2010 Director Nominee: Bernard Challen

Bernard J. Challen is a Chartered Engineer in England. As former Technical Director with Ricardo Consulting Engineers in the U.K., he was responsible for developing noise, vibration and harshness (NVH), electronic controls activities, and for establishing Ricardo's North American business operation in 1990. During his 21-year career with Ricardo, he also began the company's engine and vehicle noise and vibration reduction services, working with clients around the world. Challen is a Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor in Principles of Engineering Design at the University of Sussex, England.

A member of SAE International for more than 18 years, Challen has helped organize many conferences, chairing the Noise & Vibration Conference committee and organizing a Powertrain Electronic Controls session at the SAE World Congress. He also has co-authored more than a dozen SAE International technical papers and edited the second edition of the Diesel Engine Reference book. Elected an SAE Fellow in 1997, he also has received three SAE Forest McFarland Awards and the SAE 2008 Medal of Honor.

Challen earned a bachelor's in mechanical engineering from Southampton University and a master's in noise and vibration from the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research.