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 Helmut EICHLSEDER

Technical University Graz, Austria
Institute of Thermodynamics and sustainable propulsion systems

Professor Helmut Eichlseder obtained his engineering degree at Graz University of Technology, in Mechanical Engineering with focus on Internal Combustion Engines and Vehicle Engineering (Master). Then he obtained a PhD at TU Graz with thesis "Heat Transfer and Components Stress in Two-Stroke SI Engines", finished with distinction.

His emplyment history includes positions as: Simulation Engineer in AVL Graz; Focus on stress-, thermal- and acoustic calculations on IC engines with Finite-Element-Method; University Assistant at "Institute for IC engines and Thermodynamics" TU Graz (Head: Prof. R. Pischinger); BMW´s Diesel Development, Steyr; Development engineer in department “mixture preparation, combustion and supercharging”; from November 1991; Head of Department „predevelopment – new technologies", then between 1993-1997 Head of Department "combustion development Diesel" with focus on: combustion system, injection system, turbo charging and aftertreatment, new DI Diesel engine family of 4, 6 and 8 cylinder; from September 1997, at BMW Munich: Head of Departments “Alternative Combustion Systems” and then „Direct Injection SI Combustion Systems" in Gasoline development; concept- and function development SI-DI engine V12 for 760i and Rolls Royce Phantom.

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Presentation: Sustainable Propulsion Systems for On- and Offroad Applications

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 Alexandre HERLEA

Comité des Travaux Historiques et Scientifiques – Institut de l’Ecole Nationale des Chartes, France (emeritus member)

Alexandre Herlea (Alexandru Ion Herlea) graduated from the Faculty of Mechanics, Transilvania University of Brasov (UTBv), with major in Automobiles and Tractors (1965). In 1972 he emigrated in France where he became research associate at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM) - Paris. Here he worked with Professor Maurice Daumas, founding father of the history of technology in France who directed also his PhD in History of Science and Technology delivered in 1977, year when he got also the French citizenship. In 1978-79 he made postdoctoral studies in the United-States as research fellow at Princeton, Harvard and Pennsylvania universities as well as at the Smithsonian Institution.

He continued his academic career in Paris as research engineer and associate professor at the CNAM and taught as well at the Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures (ECAM) - Châtenay-Malabry and at the Centre d'Etudes Supérieures Industrielles (CESI) – Evry. He was in meantime scientific counsellor at the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie (CSI) – Paris. In 1995 he became full professor at Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard (UTBM) where in 2011 he will be professor emeritus. He was also visiting professor at Michigan Technological University (MTU) – USA and University of Bucharest – Romania.

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Wolfgang HOFFMANN

CEO - HPE-Konstanz
Adjunct Professor at HTWG Konstanz, Germany

Wolfgang Hoffmann, a trained vehicle mechanic with a master craftsman's certificate inautomotive engineering, studied mechanical engineering at the University of AppliedSciences in Constance, specializing in development and design.
After gaining initial experience in the aluminum industry, he began working as a freelance development engineer in automotive transmission development and toolmaking.

Increasing commissions motivated him to found his own engineering office in 1998.
This was followed by 18 years of development in continuously variable transmissions, dualclutch transmissions and automatic transmissions for ZF Getriebe AG.
This specialization led to the development of new mechatronics for these transmission types.

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Dr. Christoph MENNE

FEV Europe GmbH, Germany

Dr.-Ing. Christoph Menne is Executive Vice President and Managing Director of FEV Europe GmbH, a leading engineering consultancy. Within the board of FEV Europe he is responsible for all powertrain activities covering battery, EDU and power electronics development as well as fuel cells and combustion engines / hybrids.

Prior to his role at FEV Christoph Menne was Managing Director of HJS Emission Technology a Tier 1 aftertreatment and control unit system provider in Germany.

Dr. Menne lead the Powertrain application activities of FEV in Europe before he worked for HJS.

He studied mechanical engineering at RWTH Aachen University focussed his studies on electrified powertrains and received his Ph.D. on interacting fuel sprays.

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 Corina SANDU

Virginia Tech, USA
Director of the Terramechanics, Multibody, and Vehicle Systems (TMVS) Laboratory

Dr. Corina Sandu is Robert E. Hord Jr. Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Virginia Tech and Director of the Terramechanics, Multibody, and Vehicle Systems (TMVS) Laboratory. She graduated with an Engineer Diploma in Mechanics from the University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania (1991), and M.S. (1995) and Ph.D. (2000) degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Iowa, U.S.A. Dr. Sandu’s research expertise lies in vehicle dynamics (suspension, handling, ride, performance), terramechanics (vehicle-terrain interaction, tire/track modeling, vehicle mobility, soil/terrain modeling) and multibody dynamics (modeling, simulation, uncertainty quantification, parameter estimation, sensitivity analysis, design optimization).

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Ioan Ovidiu TRIPON

Expert - Software Architecture
Schaeffler Romania

Mr. Ovidiu Tripon obtained his engineering degree at Politehnica University Timisoara, in Automatics and Computer Science followed by a master's degree at the same University with focus on Automotive Embedded Systems. He started working in 2001 as a software developer for embedded systems with focus on Basic software for Microcontroller Abstraction Layer (MCAL) and in 2004 he joined Software Architecture group as a Software Architect.

In this position his focus was on Core Resource Optimization field with responsibilities on software architectures, rules and methods for software optimization (reduce the RAM, ROM and CPU load consumption) and methods to increase the microcontroller performance. In 2016, he became an Expert on this field. Since then, he is actively involved in discussions with microcontroller vendors, with software suppliers and with customers."