Engine Expo North America 2012 Open Technology Forum

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Day 2

10:15 : 16:30
Weight reduction - light weighting technology and alternative materials
Day 2 Wednesday 24 October 2012

Low-friction coatings for highly stressed engine components
Mr Marc van der Sommen, sales director Automotive, Ionbond

Hydrogen infrastructure to support hydrogen fuel cell vehicle deployment
Mr Mark Schiller, VP business development, Proton OnSite

Use of AVTC to advanced hybrid vehicle technology
Prof Zachariah Chambers, associate professor ME, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Boosting systems for highly downsized direct-injection spark-ignition engines
Mr Greg Banish, technical specialist - Engine Calibration & Control, Lotus Engineering Inc.
Mr Tom Reedy, chief engineer – Efficient Performance, Lotus Engineering

Electric vehicle charging technology today and tomorrow
Mr Stuart Irwin, president, Evolution Electric Vehicle Systems

EA211 Volkswagen’s new small engine family
Mr Oliver Schmidt, General Manager, Engineering and Environmental Office, Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

Lubricious ceramic coatings for linerless Al and Mg engine bores
Dr Xueyuan Nie, professor, University of Windsor

Efficient software techniques for mandatory vehicle onboard diagnostics implementation
Mr Dwight Hansell, VP Business Development, Pi Innovo

Shedding light on light
Mr Patrick McGowan, VP business development, Performance Assembly Solutions

Liquid gaskets help to enable light-weighting initiatives
Mr Matthew Boback, Senior Application Engineer, Henkel Corporation

Low-voltage hybridization for affordable fuel economy and driveability
Mr Nicholas Pascoe, chief executive officer, Controlled Power Technologies Ltd

A new era in batteries: Polymer Lithium Sulphur
Dr Mark Crittenden, customer brand manager, OXIS Energy

Successful case study: metal to plastic conversion of throttle bodies
Mr Michael Kole, president, Pinnacle Sales LLC

An experience of selection of engine for new assembly unit
Mr Vijaya Bhaskar Sirimalla, director, UBE Automotive Limited