Professional Profile of Nabih E. Bedewi, PhD

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Dr. Nabih Bedewi founded New Generation Motors Corporation (NGM) in 1995 in response to the growing need for new technologies in environmentally friendly transportation. The company was incorporated in 1995 along with a number of former GW students and staff, based on an innovative electric motor technology which was licensed from Dr. Dean Patterson in Northern Territory University in Australia. NGM is a privately held company established by environmentally concerned shareholders and employees to address global issues with environmental impact of transportation by promoting electric, hybrid electric, and fuel cell drive technologies. NGM embarked on several projects for the U.S. government including the Army Research Lab, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and the US Agency for International Development (USDAID), as well as international agencies such as the United Nations Development Programme, the Global Environment Facility of the World Bank, and the Egyptian Ministry of Environment.  Dr. Bedewi focused much of NGM’s projects on developing countries with need for cleaner transportation including India and Egypt.

Today NGM designs, manufactures, and markets Electric Propulsion Systems. The company offers high-efficiency and compact Motors, Controllers, Vehicle Interface Modules, Battery Management Modules and associated Control and Monitoring Software for Markets that range from Automotive Traction (Electric/Hybrid Electric/Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles) to Materials Handling Equipment, Ground Support Equipment, Distributive Power, Motion Control and Defense.

Through Dr. Bedewi’s leadership, NGM was responsible several international EV pilot projects including the first electric buses at the Giza Plateau in Egypt (great pyramids) and the first electric autorickshaws at the Taj Mahal in Agra, India.  NGM also pioneered the direct drive in-wheel motors and controllers for solar car applications and has been supplying these efficient drive systems to solar race cars since 1996.

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Dr. Nabih E. Bedewi dedicated his entire professional career of over 25 years to serving the U.S. government, corporations, academia and the world with his innovative and disciplined research. The underlying theme of his career was to help people, either through improving their way of life, enhancing automotive and highway safety, combating terrorism, providing safer military capability, or creating innovative solutions for transportation and environmental problems in developing countries. During this career, he personally touched the lives of over 1,000 engineering students by providing them with the best education possible, and by being a role model. His past accomplishments have been recognized with numerous awards. Dr. Bedewi held several research positions while studying at the University of Maryland. His first outside position was in 1984 as Electronic Message Analyst in the U.S. Postal Service in Washington DC during his graduate studies. The following year, he joined the Turner Fairbank Highway Research Center at the Federal Highway Administration as a Doctoral Research Fellow. After obtaining his doctorate degree, Dr. Bedewi held several professional positions in industry and academia. During his career, he managed projects for several federal government agencies, including NSWC, NAVAIR, Wright Patterson AFB, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Department of Transportation, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, Homeland Security, US Secret Service, Department of State, and U.S. Geological Survey. The results of these projects were published in over 200 technical papers and reports. In light of his engineering competence and unique skills, he was called upon to solve difficult and diverse problems, saving the government millions of dollars in testing and program development, as well as lives of astronauts, fighter pilots, military personnel, and civilians.