Executive Director
Science Laboratories

e-mail: alan.taub@gm.com
Phone: (586) 986-4817
Fax:(586) 986-8695

Address:
Mail Code 480-106-EX1
30500 Mound Rd
Warren, MI 48090-9055

Research Interests

• Mechanical and electrical properties of materials

Biography

Alan Taub joined General Motors Corp. on 1 January 2001 as
Executive Director - Science for GM Research and Development.

Taub is responsible for GM's six science laboratories in Warren, Michigan. These labs focus on a wide range of technology, including advanced powertrain systems; computer-based design and analysis systems for vehicle engineering; electronics- and information-based vehicle systems; new materials and fabrication processes; new, more environmentally friendly fuels and lubricants; and more efficient emission control systems.

Taub spent nearly 15 years in research and development with General Electric, where he earned 26 patents and authored more than 60 papers. For nine years, he conducted research on the mechanical and electrical properties of materials and later led a superconducting materials team that pioneered technology breakthroughs for commercial adoption by GE's medical group. He ultimately managed the GE materials properties and processes laboratory.

In 1993, Taub joined Ford Motor Company, managing the Materials Science Department, where he was responsible for advanced automotive body, chassis and powertrain materials. Later, he was manager of North American vehicle crash safety. Prior to joining GM, he was in product development as manager of vehicle engineering for the Lincoln brand.

He received a bachelor's degree in materials engineering in 1976 from Brown University. He earned a masters degree and PhD in applied physics from Harvard in 1977 and 1979 respectively.

Taub was a member of the USCAR Automotive Composites Consortium from 1993 to 1997 and served with the PNGV Materials Tech Team from 1995 to 1997. He has been an active member of the Materials Research Society and he serves on industrial advisory boards of several institutions, including Harvard, Brown, MIT and Sandia National Laboratories.

He is married with three children and resides in West Bloomfield, Michigan.

Honors and Awards

Professional Activities and Affiliations

Selected Publications

Patents