U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Vehicle Technologies Program

Organization and Contacts

General Information

Office of Vehicle Technologies
Telephone: (202) 586-8055
Fax: (202) 586-7409
Mailing Address: EE-2G
Room 5G-030
1000 Independence Ave, SW
Washington, DC 20585
Web site: http://www.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels

Program Contacts

Program Manager

Patrick Davis
patrick.davis@ee.doe.gov

FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership

Keith Hardy (Argonne), Acting Director 
khardy@anl.gov

21st Century Truck Partnership

Ken Howden, Director
ken.howden@ee.doe.gov

Chief Scientist

Dr. James Eberhardt
james.eberhardt@ee.doe.gov

Analysis

Phil Patterson
philip.patterson@ee.doe.gov
Jacob Ward
jacob.ward@ee.doe.gov

Education & Outreach

Connie Bezanson
mailto:connie.bezanson@ee.doe.gov
Jennifer Krajewski
jennifer.krajewski@hq.doe.gov

Supervisory General Engineer

Vacant

Supervisory General Engineer

Drew Ronneberg
drew.ronneberg@ee.doe.gov

Hybrid Electric Systems

Dave Howell, Team Leader 
david.howell@ee.doe.gov

• Vehicle Systems
  • Lee Slezak (lee.slezak@ee.doe.gov)
• Technology Validation
  • John Garbak (john.garbak@ee.doe.gov)
• Energy Storage
  • Dave Howell (david.howell@ee.doe.gov)
  • Jim Barnes (Navy) (james.barnes@ee.doe.gov)
• Power Electronics & Electric Motors
  • Susan Rogers (susan.rogers@ee.doe.gov)
  • Stephen Boyd (steven.boyd@ee.doe.gov)

Materials Technologies

Carol Schutte, Team Leader
carol.schutte@ee.doe.gov

• Lightweight Materials
  • Joe Carpenter (joseph.carpenter@ee.doe.gov)
• Propulsion Materials
  • Jerry Gibbs (jerry.gibbs@ee.doe.gov)
• High-Temp Materials Lab
  • James Eberhardt (james.eberhardt@ee.doe.gov)

Fuels Technologies

Kevin Stork, Team Leader
kevin.stork@ee.doe.gov

• Advanced Petroleum-Based Fuels
  • Kevin Stork (kevin.stork@ee.doe.gov)
• Non-Petroleum Fuels
  • Dennis Smith (dennis.a.smith@ee.doe.gov)
• Tech. Introduction/Clean Cities
  • Dana O'Hara (dana.o'hara@ee.doe.gov)
  • Linda Bluestein (linda.bluestein@ee.doe.gov)
  • Dennis Smith (dennis.a.smith@ee.doe.gov)
  • Shannon Shea (shannon.shea@ee.doe.gov)
• Safety, Codes, & Standards
  • Antonio Ruiz (antonio.ruiz@ee.doe.gov)

Advanced Combustion Engine R&D

Gurpreet Singh, Team Leader
gurpreet.singh@ee.doe.gov

• Combustion and Emission Controls
  • Gurpreet Singh (gurpreet.singh@ee.doe.gov)
  • Ken Howden (ken.howden@ee.doe.gov)
  • Roland Gravel (roland.gravel@ee.doe.gov)
  • Tom Avedisian (AAAS) (ctaz@cornell.edu)
• Solid State Energy Conversion
  • John Fairbanks (john.fairbanks@ee.doe.gov)