August 1^st

11:00-18:30

Registration

18:30-20:00

Reception Dinner

August 2^nd 8:00-12:10

Section A

Session Chairman: Prof. Robert W. Dibble, Prof. Zhen Huang

8:00-8:10

Opening speech

8:10-8:45

Improvement of Low Temperature Diesel Combustion in a Light Duty Diesel Engine

Prof. Choongsik Bae, Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea

8:45-9:20

An experimental study on the comparison between high premixed combustion (HPC) and low temperature combustion (LTC) fuelled with gasoline and diesel

Prof. Mingfa Yao, Tianjin University, China

9:20-9:55

The Future of Internal Combustion Engines – Development Trends and Efficiency Improvement

Prof. Ulrich Spicher, Institute of Karlsruhe, Germany

9:55-10:25

Coffee break

10:25-11:00

Future Engines and their Fuels

Tom McCarthy, Chief Engineer,

 Ford Motor Company, US

11:00-11:35

Review of the application of fast gas and particle analysers for IC engine research

Prof. Nick Collings, University of Cambridge, UK

11:35-12:10

Upfront Design and Optimization of Gasoline Direct Injection Engine Combustion Systems

Dr. James Yi, Ford Motor Company, US

12:10-12:20

Symposium photo

12:20-13:50

Lunch

August 2^nd

14:00-18:40

Section B

Session Chairman: Prof. Bengt Johansson, Prof. Wang Jianxin

14:00-14:35

Demonstration and analysis of different combustion modes in a 2/4 stroke gasoline engine

Hua Zhao, Brunel Univerity, UK

14:35-15:10

Advanced SI engine Combustion System Development: Opportunities and Challenges

Dr. Yangbin Zeng, General Motors Company, US

15:10-15:45

Optimization of a Turbocharger for High EGR Applications

Harold Sun, Ford Motor Company, US

15:45-16:20

Coffee break

16:20-16:55

DISI Engine PM Emissions at Cold Fast Idle for Ethanol-Gasoline Blends

Prof. Wai K. Cheng, Massachusetts Institurte of Technology, US

16:55-17:30

Advanced Heterogeneous Diesel Combustion with ultra-low engine out emissions and low fuel consumption

Dr. Uwe Wagner, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

17:30-18:05

Multi-dimensional Simulation of Biodiesel-fuelled Engines: the Interaction of Soot and NOx Formation

Prof. Xianguo Li, University of Waterloo, Canada

18:05-18:40

Effects of Mixing and Chemical parameters on Thermal Efficiency in a Partly Premixed Combustion Diesel Engine with Near Zero Emissions

Prof. Wanhua Su, Tianjin University, China

18:40-20:00

Dinner

August 3^rd

8:00-12:30

Section A

Session Chairman: Prof. Ulrich Spicher, Prof. Zuohua Huang

8:00-8:35

Strategies to Control Heat Release Rate of High-Load HCCI Engine Combustion

Yi Yang and John Dec

Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California, US        

8:35-9:05

Improvement of HCCI Engine Performance by Fuel Composition

Prof. Gen Shibata, Hokkaido University, Japan

9:05-9:40

Combustion Characteristics and Combustion Mode Switch of Multi-cylinder Gasoline HCCI Engine with Direct Injection

Prof. Wang Jianxin, Tsinghua Univertsity, China

9:40-10:10

Coffee break

10:10-10:45

Liquid Jet Atomization in a Crossflow

Prof. Nasser Ashgriz, University of Toronto, Canada

10:45-11:20

Improved engine efficiency through feedback control

Prof. Per Tunestal, Lund University, Sweden

11:20-11:55

 Hydrogen Enriched Hydrocarbon Combustion and Engine Application Study

Zuohua Huang, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

11:55-12:30

The Control Challenges of Novel Engine Architectures

Prof. Richard Stobart, Loughborough University, UK

12:30-13:50

Lunch

August 3^rd

14:00-18:05

Section B

Session Chairman: Prof. Nick Collings, Prof. Mingfa Yao

14:00-14:35

Fuel-Air Mixing and Combustion Characteristics of Diesel Spray under High Ambient Gas Density Condition

Prof. Keiya Nishida, University of Hiroshima, Japan