John Kluza

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Introduction John is a Master’s candidate in the System Design and Management (SDM) Program, co-granted by MIT Sloan and MIT School of Engineering, and plans to graduate in June 2009. His research interests are in the business implications and propagation dynamics of advanced drive train vehicle and smart grid technologies. John is Lecture Chair for the MIT Energy Club. For his summer internship in 2008, John worked at A123 Systems, a leading supplier of high-power lithium ion batteries. At A123, he worked on business, technical and legal material for A123’s IPO filing and on HEV/EV battery competitive analysis. Prior to MIT, he worked for 5 years at The MathWorks, creators of MATLAB, in roles such as Senior Consulting Engineer and Application Engineer. His previous degrees are a Master’s in Mechanical Engineering (Controls/Robotics) at Penn State University and a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering at Lehigh University. John has also been involved with the FutureTruck and ChallengeX collegiate hybrid vehicle competitions as a competitor, mentor and judge.