Automotive Engineering

with British Aerospace and Ferranti International and worked with such companies as General Motors, the UK Civil Aviation Authority and Bell Atlantic on their quality improvement programmes. As well as delivering quality management and auditor training courses throughout the world, he has participated in various industry councils and committees, including the Institute of Quality Assurance. A.J. (Tony) Martyr has been either the sole or a co-author of all editions of 'Engine Testing'. For the last 50 years he has held senior technical positions in companies, internationally involved in the design and testing of automotive and marine powertrains. His published works include a book on Project Management, and papers on subjects covering Dynamometry and the International Transfer of Technology. 1934 Born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands



1946-1951 Highschools in Rotterdam and Bandung (Indonesia)



1959 MSc. degree in Mechanical Engineering at TU-Delft



1966 Ph.D. degree at the Delft University of Technology

Thesis on the Wheel Shimmy Phenomenon

Advisers: Prof. De Pater and Prof. Van Eldik Thieme



!966-1996 Professor of Vehicle System Engineering

Delft University of Technology



1971 Visiting professor at HSRI (UMTRI), University of Michigan



!972-1989 Editor in Chief of journal Vehicle System Dynamics



1977-1989 Secretary General of the International Association for Vehicle System Dynamics (IAVSD)



!989 Honorary Doctorate

Stockholm Royal Institute of Technology



1993-2006 Consultant TNO-Automotive, The Netherlands



1994-2000 President of IAVSD



2002- 2012 Author of book (1st, 2nd ,3d editions) 'Tire and Vehicle Dynamics'



Hans' areas of expertise include theoretical and experimental research on the dynamics of road vehicles and on the mechanical behaviour of pneumatic tires, and Bond graph modeling of dynamic systems. Mike Blundell is Professor of Vehicle Dynamics and Impact, Mechanical & Automotive Engineering, Coventry University, UK. He specializes in vehicle dynamics and safety teaching and research, and has worked with multibody systems applications in vehicle dynamics in industry and academia, publishing many papers on the topic. Damian Harty is a Senior Staff Engineer at Polaris Industries based in Minnesota. He was formerly Director of the Vehicle & System Dynamics Group at Coventry University, a Technical Specialist for vehicle dynamics with Prodrive on the Mini WRC, as well as a freelance consultant.