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EARPA

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The Guide to European

Automotive Research

and Development Partners

Contents:

4 Introduction to EARPA Partners Guide

5 What is EARPA?

6 User Guide

7 Organisation & Task Forces

8 Membership

8-9 Members & Locations

10-83 Member Pages

84-91 Contacts

92 Other Usefull Links

93 Colophon

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Introduction to EARPA Partners Guide What is EARPA?Founded in 2002, EARPA is the association of

automotive R&D organisations. It brings

together the most prominent independent R&D

providers in the automotive sector throughout

Europe. Its membership is ranging from large

and small commercial organisations to national

institutes and universities.

EARPA, as the platform of automotive

researchers, aims at actively contributing to the

European Research Area and the future EU

Framework Programmes. In this task, EARPA

seeks a close cooperation with the automotive

industry, the automotive suppliers, the oil

industry as well as the European Institutions

and the EU Member States.

EARPA members are strongly committed to

cooperate closely with industrial automotive

partners, universities and other research

organisations on future R&D. Such a

cooperation may vary from an exchange of ideas

and knowledge in joint meetings to setting up

networks and carrying out joint projects. The EU

Framework Programmes are of particular interest

to EARPA members by means to achieve such

cooperation.

EARPA members are committed to contribute

to a common ‘Vision on Future Transport’ and

the creation and implementation of a ‘Strategic

Research Agenda’. In this, they support the

actions of ERTRAC – the European Reseach

Transport Advisory Council - as well as other

European Technology Platforms.

EARPA and its members, being well integrated in

both national and European research structures,

are in a position and willing to support a closer

link between and coordination of national and

European research programs. EARPA as an

independent platform is prepared to participate

at European Community level in strategic

consulting related to public interest and social

matters regarding mobility, environment, energy

and safety in the automotive domain.

EARPA will promote the awareness and

understanding of the specific role and

contribution of its members in the automotive

sector and reinforce the high tech character of

the automotive industry and its potential for

future innovation and new opportunities.

ERTRAC

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ACEA/EUCAR

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DG’s

Dear reader,

The European road transport industry and research providers perform revolutionary as

well as incremental research and development (R&D) activities to find solutions for

the new technological and economic challenges in the next decades. Both the

important Green Car Initiative of the European Commission and a number of national

initiatives support this effort.

To meet future mobility demands, it is necessary to consider all energy sources and their pathway to the wheel on

the street, and determine which ones are highly efficient. Vehicle electrification, whether in the form of hybrid or

pure electric systems, is the challenge for mid- and long-term research activities. There will not be a single

powertrain system in the future. We will face a variety of systems starting with highly intelligent versions of today’s

internal combustion engines and transmissions, through stages of electrification on to electric vehicles.

Nevertheless the improvement of road safety, noise emissions, as well as important scientific areas such as

materials, embedded systems, processes and intelligent transport systems are also of high priority. Also important

are their contributions to society's needs in terms of mobility for all segments of the population. To meet the

mobility challenges ahead of us, EARPA members are the supporting partners of the industry to create the required

innovations. EARPA and its members provide services directly to the automotive industry and their suppliers. Part

of this work is performed in pre-competitive European research projects.

The updated EARPA Partners Guide gives R&D actors an outline of the leading European research partners and their

special expertise in the field of road vehicles. The members of our network are highly experienced in carrying out

interdisciplinary work for the future of our automotive industry and aiming at an improved and more sustainable

road transport system. Our members are also active contributors to various European Technology Platforms and other

European Initiatives. Especially today, EARPA members would like to highlight their support to the new activities of

ERTRAC (the European Road Transport Research Advisory Council).

Our members look forward to being your partner as well. Be our guest!

Josef Affenzeller, EARPA Chairman

Josef Affenzeller, EARPA Chairman

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EARPA is functioning thanks to its members'

annual contributions and is composed of four

main bodies. First, the General Assembly, in

which all members are participating, governs

the Association. Second, the Executive Board,

to which the management of the association is

delegated, initiates activities and carries out

the representative tasks. Mr. Affenzeller (AVL) is

as EARPA Chairman chairing this group. Third,

the EARPA Secretariat, which supports the

overall activities, is present in Brussels. The

EARPA Secretary General is Ms Attané. And

finally, EARPA experts are active within EARPA

11 Task Forces which form the heart of EARPA's

operations.

Within those Task Forces, EARPA members are

actively discussing research topics of their

interest. The Task Forces are focussing on

answering specific needs:

• Identified by EARPA members (e.g. technical

discussions, EU projects creation, etc.);

• Identified by the actual effort of EARPA in

terms of representation (e.g. discussion on

EU RTD Policy).

The Task forces focus on technical discussions

and project inititation efforts.

Task Forces

1. Safety

2. Materials

3. Noise, Vibrations & Harshness

4. Modelling & Simulation

5. Advanced Internal Petrol and Diesel Combustion Engines

6. Hybrid Electric Vehicles

7. Advanced Electric Components

8. Alternative Fuels Production

9. Urban Mobility

10. PEOPLE Programme

11. Project Management

Main Technolgy Areas

Crash structures, Restraint systems, Human-machine interaction, ICT based safety systems, (semi-)autonomous driving, Test & evaluation methods for safety systems

Application of light-weight materials in vehicle structures, material behaviour, intelligent materials etc.

Noise and vibrations of vehicles, vehicle structures and components, noise reduction technologies etc.

Advanced modelling and simulation technologies for R&D of powertrains and other applications

Future engine concepts for sustainable transport and tra!c, Interaction of advanced combustion engines and alternative fuels, Function development for advanced engine concepts

Hybrid and full-electric driveline, including control strategies

Components for alternative powertrains, including fuel cells, batteries.

Aspects related to the production of alternative fuels for vehicle propulsion, including biofuels

Deals with non-technical issues related to the demand and implementation side of technology in Urban Mobility

Elaboration of projects aiming at the mobility of researchers within EARPA Members as well as with EARPA partners

Discussion on FPs rules for participation & Sharing experiences on EU project management and contracting

Chairman/Initiator

IKA - Mr Urban

FhG - Mr Bein

ARSENAL - Mr Haider

IFP - Mr Angelberger

FEV - Mr Lamping

AVL - Mr Prenninger

CEA - Mr Le Marois

IFP - Mr Gruson

TNO - Mr Schelling

LMS - Mr Van der Auweraer

TNO - Ms Attané

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User Guide

This manual provides an overview of the EARPA

organisation and the EARPA members that can

be used within the Association and by external

parties. It is based on the information provided

by our members.

Per member, there is a fact sheet containing the

type of organisation, location and a short

summary of expertise and activities including

participation in EU projects and particpation in

Technology Platforms and other major European

networks. At the end of this publication, there

is a list of the contact details.

Organisation & Task Forces

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Membership

EARPA today counts 37 members: have a look at

the next pages for more information!

EARPA Membership is open to R&D providers,

commercial and non-profit. Independence of the

automotive industry and experience with EU

projects is among the criteria for membership.

Interested organisations may apply for

membership.

Should you be interested to join EARPA, please

do not hesitate to contact EARPA Secretariat.

Members & Locations:AIT, Austria

Applus+ IDIADA, Spain

APTL, Greece

AVL, Austria

Bertrandt, Gemany

CEA, France

CEIT, Spain

Cidaut, Spain

CMT, Spain

Cracow University of Technology,Poland

Czech Technical University, Czech Republik

Eindhoven University of Technology,Netherlands

FEV, Germany

Fraunhofer LBF, Germany

IDMEC, Portugal

IFP, France

ika, Germany

ISIS, Germany

Istituto Motori, Italy

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

LAT, Greece

TNO, Netherlands

Tecnalia, Spain

Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

University of Firenze, Italy

University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

University of Southampton, UK

VSI, Austria

VTT, Finland

LMS International, Belgium

MIRA, UK

OTAM, Turkey

Poznan University, Poland

Ricardo, UK

Safer, Sweden

SIMLab, Norway

SP, Sweden

• CVIS - Cooperative Vehicle Infrastructure

Systems;

• TYROSAFE - Tyre and Road Surface Optimisation

for Skid Resistance and Further Effects

• IRDES – Improving Road Side Design to Forgive

Human Errors

• HCV – Hybrid Commercial Vehicle

• HELIOS – High energy battery for EV

• MODELISAR – from system modelling to s/w

running on the vehicle

• VECOM – Vehicle Concept Modeling

• FORMAT – Forming Materials Al, Mg

Short summary of expertise andactivities:

The Austrian Institute of Technology provides

research and technological development to realise

innovations for the next generation of

infrastructure related technologies in the fields of

energy, mobility, health & environment and safety

& security, as well as foresight & policy

development.

Mobility related research at AIT has the main target

to provide the technological basis to realise

efficient, green and safe mobility. Research is

performed to:

investigate and improve the safety and efficiency

of transport infrastructure, vehicles and people.

improve the energy efficiency of modern vehicles

and vehicle components by focusing on highly

optimised, compact and efficient electric drive

systems as well as on light weight design.

support e-mobility concepts by developing energy

management concepts for smart grids and adapted

electric power systems as well as by strengthening

the utilisation of renewable energy sources for

energy generation.

provide technologies and process approaches to

realise highly reliable software systems for

implementing safe and dependable autonomous

and cooperative systems.


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AIT - Austrian Institute of Technology

Organisation type: R&D company

Contact person: Ms Margit Noll

Phone number contact person: +43 50550 4011

Email contact person: [email protected]

Location head office: Vienna, Austria

Number of employees: 901

Turnover before tax: 60 M €

Website: www.ait.ac.at

• FURORE;

• PSN2;

• APSN;

• ROLLOVER;

• CHILD;

• APROSYS;

• NPACS;

• AUTOFORE.


Applus+ IDIADA, as a global partner to the

automotive industry worldwide, supports clients

in their product development activities by

providing design, engineering, testing and

homologation services to fit their needs.

Applus+ IDIADA provides an extensive range of

engineering and testing services in the fields of

passive and active safety, powertrain, comfort,

reliability, electronics and materials and

processes. Applus+ IDIADA undertakes complete

vehicle development projects applying tailor-

made project management solutions based on

the requirements of each project. Applus+

IDIADA's expertise in both physical and virtual

testing results in maximum efficiency in cost

and time. Its engineering solutions are driven

by the ongoing pursuit of excellence and

research in the best technology.

A large team of more than 900 engineers drawn

from over 25 countries, as well as an

international network of subsidiaries and branch

offices in 15 countries ensure clients will be

given fast and customized services. Applus+

IDIADA is present in Spain, France, Germany,

Italy, UK, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Poland,

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Contact person: Mr Ignasi Ferrer

Phone number contact person: +34 977 16 60 28


Location head office: Tarragona, Spain



Website: www.idiada.com

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• TOP-EXPERT - Tailored -on-board activated

agents production for exhaust aftertreatment

performance enhancement;

• IPSY - System for future Diesel combustion

concepts;

• ATLANTIS - Aerosol technologies and

hierarchical assembly/manufacturing for

advanced nanostructured porous materials;

• SOLHYCARB - Hydrogen from solar thermal

energy: High temperature solar chemical

reactor for co-production of hydrogen and

carbon black from natural gas cracking;

• MOBILAB - Mobile laboratory for

environmental pollution measurements and

emission control systems evaluation;

• HYDROSOL-II - Solar hydrogen via water

splitting in advanced monolithic reactors for

future solar power plants;

• COMETNANO - Technologies for Synthesis,

Recycling and Combustion of Metallic

Nanoclusters as Future Transportation Fuels.


The Aerosol & Particle Technology Laboratory

(APTL) research work is related to the science of

fine particles and their suspensions in various

media. APTL core R&D activities concern the

emission control area, where it has established

itself as a laboratory of international caliber, by

exploiting the benefits of nanomaterials and

nanotechnologies for the clean transport

systems of the future. In parallel, it invests in

scaling-up its activities on the synthesis of

nanoparticles with tailored properties focusing

on their integration into final market products

through process innovations. Last but not least,

APTL intensives its efforts in the exploitation of

solar technologies for clean fuels production.

APTL research is organized in the following

areas:

• Emission Control Technologies for Mobile

Sources;

• Sensor and Measurement Technologies;

• Computer Simulation of Aerosol & Particulate

Processes;

• Hydrogen and Clean Energy Technologies.

• PAGODE - Post-treatment for the next

generation of Diesel;

APTL - Aerosol & Particle Technology Laboratory

Organisation type: R&D institute

Contact person: Mr Athanasios Konstandopoulos



Location head office: Thermi, Thessaloniki, Greece



Website: www.apt.cperi.certh.gr


Transport Research Advisory Council. AVL is

member of the Joint Undertakings ARTEMIS -

Advanced Research and Development on

Embedded Intelligent Systems and of the

European Industry Grouping for a Fuel Cell and

Hydrogen Joint Technology Initiative.

AVL has participated in more than 80 European

RTD projects. Selected examples are the

coordination of:

• CALM and CALM II – Coordination of

European Research for Advanced Transport

Noise Mitigation;

• CESAR – Cost-Efficient Methods and Processes

for Safety Relevant Embedded Systems;

• EAGAR – European Assessment of Global

Publicly Funded Automotive Research,

Targets and Approaches;

• ERTRAC and ERTRAC II – Technology Platform

for European Road Transport Research;

• FURORE – Future Road Vehicle Research, a

Roadmap for the Future;

• SAFIER – Support Action for the

Implementation of ERTRAC’s Road Transport

Research Priorities;

• SILENCE – Quieter Surface Transport in Urban

Areas.


AVL is the world's largest privately owned company

for development of powertrains (combustion

engines, hybrid systems, electric drive) as well as

simulation and test systems for passenger cars,

trucks and marine engines. AVL has 4500

employees (2.000 in Graz, and an additional 2.500

in world-wide 45 representations and affiliates.

Turnover 2008: 740 Mio Euro. Approx 11% of the

turnover are spent for company-financed research.

Development of Powertrain Systems: AVL develops

and improves all kinds of powertrain systems and

is a competent partner to the engine and

automotive industry. In addition AVL develops and

markets the simulation methods which are

necessary for the development work.

Engine Instrumentation and Test Systems: The

products of this business area comprise all the

instruments and systems required for engine

and vehicle testing.

Advanced Simulation Technologies: The

developed software focuses on design and

optimization of powertrain systems and covers

all phases of the development process.

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Contact person: Mr Josef Affenzeller

Phone number contact person: +43 316 787 253


Location head office: Graz, Austria



Website: www.avl.com

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• HiCEPS - Highly Integrated Combustion

Electric Propulsion System.


Bertrandt is one of Europe's leading engineering

service providers to the international

automotive industry and aviation. Employing

roughly 5800 people at 29 sites throughout

Europe and the US, we provide customised

solutions ranging from individual components

to modules and complete vehicle derivatives for

all leading OEMs thoroughout the world.

During the design process we are replicating the

complete vehicle development process chain -

from the initial concept through to series

production readiness. Bertrandt's strength at

this juncture is the always existing close

collaboration between component designers

and process engineers that makes it possible for

us to reduce design time and costs.

In spite of high-pressure deadlines, research

and development have always been one of the

most important elements of Bertrandt's business

strategy. For innovations are essential to

increase efficiency and effectiveness of FEA

activities and therefore to meet the rising

requirements of our customers.

Applications of the developed materials can be

found not only in advanced vehicle technology

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Contact person: Mr Andreas Auracher



Location head office: Ehningen, Germany



Website: www.bertrandt.com

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environmental concerns and the constantly

higher penetration of electronics in cars (design

and product). This trend positioned the CEA DRT

as a natural partner of the EU automotive

industry (OEM’s, Tiers’1 and suppliers).

The CEA DRT is actively involved in the

following European networks:

• ETP/JTI ARTEMIS: specific group EICOSE f o r

transportation application;

• JTI ENIAC;

• ETP EPOSS: specific automotive group;

• ETP Hydrogen and JTI-FCH.

European projects:

• IMPECC 2: Infrared Microsystems for polluting

emissions control on cars;

• SAVE-U: sensors and system architecture for

vulnerable road users’ protection.


The CEA, a French leading Research Centre, is

active in three main fields : Energy/

Information and Health Technologies/ Defense

and National Security. The CEA is based on a

cross-disciplinary culture of both engineers and

researchers, on which synergies between

fundamental and technological research are

built.

The Technological Research Division (DRT) has

specific activities focused on Applied Research.

The Technological Research Division (budget:

350 million Euros; 252 patents in 2006)

develops partnerships with industry to promote

innovation and increase the competitiveness of

our partners through new applications of

advanced technologies. The CEA DRT is

organized in 3 complementary institutes:

• LIST: Laboratory of Integrated Systems and

Technology, 515 employees; www-list.cea.fr;

• LITEN: Laboratory of Innovation for New

Energy Technologies, 500 employees;

www-liten.cea.fr;

• LETI: Laboratory of electronic and

Information Technologies, 1600 employees;

www-leti.cea.fr;

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Contact person: Mr Xavier Apolinarski

Phone number contact person: +33 169082974


Location head office: Saclay, France


Turnover before tax: 3.3 B €

Website: www.cea.fr

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proposals in the FP7, out of which many are

funded, having the role of coordinator in 3 of

them. Further information can be found at:

http://www.ceit.es

List of FP7 projects in which CEIT is now

involved:

CONFIDENCE (Coordinated by CEIT)

SIDAM

PERFORM

SELECT

DHERGO

EBSF

DYNOTRAIN

HESCAP (Coordinated by CEIT)

AQUAFIT

OMC

PACROLP-II (Coordinated by CEIT)

MICROTOOLS

LUNA

PRECHiMn

ADD CONTROL


CEIT is a non-profit institute whose main

mission is to provide a service to industry by

carrying out contract applied research and

technological development. In addition, CEIT

endeavours to serve society by training young

researchers who will move on to industry, where

they will in turn generate innovative changes

that will make their companies competitive in

the world arena.

CEIT aims at maintaining the highest research

standards and at constantly adding to its wealth

of knowledge and expertise. CEIT is committed

to finding better ways of satisfying client

needs, to giving effective solutions to market

challenges and to solving complex

multidisciplinary problems.

CEIT consists of three departments (Materials,

Applied Mechanics, and Electronics and

Communications) and three R&D Units (Unit on

Microelectronics and Microsystems,

Environmental Engineering Unit and Tissue

Engineering and Biomaterials Unit.

CEIT has been involved in fifteen FP6 projects,

having the role of coordinator in two of them.

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Organisation type: Research institute

Contact person: Mr Miguel Ormazabal



Location head office: San Sebastian, Spain



Website: www.ceit.es

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• Transport Safety;

• Materials - Product - Process;

• Energy and Environment.

At European level, CIDAUT has participated in

more than 40 EU projects, as :

• APROSYS;

• APSN;

• SAFESPOT;

• PREVENT;

• STORHY;

• AIDE;

• HELISAFE;

• TELEFOT;

• SAFERIDER.


The Foundation CIDAUT (Research and

Development Center in Transport & Energy), was

created in 1993 and has as principal objective to

nurture the competitiveness and the industrial

development of the companies in the transport

and energy sectors, thus enabling them to

develop new products and processes. In order

to realize this objective, the Foundation

promotes scientific investigation, technological

development and innovation applicable to

industry in general and to the transport and

energy sectors in particular. CIDAUT is composed

of six buildings and a laboratory test track for

carrying out road barrier tests with a constructed

surface area of 14,500 m2 and an investment in

equipment close to 26 million euros.

The wide range of technical skills and human

resources available in CIDAUT permits the

tackling of complete research projects,

development and innovation that include

the whole chain of values of a product

from its conception and design to pre-

industrialization, passing through material

research, simulation of its behavior,

processing, design of prototypes and, finally,

its validation. The main execution of these

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Contact person: Ms Ana Sofia Caires Sousa Branco

Phone number contact person: +34 98 35 48 03 5


Location head office: Valladolid, Spain



Website: www.cidaut.es

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Integrated Projects and 1 STREP of the 6th

Framework Programme and was a member of the

core group of the Network of Excellence (ECO-

Engines). It was also recognised as a Marie Curie

Training Site in the 5th Framework Programme.


The CMT - Motores Térmicos (Thermal Engines),

founded in 1979, is a very dynamic and

internationally well-known Research Institute of

the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia that

collaborates closely with the international

automotive industry.

Its main research activities are centred on the

theoretical-experimental study of all the

thermo-fluid dynamic processes in reciprocating

internal combustion engines, with the aim of

responding to specific demands of the

automotive industry. Main concerns are

nowadays dictated by environmental issues such

as the reduction of specific fuel consumption

and pollutants, as well as by the need to

improve engine efficiency and reliability. The

Institute is organised following five major

research lines: Injection & Combustion, Air

management & Turbocharging, Noise Control,

Thermal management and Maintenance.

The CMT - Motores Térmicos has successfully

coordinated several European projects and, in

recent years, participated in 10 European

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Organisation type: University

Contact person: Mr Francisco Payri



Location head office: Valencia, Spain

Number of employees: aprox. 110 + 60 final year students

Turnover before tax: 5700 k €

Website: www.upv.es

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under decreasing of NOx emission and

particulate matters with visualization and

thermovision of combustion processes. In spark

ignition engines main work concerns to direct

fuel injection and gas injection in four stroke

engines. Also investigations of increasing of

power and total efficiency with decreasing of

pollutants in SI engines by using of new

generation of turbocharging systems are

conducted in IAICE. The institute is also

engaged in direct and pneumatic fuel injection

in two-stroke engines of small power for two-

wheeler and industrial application. Experimental

facilities are available for injection,

combustion, air-loop behavior in steady and

transient conditions Many research work has

been conducted both on research and

automobile and industrial engines for industry

and science works.

• NICE – New Integrated Combustion System

for future Passenger Car Engines;

• IPSY – Innovative particle trap system for

future Diesel combustion concepts.


Cracow University of Technology (CUT) was

officially founded in 1946 as a government

institution and is one of the most important

technical universities in Poland especially in

mechanical domain. CUT has 7 faculties with 17

300 students and 2 200 research workers. The

greatest faculty in CUT is Mechanical Faculty

with 4 000 students which is also the biggest

among polish technical universities. Institute of

Automobiles and Internal Combustion Engines

(IAICE) is one of seven institutes of Mechanical

Faculty with 600 students and 65 research and

scientific workers.

Nowadays IAICE has established three divisions

in internal combustion engine area: diesel

engine, spark ignition engines and special

engines. These three divisions with four

professors and twenty scientific and research

workers are involved in the following research

areas: improvement of engine economy and

emission; alternative fuels; noise and vibration

in engines; turbocharging processes of engines;

optimization of combustion systems and fuel

injection; cold starting; engine feed systems;

automobile and engine diagnostics, engine

control systems and modeling of physical

processes in internal combustion engines.

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Contact person: Mr Bronislaw Sendyka



Location head office: Krakow, Poland


Website: www.pk.edu.pl

• NICE;

• GREEN Heavy Duty Engine;

• InGAS;

• Roads2HyCOM;

• VECOM.


The Josef Bozek Research Centre of Engine and

Automotive Technology links research workers

of Faculties of Mechanical and Electrical

Engineering of CVUT. It provides research and

development of both spark ignition and diesel

engines in the field of thermodynamics,

aerodynamics, turbocharging, emissions, motor

management, engine dynamics and structural

strength applied to the design optimization.

Further it supplies the results of vehicle

transmissions design and optimization

(mechanical, hydraulic, electrical powertrains),

vehicle suspension design (including active

mechatronic elements and their control), body

aerodynamics and passive safety issues.

The Center is linked to the Czech automotive

and engine industry by its Coordination Board

that contains the representatives of all Czech

OEMs and component suppliers as well as

other research and development facilities at

universities. 80 workers (40 FTE), from which

40 are under the age of 35 years (25 FTE).

Interdisciplinary team (mechanical & electrical -

both power and microelectronics, mechatronics,

theory & experiments).


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Czech Technical University


Contact person: Mr Jan Macek



Location head office: Prague, Czech Republic



Website: www.bozek.cvut.cz

• EC: Aprosys. The FP6 APROSYS project

(Advanced protection systems) is developing

and introducing critical technologies that

improve passive safety for all European road

users. The field of passive safety concerns in

particular human injury biomechanics, vehicle

crashworthiness and protection systems.

Furthermore, APROSYS aims to increase the

level of competitiveness of the European

industry by developing new safety

technologies.

• EC: APSN. APSN (Advanced vehicle passive

safety network) is working to further

accelerate improvements in road safety,

mobilising and integrating European scientific

and technological expertise for the

development of new protective technologies

for all relevant accident conditions.

• NIMR: Cylinder head fatigue (NIMR renamed

to M2I)

• GAST: Pilot KIC


Eindhoven University of Technology has been

ranked as the top Technical University in Europe,

providing higher education to approximately

7100 students, and publishing almost 3000

articles and 40 patents annually. The TU/e is a

research driven university where its innovation

in high tech systems is embedded in the strong

industrial region of Brainport. More than six

departments co-operate in high tech

innovations in automotive systems, with strong

research in the fields of vehicle dynamics,

embedded automotive systems, hybrid and

electrical power trains and components,

combustion, automotive materials, human

machine interaction, batteries and automotive

control. Together, the departments offer a

unique multi-disciplinary system-oriented 2-year

Master of Science programme Automotive

Technology.

• High Tech Automotive Systems Innovation

Program (HTAS). This program started in 2007

and is a 5-year-program with an R&D focus on

Efficient Vehicle and Driving Guidance. Within in

this program TU/e is already involved in several

EU projects and there are definitely more to

follow: f.e. MILLS, Connected Car.

Eindhoven University of Technology


Contact person: Mr Maarten Steinbuch

Phone number contact person: +31 (040) 2475444


Location head office: Eindhoven, The Netherlands



Website: www.tue.nl

3332


• ADVACO;

• Low aromatic threshold;

• ATECS;

• VCR;

• NeDeNeF;

• Pro Fuel;

• NFCCPP;

• FUNIT;

• LOTUS;

• InMar;

• ILIPT;

• NICE;

• GREEN;

• HI-CEPS;

• IPSY;

• Roads2Hy-Com;

• FURORE;

• Eco-Engines;

• ULYSSES.

FEV is also a member of:

• Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Technology Platform;

• European Biofuels Technology Platform;

• ERTRAC.


Founded in 1978, FEV is an internationally

recognized leader in design and development of

internal combustion engines and supplier of

advanced testing and instrumentation systems.

Head of the global and independent company is

Professor Stefan Pischinger, President and CEO of

FEV. Today, FEV provides engine and powertrain

development for diesel, gasoline, hybrid and

alternative propulsion systems, integration of

powertrains, suspension, electronic components/

systems and embedded software. As a natural

progression from engine to powertrain to vehicle,

FEV’s range of engineering competencies includes

vehicle integration and calibration services

providing our customers with turnkey solutions.

Our powertrain and vehicle benchmark program

supports the definition of future requirements

in product development. Furthermore, FEV

supplies first class testing facilities to customers

throughout the world. Based on our own deep

experience in the industrial and economic

operation of test facilities in our own group,

we developed a wide range of products and

services covering applications from testing

dynamic research and development to production

end-of-line hot tests. Our World Headquarters

and European Technical Centre is located

in Aachen. Additional engineering centres,

subsidiaries and representatives are spread

around the whole world.2010Par t ne r s G u i deEARPA

FEV


Contact person: Mr Christoph Bollig



Location head office: Aachen, Germany



Website: www.fev.com

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associations and do research with other partners

on behalf of the federal government, the

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German

Research Council) and the European Union.

• InMAR - Intelligent Materials for Active Noise

Reduction;

• APROSYS - Advanced Protection Systems;

• SLC - Super Light Car;

• Co2ntrol / Green City Car - Integrated

Solutions for Noise and Vibration Control in

Vehicles;

• MoDe - Maintenance on Demand.

Participant in EPoSS-Technology Platform

(www.smart-systems-integration.org) and

participant in EuMAT-Technology Platform

(www.eumat.org). Furthermore, the Fraunhofer

LBF is member of ERTRAC SIG.


Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability

and System Reliability LBF looks back on more

than 65 years of experience in the field of

structural durability and nowadays has

expanded this core competence with the

expertise in adaptronics and system reliability.

With its overall competences in these fields,

customised solutions for safety relevant

products are being developed, evaluated and

realised addressing the full added value chain,

from the idea to the product, from the material

to the system and over the full life-cycle. For

customised solutions, the Fraunhofer LBF

provides versatile test facilities on more than

12.000 m2 which are complemented by the

Virtual Test Lab for numerical simulations and

testing. In mechanical engineering in general, a

steady integration of sensors, actuators,

electronics and control strategies is noticeable

leading to complex mechatronic / adaptronic

systems. In this field, the largest and most

experience single research group in Europe is

located at the LBF.

A very flexible and competent partner in

research and development with new, future-

oriented concepts based on long-standing

experience, we do business with all kind of

industrial sectors. We are involved in

Fraunhofer LBF


Contact person: Mr Thilo Bein

Phone number contact person: +49 6151 705-463


Location head office: Darmstadt, Germany



Website: www.lbf.fraunhofer.de

3736


IDMEC/IST is the leader research institution of

the Associated Laboratory for Energy, Transports

and Aeronautics (LAETA).


Founded within the "Programa Ciência", IDMEC

is a private non-profit association of science,

technology and training whose funding

members are Instituto Superior Técnico (IST)

and Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade

do Porto (FEUP).

IDMEC is directly oriented towards five strategic

objectives:

• To promote R&D actions;

• To promote technology transfer;

• To develop advanced training programmes;

• To evaluate and audit new entrepreneurial

processes;

• To develop integrated management

programmes in energetic, logistic and

technical areas.

Consolidated in a technological structure,

IDMEC is focused on specific and specialized

actions within Mechanical Engineering.

Organized in two poles (IDMEC/IST in Lisbon

and IDMEC/FEUP in Oporto), IDMEC has been

playing a relevant role in national R&D

coordination in Mechanical Engineering, the

majority of the Portuguese Researchers in this

area are integrated in this Institute.


IDMEC


Contact person: Mr Jorge Ambrosio



Location head office: Lisboa, Portugal

Website: www.dem.ist.utl.pt

3938

• Alternative fuels with low CO2 emissions:

biofuels, GNV, etc.;

• Vehicle demonstrators (including hybrid

vehicles).

• ECO-ENGINES;

• HICEPS;

• HyICE;

• ULYSSES;

• ROADS2HYCOM;

• IPSY;

• PAGODE;

• EAGAR;

• VECOM;

• OPTFUEL;

• INGAS.

Technology Platforms:

• Biofuel;

• ERTRAC.


As an international research and training center,

IFP is developing the transport energies of the

21st century. It provides public players and

industry with innovative solutions for a smooth

transition to the energies and materials of

tomorrow – more efficient, more economical,

cleaner and sustainable.

To fulfill its mission, IFP has five

complementary strategic priorities: capturing

and storing CO2 to combat the greenhouse

effect - diversifying fuel sources - developing

clean, fuel-efficient vehicles -converting as

much raw material as possible into energy for

transport - pushing back the boundaries in oil

and gas exploration and production.

In the field of powertrains, IFP develops

technologies to cut the emissions and energy

consumption of road vehicles. It evaluates and

validates new fuels.

The research programs center around:

• Highly efficient engine technologies;

• Hybrid powertrain;

• Engine management system : electronic

control strategies and calibration;

• Pollutant aftertreatment technologies;

• Advanced fuels and lubricants;2010Par t ne r s G u i deEARPA

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Contact person: Ms Brigitte Martin

Phone number contact person: +33 4 78 02 20 29


Location head office: Rueil-Malmaison, France



Website: www.ifp.fr

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• AIDER;

• APOLLO;

• APROSYS;

• APSN;

• CHAMELEON;

• CityMobil;

• ERANET;

• FUERO;

• FUEVA;

• FURORE;

• HI-CEPS;

• Hytran;

• HYSYS;

• PReVENT;

• Protector;

• Roads2Hycom;

• Rotranoma;

• SuperLightCar;

• SUVA;

• COVER;

• eVALUE;

• EAGAR;

• euroFOT;

• TeleFOT;

• MID-MOD.


The Institut für Kraftfahrzeuge Aachen (ika) is

an institute of RWTH Aachen University and is

active in the field of applied automotive

research. RWTH Aachen University is recognised

as one of the leading universities world-wide in

vehicle technology. The range of services

offered by ika ranges from the idea up to the

experimental testing of prototypes and

production vehicles.

Ika’s equipment is tailored to industrial

demands and comprises powerful computer

resources, current commercial simulation

software, mechanical, electric/electronic and

automobile workshops as well as numerous

testing facilities including a proving ground for

handling tests and a crash-test facility.

Corresponding to its main areas of work, ika

comprises seven departments: chassis, body,

drivetrain, acoustics, electronics, driver

assistance and strategy & process development.

This wide range of competencies enables

analysing and optimising the vehicle as a whole

paying attention to the complex interactions

between its individual subsystems.


ika


Contact person: Mr Lutz Eckstein



Location head office: Aachen, Germany


Website: www.ika.rwth-aachen.de

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Via its members and associated institutions, ISIS

is already cooperating with a number of industrial

partners from this area. Furthermore, the

contributing organisations have been or are

involved in several European scale research

activities, among them

• KMM – Knowledge-based Multifunctional

Materials NoE;

• EVPSN I & II – European Vehicle Passive Safety

Network I & II;

• APSN – Advanced Passive Safety Network;

• APROSYS – Advanced Protection Systems;

• LISA – Lighweight Structural Applications

based on metallic and organic foams;

• FUTURA – Multi-Functional Materials and

related Production Technologies Integrated in

the Automotive Industry of the Future;

• Multipro – Design, Development and

Application of Multifunctional Optoelectronic

Materials.


Established in November 2008, the Integrated

Solutions in Sensorial Structure Engineering (ISIS)

Scientific Centre is dedicated to the topic of

sensorization, i. e. to equipping technical

structures with an analogue of a nervous system

by providing a network of sensors, communication

facilities linking these and specific hardware as

well as computational methods to derive meaning

from their combined signals.

ISIS is organised as a virtual Institute at the

University of Bremen and as such links the three

faculties of production engineering, physics/

electrical engineering and mathematics/

computer sciences. This interdisciplinary approach

allows addressing all aspects of sensorization,

including materials science, manufacturing

technology, simulation of smart and sensorial

materials and structures, communication,

information processing and energy management.

Work at ISIS is focussed on fundamental and

applied research in the above-mentioned fields.

The transport industry and specifically the

automotive sector are seen as major market for

the technologies ISIS represents.


ISIS


Contact person: Mr Dirk Lehmhus



Location head office: Bremen, Germany



Website: www.isis.uni-bremen.de

4544

• CLEANENGINE - Advanced Technologies for

highly efficient Clean Engines working with

alternative fuels and lubes;

• FURORE – Future Road vehicle research – A

roadmap for the future;

• NICE – New Integrated Combustion System

for future Passenger Car Engines;

• IPSY – Innovative particle trap system for

future Diesel combustion concepts;

• CLEANER-D – Clean European Rail-Diesel;

• INGAS – Integrated Gas Powertrain;

• BEAUTY - Bio-Ethanol Engine for Advanced

Urban Transport;

• COMETNANO - Technologies for Synthesis,

Recycling and Combustion of Metallic

Nanoclusters as Future Transportation Fuels.


Istituto Motori (IM) is a research centre of the

National Research Council of Italy: since its

foundation in 1940, it carries out research in

the fields of energy conversion, transport and

environmental protection. IM research activities

are mainly aimed to improve the internal

combustion engine efficiency and the pollutant

emissions.

These activities include:

• Study and optimization of combustion

systems also by means of optical diagnostics

and advanced computing,

• fuel engine interaction,

• reformulated fuels and bio-fuels,

• automotive components for a proper design

and control of the combustion process,

• fuel cells propulsion systems,

• optical techniques inside the engine

combustion chamber and at the exhausts.

The IM is engaged in a wide range of topics, in

cooperation with many European and non

European companies and research institutions,

working in the field of energy conversion.


Istituto Motori


Contact person: Ms Paola Belardini



Location head office: Naples, Italy



Website: www.im.cnr.it

4746

Throughout the years, the Noise and Vibration

Research Group has been actively involved in

many national and international research

projects and thematic networks, relevant to

noise and vibration engineering. These include

European research projects (past FP4 and FP5

and on-going FP6 and FP7) like ASANCA,

ASANCA II, ANRAVA, BRAIN, CANTOR, DAFNOR,

ECOSYSTEMS, ENOVNET, FATYNAMICS, INMAR,

MID-MOD, NOISELESS, PIANO, SALOMO, SEANET,

SMARTACUS, SOQCRATES, TECABS and VAMP; and

Marie Curie training projects such as AETHER,

EDSVS I and II, MADUSE, SIM-VIA2 and VECOM.

Furthermore, the group is coordinator of the on-

going Marie Curie projects Smart Structures CAE,

MID-FREQUENCY and EXPLICA.


The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven was founded

in 1425 and is one of the oldest universities in

Europe and the largest one in Belgium. It has

33000 students and a staff of 8600, with 14

faculties covering all disciplines all disciplines

in humanities, life sciences, physical sciences &

engineering. The mission of the university is

threefold: education, research and service to

community and industry. It is the explicit policy

to transfer knowledge and experience gained in

research to students in different levels of

education.

The PMA division of the department of

Mechanical Engineering performs research in

production engineering, machine design and

automation and has a staff of about 150 co-

workers. The Noise and Vibration Research

Group, which is part of PMA, is one of the

world-leading research groups in noise and

vibration engineering. This group has 5

professors, 9 post-doctoral senior researchers

and about 30 pre-doctoral junior researchers.

The activities of the group are focussed along

four major lines of research: numerical

modelling, identification of linear and non-

linear dynamic systems, active noise and

vibration control and design of intelligent

lightweight systems.2010Par t ne r s G u i deEARPA

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Katholieke Universiteit Leuven


Contact person: Mr Wim Desmet / Mr Bert Pluymers

Phone number contact person: + 32 16 322 527 / + 32 16 322 529

Email contact person: [email protected] / [email protected]

Location head office: Leuven, Belgium

Number of employees: 8600 (+ 33000 students over 14 faculties)

Website: www.kuleuven.be

www.mech.kuleuven.be/mod

• PARTICULATES - Characterisation of Exhaust

Particulate Emissions from Road Vehicles (5FP);

• NEDENEF - New Diesel Engine and New Diesel

Fuels (4FP);

• Determination of an aromatic content threshold

in diesel fuels concerning the soot/particulate

and gaseous pollutant emissions (4FP);

• MEET - Methodologies for estimating air

pollutant emissions from transport (4FP);

• HICEPS - Highly integrated combustion electric

powertrain system (6FP);

• EPONIMOS - Exhaust Particle Number and Mass

Measurement and Sampling System - Industry-

Academia Partnerships and Pathways (Marie

Curie 7FP);

• LESSCCV - Large-Eddy and System Simulation to

predict Cyclic Combustion Variability in gasoline

engines (7FP);

• VECOM - Vehicle Concept Modelling, Initial

Training Network (Marie Curie 7FP);

• TRANSPHORM - Transport related Air Pollution

and Health Impacts - Integrated Methodologies

for Assessing Particulate Matter (7FP).

Prof. Samaras is vice chairman of ERTRAC, the

European Road Transport Research Advisory

Council, Working Group Environment and Energy.


The activities of LAT mainly focus on basic and

applied research in the area of emissions from

internal combustion engines and the corresponding

emission control technologies. Another research

area concerns the study and development of

systems for the utilization of renewable energy

sources.

LAT’s research activities target the following areas:

• Energy efficiency evaluation of Internal

Combustion Engines and Vehicles, with focus on

Combustion, Fuels and Additives, Hybrid

vehicles, Study and development of r a c i n g

vehicles;

• Exhaust aftertreatment technology, with

emphasis on Development, assessment and

simulation of aftertreatment devices,

Measurement technology, On-board diagnostics,

Applied catalysis;

• Renewable energy sources, with focus on

Biofuels, Fuel cells, Biomass gasification;

• Emission inventories and projections related

with Road transport emissions, Fleet evolution

models, Policy assessment.

• ARTEMIS - Assement and reliability of Transport

Emission Models and Inventory Systems (5FP);2010Par t ne r s G u i deEARPA

LAT


Contact person: Mr Zissis Samaras



Location head office: Thessaloniki, Greece

Number of employees: > 4000

Website: www.auth.gr / lat.eng.auth.gr

5150

specific solutions and libraries for internal

combustion engines, electric motors and drives,

transmissions, thermal management systems,

vehicle systems dynamics, hydraulic and

pneumatic systems, flight controls, and

electrical systems.

• InMar - Intelligent Materials for Active Noise

Reduction;

• PEGASUS - SmartLM and SIMDAT (Data Grids

for Simulation Based Processes);

• FRIENDCOPTER, VIVACE, SEFA and MAAXIMUS;

• SIMVIA2, MYMOSA, AETHER, SMART

STRUCTURES, (Marie Curie);

• FLITE and FLITE2 (aircraft flutter and GVT

testing),(EUREKA);

• EUROSYSLIB and MODELISAR (simulation

based design and testing for automotive

systems modeling and embedded software

generation),(ITEA);

• Strong portfolio of regional and national level

projects and collaborative programs for

Transport, Aerospace and ICT related research

(IWT Vlaanderen, Flanders DRIVE, Mov’eo,

PREDIT, RNTL...).


LMS delivers a unique combination of virtual

simulation software, testing systems, and

engineering services. We are focused on the

mission critical performance attributes in key

manufacturing industries: from structural

integrity and system dynamics to safety and

sound quality. The LMS solutions cover the

complete product design process, from

benchmarking, target setting, functional and

concept modelling, to detailed CAE analysis,

multi-attribute optimization and physical

prototype refinement.

LMS Test.Lab offers an extensive product

portfolio for noise & vibration testing and

engineering, including solutions for structural,

rotating machinery and acoustic analysis,

environmental qualification testing, test data

processing, reporting and data sharing. The LMS

Virtual.Lab software suite enables the

simulation and multi-attribute optimization of

mechanical systems in terms of structural

integrity, noise and vibration, durability, system

dynamics, ride and handling and safety. LMS

Virtual.Lab is based on CAA V5, the open

middleware for PLM from Dassault Systemes.

LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim is a complete 1D

simulation suite for physical modeling and

analysis of multi-domain intelligent systems.

This comprises an extensive set of application2010Par t ne r s G u i deEARPA

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LMS International


Contact person: Mr Herman van der Auweraer



Location head office: Leuven, Belgium


Turnover before tax: 111,3 M €

Website: www.lmsintl.com

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Autonomous Engineering

Emphasis on sensor integration and autonmous

vehicle control engineering. Whilst focussed

mainly on defence applications we see

opportunities for technology transfer to the

automotive sector arising from this

research.Commission, from Government and

Industry.

MIRA’s involvement within EU research stems

back to FP4. Below is a summary of the

automotive based research projects we are

currently involved in within FP7.

EE-VERT (MIRA Lead): Reduced CO2 through

energy management.

EVITA: Development of secure on-board

electrical systems

TeleFOT: Assessment of nomadic devices

SAFERIDER: To study the potential of ADAS/IVIS

integration on motorcycles for the most crucial

functionalities and develop efficient and rider-

friendly interfaces and interaction elements for

riders comfort and safety.


MIRA is recognised as a leading independent

automotive research, product engineering,

testing, consultancy and certification

organisation. Staffed with leading technical

experts and programme managers and operating

as a not for profit research organisation,

innovation and creativity is at the very heart of

MIRA’s operation and culture. MIRA also owns

and operates over 30 major test facilities

covering many different vehicle attribute areas.

MIRA’s primary research interests cover the

following technology areas:

Low carbon Vehicle Engineering

Emphasis on novel concepts and whole vehicle

engineering challenges in developing Hybrid

and Electric Vehicles. Recent examples include a

plug in hybrid with removable battery cassette

incorporating torque steer via control of twin

electric motors and a Hybrid Limousine

incorporating and advanced APU.

Intelligent Transport Systems

Emphasis on safety related systems

engineering, vehicle to vehicle and vehicle to

infrastructure communications aspects of

vehicle ITS systems. The new innovITS ADVANCE

ITS facility will form a key part of our

contributions to research in this area.2010Par t ne r s G u i deEARPA

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MIRA

Organisation type: R&D organisation

Contact person: Mr Anthony Baxendale

Phone number contact person: + 44 2476 355 559


Location head office: Nuneaton, United Kingdom



Website: www.mira.co.uk

1. NVH,

2. Advanced Internal Combustion Engines,

3. Integrated Safety,

4. Hybrid PWT

5. Hydrogen and Alternative Fuels, R&D and

Testing Equipments in ITU – OTAM Laboratories

1. Acoustics Laboratory; Acoustics laboratory was

designed to perform the noise measurement of

light commercial and passenger vehicles. The

system includes semi-anechoic chamber and a

chassis dynamometer which simulates all kind

of road conditions.

2. Vehicle Exhaust Emission Test Room; Vehicle

Exhaust Emission Chamber, the exhaust

emission tests for automobiles and light

commercial vehicles can be performed in

environments of (-7 oC) temperature as per

Euro V Standards.

3. Engine Test Room; Engine Testing Stand is

compatible with related European Regulations

and Directives on Exhaust Emissions; Exhaust

Gases, particulates, fume etc. Heavy Duty

Diesel Engines can be tested.

4. Hydro-Pulse; Hydro pulse System (Schenck) is

programmable vehicle fatigue and life cycle

testing.

5. HC Test Shed.


OTAM Automotive Laboratory contains equipment

that can undertake research and measurements

related with the improvement of vehicle

performance, minimization of exhaust emission

and fuel consumption, as well as noise and chassis-

body deformation and tension analyses. With the

opening of the acoustic and exhaust emission test

laboratory on 27 October 2004 which is the first

phase of the Automotive Technology R&D Centre

Project, for the first time ever, a laboratory in

Turkey now had a semi anechoic acoustic room

with a chassis dynamometer, vehicle exhaust

emission test system, control and data collection

unit, HC testing cells and equipment, tension

analysis set as well as vibration and noise

measuring and analysis systems.

As the second phase of the same development

project, and for the infrastructure project

foreseeing the provision of engine and exhaust

emission tests in compliance with the future

European Directives, an application was made in

2002 by the cooperation between İTÜ-OSD and the

support of the European Commission, which was

deemed appropriate and approved by the

Commission. In 2004, tender preparations for the

project were completed. As of February 2009, the

Euro V upgrade was completed in Engine and

Vehicle Exhaust Emission Systems.

OTAM has capabilities and interested in

following Task Forces in order; 2010Par t ne r s G u i deEARPA

OTAM


Contact person: Mr Yunus Canli

Phone number contact person: +90 212 276 16 12-13


Location head office: Istanbul, Turkey



Website: www.otam.com.tr

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• Assessment and optimization of combustion and

injection processes in internal combustion

engines (also by optical methods);

• Development and testing of environment

friendly fuels: alternative, reformulated,

oxygenated and bio-fuels;

• Evaluation and optimization of exhaust

aftertreatment systems;

• Numerical simulations and experimental

research in the area of car dynamics and

automotive control systems;

• Development and testing of devices for fuel

consumption/carbon dioxide and other harmful

exhaust emissions reduction;

Participation in EU Projects, Technology Platforms

and other major European networks e.g.:

• Copernicus;

• COST 530;

• INTEGRAL-NET;

• INTRANSNET;

• SETAC;

• TAURUS;

• TRANSFORM;

• EAGAR;

• KOMODA;

• IRMA.


Poznan University of Technology is a state, nine-

faculty university, educating almost twenty

thousand students at twenty four majors. The

university scientific personnel are composed of

over a 1200 scientists and lecturers. Since 1995, as

the only Polish university of technology, it has

been member of Conference of European Schools

for Advanced Engineering Education and Research

(CESER). Moreover, it runs postgraduate studies

within different faculties. The University is an

international and well known educational,

scientific and research partner that provides the

state of art technical knowledge at various topics

being placed in the following faculties:

− Working Machines and Transportation;

− Mechanical Engineering and Management;

− Architecture and Physical Planning;

− Civil and Environmental Engineering;

− Computing Science and Management;

− Electrical Engineering,

− Electronics and Telecommunications;

− Technical Physics;

− Chemical Technology.

In the automotive sphere the University is focused

on an improvement of design, operation and

environmental properties of vehicles and internal

combustion engines.

These activities include:


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Poznan University of Technology


Contact person: Mr Jerzy Merkisz

Phone number contact person: +48 (61) 665 2207


Location head office: Poznan, Poland


Website: www.put.poznan.pl

• EAGAR: Mapping the competitiveness of

European automotive research against

international benchmarks;

• HIPS (Proposal): Low emission truck

engines;

• SARTRE (Proposal): Vehicle platooning;

• LESCCV (Proposal): Combustion simulation;

• SALVE (Proposal): Hybrid vehicle safety.

Ricardo is also active in projects supported

by the UK Government and the US DoE

on Advanced Combustion, Biofuels, Li-Ion

Batteries, Novel Energy Storage, Plug-in Hybrids

and Engine Downsizing, and support the ERTRAC

Working Group on Energy & Environment.


Ricardo is a leading provider of technology,

product innovation, engineering solutions and

strategic consulting to the world’s automotive

industries. Combining business, product and

process strategy with fundamental technical

research and the implementation of large-scale

new product development programmes. Ricardo

is able to take on the greatest challenges in the

industry including business strategy and

restructuring, process re-engineering, vehicle,

engine, transmission and driveline design,

engineering, testing and system integration.

Ricardo has 12 offices globally with the head

office and engine engineering technical center

based in Shoreham-by-Sea, southern England,

transmissions, driveline and vehicle engineering

in the Midlands-UK, contraol; and electronics in

Cambridge-UK and various engineering centres

in Detroit, Chicago, Germany and China.

• Roads2HyCom: Studying technical and socio-

economic aspects of the role of Fuel Cells and

Hydrogen in a sustainable energy economy;

• HiCeps: Researching low cost Diesel-Hybrid

technology;2010Par t ne r s G u i deEARPA

Ricardo


Contact person: Mr Tom Robinson / Mr Nick Owen

Phone number contact person: +44 0 1273 794357 / +44 1273 794314

Email contact person: [email protected] / [email protected]

Location head office: Shoreham, United Kingdom



Website: www.ricardo.com

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The following are either SAFER JRU EU-projects

or associated EU-projects:

• euroFOT;

• FESTA;

• FOT-Net;

• CASPER;

• THORAX;

• SafetyNet;

• ASSESS;

• FIMCAR;

• DaCoTa.

Chalmers University of Technology and SAFER

have signed the European Road Safety Charter.


SAFER – Vehicle and Traffic Safety Centre at

Chalmers, is a joint research unit where 22

partners from the Swedish automotive industry,

academia and authorities cooperate to make a

centre of excellence within the field of vehicle

and traffic safety.

SAFER’s vision is to enable Sweden to reach

world-leading competitiveness, by using the

multi-disciplinary scientific competence

available within the centre. SAFER will also

provide new countermeasures to considerably

reduce both the number of traffic accidents and

the number of fatalities and serious injuries.

SAFER is comprised of its partners: Autoliv,

Chalmers University of Technology, Epsilon,

Folksam, Imego, Lindholmen Science Park,

Region Västra Götaland, Saab Automobile, Saab

Microwave Systems, Scandinavian Automotive

Suppliers, Scania, Sicomp, SP Technical

Research Institute of Sweden, Swedish Road

Administration, Telia Sonera, TÖI Institute of

Transport Economics, University of Gothenburg,

Viktoria Institute, VINNOVA, Volvo Car

Corporation, Volvo Group, VTI Swedish National

Road and Transport Research Institute.


SAFER

Organisation type: R&D center

Contact person: Ms Anna Nilsson-Ehle



Location head office: Göteborg, Sweden



Website: www.chalmers.se/safer

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modelling of aluminium (sheets, extrusions and

castings), steels and polymers, material testing

at various loading conditions and

implementation of material models suited for

large scale structural analyses. Our research

methodology is based on a strong coupling

between tests on materials

and components/structures in the laboratory,

material modelling and numerical simulation of

structural response. Extensive experimental

facilities for dynamic testing of materials,

components and structural subsystems are

available in our laboratory.

The industrial partners in the Centre are Hydro

Aluminium, Audi AG, Renault, Statoil, SSAB

Swedish Steel, the Norwegian Public Roads

Administration and the Norwegian Defence

Estates Agency.


The Norwegian Research Council has defined

SIMLab at the Department of Structural

Engineering, at Norwegian University of Science

and Technology (NTNU), in cooperation with the

Department of Materials Technology, NTNU and

SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, as a Centre for

Research-based Innovation (CRI) for the period

2007-2014. The objective of the CRI scheme is

to strengthen Norwegian research groups that

work in close collaboration with partners from

industry and public enterprises in order to

support long-term research that promotes

innovation and value creation.

The main objective of the Centre is to develop a

technology platform for safe and cost effective

structures in aluminium, high-strength steels

and polymers through advances in the research

areas materials, solution techniques and

structures. These research areas are coupled

with a Demonstrator activity in order to ensure

the transfer of technology into innovation. The

ability of lightweight structures to withstand

loads from collisions and explosions is a key

issue in the Centre.

The research profile of the Centre is

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Organisation type: Centre hosted by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Contact person: Mr Magnus Langseth



Location head office: Department of Structural Engineering, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway


Turnover before tax: 3,4 M € annually over 8 years

Website: www.ntnu.no/simlab

6564

• DECOS - Dependable Embedded Components

and Systems (within the IST programme);

• Member of the Swedish national vehicle

safety research centre SAFER;

• Participation in Swedish national automotive

research programme IVSS Intelligent Vehicle

Safety System;

• Participation in the Swedish national

automotive initiative Test Site Sweden;

• Managing a 2-year project financed by the

Swedish and Norwegian National Road

Administrations, with the aim to review and

improve the fire safety in buses on a

European level.

• eVALUE - Testing and Evaluation for ICT-

Based Safety Systems;

• EuroFOT - Field Operational Tests;

• MOGENTES - Model-based Generation of Tests

for Dependable Embedded Systems;

• Participation in Swedish national automotive

research programme IVSS Intelligent Vehicle

Safety System;

• Participation in the Swedish national

automotive initiative Test Site Sweden;

• SARTRE - Safe Road Trains for the

Environment (7FP).


SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden is

Sweden’s largest technical research institute.

The mission is to contribute to growth and

competitiveness of industry as well as

safety, conservation of resources and a good

environment in society. SP does this through

applied research and a wide range of services

in technical evaluation and metrology. SP is

Sweden’s largest multi-service development and

testing resource for automotive manufacturers

and their suppliers. The work in this field helps

to make tomorrow’s transport smarter, greener

and safer. The vehicle research at SP includes

robust design, vehicle electronics, noise, safety

systems, fire technology, materials technology

and hybrid vehicles. SP has been appointed to

perform tests and inspections on behalf of

public authorities and is known as technical

service. SP assists the industry in its capacity of

Notified Body for several European directives.

SP participates continuously in about 30 EU

projects, in cooperation with partners from our

extensive international network. Among recent

European and national vehicle research

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SP


Contact person: Mr Jan Jacobson



Location head office: Borås, Sweden



Website: www.sp.se

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Participation in EU Projects or International

Activities of Interest for EARPA.

• OFIENGINE FP6, 6.2-TRANSPORT STREP (2006);

• PROFORM FP6, 3-NMP IP-SME (2006);

• SENARIO FP6, 4-AERO STREP (2006);

• SUPERSKYSENSE FP6, 4-AERO STREP (2006);


• Hi-VEL CECA PROJECT (2006);

• IPMMAN II FP6, 2-IST SSA (2006);

• ECAB FP6, 4-AERO STREP (2006);


• DUSTBOT FP6, 2-IST STREP (2006).


One of the most important traits of the

Tecnalia Automotive unit is its deep-rooted

specialisation, allowing us to tailor our

collaborations with companies on the basis of

our wide-ranging knowledge of their needs, the

available technologies, their applications and

the conditions needed to ensure that they are

implanted efficiently.

The following are some of the other

characteristics of TECNALIA:

• Multi-technology offer. The interlinked

technologies used by TECNALIA-Automoción

allow us to offer more comprehensive

solutions;

• product conception, manufacture, testing,

company management, etc;

• The technological specialisation of our

Sectorial Units (Aerospace, Foundry, Energy

and The Environment, etc.) complement the

comprehensive service offered by TECNALIA-

Automoción as regards technology, know-

how and R+D+i services.

Participation in EU Projects, Technology

Platforms and other major European networks:2010Par t ne r s G u i deEARPA

Tecnalia


Contact person: Mr Inaki Inzunza

Phone number contact person: +34 (943) 003 700


Location head office: Derio, Spain



Website: www.tecnalia.info

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the loop test facility to efficiently develop and

test intelligent vehicles.

TNO is an active partner in many European

projects and contributes to standardisation and

regulations in automotive technology.

• AIDE;

• APROYS;

• APSN;

• Biogas max;

• CityMobil;

• CVIS;

• EAGAR;

• e-Impact;

• Harmonoise;

• Humanist;

• PISA;

• PreDrive-C2X;

• Prevent;

• SafeSpot;

• VC-COMPAT.


TNO, which stands for Netherlands Organization

for Applied Scientific Research, is the largest

research organisation in the Netherlands and is

active in many fields of science and technology.

TNO is fully independent and delivers its

research and consultancy services to a multitude

of customers from industry, government and

national and international non-governmental

organisations.

In the automotive market, TNO helps its clients

with the development and application of

sustainable and economically viable, new

advanced technologies in the area of power

trains, vehicle intelligence and active and

passive safety.

TNO fields of expertise are: combustion engines

and hybrid power trains, exhaust emissions, CO2

emission, noise emission from power trains,

tyre-road noise, outdoor sound propagation,

material technology, human factors, traffic

modelling and management, mobility and

logistics.

Furthermore TNO is accredited to perform vehicle

and vehicle component approvals and has

excellent crash testing and power train testing

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Contact person: Mr Kees Eberwijn



Location head office: Delft, The Netherlands



Website: www.tno.nl

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- Intermodal transport;

- Traffic safety.

• ELCIDIS;

• EVD-Post;

• SAGITTAIRE;

• FLEETS–Energy;

• EVIAC;

• PRAZE;

• E-TOUR;

• ELEDRIVE;

• SUBAT;

• HARMONHY;

• INTELLICON;

• HyHEELS;

• NEPH;

• COST542 HPSMT;

• ADVISORS;

• IMPROVER;

• IN-SAFETY;

• TRALOTRA;

• INTERACT;

• EU Port Financing;

• SafeDrive.


The VUB, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, is a full

(Dutch-language) university located in Brussels

Capital Region. It. In its Faculty of Engineering,

the VUB department of Electrical Engineering

(ETEC), has a internationally recognised

tradition of R&D on electric, hybrid and fuel cell

vehicles. The VUB has a 35-year experience in

this field making it the premier electric vehicle

research facility in Belgium. ETEC has a test

infrastructure available for development and

design of components and vehicle powertrains

and is active in standardisation in the field of

electric, hybrid and fuel cell vehicles. The

department has an extended network of

academic, industrial and local authority

contacts. ETEC works closely together with the

international scientific associations AVERE

(www.avere.org), CITELEC (www.citelec.org) and

EPE (www.epe-association.org). ETEC is part of

MOBI - Mobility and automotive technology

research group. MOBI is a multidisciplinary team

(departments ETEC, MOSI-T, MECH and IWT-EhB)

combining the expertise in the field of:

- Electric, hybrid and fuel cell vehicle

technology;

- Environmental assessment of vehicle

technologies;

- Renewable energy and Biofuels;

- Sustainable mobility;

- Transport and logistics;2010Par t ne r s G u i deEARPA

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VUB – Vrije Universiteit Brussel


Contact person: Mr Joeri Van Mierlo



Location head office: Brussels, Belgium

Number of employees: over 2000

Turnover before tax:

Website: www.vub.ac.be

• APSN – Advanced Passive Safety Network;

• APROSYS – Advanced Protection Systems;

• PISa – Powered Two Wheelers Integrated

Safety;

• MYMOSA – Motorcycle and Motorcyclist Safety;

• SAFERIDER – Advanced telematics for

enhancing the safety and comfort of

motorcycle riders;

• 2BESAFE – 2-Wheeler Behaviour and Safety;

• SMART RRS – Innovative concepts for smart

road restraint systems to provide greater

safety for vulnerable road users;

• eSUM – European Safer Urban Motorcycling;

• VECOM – Vehicle concept modelling;

• MID-MOD – Mid-frequency vibro-acoustic

modelling tools – Innovative CAE

methodologies to strengthen European

competitiveness.


The Department of Mechanics and Industrial

Technology (DMTI) of the University of Firenze

is active in the sector of applied automotive

research and mobility. The research staff has a

strong European vocation stated by the

continuous involvement in EC projects. UNIFI is

currently recognized as a leading player in the

sector of Powered Two-Wheelers safety.

Research is organized in the following areas:

• Road Safety: research is mainly focused on

Powered Two-Wheelers, where UNIFI is

currently involved in several research projects

funded by the EC. Topics include vehicle,

personal protective equipment as well as

human factors, with a cross cutting approach

from primary to secondary safety.

• NVH: activities include both basic research

work and consultacy to OEMs, and Tier 1

suppliers. The activities are tailored to

industrial demands and comprise the chassis,

trimmed body, acoustics components and

emission.

• Ecodesign: main research activities regard

the design and management of End of Life of

Vehicles (ELV), including electrical and

electronic devices, according to the EU

2000/53/EC, WEEE and RoHS directives.


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University of Firenze


Contact person: Mr Marco Pierini



Location head office: Firenze, Italy



Website: www.unifi.it


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University of Ljub ljana


Contact person: Mr Milos Sturm



Location head office: Ljubljana, Slovenia


Website: www.uni-lj.si

adequate control approach therefore activities

for development and implementation of

innovative predictive torque control of AC and

DC drives are running intensively.

Internal combustion engines

Together with our close research partners from

Slovenia, among which are some significant

European automotive suppliers, we expanded

our core research activities to internal

combustion engines, with particular focus on

diesel engines and their compliance to latest

environment standards.

Industry support

A strong connection to different research

institutions and production companies in

Slovenia and broader world were established

also through our research activities and

involvement in different national and

international research projects (e.g. under

European 6FP and 7FP, etc) as well as through

our active membership in different

organizations (EARPA, ERTRAC – via our

research partners, etc).

Beside educational mission our priority focus is

spreading the scientific knowledge directly to

innovative products and production processes.


Research work at the Faculty of Engineering is

running in several fields, like electrical energy

supply and distribution, electric machines

and power electronics, electronics and micro-

electronics, biocybernetics, measurement systems,

automation, robotics and telecommunications,

respectively. There is a strong commitment to

research work in the field of automotive

applications, also in close cooperation with

Slovenian companies.

Hydrogen

Activities in the field of renewable energy

utilization for hydrogen production and storage

were focused investigating of various methods

for additional hydrogen purification that is

required for metal-hydride (MH) tanks storage.

Vehicle hybridization

The core vehicle hybridization research activity

is the synthesis of an integrated starter-

generator with torque booster (ISGTB) and an

internal combustion engine (ICE) at various

engine displacement ranges. ICE characteristics

define the origin for the design of most

appropriate electrical machines and power

electronic converters.

Electric machine control and diagnostics

Sophisticated electrical machines require an

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• GUARD (EC 6th framework) POINTER (EC 7th

Framework) projects that are evaluating

measures to promote sustainable transport,

including the deployment of ITS, as part of

the Civitas initiative,

• the COOPERS (EC 6th framework), CITYMOBIL

(EC 6th framework) projects that are

examining future technologies such as co-

operative vehicle/highway systems and

personal rapid transit

• PROMIT (EC 6th framework) and

SMARTFREIGHT (EC 7th framework) projects

that are examining deployment of ITS in

freight transport.

• ALICIA (EC 7th framework), that is examining

future glass cockpit design in aircraft,

• NEARCTIS (EC 7th framework) which is a

network of excellence examining the use of

information technologies in advanced traffic

management.

• NICHES+ (EC 7th framework) for the

promotion of sustainable transport solutions


The Transportation Research Group (TRG) is one

of four divisions of the School of Civil

Engineering and the Environment at the

University of Southampton.

Research is focused on the design and

deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems in

the aviation, rail and road sectors, with a

particular emphasis on Human:Machine

Interactions and socio-technical aspects of

driver behaviour. TRG actively collaborates with

other Schools in the University including

Engineering Sciences, Electronics and Computer

Science, Geography, the Institute of Sound and

Vibration Research, Management, Maths and

Social Sciences.

TRG facilities include the Instrumented Vehicle,

advanced immersive driving simulators and a

transport data laboratory. A particular area of

expertise is that of intelligent transport systems

(ITS) and how they may shape, and be shaped

by, socio-economic and socio-technical factors.

TRG hosts the UK-China ITS Centre. Although all

modes of transport are covered a particular

focus is on road operations.

TRG also holds several grants from the European

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University of Southampton


Contact person: Mr Neville Stanton

Phone number contact person: + 44 2380 599 065


Location head office: Southampton, United Kingdom

Number of employees: 25-30 staff and 25+ research students

Turnover before tax: £ 1.8 million per annum

Website: www.trg.soton.ac.uk

Road side furniture are tested as registered test lab

according to EN 1317 and EN 12767.

Students are introduced in the basics of vehicle

safety and biomechanics. Advanced courses are

offered to students becoming a safety engineer. For

post graduated a master course can be visited.

Besides the theoretical education also the practical

application in the laboratory and projects is trained.

The Vehicle Safety Institute works also as an

engineering partner in the development of testing

equipments and vehicle safety systems. Different OEMs

and T1 suppliers are research partners of the VSI.

• Aprosys;

• APSN;

• Rollover;

• Riser;

• Prism;

• Whiplash;

• DontStop;

• Vites;

• Veronica;

• Ecbos;

• Aerosafe;

• FP7: ASSESS, ADSEAT.


The Vehicle Safety Institute (VSI) at Graz

University of Technology offers research,

development and education in the field of vehicle

safety. The main research areas are related to:

• accident research,

• integrated vehicle safety,

• biomechanics,

• regulations and standardisation

• experimental testing and virtual tools.

The use of a comprehensive accident data case

library and detailed accident reconstructions are

the basic concepts in accident research. The VSI

operates an own in-depth accident collection.

Virtual methods (finite elements & multi body) are

used as one of the essential tools for development of

new safety systems. Therefore the VSI is equipped

with a simulation department using well known codes

(Pam, LS-Dyna, Madymo, Radioss) on HPC clusters.

Integrated safety research focuses on driver

assistance system validation tools and adaptive

restraint systems.

The validations of simulation models as well as

material parameter studies are performed in the

crash laboratory.

The crash laboratory is equipped with a full-scale-

crash track and test rigs for component testing.

Several dummies and test bodies can be calibrated

according to EN 17025 in the own dummy lab. The

dummy-pool offer dummies, data acquisition

instruments and high speed cameras for sharing.2010Par t ne r s G u i deEARPA

Vehicle Safety Insti tute - Graz University of Technology


Contact person: Mr Hermann Steffan



Location head office: Graz, Austria



Website: www.tugraz.at / www.vsi.tugraz.at

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VTT has versatile competencies regarding

technology areas of machines, vehicles,

materials and production technology. The

services cover the whole spectrum ranging

from the technological means to enhance

the business potential of our customers,

to performance requirements, product

development, design methods, production

methods, material questions and use. We offer

also effective test services.

Currently VTT participates to over 200 projects,

some of which are listed below:

• FURORE - Future Road Vehicle Research – A

Roadmap for the Future;

• HyWays - The Development and Detailed

Evaluation of a Harmonised European

Hydrogen Energy Roadmap;

• InMAR - Intelligent materials for active noise

reduction;

• PreVENT - Preventive and active safety

applications;

• TeleFOT – Field Operational Tests of

Aftermarket and Nomadic Devices in Vehicles;

• FRICTI@N – In-vehicle estimation of tyre-

road friction.2010Par t ne r s G u i deEARPA

VTT


Contact person: Mr Matti Kutila



Location head office: Espoo, Finland



Website: www.vtt.fi

8382

VTT is also a member of ERTICO.

8584

EARPA Contact: Ms Muriel Attané

36-38 Rue Joseph II [email protected]

1000 Brussels, Belgium

Phone: +31 15 269 5011 www.earpa.org

Fax: +31 15 269 2111

AIT - Austrian Institute of Technology Contact: Ms Margit Noll

Donau-City-Straße 1 [email protected]

1220 Vienna, Austria

Phone: +43 50550 4011 www.ait.ac.at

Fax: +43 50550 4000

Applus+ IDIADA Contact: Mr Ignasi Ferrer

L’Abornar [email protected]

P.O. Box 20

E – 43710 Santa Olivia - Tarragona, Spain

Phone: +34 977 166 000 www.idiada.com

Fax: +34 977 166 007

APTL Contact: Mr Athanasios Konstandopoulos

6th Km Charilaou-Thermi Rd., [email protected]

Thermi-Thessaloniki, 57001, Greece

Phone: +30 2310 498192 www.apt.cperi.certh.gr

Fax: +30 2310 498190

AVL LIST GmbH Contact: Mr Josef Affenzeller

Hans-List-Platz 1 [email protected]

A 8020 Graz, Austria

Phone: +43 316 787 Ext. 0 www.avl.com

Fax: +43 316 787 Ext. 400

Bertrandt AG Contact: Mr Andreas Auracher

Birkensee 1 [email protected]

71139 Ehningen, Germany

Phone: +49 7034 656-0 www.bertrandt.com

Fax: +49 7034 656-4100

CEA Contact: Mr Xavier Apolinarski

Centre de Saclay [email protected]

91191 Gif sur Yvette, France

Phone: +33 169 082781 www.cea.fr

Fax: +33 169 081819

CEIT Contact: Mr Miguel Ormazabal

Paseo de Manuel Lardizabal, Nº 15 [email protected]

20018, Donostia - San Sebastián, Spain

Phone: +34 943 212800 www.ceit.es

Fax : +34 943 21307

CIDAUT Contact: Ms Ana Sofia Caires Sousa Branco

Parque Tecnológico de Boecillo [email protected]

Post Code 47151 Boecillo, Valladolid, Spain

Phone: +34 983 54 80 35 www.cidaut.es

Fax : +34 983 54 80 62

CMT-Motores Térmicos Contact: Mr Francisco Payri

Camino de Vera s/n [email protected]

46022 Valencia, Spain

Phone: +34 963 877 650 www.upv.es

Fax: +34 963 877 659

Contacts

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Politechnica Krakow Contact: Mr Bronislaw Sendyka

M-4 Institute of Automobiles and Internal Combustion Engines [email protected]

Al. Jana Pawla II 37, PL 31-864 Krakow, Poland

Phone: +48 12 628 35 30 www.pk.edu.pl

Fax: +48 12 648 13 44

CTU Contact: Mr Jan Macek

Zikova 4, [email protected]

166 36, Prague 6, Czech Republic

Phone: +420 224 351 111 www.cvut.cz

Fax: +420 224 310 292

Eindhoven University of Technology Contact: Mr Maarten Steinbuch

Technische Universiteit Eindhoven [email protected]

P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven

Phone: +31 (040) 2475444 www.tue.nl

FEV Motorentechnik GmbH Contact: Mr Christoph Bollig

Neuenhofstraße 181 [email protected]

52078 Aachen, Germany

Phone: +49 241 568 9324 www.fev.com

Fax: +49 241 568 97324

Fraunhofer LBF Contact: Mr Thilo Bein

Bartningstr. 47 [email protected]

64289 Darmstadt, Germany

Phone: +49 241 56 89182 www.lbf.fraunhofer.de

Fax: +49 241 56 897182

Contacts

IDMEC – Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica Contact: Mr Jorge Ambrosio

Av. Rovisco Pais, 1 [email protected]

1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal

Phone: +351 21 841 73 51 www.dem.ist.utl.pt

Fax: +351 21 841 96 34

IFP Contact: Ms Brigitte Martin

1 & 4, Avenue de Bois-Preau [email protected]

92852 Rueil-Malmaison Cedex, France

Phone: +33 147 52 60 00 www.ifp.fr

Fax: +33 147 52 70 00

Institut für Kraftfahrzeuge Contact: Mr Jan-Welm Biermann

Steinbachstraße 7 [email protected]

52074 Aachen, Germany

Phone: +49 241 8025 600 www.ika.rwth-aachen.de

Fax: +49 241 8022 147

ISIS Contact: Mr Dirk Lehmhus

Wiener Straße 12 [email protected]

28359 Bremen, Germany

Phone: +49 421 2246 215 www.isis.uni-bremen.de

Fax: +49 421 2246-300

Istituto Motori Contact: Ms Paola Belardini

Via Marconi 8, [email protected]

80125 Napoli, Italy

Phone: +39 08 17177 131 www.im.cnr.it

Fax: +39 081 2396 097

8988

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Contact: Mr Wim Desmet

Celestijnenlaan 300B [email protected]

3001 Leuven, Belgium

Phone: +32 16 32 25 27 www.kuleuven.be

Fax: +32 16 32 29 87

LAT - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Contact: Mr Zissis Samaras

541 24, Thessaloniki, Greece [email protected]

Phone: +30 2310 99 6014

Fax: +30 31 996 019 www.auth.gr/lat.eng.auth.gr

LMS International Contact: Mr Herman van der Auweraer

Interleuvenlaan 68 [email protected]

B-3001 Leuven, Belgium

Phone: +32 16 384200 www.lmsintl.com

Fax: +32 16 384350

MIRA Contact: Mr Anthony Baxendale

Watling Street, Nuneaton [email protected]

Warwickshire CV10 0TU, United Kingdom

Phone: +44 2476 355 559 www.mira.co.uk

Fax: +44 2476 355 355

OTAM Contact: Mr Yunus Canli

ITU Ayazaga Campus, Laboratory of Engines and Vehicles [email protected]

Maslak, Istanbul , 34396, Turkey

Phone: +90 212-276 1612 / +90 212-285 3456 www.otam.com.tr

Fax: +90 212-276 1613

Poznan University of Technology Contact: Mr Jerzy Merkisz

Pl. Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie 5, [email protected]

60-965 Poznan, Poland

Phone: +48 61 665 3639 www.put.poznan.pl

Fax: +48 61 665 3635

Ricardo Contact: Mr Tom Robinson

Shoreham Technical Centre [email protected]

Shoreham-by-Sea

West Sussex, BN43 5FG, United Kingdom

Phone: +44 0 1273 794357 www.ricardo.com

Fax: +44 0 1273 464124

SAFER Contact: Ms Anna Nilsson - Ehle

P.O Box 8077 [email protected]

SE-402 78 Göteborg, Sweden

Visiting address: Lindholmspiren 5, Göteborg, Sweden

Phone: +46 31 764 70 00 www.chalmers.se/safer

Fax: +46 31 764 71 88

SIMLAB Contact: Mr Magnus Langseth

Department of Structural Engineering NTNU [email protected]

NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway

Phone: +47 73 59 47 82 www.ntnu.no/simlab

Fax: +47 934 02 237

Contacts

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SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden Contact: Mr Jan Jacobson

Box 857 [email protected]

SE -501 15 Borås, Sweden

Phone: +46 10 516 50 00 www.sp.se

Fax: +46 33 13 55 20

TNO Contact: Mr Kees Eberwijn

Schoemakerstraat 97 [email protected]

NL-2628 VK Delft, The Netherlands

Phone: +31 15 269 54 81 www.tno.nl

Fax: +31 15 269 29 42

Tecnalia Contact: Mr Inaki Inzunza

Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia [email protected]

C/ Geldo, Edificio 700

48160 Derio, Spain

Phone: +34 94 404 14 44 www.tecnalia.info

Fax: +34 94 404 14 45

Vrije Universiteit Brussel Contact: Mr Joeri Van Mierlo

Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Faculty of Engineering [email protected]

Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussel, Belgium

Phone: +32 2 629 28 04 www.vub.ac.be

Fax: +32 2 629 36 20

University of Firenze Contact: Mr Marco Pierini

P.zza S.Marco, 4 [email protected]

50121 Firenze, Italy

Phone: +39 055 4796 477 www.unifi.it

Fax: +39 055 4796 394

Contacts

University of Ljubjana Contact: Mr Milos Sturm

Kongresni trg 12 [email protected]

1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Phone: +386 1 241 85 00 www.uni.lj.si

Fax: +386 1 241 85 60

University of Southampton Contact: Mr Neville Stanton

Highfield [email protected]

Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom

Phone: +44 2380 599 065 www.trg.soton.ac.uk

Fax: +44 2380 593 152

Vehicle Safety Institute, Graz University of Technology Contact: Mr Hermann Steffan

[email protected]

Inffeldgasse 11/2, 8010 Graz, Austria

Phone: +43 316 873 9401 www.tugraz.at / www.vsi.tugraz.at

Fax: +43 316 873 9402

VTT Contact: Mr Matti Kutila

Biologinkuja 5, [email protected]

FI-02015 Espoo, Finland

Phone: +358 20 722 3619 www.vtt.fi

Fax: +358 20 722 7001

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Other Usefull Links: Colophon:

European Bodies

• European Institutions – Geneneral EU Address http://europa.eu

• European Commission – General Address http://ec.europa.eu

• European Commission – DG Research http://ec.europa.eu/research

• European Commission – DG Transport http://ec.europa.eu/transport

• European Commission – DG Enterprise http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise

Stakeholders

• ACEA - European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association www.acea.be

• AET - Association for European Transport www.aetransport.org

• ASECAP - European Association of the tolled Motorways companies www.asecap.com

• CLEPA - European Association of Automotive Suppliers www.clepa.com

• CONCAWE - Oil companies' European organisation www.concawe.be

• ECTRI - European Conference of Transport Research Institutes www.ectri.org

• EUCAR - European Council for Automotive R&D www.eucar.be

• ERTICO European public/private partnership for the implementation of

Intelligent Transport Systems and Services www.ertico.com

• IRF - European Union Road Federation www.irfnet.eu

• FEHRL - Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories www.fehrl.org

• FERSI - Forum of European Road Safety Research Institutes www.fersi.org

• FIA - Foundation for the Automobile and Society www.fia.com

• FISITA - International Federation of Automotive Engineering Societies www.fisita.com

• ERTRAC - European Road Transport Research Advisory Council www.ertrac.org

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