Monday, May 4, 2009
Keynote Address - 08:00-09:30

The conference will open with a Keynote Address by David E. Foster, Co-Director of the General Motors - ERC Collaborative Research Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. The title of Dr. Foster's presentation is "Combustion Technologies, Aftertreatment Systems and Alternative Energy Carriers for a Carbon Constrained World."

Professor David E. Foster, the Phil and Jean Myers Professor of Mechanical Engineering, received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin - Madison in 1973 and 1975 respectively. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in 1979 from MIT. He has been a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin since completion of his Ph.D. He teaches and conducts research in the areas of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, fuel chemistry and emission formation processes in internal combustion engines. He is an active member of the Engine Research Center, of which he served as the Director from 1994 through 1999, and as of September 2008 is again serving as Director. He is also the Co-Director of the General Motors - ERC Collaborative Research Laboratory, a collaborative research effort between General Motors Research and the Engine Research Center that was established in 2003.

Professor Foster is an active consultant for industries both in the US and abroad. He has published extensively, in the professional societies serving the combustion and internal engine communities. Dr. Foster is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Wisconsin and has won departmental, engineering society, and university awards for his classroom teaching. He served as a member of the National Research Council PNGV Review Committee for six years, and is currently serving on National Research Council committees to review the DOE FreedomCAR and Fuels Partnership Program and Fuel Economy of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles. He has been awarded the ASME Honda Gold Medal for outstanding contributions in the field of personal transportation and he is a Fellow of SAE.