Andy Phillips

Andy Phillips is an experienced engineer with a background in powertrain technologies. Andy started their career at General Motors Powertrain in 1990, where they worked as a Senior Project Engineer for over 22 years. During their time at General Motors, they invented multiple automatic and hybrid transmissions, including the 8-speed RWD AT and various hybrid models.

In 2013, Andy moved on to work at Dana Holding Corporation - Powertrain Innovations Technology as a Technical Fellow. In this role, they focused on maximizing powertrain efficiency and value by determining the best utilization of the NuVinci CVP in transmissions for the light industrial and passenger-car markets. Andy also invented 2- and 3-range synchronous-shifting powerflows that optimized the unique characteristics of the continuously variable planetary variator.

Currently, Andy works at Tula Technology as a Principal Engineer. Andy is responsible for developing electric motor, gas engine, and automatic transmission controls for Tula's Dynamic Motor Drive (DMD) and Dynamic Skip Fire (DSF) powertrain technologies. Andy also designs and builds analysis, simulation, control, and calibration tools to expedite development and implementation of DMD and DSF. For DMD, they lead several aspects such as field-oriented control (FOC), torque modulation controls, NVH characterization, and algorithm design and calibration.

Andy Phillips attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign from 1984 to 1988, where they obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. Andy later pursued further education at the same institution from 1988 to 1990 and completed a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering.