FCA US LLC Engineer Among SAE Fellows for 2015
Fellow is the highest order of membership in the Society of Automotive Engineers. It recognizes those who have made a significant impact on SAE’s mission to promote mobility technology.
The announcement marks Dourra’s third major SAE honor in three years, having received the Forest R. McFarland Award in 2014 for sharing technical information and the Edward Cole Award in 2013 for inspirational leadership.
Dourra, 58, joined the company in 1982 and currently leads the powertrain control science team. He holds more than 25 U.S. patents and five international patents and helped pioneer the industry’s first electronic transmission controls.
Dourra was the first beneficiary of the company’s Technical Fellow program, earning the title in 2008. Technical Fellow is a title reserved for recognized industry experts.
In 2008, he shared the Walter P. Chrysler Technology Award. Dourra won for his work on an algorithm that enables precise control of multiple shift elements.
About FCA US LLC
FCA US LLC is a North American automaker with a new name and a long history. Headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan, FCA US is a member of the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (FCA) family of companies. FCA US designs, engineers, manufactures and sells vehicles under the Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Ram and FIAT brands as well as the SRT performance vehicle designation. The company also distributes the Alfa Romeo 4C model and Mopar products. FCA US is building upon the historic foundations of Chrysler, the innovative American automaker first established by Walter P. Chrysler in 1925; and Fiat, founded in Italy in 1899 by pioneering entrepreneurs, including Giovanni Agnelli.
FCA, the seventh-largest automaker in the world based on total annual vehicle sales, is an international automotive group. FCA is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “FCAU” and on the Mercato Telematico Azionario under the symbol “FCA.”
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