MEMBERS:
SEN. KEN HORN, MAJORITY VICE CHAIR
SEN. KIMBERLY A. LASATA
SEN. ARIC NESBITT
SEN. TOM BARRETT
SEN. JON C. BUMSTEAD
SEN. JOHN BIZON, M.D.
SEN. WAYNE A. SCHMIDT
SEN. DOUGLAS WOZNIAK
SEN. SEAN MCCANN, MINORITY VICE CHAIR
SEN. WINNIE BRINKS
SEN. MALLORY MCMORROW
SEN. MARSHALL BULLOCK
THE SENATE
COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND
TECHNOLOGY
SENATOR DAN LAUWERS
CHAIR
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P.O. BOX 30036
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FAX: (517) 373-1450
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
November 30, 2021
A meeting of the Senate Committee on Energy and Technology was scheduled for Tuesday, November 30,
2021, at 2:00 p.m., in the Senate Hearing Room, Ground Floor, Boji Tower.
The agenda summary is as follows:
1. Adopted updated Committee Rules.
2. Presentation from the University of Michigan College of Engineering Michigan Electric Vehicle
Research and Development Center
The Chair called the meeting to order at 2:02 p.m.. He instructed the Clerk to call the roll. At that time, the
following members were present: Chair Lauwers, Sen.(s) Horn, Nesbitt, Barrett, Bumstead, Bizon, Schmidt,
Wozniak, McCann, Brinks and McMorrow, a quorum was present.
The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Wozniak to adopt the meeting minutes from November 9, 2021. Without
objection, the minutes were adopted.
The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Wozniak to excuse absent members from the meeting. Without
objection, Sen.(s) LaSata and Bullock were excused from the meeting.
The Chairman entertained a motion by Sen. Wozniak to adopt the amended committee rules. The vote was as
follows:
Yeas: Chair Lauwers, Sen.(s) Barrett, Bumstead, Bizon, Schmidt, Wozniak, McCann, Brinks, McMorrow.
Nays: None
The motion prevailed and the rules were adopted.
At 2:04 p.m. Senator Horn entered the meeting. At 2:08 p.m. Senator Nesbitt entered the meeting.
The Chair invited the following members of the University of Michigan College of Engineering Electric Vehicle
Research and Development Center for a presentation:
1. Dean Alec Gallimore, Robert J Vlasic Dean of Engineering, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Richard F. and
Eleanor A. Towner Professor of Engineering and Professor of Aerospace Engineering, U of M College of
Engineering.
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2. Greg Less, Batter Lab Technical Director.
3. Jeff Sakamoto, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Associate Professor of Materials Science and
Engineering and Associate Professor of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, U of M College of
Engineering.
4. Anna Stefanopoulou, William Clay Ford Professor of Technology, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, U of M College of Engineering.
There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without
objection, the committee was adjourned at 3:04 p.m.
Date Adopted by Committee: January 25, 2022
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