Speakers

Prof. Adolfo SENATORE, University of Salerno, Italy. IEEE Senior Member

Biography: Prof. Adolfo SENATORE received Ph.D. in Tribology, University of Pisa (I). Since 2002, he was researcher of Mechanics of Machine Systems as well as teacher of subjects in the area of Mechatronics, Dynamics of Machines, Mechanical Vibrations, Industrial Measurements. Associate professor (2014-2021), then full professor (2021-current) at the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Salerno, he has been serving as teacher of Mechanical Vibrations (M.Sc. Mechanical Eng.) and Mechatronics (B.Sc. Mechanical Eng.). Since 2001 through 2010, he also served as teacher of Mechanics of Machine Systems at Università degli Studi del Sannio, in Benevento, Italy. Visiting scientist at Technical University of Berlin in the framework of DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst.Since 2019, Adolfo Senatore is the director of the degree programs in Mechanical Engineering and Management Engineering (BSc and MSc) and MSc in Smart Industry Engineering at University of Salerno. Member of the Steering Board of the AIT - Italian Tribology Association, IEEE Senior member, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society member, IEEE Industrial Electronics Society member. Technical Editor (TE) of IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics and member of editorial boards of 5 journals, coordinator and research responsible within R&D contracts with industries about mechatronics, robotics, tribology, mechanical testing, simulation. Research fields: model based control for automatic transmissions, friction interaction modelling, frictional torque in automated dry clutch and dual-clutch transmissions, lubrication modelling, lubrication in the internal combustion engines, effects of nanoparticles as friction modifier additives in new generation engine and gearbox lubricants. He has been author of more than 230 papers and book chapters. 

Speech Title:  Mechatronics as an Enabler for Powertrain Systems in Future Vehicles
Abstract:  Over the next few years, the variety of powertrain concepts for vehicles will ceaselessly grow. Regardless of whether they will be driven by internal combustion engines, hybridized powertrains or electrical-only vehicles, the goal of all of these concepts is to use as low primary energy as possible for driving ground vehicles aiming at reducing CO2 emissions to the lowest achievable level. For the transmission, this results in the requirement to generate as few losses as possible when  transmitting the power and converting the speed ratio and torques to supply as much mechanical energy as possible to the wheels, along with improvement of safety, comfort, reliability, shifting quality, and driving performance. This keynote lecture at ICMAT 2022 will cover the main contribution of the research effort aimed at clarifying how different driveline systems explicitly influence the transmissibility by providing key elements to designers of such mechatronic systems and related control strategies with the purpose of improving knowledge about mechanical scheme based on clutch managed by automatic control. Such a target can be especially useful to developers of next generation hybridized and pure electric powertrains since current forecast about automatic transmissions market is expected to gain traction in all countries where higher fuel economy and ease of driving on congested roads continue to influence users' decisions.