Cars of Today… Fuels for the Future Panel Discussion
Featuring: Dr. Isaac Porche, RAND Corporation
Thursday, April 21, 2005
5:00-6:30 pm
Connan Room, Carnegie Mellon University Center
RAND Corporation analyst Isaac Porche III will draw on his training and experience in car manufacture, California’s zero-emissions vehicle program, electric and hybrid gasoline-electric vehicles, and natural gas and hydrogen as alternative fuels to explore the future of energy-saving automobiles.
Dr. Porche received his engineering and computer science doctorate from the University of Michigan after being awarded a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley, where he helped develop an automated demonstration project in which 15 driverless cars moved safely along an experimental roadway. He worked on the design team for the General Motors electric battery-powered car and on electric ship design for the U.S. Navy. Dr. Porche has also been employed by the Environmental Institute of Michigan as a research engineer on traffic and transportation studies and has analyzed California’s clean air zero-emissions efforts for the RAND Corporation.
Read more about Dr. Porche in this Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article.
Dr. Porche’s talk will be followed by hors d’oeuvres and a panel discussion featuring representatives from several Carnegie Mellon departments, as well as owners of alternative fuel vehicles.
Brought to you by Sustainable Students, Group Against Smog & Pollution, and the Steinbrenner Institute.