John Wall
Advisor

Dr. John Wall has more than 40 years of industry experience in internal combustion engine technology, fuels, and emissions, and in global engineering organization development. Today he remains active in and committed to future emissions reductions in transportation. He served as Vice President and Chief Technical Officer of Cummins Inc., the world’s largest independent manufacturer of diesel engines and related technologies, retiring in 2015. Before joining Cummins in 1986, he led Diesel and Aviation Fuels Research for Chevron, where his team was first to identify the important contribution of fuel sulfur to diesel emissions, which led to the first diesel fuel sulfur standard. He is currently an advisor to the Activate clean energy incubator, the UC-Davis Institute of Transportation Studies and on the Board of Directors of Ad Astra Rocket Company in addition to being a Board Advisor to the ICCT . He is an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers and a recipient of the SAE Horning Memorial Award and Arch T. Colwell Merit Award for research in the area of diesel fuel effects on emissions, the ASME Soichiro Honda Medal for significant engineering contributions in the field of personal transportation, the California Air Resources Board Haagen-Smit Clean Air Award, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Thomas W. Zosel Individual Achievement Award for career accomplishments in emission control. Wall holds SB, SM, and ScD. degrees in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.