Steve Przesmitzki is the Interim Division Director for the Transportation and Power Systems Division at Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, IL, just outside Chicago. In his role at Argonne, Steve is working to advance sustainable transportation technologies.

Prior to Argonne, Steve was the head of Strategic Transport Analysis and Outlooks at the Aramco Research Center – Detroit.  Steve was also a Technology Development Manager for fuels and lubricants within the United States Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Program in Washington, DC, a senior project manager researching fuels for DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, CO, and a powertrain design and development engineer at Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI.  

Steve holds a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a MS from the University of Michigan, and a BS from Kettering University; all in Mechanical Engineering. Steve is also a fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers.