SAE Industrial Lecturers
Bonding Studies between Fracture Toughened Adhesives and Galvannealed Steels with Zinc Coating
Jagdeesh Bandekar
Dow Automotive Systems
Auburn Hills, MI
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Jagdeesh Bandekar is currently working as a Technical Development Leader at Dow Automotive Systems in Auburn Hills, Michigan. He combines both academic and industrial experience. His academic experience includes research and teaching at the Indian Institute of Science and the University of Michigan. In addition to the current position, his industrial experience includes healthcare, anesthetics, thin films, and gases experience at the BOC Group, Murray Hill, NJ, and specialty polymers experience at Union Carbide Corporation, Bound Brook, NJ.
His academic work involved applying spectroscopy to carry out structure-property correlations in biopolymers, especially in proteins and polypeptides. In industry he has worked on developing laboratories to carry out structure property correlations by using spectroscopy and rheology, developing White gas cells for detecting trace level moisture and impurities in gases, applying mid-IR to process analysis and process control, and using particle size distribution, and near-IR in process and quality control.
He worked at the University of Munich and the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Physics in Stuttgart, Germany as a recipient of a Humboldt Fellowship.
His likes to adapt new technologies to R&D, TS&D, and QC.
ABSTRACT
Adhesives bonding technology is rapidly gaining acceptance as an alternative to spot welding. This technology, by helping manufacturers use lighter but stronger advanced high strength steels (AHSS's), is contributing to making vehicles safer and more fuel efficient at the same time. The other benefits of this technology include its flexibility, ability to join dissimilar and thinner materials, distribute stress uniformly, provide more effective sealing and sound dampening, and moisture (corrosion) barrier. The presentation will review fracture toughened adhesives (FTA) technology, resistance to its use on galvannealed steels based on the perception of GA coating's delamination. Since prior work was primarily based on lap shear work on only EDDS steel which is mainly used for car outer body panels, a project was initiated in collaboration with ArcelorMittal to evaluate the validity of the above conclusions to AHSS's. This study included three steels, one conventional (EDDS) and two AHSS's (DP780, and TRIP780). It was decided to generate FTA adhesion bonding data by using lap shear, impact peel, SEM, and XPS. The results showed that FTA has better effectiveness for AHSS impact as it enables the steel to absorb more energy. FTA is superior to hemflange adhesive, demonstrating the importance of an FTA during crash performance. GA coated EDDS was found to fail with coating delamination in most cases in lap shear and impact peel testing. In contrast, the two AHSS's studied did not fail in coating delamination. Analysis of failed samples showed it to occur at the G/steel interface.
These results will be presented and discussed along with a brief description of current work in progress.
RESTRICTIONS
Request one month's advance notice to fit into work schedule
EQUIPMENT NEEDS
A digital projector and a lap top to load the file from USB drive.
Fundamental Catalysis Research for Real-World Applications - Understanding the Deactivation of Selective Catalytic Reduction Catalysts in Diesel Applications
Yisun Cheng
Ford Motor Company
Dearborn, MI
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Cheng is a Technical Expert in the Chemical Engineering and Emissions aftertreatment Department at Ford's Research & Innovation Center. She has been responsible for NOx aftreatment catalyst development including Lean NOx Trap (LNT) and urea-SCR for diesel engine applications since she graduated from the University of Michigan with a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering in 1999. Her primary responsibility is supporting Ford diesel programs and developing improved and more robust NOx aftreatment catalysts. She has been conducting fundamental research on the technical development of LNT and SCR catalysts, including understanding the impact of aging on catalyst durability, the constraints preventing catalysts from reaching high NOx conversion, and identifying the capabilities of state-of-the-art NOx aftertreatment catalysts in light- & heavy-duty diesel engine applications. She also participated in several collaborative research projects with National Labs and Universities on understanding catalyst deactivation mechanisms.
ABSTRACT
Base metal/zeolite SCR catalyst technology for NOx reduction is not new and has been widely studied and applied for stationary source emissions such as power plants. However, the use of urea SCR for vehicle applications is new and requires catalyst technologies that operate over a broad range of conditions in the harsh environment of diesel engine exhaust. The lecture will focus on the methods we have used to understand the mechanisms of SCR catalyst deactivation, and how that understanding has translated into improvements in the durability and performance of SCR catalyst technology over the life of the vehicle.
RESTRICTIONS
Weekdays are preferred. Please give at least four week notice to arrange work and travel.
EQUIPMENT NEEDS
Digital projector (with cable link to my laptop), plus screen are requested.
Working Towards "Virtually Zero" Motor Vehicle Fatalities
Jeff Dix
Nissan Technical Center North America
Farmington Hills, MI
BIOGRAPHY
Jeff is a Principal Engineer in Safety Engineering at Nissan Technical Center North America. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from GMI Engineering and Management Institute (now Kettering University) where he graduated with honors. Jeff has 13 years experience in developing vehicle safety with extensive experience in front and side impact, as well as rollover testing. His current responsibilities include advanced development in passive safety. He has a working knowledge of the regulations that affect the safety development of today's vehicles. He is an active member of SAE, having authored several technical papers, and is on two SAE committees.
ABSTRACT
Motor vehicle crashes are one of the leading causes of fatalities in the United States. This lecture will discuss the challenges in pursuing a future goal of "Virtually Zero" motor vehicle fatalities with an emphasis on vehicle safety features. An overview of the factors that affect vehicle safety and the technologies that can be applied to address those factors; as well as testing needed to develop the passive safety of today's vehicles will be presented.
RESTRICTIONS
No set restrictions - however, request some flexibility depending on other obligations.
EQUIPMENT NEEDS
Projector for presenting Microsoft Powerpoint presentation from a laptop. Microphone is requested if a large auditorium is planned.
Formula SAE, A Design Judge's Perspective
Steven M. Fox
President / Director of Engineering
PowerTrain Technology, Inc.
Algonquin, IL
BIOGRAPHY
Steve currently heads an innovative manufacturing company, specializing in lightweight low-inertia drivetrain products for motorsports. In addition to 'off the shelf' solutions, he oversees one-off engineered drivetrain solutions for industrial and street use.
Previously, Steve was Engineering Director for Quarter Master Industries, Inc. (QMI), where he was employed for two decades. Steve is well versed in manufacturing engineering and materials selection and served as a design engineer responsible for all new product design, development and manufacture for most of his tenure with QMI, while at the same time dealing with many of the top racing teams from around the world.
Steve is an expert in I.C. engine technology and power transmission. One notable example of his development capability is the drivetrain package for Dodge's return to NASCAR in 1999. With a motorsports career that spans nearly 40 years, He has engineered, constructed, wrenched on, driven, broken, or piloted almost everything imaginable with 2, 3 or 4 wheels, a hull, or wings. He is a licensed aircraft pilot, racecar driver, scuba diver, and firearms instructor.
Steve was selected by Carroll Smith to participate in Formula SAE (FSAE) as a Motorsports Design Judge in 1999. He has been giving back to future engineers with FSAE involvement ever since. He has judged Baja SAE events, served as the Design Event Captain at FSAE - Virginia, and Chief Design Judge at Formula Student Austria. Steve is currently the Chief Design Judge for FSAE - Michigan, and also serves as Chief Design Judge at Formula Student Germany.
ABSTRACT
Steve's presentation 'Those Who Cannot Remember The Past Are Condemned To Repeat It' is specifically targeted towards FSAE teams who wish to build a better car, without re-inventing the wheel. This presentation can be adjusted to suit the experience level of each team being visited. Historically, FSAE championship-winning teams, as well as new teams, have benefited from his presentations.
Subjects that Steve will cover include: Vehicle Design Principles; Chassis; Suspension; Steering; Brakes; Engine; Drivetrain; Gearing; Ergonomics; Team Management; Manufacturing; DFM (Design For Manufacturability); Material Selection; Heat Treat; Testing; Points Strategy Considerations; and most importantly, Project Management. Steve covers a LOT of material. Many teams video or audio record these meetings for review later.
After his formal presentation, your team may present your efforts to date. He will help you evaluate your design choices, and offer advice on selected optimization techniques. The informal question and answer session which follows can cover any area of FSAE competition. Your team's efforts are treated in the strictest of confidence. Steve will not share ANY information between schools.
Please understand Steve does not give your team 'the answers to the test'. He has to remain unbiased in order to be able to fairly and impartially judge at the competitions. He does provide insight and ideas from a design judge's perspective. Most importantly, he offers methods for 'thinking outside the box' that have driven past teams to new heights.
RESTRICTIONS
Friday evenings, Saturdays (or Sundays) are preferred, but weekdays can sometimes be accommodated.
EQUIPMENT NEEDS
Computer with a USB port, hooked to a Digital Projector for computer-based presentation.
The Basics & Secrets of Vehicle Aerodynamics
Paul T. Glessner, M.S.
President & Founder, Vehicle Aerodynamics Consultants, Inc.
BIOGRAPHY
Paul T. Glessner, M.S. has worked as an aerospace engineer in varying capacities for Boeing-Vertol, Grumman Aerospace, Lockheed - Burbank, McDonnell-Douglas now Boeing on such projects as the CH-46/47, F-14, Black projects, S-3, P-3, accident investigations, High Speed Civil Transport, B-717 and the Space Shuttle's aerodynamics in such disciplines as Stability, Control and Flying Qualities besides Aerodynamics and Flight Controls. Paul not only has 300 hours jumpseating in airliners' cockpits pre-9/11, he also flew with the Chief Pilot of British Airways on the Concorde in the cockpit from New York to London and back. He has been flying since he was 16 years old holding an FAA Commercial License with Instrument and Multi-engine Land ratings. Paul completed a two and a half year stint at the end of 2004 as a Principal Engineer-Specialist overseeing the handling qualities of the now operational-USAF's number one program, the F-22A fighter plane. He was Chief Aerodynamicist at XCOR Aerospace for two years designing a spaceplane for tourism after working at the F-22A CTF and is now consulting to the aerospace and automotive worlds per his company, Vehicle Aerodynamics Consultants, Inc
Regarding cars, Mark Donohue was Paul's idol growing up in the late 60's; one year after Mark won the Indy 500, he presented Paul with his Team Penske/Sunoco uniform. It now hangs in the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California. Upon learning of Mark's death following the 1975 Austrian Grand Prix's practice, he was able to serve his funeral as an altar boy. It was from then on that he corresponded with Roger Penske. Roger called Paul at Penn State University to learn more about Paul's design. Roger Penske and Derrick Walker raced the wing design Paul initiated in 1981 for both the cars Roger fielded in the 1983 Indy 500; the cars placed second and third. Paul was 22 y.o. Later that year he oversaw two colleagues wind tunnel test Bob Leitzinger's Camel GTU 280ZX and found drag and downforce concepts that helped Bob win two national championships the following years. In the late 90's Don Prudhomme, Dale Armstrong and NHRA extended the fun factor immensely as Paul interfaced with the teams both personally to increase speed and reduce drag and on behalf of the sanctioning body for the benefit of drivers' safety and rules changes. Paul felt he reached a level of competence after having taught vehicle aerodynamics at one of the U.S.'s top three art center's transportation department - Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.
Paul is active in SAE International. He was appointed to the Aerodynamics Committee in 1989 and has been a consistent member since. Additionally, Paul has actively spoken to universities and industry since 2003 through the SAE Sections Speaker Bureau and the Industrial Lecture programs, respectively, and instructs a one-day SAE Professional Development seminar on the "Fundamentals of Aerodynamics Applied to Race Cars." Most recently, he co-chaired two sessions on CFD Applied to Ground Vehicles at AEROTECH, Los Angeles 2007. Paul had been the Planning Chairman for SAE's AEROTECH meetings in 1991 and 1992 and was the Air & Space Division Vice Chairman of the Southern California Section in 1992.
ABSTRACT
Paul T. Glessner, M.S., aerospace industry aerodynamicist and automotive racing enthusiast, will host a technical seminar specifically designed for your event. Mr. Glessner's seminar covers the basics of lift, drag, airfoil design, windtunnel concepts, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), flow visualization and a variety of aerodynamic devices used in both commercial and racing car design. His 17 year aerospace background combined with stints with Roger Penske, Don Prudhomme, Dale Armstrong, NHRA, Bob Leitzinger, Vector Aeromotive, the Reno Air Racer - Rare Bear (world's fasted piston powered airplane) and as an instructor of 'Vehicle Aerodynamics' at Pasadena's renowned Art Center College of Design should prove to be both interesting, as well as extremely informative. This seminar is intended to be a great foundation for the amateur and refresher for the technically minded auto enthusiast.
Check out Paul's Website www.aeroseminars.com
RESTRICTIONS
None, however, open to travel to any location but outside factors may restrict the days of travel and thus event date on a weekly basis.
EQUIPMENT
Pentium IV laptop or desktop with CD/DVD, USB and sound capability, screen, LCD projector for use with laptop/Powerpoint.
Whiteboard with large tip markers/eraser (if no whiteboard, preferred because of a lot of drawing, would need overhead projector)
Wireless clip-on microphone is desired.
Dynamics and Safety Benefits of Vehicle Stability Control Systems
Aleksander Hac
Delphi
Kokomo, IN
BIOGRAPHY
After holding a number of research and teaching positions at Universities dr. Hac joined Delphi Corporation in 1994, where he is a staff research engineer. He is primarily responsible for development of advanced control and estimation algorithms for vehicle safety systems. He contributed to the development of control and estimation algorithms for controlled suspensions, vehicle stability control systems, anti-rollover systems, integrated control of various chassis systems, and integration of active and passive safety systems. He is an author of over 70 refereed publications in the area of dynamics and control and holds more than 20 US patents.
ABSTRACT
This lecture covers the vehicle stability control systems and their role in preventing and mitigating consequences of accidents. The fundamental principles of operation of these systems from vehicle dynamics and control perspectives are explained. Improvements in emergency handling and rollover resistance of vehicles are illustrated using test data. Use of information available within vehicle stability control system to benefit other safety systems is briefly discussed.
RESTRICTIONS
2-3 week advance notice would be appreciated
EQUIPMENT NEEDS
Digital projector
Heated Injectors for Ethanol Cold Starts and Emission Reduction
Dan Kabasin
Delphi
West Henrietta, New York
BIOGRAPHY
Dan Kabasin has been a member of Delphi's Advanced Engineering organization since 1977. Throughout his engineering career, Dan has focused on innovation and refinement of engine air/fuel/exhaust products, controls and systems. His efforts have included investigations in alternative liquid and gaseous fuels, mechanical and electro-hydraulic variable valvetrains, as well as advanced exhaust aftertreatments. Dan has made significant contributions to Delphi's intellectual property portfolio as an inventor of nineteen US-issued patents and author of nine defensive publications. He is a charter member of the Delphi Innovation Hall of Fame.
ABSTRACT
Fuel injectors capable of rapidly electrically heating ethanol for cold starts below ethanol's flash point temperature have been developed for the Brazilian transportation market. When these heated injectors are employed in conjunction with engine management system enhancements, ethanol cold start performance is similar to that of gasoline. These injectors also enable the enleanment of 20ºC cold start fueling, which has shown to reduce FTP bag emissions with a variety of automotive fuels.
RESTRICTIONS
At least one month's notice is kindly requested.
EQUIPMENT NEEDS
A digital projector, capable of interfacing with a laptop, and corresponding screen.
Tire Testing and Modeling for Vehicle Dynamics
DR. EDWARD M. KASPRZAK
Associate
Milliken Research Associates, Inc.
Buffalo, New York
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Kasprzak is an Associate at Milliken Research Associates, Inc. where he has worked since 1996. Responsibilities include developing dynamic, quasi-static and race circuit simulations, as well as performing tire modeling and testing for passenger car manufacturers, their suppliers and professional racing teams. He is the co-founder and co-director of the Formula SAE Tire Test Consortium, and in late 2006 he completed his Ph.D. with a dissertation on the Nondimensional Tire Theory. Dr. Kasprzak teaches two courses on Vehicle Dynamics at the University at Buffalo and is the advisor to their Formula SAE team. He is the author of several technical papers, co-author of "Race Car Vehicle Dynamics: Problems, Answers and Experiments" with the Millikens, and a significant contributor to their "Chassis Design, Principles and Analysis." He is also an occasional writer for Racecar Engineering magazine.
ABSTRACT
This lecture will focus on tire performance as it relates to vehicle dynamics. It will include: a brief overview of tire construction, a discussion of laboratory tire testing, a discussion of tire model development from measured data, and the application of tire models to vehicle analysis, design and simulation.
RESTRICTIONS
None
EQUIPMENT NEEDS
LCD projector for use with PowerPoint
Motor Vehicles and Air Quality: Assessing Particulate Matter Emissions
Matti Maricq
Technical leader
Ford Motor Co.
Dearborn, MI
BIOGRAPHY
Matti Maricq is a Technical Leader in the Chemical Engineering & Emissions Aftertreatment Department at Ford's Research and Innovation Center. He currently heads the Vehicle Emissions Research Laboratory. This is a chassis dynamometer facility which is set up for state of the art vehicle exhaust measurements. It provides Ford's research engineers the tools to investigate the effectiveness of new engine and aftertreatment technologies to reduce emissions of gaseous and particulate pollutants.
Matti has been at Ford for 21 years. He received a Ph.D. in physical Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After post-doctoral work at the University of Colorado, Boulder and Oxford University he joined the Chemistry Department faculty at Brown University. In 1989 he moved to Ford to pursue atmospheric chemistry related to vehicle emissions. His arrival coincided with rising concerns over CFC's role in stratospheric ozone depletion, whereupon he established a research program to investigate the atmospheric chemistry of CFC replacements.
In the 1990's concerns began to surface regarding potential adverse health associations with increases in ambient particulate matter (PM) levels. During this time Matti shifted his research efforts to the investigation of PM emissions from motor vehicles. He has been active in this area for the past 15 years. His research interests in this area include the aerosol physics behind PM emissions and measurement, soot formation in flames and engines, characterization of combustion PM, and the development of better PM sampling and measurement methodologies.
Besides his work at Ford, Matti is active in the Coordinating Research Council, the American Association for Aerosol Research, the American Chemical Society, and the Society of Automotive Engineers.
ABSTRACT
Motor vehicles have been recognized already since the 1950s to contribute to urban smog. Regulations by the California Air Resources Board and the Clean Air Act ushered in modern three-way catalyst equipped vehicles to combat urban ozone. Then in the 1990s epidemiological studies raised concerns about potential health associations with particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5).
PM is a physically and chemically heterogeneous substance; thus, a good understanding of its properties is necessary to implement effective emissions aftertreatment and to understand how this impacts the atmospheric impact of vehicle emissions. This lecture aims to provide a fundamental basis for understanding how PM originates in combustion engines, the physical and chemical nature of PM emissions, and the issues involved in measuring these emissions.
RESTRICTIONS
No set restrictions - however, certain obligations might arise between now and when a lecture is requested, so some scheduling flexibility may be necessary.
EQUIPMENT NEEDS
Request a projector and screen suitable for presenting a Microsoft powerpoint presentation from a laptop. Microphone optionally needed if a large auditorium is planned.
Improved Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Emission Measurements
Tim Nevius PhD.
Analytical Specialist
Horiba Instruments Inc.
5900 Hines Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
Biography
Tim develops instruments and sample systems for vehicle emission measurements. Examples include a fuel-flow meter, exhaust flow meter, bag mini-dilutor sampling systems, constant-volume sampling, On-board portable analyzers, diesel particulate measurements, and various gas analyzers.
Much of the development is aimed at finding solutions to problems that must be overcome to accurately measure exhaust gases. Many of the solutions have been described in SAE papers, and several resulted in patents and new products. Plug-In Hybrid emission testing is a challenging application that Tim has been working on for several years.
Abstract
A Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle represents a new type of emissions test, where the vehicle will often be able to complete a test cycle with the gasoline internal combustion engine operating less than 20% of the time. This will result in a Constant-Volume Sampling System (CVS) over-diluting the vehicle exhaust, because the CVS continues to fill the sample bag when the engine is shut down.
This also results in a partial-flow sampling system (Bag-MiniDilutor or BMD) accumulating too little diluted exhaust gas in the sample bag to perform an accurate gas analysis. Both the CVS and BMD need major countermeasures to test PHEVs accurately. This presentation describes the measurement problems, and presents several solutions.
Restrictions
Need one month in advance notice to schedule with work.
Equipment needs
Digital projector and cable to connect to my laptop.
Defects in Aircraft Design & Materials: Engineering Lessons Learned
Larry Rinek
Senior Technology Consultant
Frost & Sullivan
Mountain View, California
Biography
Larry Rinek is a Senior Technology Consultant in the Technical Insights Division of Frost & Sullivan, where he has 11 years of service. His focus in Technical Insights has been evaluation of emerging technologies and their commercial potential in aerospace & defense, automotive & transportation, as well as advanced engineered materials. He is a trained engineer, published historian (authored more than 25 items, including 6 SAE publications) focusing heavily on U.S. aviation history, a former USAF officer, a former student pilot, and veteran of the U.S. aerospace industry. Mr. Rinek is an active member of the AIAA and SAE technical societies, as well as the American Aviation Historical Society (AAHS), the Aircraft Engine Historical Society (AEHS), the Society for Aviation History (SAH), and the Wings of History (WHO). He earned a BS (with honors) in Industrial Engineering and an MBA in Marketing, both from UCLA. Mr. Rinek has over 30 years of business and technology consulting experience. Many of his consulting projects have been sponsored by leading aerospace and motor vehicle builders/system suppliers around the world.
Abstract
Why have preventable mishaps in aircraft occurred (which are not the fault of pilots), resulting in loss of life and property? Many of these incidents are directly attributed to human error and negligence in aircraft design as well as processing of materials (manufacturing issues). How can engineers prevent or at least minimize such unpleasant events, thus improving aircraft safety? What lessons can we learn from historical mishaps, so that they might be avoided in the future? Answers to these questions will be addressed, while exploring 12 case studies, involving some well-known civil and military aircraft programs. We will see how engineers recovered from hidden defects, and developed workable solutions.
Restrictions
Request a few weeks advance notice, to fit into work schedule
Equipment needs
Digital projector (with cable link to my laptop), plus screen are requested. For larger student groups, desirable to have a podium with amplified audio, a microphone, and a connection to laptop audio out (via headphone mini-jack).
The Professional Racer's Approach to Engineering
Neil Roberts
Senior Design Engineer
Swift Engineering
BIOGRAPHY
Neil Roberts is a senior design engineer at Swift Engineering, an engineering and manufacturing company that has produced more than 500 highly successful race cars from Formula Fords through Champ Cars, a manned jet aircraft prototype, a family of unmanned aerial vehicles, and many other high performance vehicles and parts. This has resulted in Swift becoming an industry leader in the rapid design and manufacture of high performance composite structures, as well as developing extraordinary aerodynamic performance development expertise and testing assets. By diversifying into the aerospace sector, Swift is taking advantage of the high degree of similarity between high end race cars and aircraft.
Neil earned a BS degree in aerospace engineering at Texas A&M University. Neil's specialties are mechanical systems and structures design and optimization. Before joining Swift in 1996, Neil engineered for Jim Hall's Indycar team for 4 years, and has 15 years of highly successful road racing and autocross driving experience. Neil is the author of Think Fast - The Racer's Why-To Guide to Winning. In addition to advising Texas A&M's FSAE and FH teams since 1999, Neil is a design judge every year at FSAE California.
ABSTRACT
The extreme challenges faced by professional racers require the development of engineering skills that are fundamentally different from the usual conservative practices. While these skills require a high degree of competence and highly proficient risk management, they can enable the achievement of difficult objectives on a budget and schedule that are unthinkable for conventional engineering and manufacturing programs. Although motorsports is the only field that regularly utilizes the professional racer's approach to engineering, its fundamental principles can be applied to any complex challenge with stunning results.
As part of the lecture visit, Neil is available to advise any collegiate automotive or aircraft related program group through a progress review and an informal question and answer session.
RESTRICTIONS
Two weeks advance notice
EQUIPMENT NEEDS
Digital projector for computer based presentation
Reaction Engineering for Automotive Applications
Manish Sharma
Ford Motor Company
Dearborn, MI
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Manish Sharma has a PhD in Chemical Engineering, more than five years of experience in modeling of catalytic reactors and in performing lab/vehicle experiments. He has authored several technical papers on the modeling and experiments on Lean NOx Traps (devices used to reduce NOx emissions from automobile exhaust), water condensation, analyzing gasoline and flex fuel exhaust treatment. He has expertise in catalysis, mathematical modeling and lab reactor experiments. Dr. Sharma has chaired and organized various technical sessions on catalysis at SAE International conferences. He is also a certified 6-sigma Black Belt.
ABSTRACT
The presentation will discuss chemical reaction engineering applications in automotive aftertreatment. It will analyze the physics of processes like water condensation that occur in engine exhaust environment. It will also look at applying the basic catalysis knowledge to solve the nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons emission problems.
RESTRICTIONS
Please give one month notice.
EQUIPMENT NEEDS
Projector for ppt presentation
Lightweight Automotive Body Structure Issues
Dr. David A. Wagner
Ford Motor Company
Biography
David Wagner is a Technical Leader, Vehicle Design Research & Advanced Engineering at Ford Motor Company, where he helps shepherd cutting edge technologies developed by Ford researchers to the company's products and conducts his own research in the areas of lightweight vehicle structures. "Lightweight materials are an important aspect in gaining fuel economy, but the vehicles must also be of the highest quality, safe during a crash situation and durable for at least fifteen years," he says. "Our goal is to increase fuel economy while maximizing the safety, driving comfort and durability of our vehicles." He has been at Ford for twenty years in research and advanced engineering, working on lightweight vehicle design, durability, noise, vibration and harshness (NVH), safety and materials. He holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University in Mechanical Engineering, and Civil Engineering degrees (M.S.C.E and B.S.C.E.) from the University of Notre Dame.
Abstract
Examples of automotive lightweight body structures highlight the performance, manufacturing and cost issues with different lightweight materials. The effect of body structure weight on vehicle performance and fuel economy provides the motivation to reduce the mass but not the size of automotive structures. Specific examples include magnesium, composite and aluminum investigations for component and subsystems to reduce body structure weight.
Restrictions
Please give at least four week notice to arrange work and travel.
Equipment needs
Digital projector (with cable link to my laptop), plus screen are requested. For larger student groups, desirable to have a podium with amplified audio and a microphone.
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Applications in Advanced Vehicle Exhaust System Development
Dr. Xiaogang Zhang
Diesel Develop Engineer
Research and innovation Center (RIC), Ford Motor Company
Dearborn, MI 48121
Biography
Dr. Zhang is a diesel develop engineer at Research and Innovation Center (RIC) in Ford Motor Company. His responsibilities include developing gasoline exhaust and diesel aftertreatment systems for emission control of NOx, CO, HC, CO2 and NH3 for EPA 2010, 2013/14 and level III regulations; Investigating, evaluating and validating new technologies of catalyst substrates such as high porosity, thin wall DPFs and high cell density flow through substrates; developing and implementing of 3-D CFD methods in the development of advanced diesel and gasoline exhaust systems. Before joined with Ford in 2007, Dr. Zhang worked for Caterpillar, ST Power and Eberspaecher North American in developing diesel fuel system; Variable Valve Timing (VVT) and engine brake technologies; gasoline and diesel engine emission control technologies. Areas of interests are 1-D and 3-D numerical methods in external and internal combustion engine development, especially in developing advanced vehicle exhaust system and emission control technologies.
Abstract
This lecture is targeted to discuss and summarize the applications of 3-D CFD numerical simulations in following areas:
- Flow distribution in front of substrate
- Pressure loss through exhaust system
- Skin temperature prediction
- Heat loss analyses
- Oxygen sensor related issues
- Middle belt converter design
- Urea injection for SCR system (spraying and mixing)
- Detail DPF studies (ring-of-crack failure, partial DPF concept)
- Providing input for FEA analysis
- Diesel particulate matter trace detection
For each of those areas, a few examples of CFD results are discussed. The purpose of this lecture is not to give the detailed instructions of how to conduct 3-D CFD simulation for exhaust system and its component, but to provide a guideline of where CFD tool can be used to initiate new concepts or optimize exist designs in above areas.
Restrictions
Request 2 weeks advance notice, to fit into work schedule.
Equipment needs
LCD projector for use with PowerPoint
