Day 1
09:30 - Full day programme
09:30 REGISTRATION, REFRESHMENTS AND CONFERENCE WELCOME
Professor Lord Bhattacharyya, WMG, University of Warwick
09:35 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Tony Pixton, Chief Executive, APC
09:50 SESSION 1 - ENGINE ARCHITECTURES
3-CYLINDER VDE ENGINE
Andrew Brumley, Chief Engineer, Ford Motor Company
INTEGRATION OF FORM AND FUNCTION – IMPACT POWERTRAIN
Dr Simon Edwards, Global Director, Technology, Ricardo
RANKINE CYCLE EXHAUST HEAT RECOVERY – SET TO REDUCE FUEL
CONSUMPTION BY MORE THAN 5% ON COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
Robert Winstanley, Lead Technical Services Engineer, ANSYS
11:00 NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
11:30 SESSION 2 - MILD HYBRID AND ADVANCED BOOSTING
POTENTIAL OF 48V BOARDNET
Speaker to be announced
A NUMERICAL STUDY OF ELECTRICALLY ASSISTED BOOSTING SYSTEM
LAYOUTS
Dr Richard Burke, Lecturer, University of Bath
RAPID ASSESSMENT OF ELECTRIC SUPERCHARGER SYSTEM LAYOUTS FOR
ENGINE DOWNSIZING
Alessandro Renna, CAE Engineer, AVL Powertrain
13:00 NETWORKING LUNCH
14:00 SESSION 3 - ADVANCED TRANSMISSION AND DRIVELINE
THE RICARDO LOW-COST, MILD-HYBRID, ELECTRIC-AUTOMATED MANUAL
TRANSMISSION (EAMT)
Jonathan Seed, Chief Engineer Design & CAE, Ricardo
METHODOLOGY FOR EFFICIENCY PREDICTION FOR ADVANCED DRIVE
SYSTEMS
Confirmed Representative, GKN
MEASUREMENT AND REDUCTION OF PARASITIC LOSSES FOR HEAVY DUTY
AXLES
Barry James, Chief Technical Officer, Head of R&D, Romax Technology
15:30 NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
16:00 SESSION 4 - ENERGY STORAGE AND ELECTRIC MACHINES
NEXT-GENERATION ENERGY STORAGE
Nigel Taylor, Senior Manager Advanced Energy Storage & Consumption, Low-Carbon Vehicles
Research, Jaguar Land Rover
HIGH-PERFORMANCE AND LOW CO2 FROM A FLYBRID® MECHANICAL KINETIC
ENERGY RECOVERY SYSTEM
Dr Andrew Deakin, Chief Development Engineer, Torotrak Group
ADVANCED STEELS FOR FUTURE AUTOMOTIVE POWERTRAIN
Dr Iain McGregor, Manager Technology, Tata Steel
17:30 DRINKS RECEPTION AT APC SHOWCASE
This will be followed by a buffet on the IDL concourse
Day 2
09:30 - Full day programme
09:30 REGISTRATION, REFRESHMENTS AND CONFERENCE WELCOME
David Greenwood, Professor of Advanced Propulsion Systems, University of Warwick
09:35
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Jerry Hardcastle OBE, Vice President, Nissan Technical Centre Europe
09:50 SESSION 1 - REAL-WORLD EMISSIONS
ENERGY USE IN VEHICLES
Ian Ellison, Sustainability Manager, Jaguar Land Rover
USING ENHANCED LOGGED TELEMATICS DATA TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF
DRIVER BEHAVIOUR ON ENERGY USE OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE
Michael Abbott, EngD Candidate, WMG, University of Warwick
IMPLEMENTATION OF ENERGY-EFFICIENT CABIN TECHNOLOGIES TO
IMPROVE OVERALL VEHICLE EFFICIENCY
Aled Gravelle, Engineer Specialist, Jaguar Land Rover
11:00 NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
11:30 SESSION 2 - ROAD LOAD REDUCTION
SHAPE OPTIMISATION FOR AERODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY USING ADJOINT
METHODS
Mark Sealy, Engineering Director, Commercial Vehicle Sector
HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES CO2 EMISSIONS – REFRIGERATED VEHICLE DESIGN
TO STAY AHEAD OF THE CURVE
Lionel Curtis, Technical Director, Cartwright Group
STAMPED THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES FOR FAST CYCLE TIMES
Professor Richard Dashwood, Academic Director, WMG
13:00 NETWORKING LUNCH - TOUR OF WMG AVAILABLE
Please contact Event Enquiries to find out more by emailing eventenquiries@imeche.org
14:00 SESSION 3 - POWERTRAIN MODELLING SIMULATION
HIGH-VOLTAGE COMPONENT THERMAL MANAGEMENT: USING MBSE
METHODS
Dr Charles Jones, Technical Specialist, Electronics & Controls, AVL Powertrain
SIMULATION OF DYNAMIC TORQUE RIPPLE IN AN AUXILIARY POWER UNIT
FOR A RANGE-EXTENDED ELECTRIC VEHICLE
Dian Liu, PhD Student, University of Bath
RAPID CONCEPT DESIGN AND OPTIMISATION OF HYBRID ELECTRIC
POWERTRAINS OVER MULTIPLE DRIVE CYCLES
Dr Kathryn Taylor, R&D Project Engineer, Romax Technology
15:00 NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
15:30 SESSION 4 - VEHICLE APPLICATIONS
DEVELOPMENT OF A RANGE-EXTENDED ELECTRIC 7.5 TONNE TRUCK
Robert Watson, Chief Engineer, Teva Motors
THROUGH-THE-ROAD PARALLEL HYBRID WITH IN-WHEEL MOTORS
Mike Bassett, Head of Hybrid Group, MAHLE Powertrain
A THERMODYNAMIC TRANSIENT MODEL OF AN EVAPORATIVELY COOLED
POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL SYSTEM FOR AUTOMOTIVE
APPLICATIONS
Dr Pratap Rama, Manager & Chris Gurney, Senior Research Engineer, Platform Architecture &
Sub-Systems Engineering, Intelligent Energy
FUELS CELLS AT LOW TEMPERATURES
Dr Ralph Clague, Head of Motive Systems & Architecture, Intelligent Energy
FORMULA E BATTERY DEVELOPMENT
Confirmed Representative, Williams
17:30 CLOSE OF CONFERENCE