“Mastering the Future of Gasoline Engines”

apl. Professor Dr.-Ing. habil. Christian Schwarz

Head of Department “Predevelopment Gasoline Engines”
BMW Group

Professor Christian Schwarz is Head of Department “Predevelopment Gasoline Engines” at BMW Group. He started his professional career at BMW Group’s Gasoline Engine Development in Munich in July 1997. Several leading positions, for example as Head of Department “Predevelopment Functions Gasoline Engines and Thermodynamics” from July 2001 or as Head of Department “Development of Thermodynamics, Charging and Exhaust Systems” from July 2010, followed. In June 2016, Christian Schwarz took over his current responsibilities as Head of Department “Predevelopment Gasoline Engines”.

Moreover, he pursued his university career: Christian Schwarz studied Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Munich and graduated as Doctor of Engineering in 1993. After receiving his habilitation at the University of Hannover in 1998, he started teaching and was appointed a professorship at the University of Hannover in 2004.

“Combustion Control – An Enabler for Clean Efficient Combustion Engines”

Professor Per Tunestål, PhD

Lund University

After Studying Engineering Physics at the Lund University in Sweden, Per Tunestål received a PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley (USA) in 2000 as well as a PhD in Heat and Power Engineering at the Lund University in 2001. From 2000 to 2005, Per Tunestål worked as Assistant professor, followed by a position as Associate Professor until 2012. He presently holds a position as Professor at Lund University, where he is in charge of the engine control activities. He holds more than 130 scientific publications within the combustion engine field and he has served as chairman of the Control and Calibration committee within the Society of Automotive Engineers. Special interests are engine control based on in-cylinder measurements and cylinder-pressure based parameter estimation. Per Tunestål also serves as Director of the KCFP Engine Research Center, a consortium financed by the Swedish Energy Agency, Lund University and 14 member companies world-wide.