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STEPS, Institute of Transportation Studies, Davis

2028 Academic Surge
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616

(530) 752-6548 phone

 

Home page for Joshua Cunningham

Program Manager, STEPS Program

Office phone (530) 752-1934

jmcunningham@ucdavis.edu


Summary

Currently, Joshua Cunningham is working with UC Davis’s Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis) as a program manager of the Sustainable Transportation Energy Pathways (STEPS) research program.  The program focuses on interdisciplinary analysis research comparing alternative fuel and vehicle pathways in the context of energy use, emissions, public policy, and private investment strategies.  In this role, Joshua helps to manage the relationships with the program sponsors, including automotive and energy partners, as well as public agency organizations.  His role also encompasses planning the research program structure encouraging collaborative work with various academic groups.  Joshua’s coordination efforts of proposals and contracts were also instrumental in launching the UC Davis Energy Efficiency Center (April 2006) and the CEC PIER-funded Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Research Center (February 2007).

Prior to working at ITS-Davis, Joshua was a systems engineer at UTCFuelCells working on transportation applications.  This work included system development on several projects, including the current AC Transit fuel cell bus and the Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle.  At UTCFuelCells, Joshua was also involved in advanced system planning and intellectual property strategy development for systems engineering group.  Joshua has prior experience as a component engineer at General Motors on production suspension systems.  His education credentials include a master’s degree in Transportation Technology and Policy (TTP) from UC Davis where he focused on fuel cell systems modeling research, and a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University.

Joshua is also an ENO Fellow, having been chosen to participate in ENO’s Transportation Leadership Development Program in May of 2000.  Additionally while in graduate school, he received fellowship funding from Chevron, and the US DOE Graduate Automotive Technology Education (GATE) program.

Education

MS, Transportation Technology & Policy (TTP) - University of California at Davis, June 2001

Thesis topic: "Air System Management for Fuel Cell Vehicle Applications"
Thesis Advisors: Professor Myron Hoffman and Dr. Robert Moore
Fellowships: DOE GATE, Chevron
ENO Fellow, 2000

BS, Mechanical Engineering - Michigan State University, May 1996

Selected Publications

• Cunningham, J.M., et al, “A Comparison of High Pressure and Low Pressure Operation of PEM Fuel Cell Systems”, SAE paper #2001-01-0538, presented at the SAE World Congress, Detroit MI, March 2001.

• Cunningham, J.M., et al, “The Implications of using an Expander (Turbine) in an Air System of a PEM Fuel Cell Engine”, Electric Vehicle Symposium 17, Montreal Quebec, October 17, 2000.

• Cunningham, J.M., et al, “Requirements for a Flexible and Realistic Air Supply Model for Incorporation into a Fuel Cell Vehicle System Simulation”, SAE paper #1999-01-2912, presented at the SAE FTT Conference, Costa Mesa CA, August 1999.

Activities

Music dominated Joshua's spare time in high school and college where he was a drummer in a number of musical groups.  This included jazz and pop music small bands with regional performances, as well as a 3 year involvement in professional drum and bugle corps activity, having toured with the Blue Coats in 1993 and 1994.

Currently, Joshua enjoys hiking and mountain biking in his spare time.