EAEC - CONAT 2024 The International Congress of Automotive and Transport Engineering The 34th SIAR International  Congress - The 18th EAEC Congress The 13th CONAT Congress organized by Transilvania University 6-8 November 2024, Brasov, Romania

Professor Bernhard GERINGER

Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Austrian Society for Automotive Engineers

Professor Bernhard Geringer obtained his engineering degree at Vienna University of Technology – Mechanical Engineering, in 1983, then the Ph.D.  at the same university, in 1986.

His professional carreer includes the department of Advance Development (engine technology) at Daimler-Benz AG, Stuttgart, and series development of engine and entire vehicle systems (engine applications and total vehicle) at Magna in Graz and Vienna, where he was technical manager with full power of attorney.

Since 2002 he was university professor for powertrain and automotive technology at the Vienna University of Technology, and director of the Institute for Powertrains and Automotive Technology. The research topics are: powertrains, pollutant reduction and sustainable fuels (biogenic and synthetic).

Since 2012 is member of the board of the Austrian Society of Automotive Engineers (ÖVK), and President since 2017.

Since 2023, Bernhard Geringer is Director of the ÖVK & Teacher at TU Wien, his main activities being: teaching & PhD supervision at TU Wien, reviewer of scientific journals, member of advisory boards in conferences and jury member for academic awards.

Professor Mohini SAIN

University of Toronto, Canada
Director, Centre for Biocomposites and Biomaterials Processing

Professor Mohini Sain serves as the Founding Director of Centre for Biocomposites and Biomaterials Processing since year 2002 and he is the founding Endowed Ford Motor Canada Chair Professor in Sustainable Materials in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering  at the University of Toronto, a world’s Top 20 universities and world’s No.1 University in Sustainability.

As a highly accomplished researcher-entrepreneur with a H-Index 83 and a Hi-Cited research scholar with an impressive record of research publications in impactful journals including Nature and Science family of journals, he also founded multiple-successful spin-off companies with his collaborative approach. His research accomplishment has been recognized by many citation agencies including top-tier ranking in Mendeley list from SRI.

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Professor Eran SHER

Faculty of Aerospace Engineering
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

Professor Eran Sher obtained his engineering degree at Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, then a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at University of Manchester, followed by post-doctoral studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

His emplyment history includes positions as lecturer, then professor, at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, visiting scientist at MIT and University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology. Currently, he is Professor Emeritus at Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa. He won many times the Ben-Gurion University and the Technion President's award for outstanding teaching.

In time, professor Eran Sher had various positions in academic administrations, like Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Ben-Gurion University, and Chairman of the Evaluation Committee of the Council for Higher Education for the establishment and approval of academic study tracks in technological colleges in Israel. He is also member of Editorial Boards for many academic journals and chairman of some scientific conferences.

He has published over 140 articles in the world's leading journals, and presented over 250 works at international conferences. He supervised more than 60 graduate research theses and 25 PhD research theses. He is inventor or co-inventor of 6 granted international patents, and founder or co-founder of 4 start-up companies.

His research areas include: thermodynamics, combustion processes, propulsion systems for small aircraft.