Program 2022

• Short-term global powertrain production forecasts to 2030
• Long-term sales by powertrain outlook to 2050 for China, Europe, Japan, and the US
• Forecast deep dive, answering critical questions to support the long-term forecast, including but not limited to: BEV vs. FCEV uptake, TCO and Paris Climate Targets

Greg Genette, Senior Research Analyst, S&P Global, USA

• Optimization of gear shift via multi body simulations
• Model based software calibration
• Verification by component and transmission tests

Dr Martin Huber, Lead Engineer Component Analysis & Simulation, Driveline Development, AVL List GmbH, Austria

• Electrification for trucks
• Beam axle with integrated 3-in-1 electric drive system
• Optional park lock and mechanical or electric limited slip differential
• High efficiency axle mounted SiC inverter

Dr Jörg Trampler, Program Director Electric Beam Axles, ZF North America, USA

• Knowledge transfer from traditional beam axle design
• Prospects and use cases of e-beam vs independent axles
• Optimizing for modularity and scalability

Joe Palazzolo, Director, Light-Vehicle Electrified Propulsion Strategy, Dana Inc.

• Electric beam axle architectural options
• Architectures, integration options and feature

Craig Renneker, Vice President, DRiveline Engineering, AAM, USA

Dr Moritz Rittstieg, Partner, Co-Lead Center for Future Mobility, McKinsey & Company, Inc., USA

• Advancement of market electrification
• Waiting for the other shoe to drop

Michael Fiske, Associate Director, NA Automotive Powertrain & Compliance, S&P Global, USA

• Opportunities and challenges for new players entering the automotive battery cell industry
• How to participate in the battery supply chain that is filled with dominant market players
• Well-to-wheel CO₂ implications of the industry, with a focus on the USA

Simon Buderath, Principal, Strategy & Technology, P3 Group, USA

• Energy storage system architecture
• Battery cell technology
• Wireless battery management system

Tim Grewe, General Director GM Electrification Strategy, General Motors, USA

Prof. Gholam-Abbas Nazri, Technical Director of Energy Storage Systems, Frontier Applied Sciences and Technologies, LLC, USA

• An alternative to nomex and laminates
• Helping to increase copper slot fill
• Increased thermal conductivity

DeeDee Smith, Marketing Manager Emobility, Solvay Materials, USA

• Bringing rapid prototyping and power density to automotive engineers
• Oil-cooling breakthroughs deliver substantial power density improvements
• A new motor topology that eliminates loss, noise and unnecessary weight

Paulo Guedes-Pinto, Vice President, Engineering, Infinitum Electric, USA

• Comparison of KPIs of several EM topologies incl. their contribution to sustainability
• EM topologies and their contribution to sustainability
• Sustainability and performance KPIs of different EM topologies

Matthias Richter, Senior Manager of Electronics and Electric Motors Department, ZF North America Inc., USA

• A new solution for electric traction
• A flexible and powerful alternative to hairpin technology
• Conceived for highly efficient motors at all speed ranges
• Designed for lightweight and compact electric machines

Kumar Rajasekhara, President & CEO, Marsilli North America, USA

• Challenges in development & quality assurance for a 48V 6-phase machine for >30kW
• Six-phase, low voltage electric drive for pure electric driving
• Elaboration on methodology and technology applied to assure maximum performance can be utilized

Wilhelm Vallant, Product Manager Electric Driveline & Transmission Systems, AVL List GmbH, Austria

• State of the art stamping of electrical laminations
• Alternative joining methods for motor laminations
• Special requirements when stamping

Max Thieme, Sales Engineer, e-Mobility, Schuler Pressen GmbH, Germany

• Introduction of seamless 2-speed e-axle concept
• PFSD as multifunctional and highly efficient shift actuator
• Seamless shifting with magnetostrictive torque sensor
• Verification test of seamless shifting

Anthony Roman, Manager, Automotive Powertrain – New Energy Vehicle, NSK, USA

• High efficiency system for long cruising range
• Powerful driving performance at every scene
• Compact design for flexible vehicle layout

Atsuhiko Goto, President, UNIVANCE AMERICA, INC., USA

• Dog clutch system development with E-TECH applied on a rear axle
• Re-use of components
• Management of torque between front and rear to achieve high performance level

Antoine Vignon, Strategy for Hybrid & Transmission, Renault SA, France

• BEV transmission ratio reduction: chain vs gear efficiency
• Optimized location of chain and gear drives in multi-stage reduction
• Simulation and test results of chain vs gear efficiency
• Proof of technology through evaluation of demo vehicles

Rich Love, Senior Engineer, Product Engineering, BorgWarner, USA

• Electric drive design attributes
• System simulation for co-optimization of electric drives
• HRE free electric drive systems

Harsha Nanjundaswamy, Global Chief Engineer, Advanced Electric Drive Systems, BorgWarner, USA

Roadmap for a transition from empiricism to a data-driven understanding of gear reliability

• Identifying gear durability factors which vary widely
• Quantifying the variation of these parameters
• Incorporating this data into gearbox durability simulations

Matt Malanga, Engineering Manager, System Dynamics, Hexagon USA

• CFD analysis for coolant jet design and operation
• Understanding coolant flows in the end-winding volume
• Particle-based CFD methods for heat transfer and coolant distribution

Oliver Knaus, Skill Team Leader Solution Management, AVL List GmbH, Austria

• Methodologies for electric drive unit (EDU) NVH development
• Characterization of electrified drive units sound levels (FEV-EDSL)
• Acoustic vehicle alert system (AVAS) development approach
• Considerations for active sound design in BEV applications

Alex Ford, Supervisor, Powertrain NVH, FEV North America Inc., USA

• Temperature- and NVH-dependent dynamic control of electric drives
• Overmodulation effect at high-speed operation on efficiency, losses and temperature
• Cable length and parasitics influence on PI controller overshoots and over-voltages for full system
• Optimization of NVH behavior through electric machine control calibration

Inigo Garcia de Madinabeitia Merino, Lead Engineer e-Machine Simulation, AVL List GmbH, Austria

• Estimation of engine fueling map throug crowd source data
• Sensitivity analysis and impact of vehicle parameters on estimated energy consumption

Dr Andrej Ivanco, Team Lead, Engineering Data Analytics, Allison Transmission, USA

• System NVH correlation
• Challenges in planetary gearset modeling
• NVH degradation simulation

Andreas Puntigam, Technical Supervisor Transmission Simulation, AVL List GmbH, Austria

• Need for multi-speed transmission that shifts uninterrupted
• Need for non-friction dependent IVT for hybrid
• Use of custom Geneva wheel mechanism in IVT and MSTUS

Charles Clinton, Sales Director, Marketing, EcoNovaTech LLC, USA

• High-efficiency CVT with transmission efficiency surpassing 90%
• Wide ratio coverage of 8.2 achieved without using an auxiliary transmission or a direct shift skeleton
• Strong compatibility with downsized, turbocharged SUV & truck engines

Kenji Kawazoe, Manager, Project Management Department, Jatco Ltd, Japan

• Multi-speed transmissions for performance, energy and comfort benefits
• CVT e-axle for improved energy consumption acceleration elasticity
• Energy consumption benefits up to 10% for delivery trucks and city buses
• CVT e-axle cost compensation through downsized e-motor, inverter and battery

Han-Hein Spit, Vice President Sales Marketing, Bosch Transmission Technology B.V., The Netherlands

• Process monitoring in gear grinding
• Avoidance of NVH
• New hard-finishing process for internal gears

PhD Fabrice Monti di Sopra, Chief Technology Officer, R&D, Member of Senior Management, Reishauer AG, Switzerland

• Clutch filling
• Artficial intelligence – reinforcement learning
• Parameter-free optimization

Florian Schuchter, PhD Candidate, Research and Development, Mercedes Benz AG, Germany

• Evolutionary E/E-architecture for speed and efficiency
• One controller – multiple independent software partitions
• Motion integration platform

Nitya Hadya, Product Strategy Manager, Robert Bosch LLC, USA

• Silver sintering and epoxy molding technology for next generation power modules
• New designs, materials, and processes for assembly of wide-bandgap materials (WBG)
• Unlocking better thermal resistance, performance and reliability for wide-bandgap packaging

Patrick Huberts, Manager Sales and Business Development, Boschman Advanced Packaging Technology, The Netherlands

• Market forecast of global xEV volume, main inverter volume, power electronics devices, and substrate materials (Si vs SiC)
• Comparison of Si IGBT and SiC MOSFET at various levels
• Comprehensive supply chain analysis of inverters and upstream suppliers
• State of the art technologies in inverters, and new concepts in high voltage system integration

Dr Yu Yang, Senior Technology and Market Analyst, Power and Wireless, Yole Développement, France

• Miniaturization and integration within the power module
• Flexibility in power die technology, quantity and supply base
• Thermal pathways: New methods to beat the heat
• Liquid or air cooling with the same modular structure

Ian Byers, Chief Product Officer, Marel Power Solutions, USA

Frank Keller, Senior Engineering Manager, Jing-Jin Electric North America, LLC, USA

• Evolution of AWD disconnects and the transition to EV Drivetrains
• Challenges and needs for next generation EV Drivetrain systems
• Controllable disconnect system with bi-directional one-way-clutch functionality
• New multi-functional clutch technology for disconnect and multi-speed shifting

John Jennings, Director of eMobility and Innovation, Amsted Automotive, USA

• 2-speed EV-transmission
• Layshaft architecture with powershift capability
• Shift system with park brake and disconnect functionality
• Dry clutch, dog clutch and OWC as shift elements

Christian Schmidt, Project Manager Design, Passenger Car Transmission Design, AVL List GmbH, Austria

• Torque converter system for EV realizes smooth shifting
• Motor and INV load reduction and motor vibration damping
• Verification results using simulation and demo car

Katsuaki Waki, Asstistant General Coordinator, EXEDY Corporation, Japan

• Shaft rotor position sensor
• Specific sinusoidal magnetization patter
• Versatile solution with different mechanical integration
• Sensor technology for a wide range of application in EVs and auxiliaries

Gerald Masson PhD, Mechatronics Specialist, Moving Magnet Technologies, France

• Enhancing reliability in magnet wire coating
• Improving thermal conductivity with APTIV slot liners
• Addressing higher voltages and temperatures with new bus bar insulation options
• Insulation systems in high-voltage electric motors, inverters, and batteries

Patrick Clemensen, Senior Technical Service Engineer, Victrex, USA

• Cooling control modules for complexity reduction
• Diving into centralized solutions
• Value on the automotive industry

Nicholas Jordan, Senior Project Manager – Thermal Management Development, HELLA, USA

• An introduction to the thermal problem challenging engineers for EDU design
• Presentation of a unique toolset built at DSD to analyse the thermal performance of EDUs
• Explanation of the methodology utilised to rapidly analyse EDU reducing EDU development time
• Several EDU case studies will be analysed to optimise the cooling system

Michael Furness, Senior Engineer, Mechanical Engineering, Drive System Design, USA

• Overview of thermal requirements of vehicle system and sub-systems
• Thermal management of key sub-systems and components of a PHEV and BEV
• Energy flow determination and system optimization for overall vehicle efficiency

Jonathan Palmer, Manager, Driveline Validation, FEV North America, USA

• Thermal management components and systems for all levels of integration
• Increased thermal efficiency, optimized packaging space and overall cost reduction trough highly integrated solutions
• Solutions specifically designed to increase charging speed and increase range in low ambient tempartures

Brett Allossery, PMP©, Engineering Manager, Thermal Management Systems, Schaeffler Group USA Inc., USA

• New specialized test methods for EV DSFs
• Modified ASTM methods for EV DSFs
• Thermal Management of EV

Michael D. Warholic, Ph.D., Senior Technology Manager – Light Duty Lubricants, The Valvoline Company, USA

• Thermal management of battery packs
• Direct traction motor and power electronics cooling
• Functional safety of batteries of electric vehicles

Tobias Bender, Senior Scientist, R&D, FUCHS Lubricants Co., USA

• Fluid properties for enhanced thermal management and minimized energy losses
• Driving efficiency through fluid design
• How fluid and additive development works in practice
• Enabling new hardware though fluid engineering

Dr Lisa Thalen, R&D Group Leader, Driveline, Afton Chemical Corporation, USA

• Increasing efficiency with EV fluids
• Formulating EV fluids for low carbon impact
• Delivering efficiency gains with EV fluids while maintaining hardware protection

Greg Seman, eMobility OEM Liaison, Americas, Innovation & Engineering, Applied Sciences, BP Castrol, USA

• High efficiency EV and hybrid greases
• Racing greases provide benefits for EVs
• New greases reduce power consumption and extend range

Jacob Bonta, Product Development Chemist, The Valvoline Company, USA