AUTOMOTIVE DEVELOPMENT WAYS: MORE THAN ELECTRIC, DIGITAL AND AUTONOMOUS
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Prof. E. h. Dr. h. c. mult. Cornel STAN teaches Advanced Automotive Development, Alternative Propulsion Systems and Technical Thermodynamics at the Universities of Paris (F), Pisa (I), Perugia (I), Brasov (Ro), Constanta (Ro), Berkeley (USA) and at the West Saxon University of Zwickau (D), where he also serves as Honorary Chairman of the Board of the FTZ Research and Technology Association, which was founded in 1994 with his major contribution. The research areas of Professor Stan, who studied aeronautical engineering, obtained a doctorate in the field of internal combustion engines and habilitation in automotive engineering, include automotive propulsion systems, direct injection processes, simulation of thermodynamic processes, combustion processes, alternative fuels and energy management in motor vehicles. He is the author or co-author of numerous books, articles and patents. Professor Stan is Doctor Honoris Causa of the Universities of Brasov, Constanta and Craiova. He is also Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers - SAE International.
CHALLENGING TERRAINS MOBILITY STUDIES
Dr. Corina Sandu is Robert E. Hord Jr. Professor of Mechanical Engineering Department at Virginia Tech, Associate Department Head for Graduate Studies, and Director of the Terramechanics, Multibody, and Vehicle Systems Lab. Dr. Sandu’s research expertise lies in vehicle dynamics (suspension, handling, ride), terramechanics (vehicle-terrain interaction, tire/track modeling, soil/terrain modeling) and multibody dynamics (modeling, uncertainty quantification, parameter estimation, sensitivity analysis, design optimization). Dr. Sandu is an ASME Fellow, SAE Fellow, and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow. She published 91 journal papers, 125 proceedings papers, 11 book chapters, and over 350 other papers (Google Scholar: 2,936 citations, H-index 26, i-10 index 86); served as PI/co-PI for funded research projects of over $13 million; graduated 18 Ph.D. and 23 M.S. students and advises 8 PhD and 4 MS students. She is Editor-in-Chief of Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines and of SAE International Journal of Commercial Vehicles. Dr. Sandu is the President of the International Society for Terrain Vehicle Systems (ISTVS), past Chair of the SAE Chassis Design and Vehicle Dynamics committee and past Chair of the ASME Design Engineering Division. Awards include: SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award (2007), SAE EMB Outstanding Oral Presentation Award (2007), SAE Forest R. McFarland Award (2013 and 2019), Rodica Baranescu Award for Technical and Leadership Excellence in Commercial Vehicles Engineering (2013), SAE Top Contributor Class of 2022, Dean’s Award for Excellence in Service (2012 and 2020).
INTELLIGENT ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR THE VEHICLES OF THE FUTURE
Dr.-Ing. Alexander SIMIONESCU is the general manager of Renault Technologie Roumanie (2018 – present) to ensure the global engineering responsibility for the Global Access range. With a strong background and a PhD thesis on semiconductor electronics, his career starts with the Hicom 300 telephony system for large enterprises and computers. Build up a R&D department at Sysdata Budapest, a subsidiary of the PSE (Program and System Engineering) group of Siemens Austria, consisted of 40 engineers working on public switching and enterprise communications, followed by the Romanian Siemens PSE SRL with over 400 employees. Continuously encourage and support the cooperation between universities and business companies, for a solid development of the society.
AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEMS: RECENT PROGRESS
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ion BOLDEA, from Politehnica University Timișoara (UPT) is member of Romanian Academy and IEEE Life Fellow. He studied and published extensively on “rotary and liners electric machines, drives and MAGLEVs design, control and testing for energy saving and increased productivity in various industries: from renewable energy, through e-transport, robotics, industrial drives, home appliances and info-gadjets” since 1976 (ISI H-index 41 (4173 citations), Scopus H-index 49 (8202 citations), Google Academic H-index 61 (6246 citations); he wrote more than 20 Monographs and textbooks in USA and U.K on the wide spectrum subjects above (6000 citations in World.cat), held IEEE DLs since 2008, intensive Courses in USA, EU, S.Korea, Brasil, tutorials at IEEE Conferences, Technical Consulting annual contracts, hosted IEEE Trans. special issues and spent more than 5 years in many visits since 1973 as visiting scholar in USA. He received “IEEE 2015 Nikola Tesla Award” and 2021 EPE-ECCE “Outstanding Achievement Award”. He also cochaired IEEE tech sponsored biannual International Conference OPTIM (now OPTIM-ACEMP) since 1994 and is the founding (since the year 2000) and current Editor in Chief of www.jee.ro, one of the first Internet-only technical Journals. His interests span from Philosophy, Ethics to Gardening.
POWER ELECTRONICS TRENDS AND SIC IN PARTICULAR
Günther Horsak, ZF
He was the head of R&D Electronics on transmissions in commercial cars (Continuously Variable Transmission). He then headed the Electric Drives and Hardware Electronics (TE-D) department at ZF Friedrichshafen AG. He currently works in the E-Mobility division within ZF, being responsible for new technologies and innovations in the field of power electronics.
FUTURE PERSPECTIVES OF ICE IN THE GLOBAL POWERTRAIN SPECTRUM
Stefan Kanya- AVL List GmbH Austria
Director Business Development CEE, Israel ITS / FD Affiliate Group Management Instrumentation and Test Systems
With our comprehensive technological know-how in all vehicle systems and functions, and our many years of experience in the implementation and use of virtual development methods, we can help you manage complexity and find certainty in challenging times.
THE PATH TO EMISSIONS-FREE MOBILITY MUST BE TECHNOLOGY-NEUTRAL
Florin Coțofan, Robert Bosch Romania
After several years of experience in the academia and industry, Florin Cotofan joined Bosch in 2012. Today he is responsible for leading software development and testing activities for Powertrain Solutions in the Bosch Engineering Center Cluj-Napoca.
His main motivation is the industrialization of cutting-edge technologies, with a strong impact on people’s lives, making possible the transformation of state-of-the-art research findings into innovative automotive products.