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Day 1
 
Day 1 - Tuesday 8th May 2007
 
Moderator - Christian Adam, Eng. Manager, New Products Development, Timken Europe
   
Ride & Handling
   
09.50 - 10.15
An overview of TRW Automotive's Semi Active Roll Control System (SARC)
TRW Automotive - Steve Green, Chief Engineer, Suspension
   
10.15 - 10.40
Customer orientation in vehicle ride comfort quality design
Centro Ricerche Fiat - Massimo Caudano, Head of System Dynamics Group
   
10.40 - 11.05
MagneRide, performance and challenges
Delphi Chassis Europe - Olivier Raynauld, Manager Controlled Suspensions
 
   
11.05 - 11.30
Merging the driver's perception with the active safety challenge - A close look inside the Synaptic Damping Control approach
Magneti Marelli Suspension - Dr Michele Spina, Product Development Director
 
   
11.30 - 11.55
Engine mounts and their impact on the vehicle ride comfort and handling compromise
Multimatic - Steve Swift, Engineering Director
   
11.55 - 12.20
Semi-active control of heavy articulated vehicle and human body exposure to vehicle vibrations
University of Bath, UK - Georgios Tsampardoukas, PhD student
   
12.20 - 12.45
Development and integration of a novel acquisition and analysis process for vehicle dynamics track testing, and its application to Dwell-Sine sinusoidal input analysis
Applus + IDIADA - Alexandre Catala, Manager, Vehicle Dynamics
 
   
Suspension  
 
Moderator - Alexandre Català, Manager, Vehicle Dynamics, Applus + IDIADA 
 
13.35 - 14.00
Air suspension enters the European compact car segment
WABCO - Helge Westerkamp, Leader Product Marketing
   
14.00 - 14.25
Active toe control
Prodrive Ltd – Matthew Taylor, Leader Vehicle Dynamics
 
   
14.25 - 14.50
Suspension electronics for Smart Damper
Robert Bosch GmbH - Ivica Durdevic, Project Director Suspension
 
   
14.50 - 15.15
Reducing power demand for heavy suspension tests
MTS Systems Corporation - Steven Haeg, Principal Design Engineer
   
15.15 - 15.40
First FlexRay suspension product in mass production
Siemens VDO - Heiko Jausel, Product Group Director, Steering
   
15.40 - 16.05
Vehicle-based verification of air spring systems including damping control
Continental AG - Ralph Tepe, Development Engineer
   
16.05 - 16.30
The influence of suspension and chassis design on ride comfort
Vibracoustic GmbH & Co. KG - Michael Meß, Manager Advanced Development
   
16.30 - 16.55
Bilstein TTS - A lightweight solution

ThyssenKrupp Bilstein Suspension - Hans Dziemballa, Leader of Serial Development Springs and Stabilizer Bars