Lino Guzzella (ETH Zürich)
Lino Guzzella (ETH Zürich)
Fuel
efficient cars for 2030
Abstract
Individual mobility will play an
important role in the future and it is clear that, on a global scale, the
numbers of automobiles will increase inexorably over the next twenty years.
This development causes severe problems, some of which (for instance pollutant
emission) can be solved using science and engineering only, while others (for
instance fuel consumption) require a combined approach involving both
technology and behavioral changes. This talk will present the basic physical
constraints that must be considered when exploring possible options and draw
some conclusions about the most likely options for future automobile systems.
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Lino Guzzella was born in Zurich,
Switzerland in 1957. He received the Diploma in Mechanical Engineering in 1981
and the Dr. sc. techn. degree in Control Engineering in 1986 from the Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich. From 1987 to 1989 he was with the R&D-Department of Sulzer Bros.
in Winterthur, Switzerland. From 1989 to 1991 he was an Assistant Professor for
Automatic Control in the Electrical Engineering Department of ETH Zurich. He then joined Hilti R&D,
Liechtenstein where he was the head of the Mechatronics Department from 1992 to 1993.
He is currently Professor for Thermotronics in the Mechanical
Engineering Depart-ment of ETH-Zurich. His research interests are modelling of
dynamic systems, non-linear and robust control and applications of these ideas
to thermal and especially automotive systems..
