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EVS26
Date: 8 May 2012 - 08:00-09:30
Location: LOS ANGELES CONVENTION CENTER
Title: Strategic selection of future EV technology based on the carbon payback period
Author: Jane Patterson

IMechE Seminar - Can Engines be Better by Design? 
Date: 28 February 2012
Location: Peterborough, UK
Title: The Impact of Downsizing and Friction Reduction on Base Engine Design
Author: Michael Jeremy 

Low Carbon Vehicle Technology Project (LCVTP)
Final Dissemination Event
Date: Tuesday 21 February 2012
Location: International Digital Lab, WMG, The University of Warwick
Author: Jane Patterson, Nick Powell

LCVTP LCA Workshop
Date: 18 January 2012
Location: University of Warwick, UK
Title: CO2 Footprint Study
Author: Jane Patterson

Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium (GVSETS
Date: 19 August 2010
Location:  Dearborn, MI, USA
Title 1: Prospects for Standardization of Vehicle LI-ION Cells From Both a Technical And Economic Point of View
Author: Neil Johnson, Senior Project Engineer
Title 2:  Adaptation of Commercial “Road Train” Electronics for Robotic Wingman
Author: Chris Domin
Title 3: Systems Engineering Methodology for Fuel Efficiency and its Application to the TARDEC Fuel Efficient Demonstrator (FED) Program   **WINNER OF AWARD FOR BEST PAPER**
Author: Paul Luskin,  Robert Berlin  (Ricardo, CASSI / TARDEC)

SAE Heavy Duty Diesel Emissions Control
Date: 21-22 September 2010
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Title: Measured Emissions from a Dedicated NRMM Engine Fitted with Particulate and NOx Emissions Controls”
Authors: Dirk Bosteels, John May, Cecile Favre (Association of Emission Controls by Catalyst - AECC), Jon Andersson, Chris Such, Simon Fagg (Ricardo)

Aachen Colloquium
Date: 4-6 October 2010
Location: Aachen, Germany
Title 1: Reducing CO2, The Ricardo Mechanical Hybrid Drive
Author: A. Atkins
Title 2: Electric Vehicle – Money Trap or Cash Cow? Is E-Mobility the Business Model of the Future for Traditional Automotive OEMs?
Authors: A. Krug, A. Neumann, A. Schlosser

Drivetrain Innovations for Wind Turbines Conference
Date: 18-19 October 2010
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Title: Designing and Developing Optimum Drivetrain Concepts for 10MW Class Wind Turbines
Authors: Giles Hundleby

Fuel Cell Seminar 2010
Date: 19 October 2010
Location: San Antonio, TX, USA
Title: A Modular Fuel Cell System for Delivery Vehicles
Authors: J. J. Kasab, J. Navratil, J. A. Patterson, P. Adcock, A. Rygucka (Ricardo, Ricardo, Ricardo, Ricardo, Intelligent Energy)

Battery Power 2010
Date: 20 October 2010
Location: Dallas TX, USA
Title: Moving from consumer to transporrtation batteries - a review of requirements, implications and opportunities
Authors: Neil Johnson

SIA – Automobile and Railroad Comfort - Acoustics, Vibrations & Thermal issues
Date: 21-22 October 2010
Location : Le Mans, France
Title: Noise and vibration challenges for two cylinder and three cylinder diesel engines
Authors: Matt Maunder, Gareth Strong, Marco Poggi, Simon Tate, Andy McQueen, Phil Carden

First International CTI Forum
Date: 26-27 October 2010
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Title: Diesel Engine Calibration Process for Optimum Steady State and Transient EGR Control
Author: Justin Seabrook

25th World Battery, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exhibition (EVS25)
Date: 8 November 2010
Location: Shenzhen, PR China
Title: Developing the Design Specification for a Fuel Cell Range-Extender Engine
Authors: Roger Thornton, Jiri Navratil, Jane Patterson, Pascal Revereault, Paul Adcock, Dan Ninan, Anna Rygucka (Ricardo & Intelligent Energy)

Heavy-Duty, On- and Off-Highway Engines: Euro VI/Tier 4 and what comes after that?
Date: 23-24 November 2010
Location: Mannheim, Germany
Title: Optimisation of Emission technologies for Fuel Consumption and Cost
Authors: Chris Such, Dr. Uwe Geiger

9th International CTI Symposium & Expo - Innovative Automotive Transmissions Hybrid and Electric Drives
Date: 29 November - 2 December 2010
Location: Berlin, Germany
Title: Highly Efficient Mechanical Hybrid Drive
Authors: Rolland Donin, Andy Atkins et al

27th Army Science Conference
Date: 29 November – 2 December 2010
Location: Orlando, FL, USA
Title: Novel Flywheel Systems for Applications Requiring High Power Density Author: David Boggs SAE International Global

Drivetrain Virtual Summit
Date: 8 December 2010
Location: http://www.sae.org/events/globvirt/
Title: Stepping into the Future of Automatic Transmissions
Authors: Shaun Mepham

UK Universities' Internal Combustion Engine Group (UniCEG) Meeting
Date: 15 December 2010
Location: City University, London, UK
Author: Jason King

Advanced Automotive Battery Technology, Application and Market (AABC-11)
Date: 26-28 January 2011
Location: Pasadena, CA, USA
Title: Battery pack optimisation
Authors: Peter Miller

9th International CTI Forum Exhaust Systems
Date: 27 January 2011
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Title: Combined EGR and boost control in complex systems
Authors: Andy Noble

9th International CTI Forum Exhaust Systems
Date: 27 January 2011
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Title: Diesel Engine Calibration Process for Optimum Steady State and Transient EGR Control
Authors: Justin Seabrook

bC India 2011
Date: 9 February 2011
Location: Mumbai, India
Title: Hybridisation of construction equipment - Improving Back-hoe Loader efficiency
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Engine Downsizing: How low can you go? Seminar
Date: 9 February 2011
Location: IMechE, London, UK
Title: Application of synergistic technologies to achieve high levels of gasoline engine downsizing
Author: Jason King

39th Edwards Lecture with the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers
Date: 9 February 2011
Location: City University London, UK
Title: Cost-effective low carbon transport – Can technology deliver?
Author: Professor Neville Jackson
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Advances in Automotive, East Midlands Development Agency Transport iNet 
Date: 10 February 2011
Location: Rockingham Raceway, Northamptonshire, UK
Title: TSB HyBoost - Hybridised Boosted Optimised System with Turbocompound
Author: Jason King

International Advanced Mobility Forum (IAMF) at the Geneva Motor Show 2011
Date: 9 March 2011
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Title: An assessment of traffic patterns & consumer behaviour and the impact on plug-in electric vehicle charging power requirements
Authors: Ed Bower and Neil Downing

Marine Propulsion Conference
Date: 10 March 2011
Location: London, United Kingdom
Title: Ricardo’s Marine propulsion and service system energy architecture modelling and simulation tool, enabling optimisation of total ship efficiency
Authors: Pascal Revereault

EWEC 2011
Date: 16 March 2011, 14:00 - 16:00
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Title: Wind turbine drivetrain innovations and product development
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LCVTP WS7 Workshop
Date: 6 April 2011
Location: WMG, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
Title: Lifecycle top-down review of Ricardo's Technology Validator Vehicle
Authors: Neil Downing

SAE 2011 High Efficiency IC Engines Symposium
Date: 11th April 2011
Location: Westin Book Cadillac Hotel in Detroit, Michigan
Title: Future reciprocating combustion engine efficiency – how much further can we go?
Authors: Neville Jackson

SAE 2011 World Congress
Date: 12 April 2011
Location: Detroit, USA
Title: Development of a timing chain drive model for a high speed gasoline engine
Authors: Michele Calabretta, Diego Cacciatore (Lamborghini), Phil Carden, Jonathan Plail (Ricardo)

SAE 2011 World Congress
Date: 13 April 2011
Location: Detroit, USA
Title: Validation of a CFD Model of a Hollow-Cone Spray with Multiple Fuel Injection and Gasoline Fuel Blends
Authors: Lars Schmidt and Jason King

SAE 2011 World Congress
Date: 14 April 2011
Location: Detroit, USA
Title: Multiple Injection Strategies for Improved Combustion Stability under Stratified Part Load Conditions in a Spray Guided Gasoline Direct Injection (SGDI) Engine
Authors: Lars Schmidt and Jason King

The Piston Engine Revolution – Newcomen Society Conference
Date: 14-17 April 2011
Location: Manchester, UK
Title: Harry Ricardo – A Passion for Efficiency
Author: Dave Morrison (Ricardo)

SAE 2011 Transmission Symposium China
Date: 20th April 2011
Location: Shanghai, China
Title: Commercial Vehicle Automatic Transmission for Manufacture in China
Authors: Tony O’Neill

MMT Tech Days
Date: 11-12th May
Location: Besancon, France
Title: High performance flywheels and their application to future vehicle power train
Authors: Simon Shepherd

Vehicle Thermal Management Symposium 10
Date: 16th May 2011
Location: Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, UK
Title: Investigation of Temperature Fields During Stop-Start Operation of a Spark Ignition Engine and the Effect on Engine Behaviour after a Restart
Authors: E Bent, PJ Shayler, A La Rocca, University of Nottingham, C Rouaud, Ricardo plc, UK

Vehicle Thermal Management Symposium 10
Date: 17th May 2011
Location: Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, UK
Title: Integrated Thermal Management for Downsized Diesel Engine with Low CO2 Emissions
Authors: C Rouaud, A Marchi, B Cooper, Ricardo UK

China Offshore Wind Power Summit
Date: 26th - 27th May 2011
Location: Shanghai, China
Title: Innovations in Offshore Wind Drivetrain Reliability
Authors: Paul Jordan

VDI Conference ‘Getriebe in Fahrzeugen’ (Transmission in vehicles’)
Date: 3rd June 2011
Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany
Title: Electro-Mechanical Dual Clutch Transmission, Ricardo’s eDCT
Authors: Jörn Behrenroth, Jon Wheals,Birgit Herbst,Chris Burbidge

EAEC 2011 Conference
Date: 14 June 2011
Location: Valencia, Spain
Title: Reduction of CO2 by integrated opimisation of diesel combustion and aftertreatmenet technology
Authors: Brian Cooper (1), Gareth Jones(1), Matthew Keenan(1),  Philip Hore(1) and James Wylie (2)

IQPC “Next Generation OFF-HIGHWAY ENGINES”
Date: 27th – 29th June 2011
Location: Frankfurt, Germany
Title: Ricardo's low particulate matter combustion system - twin vortex
Author: Axel Schwarz

ATZ Automotive Acoustics Conference 2011
Date: 7 and 8 July 2011
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Title: Delivering Competitive NVH from Low CO2 Powertrain Solutions
Author: Matt Maunder, Marco Poggi, Simon Tate, Gareth Strong, Phil Carden

LCVTP Dissemination Day ‘System Integration of High Voltage Drives’
Date: 13th July
Location: Warwick University, United Kingdom
Title: Batteries - Specifying a traction battery for a limited volume EV/hybrid
Author: Robert Ball

LCVTP Dissemination Day ‘System Integration of High Voltage Drives’
Date: 13th July
Location: Warwick University, United Kingdom
Title: High Voltage Electrical Distribution Systems (HV EDS)
Author: Robert Ball

10th International Conference on Engines & Vehicles
Date: September 2011
Location: Naples, ITALY
Title: Performance Characterisation of a Range of Diesel Oxidation Catalysts: Effect of Pt:Pd Ratio on Light Off Behaviour and Nitrogen Species Formation
Authors: Laura Glover - Queen's University Belfast; Roy Douglas - Queen's Univ of Belfast; Geoffrey McCullough - Queen's Univ of Belfast; Matthew Keenan - Ricardo UK Ltd; Pascal Revereault - Ricardo UK Ltd; Claire McAtee - Queen's Univ of Belfast

Low Carbon Vehicle Event 2011
Date: 7 - 8 September
Location: Rockingham, United Kingdom
Title: Cash vs. Carbon: Balancing financial return with corporate responsibility
Author: Jane Patterson

IMechE Seminar entitled “A drive for fuel efficiency – Reduction of piston parasitic losses”
Date: 21st September 2011
Location: Loughborough  University
Title: Calculation of Friction at Piston Skirt and Rings
Author: Phil Carden

Low Carbon Vehicle Technology Project - WS9
Date: 4th October 2011
Location: Coventry University
Title: High Efficiency Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning & System Cooling
Disseminating Partners: University of Warwick, Coventry University, MIRA, Jaguar Land Rover, Tata Motors European Technical Centre, Ricardo
Ricardo author: Nilabza Dutta, Cedric Rouaud, Ricardo UK