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..