Skip Yeakel, P.E.

Skip Yeakel (Principal Engineer – Research and Technology Office, Volvo Group North America)
Skip has worked for heavy-duty truck OEM’s more than 55 years and is located in Greensboro at the Volvo Group’s North American Headquarters where he has been employed since 1984.  Skip has an extensive background in commercial vehicle research and technology efforts and is active with the American Trucking Associations on whose Board of Directors he served while chairing its Technology and Engineering Policy Committee in which he remains an active member. He is also active in ITS America and is a 55+ year member of SAE International. He holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State University where he completed post-graduate work to become a Registered Professional Engineer.  Skip serves on the Executive Committees of the U.S. DOE-led 21st Century Truck Partnership and the U.S. DOT sponsored Transportation Safety Advancement Group, was a two-term Chairman of the Board of the Truck Manufacturers Association and serves as a reviewer for the National Academy of Sciences. He has been granted two patents and has more pending.