Machines | Towards 2050: Options for Reducing Light-Duty Vehicle Energy Use and GHG Emissions

The fifth presenter in Volpe’s Beyond Traffic speaker series, John B. Heywood, PhD, is the Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering and director of the Sloan Automotive Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he has been on faculty since 1968. Dr. Heywood has published more than 225 papers and written five books, including Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals, which is a major text and professional reference in the field of mechanical engineering. His interests include internal combustion engines, their fuels, and broader studies of future transportation technology and policy, fuel supply options, and air pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions. This highlight video captures key excerpts from his talk—“Towards 2050: Options for Reducing Light-Duty Vehicle Energy Use and GHG Emissions”—at Volpe on November 5, 2015. Please see our events page for upcoming speakers at Volpe: http://www.volpe.dot.gov/events.