Director
Office For the Study of Automotive Transportation
Transportation Research Institute
University of Michigan
The Buhr Bldg., 837 Greene St.
Suite 1210
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-3213
TEL: (734) 764-5592
FAX: (734) 615-4003
E-MAIL: davidcole@umich.edu
CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV
INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English
SPECIALIZATIONS:
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Michigan, 1965-present.
IN JAPAN: repeated brief trips.
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:
"The University of Michigan Delphi Forecast & Analysis of the US Automotive Industry Through 2009, Delphi X" (forthcoming); "The Auto Industry of the Future: Fasten Your Seat Belts," Michigan Forward Magazine (1998); "The CAFE Dilemma," Fortune Magazine (December, 1989); The University of Michigan Delphi Forecast and Analysis of the US Automotive Industry through 2000--Delphi V (with Andrea et al.) (University of Michigan Press, 1989); "Technology and the Competitiveness of the US Automotive Industry," Industrial Adjustment in US Manufacturing: Restoring Competitiveness Through Technology Diffusion (ed. Hicks) (The American Enterprise Institute, forthcoming).