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HYdrogen – POwer THeoretical and Engineering Solutions International Symposium

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Prof. Harry Watson

Position

Deputy Head of Dept. 

Affiliation

Dept. of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Univ. of Melbourne 

Mail address

3052 Parkville, Australia 

Tel.

 +61 (3) 4399059 

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3444290 

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Dr.Watson obtained three degrees at the Mechanical Engineering Dept. of Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London. He joined the staff of the Univ. of Melbourne in 1969 and is now Deputy Head of Dept. of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering with specialty in Transport Energy and Emissions. He leads a research team of 23 people which has investigations spanning combustion fundamentals through to the modelling of the behaviour of vehicles in traf­fic. The team's models of engine combustion includes their code FLOCOM which runs on a Cray computer. This code is validated using laser holographic measurement methods in a glass piston engine with 5000 r/min speed capability. The team have built two hydrogen fuelled cars and designed and developed seven hydrogen engines of both spark ignition and diesel dual fuel type. The team's vehicle test facilities are unique in Australia, compris­ing 17 engine test stands and a computer controlled vehicle emissions test facility with a speed capability of 240 km/h for vehicle up to 12 tonnes.

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Prof. Miroslaw Wendeker

Position

 Research Team Chief

Affiliation

Technical University of Lublin

Mail address

Nadbystrzycka St. 36, 20-618 Lublin, Poland

Tel.

+48-81-5381-272

Fax

+48-81-5381-258

e-mail

wendeker@archimedes.pol.lublin.pl 

URL

www.archimedes.pol.lublin.pl 

Born 7 August, 1961. Graduated (Mechanical Engineering) in 1986 from Technical University of Lublin. 1991, PhD in technology: "The dynamic model of the direct injection diesel engine". 1999, Habilitation in exploitation and construction of the machines: "Adaptive control of the fuel injection in the spark ignition engines". 8 books, more than 100 papers, supervision of 2 doctors. Member of National Committee of Combustion, Member of Polish Scientific Academy and Member of Society of Automotive Engineers.

Main fields of interest: Control of powertrain systems

 

Prof. Ida  Wierzba 

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Affiliation

Dept. Mechanical Eng., Univ. of Calgary 

Mail address

2500 Univ. drive N.W., T2N 1N4, Calgary AB, Canada 

Tel.

+1 (403) 2204156 

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2828406 

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Dr. Wierzba is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Univ. of Calgary. She has been actively involved in combustion research and has published extensively, especially in relation to gas turbine combustion, flames and safety.

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