Dassault Systèmes | May 28, 2020
As Britain approached the end of its second month of lockdown and social distancing, prime minister Boris Johnson pinpointed manufacturing and construction as the particular industries that he felt could support a safe return to work for employees. The rest of the country, he said, should continue, if they could, to work from home, making use of the many collaboration and networking tools that have made teleworking an essential reality for millions.
The irony to all this is that collaboration and networking have been utterly intrinsic to manufacturing for over two decades now. The extended engineering teams of the 1990s, who would crowd around whiteboards or use, if they were lucky, 3D collaboration software on desktop PCs to mark up annotations on CAD/CAM engineering models generated on workstations and even mini-computers, are now fully fledged engineering enterprises with virtually every networked desktop and handheld device available.
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Dana Incorporated | May 11, 2020
Dana Incorporated today announced that Dr. Hong Yang has joined the company as senior director of electric vehicle systems engineering.
Dr. Yang most recently served as director of engineering for Sensata Technologies where he led the company's global engineering efforts for electrification.
Dr. Yang is currently an adjunct associate professor in the electrical and computer engineering department at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Dana Incorporated today announced that Dr. Hong Yang has joined the company as senior director of electric vehicle systems engineering for its Commercial Vehicle Drive and Motion business unit.
In this role, he will lead full electric vehicle architecture and systems engineering, including software deployment and testing, component and subsystem integration, as well as Dana's hybrid and electric vehicle strategies and product roadmap.
Dr. Yang's significant experience in electrified systems engineering is well suited for driving and expanding our e-Powertrain capabilities for customers.
- Ryan Laskey, senior vice president, Commercial Vehicle Drive and Motion Systems
Dr. Yang most recently served as director of engineering for Sensata Technologies where he led the company's global engineering efforts for electrification. Prior to this, he worked on autonomous vehicle integration for Uber's Advanced Technology Group; battery management systems for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles; and hybrid powertrain systems and controls for General Motors.
Dr. Yang's understanding of autonomous driving and software combined with his background in battery management and electric vehicle development makes him an excellent fit to lead our delivery of sustainable solutions for our customers.
- Christophe Dominiak, chief technology officer for Dana
He earned a master's degree in electrical engineering and a doctorate in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan, as well as a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and master's degree in robotics from Southeast University in Nanjing, China.
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Dr. Yang is currently an adjunct associate professor in the electrical and computer engineering department at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and serves as a guest editor for the International Journal of Vehicle Design. He is a committee member of IEEE ITEC, and an Advanced Battery session chair for the SAE World Congress.
About Dana Incorporated:
Dana is a world leader in providing power-conveyance and energy-management solutions that are engineered to improve the efficiency, performance, and sustainability of light vehicles, commercial vehicles, and off-highway equipment. Enabling the propulsion of conventional, hybrid, and electric-powered vehicles, Dana equips its customers with critical drive and motion systems; electrodynamic technologies; and thermal, sealing, and digital solutions.
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GoCardless | May 22, 2019
Payments firm GoCardless has migrated to Google’s cloud platform to support its expansion, while gaining the benefit of Google engineers attacking its problems. It has already cut costs by 25% and saved significant time that was previously spent provisioning new servers. Founded in 2011, GoCardless collects direct debits for businesses, ranging from very large organisations such as accounting software supplier Xero right down to small window-cleaning businesses.
The company sets up direct debits for customers, does things like know your customer (KYC) checks, and works with the bank to receive payments. As a fintech, it aims to make it easy for businesses to set up direct debits. In 2011, the company was just three people in a bedroom, but today it has more than 300 staff, mostly based in London. It also has offices in Germany, Australia, France and will open in the US soon.
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