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Day 3
   
Friday 27th October

Day 3 – Morning session
 
   
Moderator – Kevin Stover, director of marketing, Woodward
   
Emissions testing  
   
09.30
Economical motorcycle emissions testing
Prodrive Engelhard - John Briggs, chassis rolls manager & SuperFlow Technologies Group - Allan Elfe, senior product development engineer.
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09.55
Next-generation coastdown wheel torque-meter for use with SAE Procedure J1263 or J2263 and J2264 for determining actual road load on each wheel and the quantification of parasitic horsepower losses
Engineered Measurement Systems Inc – Paul Morgan, president
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10.20
Advanced emission testing technology applying a FTIR (Fourier Transform Infra Ret) multicomponent measurement system
AVL List GmbH – Kurt Engeljehringer, business development manager
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10.45
Test solutions for natural vacuum emissions vehicles
Mahle Powertrain – Herbert Mann, development engineer
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11.10
Testing of automotive VOCs in the laboratory
Intertek Automotive Research – Joe Franklin, business development manager
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11.35
Improvements in the thermal mass measurement technique for mass
and characterization of low levels of Diesel particulate matter

Horiba Instruments Inc – Michael Akard, analytical product specialist
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12.00
Specialty gases and emissions testing
Cryogenic Gases – Richard Turner, account manager
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12.25
Break for lunch
 
   
Moderator – Jacqueline Durante, marketing manager, Altech Environment USA
   
Engine testing  
   
13.30
WEB based remote monitoring: wherever you are – check on your
test beds

AVL - Gerald Sammer, product manager
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13.55
Combustion analysis with measuring spark plugs – status
of performance

Kistler Instrumente AG – Thomas Walter, head of business unit engine
 
   
14.20
Cost considerations of new engine test facilities
ACS – David Bartels, principal and project manager
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14.45
The influence of inherent injector characteristics on high-speed
multi event, fuel delivery

INOV8 Technologies Plc – David Macdonald, chairman
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15.10
Using the SuperFlow SmartFire ionization ignition controller for in
cylinder combustion analysis and for real-time knock and misfire control

Superflow Corporation – Ed VanDyne, director, AC Group, Woodward
 
   
15.35
Using INERTIA for control and data acquisition of hydraulic hybrid
drive systems

Wineman Technology Inc – Darryn LaZar, VP, sales and marketing
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16.00
Final close
 
   
Friday 27th October

Day 3 – Morning session

(To be held at the Crash Testing forum area)
   
Moderator – Robert Mitchell, manager, advanced systems, Ideal Aerosmith
   
Ride and handling  
   
09.30
Ride and handling development and the use of objective testing techniques
Lotus Cars – Martyn Anderson, chief engineer vehicle dynamics
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09.55
Laboratory method for the development and validation of mechatronic
chassis systems

MTS Systems Corporation – William Langer, manager suspension systems
 
   
10.20
Automotive motion simulators for testing dynamic stability controls
Ideal Aerosmith – Robert Mitchell, manager, advanced systems
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10.45
Multilink suspension: statistic analysis of toe, camber and caster static
values and variation in bump and steer

GTV Vehicle Dynamics – Dr Gian Claudio Travaglio, R & D manager
 
   
Motor sport development  
   
11.10
Advanced analysis and testing techniques for powertrain development
Southwest Research Institute – Scott Hotz, group leader, Detroit Technical Presence
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11.35
Handling tests for a FIA GT1 racing car
GTV Vehicle Dynamics – Dr Gian Claudio Travaglio, R & D Manager
 
   
12.00
Analysis of a frontal impact in a Formula SAE vehicle
Kettering University, USA – Dr Janet Brelin-Fornari, head of the Kettering University Crash Safety Center
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12.25
Final close