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Keynote Sessions
Chairman of the Italian Committee of Professors of Solid and Structural
Mechanics, he was President of AIMETA (Italian Association of Theoretical
and Applied Mechanics). Currently, he is Chairman of the EUROMECH
Nonlinear Oscillations Conference Committee, Italian Representative at
the IUTAM General Assembly, member of the Scientific Council of CISM
(International Centre for Mechanical Sciences). He has served with major
Archival Journals as E-i-C (Meccanica), current/past AE (Journal of Vibration changed to the BMW/MINI plant in Oxford, UK, becoming department
and Control, Prikladnaya Matematika i Mekhanika/Chaos Solitons &
Fractals, ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics,
Mathematical Problems in Engineering), and EB member (Nonlinear
Dynamics, International Journal of Dynamics and Control). He has
organized many International Conferences/Symposia in the broad area
of nonlinear dynamics and control of mechanical and structural systems
(EUROMECH Colloquia: 1994, 2009; IUTAM Symposia: 2003, 2010;
7th European Nonlinear Dynamics Conference, 2011; scientific events
at ICTAM, ASME, EURODYN Conferences). Plenary/Keynote Lecturer at
more than 20 International Conferences, he gave seminars at academic
institutions all over the world. Honored with an International Conference
at Virginia Tech, and a Special Issue of Nonlinear Dynamics for his 60th
birthday, and a Special Issue of International Journal of Non-Linear
Mechanics for his 70th birthday. Has published 142 papers in 50 different
Archival Journals, 74 Book/Edited Volume Chapters, nearly 100 Refereed
Conference Proceedings papers, and has edited 4 Springer volumes and
7 Special Issues in top-level Archival Journals. He has always paid a lot of
effort in mentoring young students, many of whom are appointed at various
Academic institutions, via also international collaborations.
His main contributions to nonlinear dynamics are concerned with cable
dynamics, nonlinear oscillations, bifurcation and chaos in applied
mechanics and structural dynamics from macro- to micro-scale, reduced-
order modelling, control of oscillations and chaos, exploitation of global
dynamics for engineering safety, smart materials, coupled oscillators,
thermomechanical problems. He has used the combination of analytical,
computational, geometrical, and experimental techniques needed to
carefully detect and reliably characterize the variety of nonlinear and
complex dynamic phenomena possibly occurring in different engineering
areas.
PTG KEYNOTE Monday, August 7
11:00am–12:00pm
Karsten Stahl
Room 16
Technical University of Munich
“Role of Gears in Electrified Vehicles”
Abstract: This presentation discusses the impact of increasing production
volume of electrified vehicles on geared transmissions. Electrified vehicles
impose special requirements on gears in the drive train. An outlook on
chances and challenges of gears in an electrified mobile world is given.
IDETC/CIE
Biography: Dr. Karsten Stahl studied mechanical engineering at the
Technical University of Munich (TUM) and served as research associate at
the Gear Research Centre (FZG) at TUM. In 2001 he received his PhD
degree (Dr.-Ing.) in mechanical engineering and started as gear
development engineer at BMW in Dingolfing, where he became head of
the group “Prototyping, Gear Technology & Methods” in 2003. 2006 Stahl
leader “Validation Driving Dynamics and Powertrain.” In 2009 Stahl
returned to Munich as manager for “Predevelopment and Innovation
Management” within BMW Driving Dynamics and Powertrain in Munich.
2011 Karsten Stahl accepted a chair and became full professor at the
Institute for Machine Elements and director of the FZG with about 80
associates, 50 of them PhD candidates, and more than 200 students.
Organized in 5 departments, Prof. Stahl’s research focuses on experimental
and analytical investigations of endurance, tribology, NVH, materials and
fatigue life analysis. In the focus of his research are components like
cylindrical-, bevel-, hypoid- and worm-gears, clutches, synchronizers, rolling
element bearings and drive systems.
Prof. Stahl is board member of the WiGeP and several other scientific
associations, convener of ISO/TC 60/SC 2 working group 6, editor in chief,
editor and associate editor of several scientific journals, president and
scientific committee member of several national and international
conferences and holds the VDI ring of honor. He has published more than
100 scientific papers and presentations.
PTG KEYNOTE
Tuesday, August 8
11:00am–12:00pm
Room 16
Avinash Singh
Global Propulsion Systems General Motors
“Role of Transmissions in Enabling Vehicle Fuel Economy”
Abstract: In this presentation, some of the emerging trends in vehicle
technologies will be reviewed. These trends are driven by fuel economy,
drivability, and safety challenges facing the automotive industry. Often
times, these technologies pose unexpected challenges for the automotive
transmission. The innovation needed within the transmission to enable
these technologies will be explored.
Biography: Dr. Avinash Singh is an Engineering Group Manager in the 29
Global Transmission and Electrification Advanced Engineering organization
of General Motors. He leads advanced technology development for all
Transmission and Electric/Hybrid Drive Unit Components and Subsystems,
including gear systems, continuously variable units, bearings, torque
converters, clutches, structures, and pumps.
Dr. Singh received his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT
Varanasi (BHU), India, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical
Engineering from the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. He currently
serves on the Board of trustees of the not-for-profit Gear Research Institute