SAE 2012 Heavy Duty Vehicles Symposium

speaker Biographies
Satish Chandra
Director, Advanced System Integration
Cummins Inc.
Mark Cooper
Southwest Research Institute
Satish Chandra is the Director
- Advanced System Integration
department in the Research
and Technology (R&T) division
of Cummins Technical Center
(CTC). He is currently leading a team focussed on the
Waste Heat Recovery efforts for on-highway heavy duty
automotive application. This project builds upon the
several years of prior WHR work at Cummins and is
partly funded by the Department of Energy’s SuperTruck
program. Mr. Chandra holds a MS in Mechanical
Engineering and an MBA from Kellogg School of
Management. He has extensive industry experience
and has held significant roles at Cummins in the past in
research, new product introduction, manufacturing quality,
and, in functional leadership.
Mark has a BSME from Texas
A&M University. Mark worked at
Southwest Research Institute for
5 years overseeing a variety of
projects relating to automotive
engine lubricant evaluation, driveline component, and
coolant evaluation, including standardized industry tests
and proprietary testing.
Since 1989 Mark has worked for Chevron Oronite
Company in all areas related to engine lubricants,
including additive technology development, engine oil
formulating, field testing, industry engine lubricant tests,
and proprietary engine lubricant evaluations. Mark’s
work touches all areas of engine lubricant performance
including wear, deposit formation, oxidation, viscosity
increase, fuel economy and exhaust aftertreatment.
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SAE 2012 Heavy Duty Vehicles Symposium