KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Sarah (Ollila) Kleinbaum
ABSTRACT
The Lightweight Materials National Laboratory Consortium, or LightMAT, is a network of 10 national laboratories with technical capabilities highly relevant to lightweight materials development and utilization. LightMAT provides straightforward access to resources and capabilities in this network via a single point of contact and works to match industry research teams with expertise and equipment found only at national laboratories.
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
Sarah (Ollila) Kleinbaum is the Technology Development Manager for Joining of Dissimilar Materials in the Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technology Office. In this role, she assesses the challenges facing the automotive industry to implement lightweight vehicles and sponsors technical research projects including academia, national laboratory, and industry partners to address those challenges. Sarah also serves as co-director of the LightMAT consortium which seeks to enhance the collaboration between industry and national labs in order to accelerate the development and implementation of lightweight automotive materials. Prior to her work at the Department of Energy, Sarah managed the Materials Analysis and Approval Laboratory for North America at Whirlpool Corp. Sarah received both her Masters of Science and Bachelor’s degree in Materials Engineering from Purdue University.
Carla Bailo
ABSTRACT
Carla Bailo will discuss the future of mobility and the potential impacts of automated, connected, electrified and shared mobility services on the traditional and emerging industry. Bailo will touch on opportunities for engineered plastics and composites in this rapidly evolving automotive and mobility landscape which includes Smart Cities, Smart Mobility and Smart Infrastructure.
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
Carla Bailo is the President and CEO of the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), and is a leader in engineering and vehicle program management with 35 years of experience in the automotive industry. Under Carla’s leadership, CAR continues to be a preeminent resource of objective and unbiased research, analysis, and information regarding the North American automotive industry.
In addition to her role at CAR, Carla is the 2016-2018 vice president of automotive for SAE International, a global association of more than 138,000 engineers and related technical experts in the aerospace, automotive and commercial-vehicle industries.
Prior to joining CAR, Carla was most recently the assistant vice president for mobility research and business development at The Ohio State University. Carla also has 25 years of experience at Nissan North America, Inc., where she served as senior vice president of research and development. She has a MS degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan and a BS degree in mechanical engineering from Kettering University.
