J.J.H. Paulides received his MPhil and PhD from the University of Sheffield, UK, in 2000 and 2005, respectively. His research interests span all facets of electrical machines and actuators, with an emphasis on how these devices en­able sustainability and their uniqueness in terms of multidisciplinary research. He is a program/technical member of various conferences related to electro­magnetism and more electric applications. He is the CEO of the AE-Group, a specialised company manufacturing special electric machines and magnetic assemblies within the Netherlands. This company is able to deliver active sus­pension systems commercially for application at OEMs looking for the ultimate ride quality and handling performance.

Sergio M. Savaresi received a master’s in electrical engineering (Politecnico di Milano, 1992), a PhD in systems and control engineering (Politecnico di Milano, 1996), and a master’s in applied mathematics (Catholic University, Brescia, 2000). After his PhD, he worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Co in Milan. He has been a full professor of automatic control at Politecnico di Milano since 2006. He is also the deputy director and chair of the systems and control section of the department of electronics and computer sciences, Po­litecnico di Milano. He is the associate editor of the publications IEEE Transac­tions on Control System Technology, European Journal of Control and Control Engineering Practice, and he has authored more than 500 scientific articles. His main interests are in the areas of vehicle control, automotive systems, data analysis and system identification, nonlinear control theory and control applica­tions. He is the co-founder and partner of seven different spin-off companies.

Mina Kaldas graduated from the automotive engineering department, fac­ulty of engineering of Mina University in Egypt, where he received his bach­elor’s and master’s degrees in 2006 and 2009, respectively, and also worked as a research assistant. In 2010, he moved to the Institute of Automotive Engineering at the Technical University Braunschweig in Germany for PhD study and to work as a research assistant. From 2010-14, he worked for different OEMs in different projects in suspension controls, dynamics and NVH. In 2014, after completing his PhD studies in the development of the semi-active suspension system control algorithms, Mina moved to Ford-Wer­ke GmbH as a software engineer to develop the software of the continuous damping control (CDC) systems. Currently, he’s leading the development of the CDC software of the whole European Ford brand models. On the other hand, Mina is supervising many masters and PhD studies in Egypt, Germany and China. His R&D area of interest includes chassis control systems, vehicle dynamics, mathematical modelling and NVH, where he published more than 25 peer-reviewed papers and filed five patents. Furthermore, Mina is associ­ated editor for the SAE International Journal of Vehicle Dynamics, Stability and NVH, and the Journal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration and Active Control. Furthermore, he is a reviewer for the Vehicle System Dynamics, International Journal of Vehicle Design, Journal of Automobile Engineering and other SAE International Journals.

In January 2019, Dr. Pim van der Jagt assumed the position of technical direc­tor for Anthony Best Dynamics Europe GmbH. His main responsibilities in this function are the development of HIL and simulation capabilities for Anthony Best Dynamics’ product portfolio. Previous positions: managing director of Ford European research division, development engineer at Goodyear and Volvo. Pim is a visiting professor at the Loughborough University of Technology in England.

A development engineer in Volvo Cars, Raid Mounzer works with electronic stability control. His work focusses on tuning the different control functions and verifying them on varying conditions and surfaces. Before that, Raid joined Volvo Cars as a thesis student. He worked with the driving simulator investigating the opportunities of using objective metrics to validate and im­prove the driving feel accuracy.

Ed Haynes started his career at Ford Motor Company and then moved to Cosworth Engineering working on the design and development of Formula 1 engines. After Cosworth, he spent 17 years at Williams F1 developing trans­missions and KERS systems before joining AB Dynamics to develop the high frequency linear actuator for noise transmission test rigs. He also works as a powertrain technical lead at Williams Advanced Engineering on the Jaguar Formula E racing car.

Dr. Ralf Leiter studied automotive engineering and electronics in Zwickau and Ilmenau (Germany). He joined Lucas in 1989 and held several positions, in­cluding chief engineer EPB and chief engineer electronics. He has also worked as director of advanced engineering in Meritor and for Mando Europe.

Dae-Un Sung has a PhD from the Korea Advanced Institutes of Science and Technology (2001), with a major in mechanics of composite materials. He’s worked for the durability technology team of Hyundai’s R&D Division since 2001. Dae-Un was a visiting scholar at Queen Mary University of London (2013-14). He’s responsible for improvement of balanced performance of sus­pension bushings and engine mounts, durability and degradation of chassis component and long-term quality enhancement of vehicle chassis.

Since 2018, Matthias Wilmes has been a team leader of chassis and vehicale dynamics at FEV. From 2011-18, he held a similar position for Bertrandt Ing. Büro GmbH in Cologne and Rüsselsheim. After graduating in 2005 from RWTH Aachen with a degree in automotive engineering studies, Matthias started his career from as a project leader at fka (Forschungsgesellschaft Kraftfahrwesen mbH).

Miguel Dhaens, engineering manager of advanced engineering and global ride control, is responsible for defining the research road map and coordinating the global research activities of Tenneco’s ride control business, which includes vehicle dynamics (advanced sensing, autonomy and emotional intelligence), damping solutions, mechatronics, material science, manufacturing technolo­gies and predictive tools. In this role, he chairs a team of 11 engineers and eight PhD scientists and liaises with universities and knowledge centres. Be­fore joining Tenneco, Miguel worked as an R&D manager at Flanders Drive, a strategic research centre in Lommel, Belgium, and before that he was man­ager for the Formula 1 engine racing team, test team and advanced strategies at Toyota Motorsport in Cologne, Germany. Miguel started his career as a project engineer at Ilmor Engineering, Northampton, U.K., working in F1 and with Champ Car racing engines. He has an MSc in electro-mechanical engi­neering from KIH Ostend, part of the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.

Having graduated from Bosphorus University as a mechanical engineer, Ismail Erhan Eyol continued until 2000 his MSc studies at the same location as a research fellow, dealing with the topic of residual stress minimisation in ther­moplastic composite structures. Since then, he has been working at Ford Oto­san, the last seven years as the functional manager of chassis engineering, responsible for development of chassis controls, suspension, brake, steering, frame, wheel and tyre systems. His areas of interest include vehicle dynamics, active chassis systems and advanced material applications in the field of chas­sis engineering. He has written numerous articles and owns several patents in the aforementioned fields. Ismail is married with two children.

Dieter Lottmann is an experienced development engineer for automotive sus­pensions components. Suspensions are developing in new directions along with the changes in automobiles of the last years in the direction of envi­ronmentally friendly technologies. Dieter has been in the middle of this de­velopment in companies like CMP Automotive and Vibracoustic, having done design, calculation, analysis and development of bushings, including parts for electric vehicles and innovative dampers. Additionally, air spring development and analysis has been a field he has had the privilege to develop. He has ac­quired experience as a presenter at the Latin American Conference for Rubber Technology. In his latest working development, he is expanding his knowledge in fair trade and CO2 neutral raw rubber processing and latex technologies.

Guido Tosolin graduated in mechanical engineering at Politecnico di Milano, with a thesis on advanced tyre-integrated sensors in collaboration with Pirelli. With more than 10 years of experience in the automotive industry, he has supported the suspension development project for several OEMs worldwide, always focussing on vehicle dynamics performance. At IDIADA, he is the product manager of the Chassis Development group in the Vehicle Dynamics department. In this position, he is responsible for planning and carrying out vehicle development programmes and advanced simulation activities.

Navid Samadi received a diploma in automotive engineering (2004), a mas­ter‘s in vehicle and aeronautic engineering (2006) at the University of Ap­plied- Sciences, Hamburg and a PhD in mechanical engineering (2009) at Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg. In 2009, he joined Mercedes-Benz cars development as lead engineer for chassis durability, responsible for front and rear chassis components of C-E-Class platform. Later, he became assistant to the director of chassis, where he developed the future strategy for the busi­ness unit. As manager for steering systems, he was responsible for supplier nomination of a €2 billion project and development of next generation EPS certified for autonomous driving SAEL4. In 2018, he joined KYB Europe as deputy general manager at the Technical Centre Munich for Design and Engi­neering and for the KYB Engineering Office Europe.

Graduated as an electro-mechanical engineer at the University of Leuven, Kris started working in the automotive sector in 1993. He started as a Technical Consultancy Engineer in high-tech projects on NVH. Throughout his career, he acquired experience in Engineering Management and Technical Sales, promoted to Business Unit Manager and Managing Director within different industrial companies, and acquired worldwide experience in Europe, the USA, and Asia. Strongly convinced of the innovative power of the XenomatiX technology and the inevitable breakthrough of it, he joined this fast-growing high-tech company at the Research Park in Leuven, Belgium, as VP of Sales & Business Development in 2016.