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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES AND ABSTRACTS
INFINITELY VARIABLE PLANETARY TECHNOLOGY
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 16, 2013, 2:00 P.M.
Robert Smithson
Vice President
Dana Holding Corporation
Rob Smithson is vice president, powertrain
innovations and engineering for Dana Holding
Corporation’s (NYSE: DAN) Light Vehicle
Driveline group. Prior to this, he served as
the chief technical officer and vice president
of business development for Fallbrook
Technologies Inc., and was a co-founder of the
company.
Smithson’s 25 years of experience also
includes stints as group leader of the
Drivetrain Design and NVH group for
Southwest Research Institute, product
development engineering for Ford Motor
Company; vice president of robot design and
a co-founder of ARM Automation, Inc.; as well
as spaceflight hardware engineering for the
McDonnell-Douglas Astronautics Company.
Smithson holds a bachelor’s degree in
Mechanical Engineering from Auburn
University and a master’s degree in Mechanical
Engineering from the University of Texas at
Austin. Additionally, he holds an Executive
Master of Science degree in Science &
Technology Commercialization with honors
from the McCombs School at the University
of Texas at Austin. In 2009, Smithson was
named a Fellow of the Society of Automotive
Engineers (SAE International).
ABSTRACT
This talk will cover the basic kinematics and
structure of Continously and Infinitely Variable
Planetary devices, which Dana is introducing
to the transmission market. The CVP/IVP has
a unique mechanical configuration that will
be shown to facilitate packaging in FWD,
RWD, and AWD applications. Power path
options available with the CVP/IVP and their
characteristics will also be presented.
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