On Thursday, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that MSE Professor and director of the U-M Electric Vehicle Center Alan Taub has been appointed to the Michigan Council on Future Mobility and Electrification. His term runs through Oct. 21, when he will be reappointed. He succeeds Eric Michielssen, Michigan Engineering Associate Dean of Research, who resigned from the council.

The Michigan Council on Future Mobility and Electrification serves in an advisory capacity to the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity and the Office of Future Mobility and Electrification, the Governor, and the Legislature, providing annual recommendations on changes in state policy. In doing so, the Council works to ensure Michigan continues to be an epicenter of future transportation solutions around mobility and electrification.

Prior to joining the University in 2012, Taub retired from General Motors as vice president for global research and development. He holds a Bachelor of Science in materials engineering from Brown University and a Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in applied physics from Harvard University.