Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Wellnitz is Chair and Professor of Light-Weight Design and CAE and is Vice-Dean of Faculty Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences in Ingolstadt, Germany. After he studied Aviation and Space Technology in Munich, he worked as Captain and Squadroon Commander at the German Air Defence Artillery. After that, he was chief of the "Core-Competence Composites" and head of the section "Strength Powerplant System" at Rolls-Royce in Germany. Professor Jörg Wellnitz has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and books.

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Technologies and infrastructure for sustainable mobility.- Towards a sustainable vehicle development.- EADS commitment towards sustainable Mobility.- Build-up strategies for a hydrogen supply and refuelling infrastructure including a comparative outlook on battery-electric vehicles and their infrastructure requirements.- Approach For The Solution Of A Simplified Reissner Theory For Automotive Application.- Greener Roads By Talking Traffic Lights: Knowledge about Queue Length and Upcoming Traffic Light Signal.- Sustainable Antennas #x2013; A Wideband Antenna For Vehicular Applications.- Solution for reduced pollution and congestion.- Emission Versus E-Mission #x2013; Ways To A Sustainable Powertrain.- Sustainable vehicle design and manufacture.- Benchmarking And Optimisation Of Automotive Seat Structures.- Vision-Aided Position Control Method for Manufacturing Machines.- Automated Fibre Placement With In Situ Ultra-Violet (UV) Light Curing: Concept Testing.- Multifunctional Vehicle Components: Key In Sustainability And Long Term Viability Of Auto Industry.- Knowledge Management in Crosscompany Research and Development Projects.- New vehicle concepts.- Structural Optimization processes for finding robust automotive lightweight concepts.- Transitioning to the future of hydrogen mobility.- Green Car Technologies #x2013; Challenges and Opportunities.- A new hybrid material for increased impact tolerance.- The importance of hydrogen as secondary energy carrier for renewable primary energies.- Efficiency improvement of internal combustion engines by waste heat recovery with rankine cycle and an advanced turbocharging principle.- New structures and materials.- Cellular titanium a bionic material for automotive and avionic applications.- Research and development of a new andsustainable composite: #x201C;natural stone laminate#x201D;.- Delamination of Composite Structures and Failure Modes of Bonded Elements.- Application of Supersonic Flame Spraying for Next Generation Cylinder Liner Coatings.- Enhanced Shape Memory Alloy Actuators.- Damage Behavior of Bonded Structures Under Static and Cyclic Loading Conditions.- Advanced Manufacturing for Fiber Reinforced Metal Matrix Composites (MMC).- Opportunities and Limits for Composites in Cars.- New power train technologies.- Formula Hydrogen #x2013; International Dimensions of the Hydrogen Powered Racing Car Project.- Analysis of Potential Increases in Energy Efficiency for Piston Combustion Machines with Unconventional Geometry.- Formula H #x2013; Design and Development of a Student-Built Hydrogen Fuelled Racing Car.- Formula H #x2013; Risk Assessment and Safety Strategies in a Student Hydrogen Vehicle Project.- End-of-life vehicle management.- Increase of Recuperation in Vehicles with Conventional Powertrain.- Hybrid Concept for Energy Redistribution within Transportation Systems.- A System Dynamics Approach to Calculating the Energy Consumed in Car Component Production.- Vehicle and public safety.- Vehicle And Public Safety Through Driver Assistance Applications.

Mobility is an essential part of our lives. The ability to move freely is central to meeting our social and economic needs. For this reason we have embraced the car over the past century perhaps more than any other technology or consumer pr- uct. Today there are around 900 million vehicles on the world`s roads with another 60,000,000 new vehicles produced each year worldwide. The scale of the auto- tive industry is significant and far reaching. For example, it is estimated that around two thirds of world`s oil output goes to transportation whereby road - hicles alone consume around 40% of the world`s rubber and 25% of the world`s glass, with the consumption of raw materials and other resources further growing due to the rapid development of the automotive sector in China, India, Thailand and Mexico. Transportation accounts for around 25% of greenhouse emissions worldwide, whereby 90% of transport related emissions come from road vehicles, predominantly cars. Clearly, current levels of consumption and emissions are - sustainable. This in turn suggests that mobility as we know it, based on the tra- tional vehicle technology and existing production and consumer practices, is - sustainable. The challenge of developing new sustainable approaches to mobility confronts industries and our societies in general. The concept of sustainable mobility is m- tidimensional and the challenge of achieving it is quite complex.