughton, General Motors Company
3) Dajun Zhou, FCA US LLC
Project Team Category
Joining Team, Project Team Members:
1) I Iassan Ghassemi-Armaki, ArcelorMittal, Team Lead
2) Sheshadri Anantharam, FCA US LLC
3) Adam Ballard, General Motors Company
4) Constantin Chiriac, Ford Motor Company
5) Steven Cipriano, General Motors Company
6) Ted Coon, Ford Motor Company
7) Mark Fistler, FCA US LLC
8) Dean Kanelos, Nucor Corporation
9) I Iamid Keshtkar, FCA US LLC
10) Qaiser Khan, ArcelorMittal
11) Srinath Kistampally, Martinrea International
12) Shawn Kruczyk, Martinrea International
13) I Iokook Lee, POSCO America
14) Bryan Macek, FCA US LLC
15) Narayan Menon, FCA US LLC
16) Vincent Millioto, Martinrea International
17) Andrea Orr, Ford Motor Company
18) Michael Palko, Ford Motor Company
19) Juan Pablo Pedraza, Ternium
20) Robert Ruokolainen, FCA US LLC
21) Michael Shaw, FCA US LLC
22) J.P. Singh, General Motors Company
23) Mohan Subramanian, AK Steel, A Cleveland-Cliffs Company
24) Weiping Sun, Nucor Corporation
25) Zhenke Tong, General Motors Company
26) Bill Trojanowski, FCA US LLC
27) Zhifen Wang, ArcelorMittal
28) Tingting Zhang, General Motors Company
29) Eduardo Zuniga, Ford Motor Company
Key Collaborator Category
1) Michael Worswick, University of Waterloo
Auto/Steel Partnership is a consortium of the American Iron ami Steel Institute's Automotive Applications Council, FCA US LLC, Font Motor Company, General Motors Company, and tier one Affiliates. Members of the Partnership leverage shared research in a pre-competitive environment as they work together to identify industrial solutions. Project teams within the Partnership conduct real-time studies in vehicle design applications using steel.
Source : STRATEGIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE