Tomohiko Kawanabe, Senior Managing Director and Chief Officer, Advance Research Center, Honda R&D Co. Ltd & resident of Honda Research Institute Co. Ltd, presents this special seminar with Porter Alliance on: “Honda’s Challenge Towards Future Environmental Technologies.”
Abstract: Global environmental technologies for a sustainable society have become increasingly more important to the automotive industry as the issue of global warming has advanced.
In this talk Mr Kawanabe will introduce how Honda are recognising issues of the environment and energy today and explain their recent advances in emission reduction technology for CO2. In addition the talk will introduce the Honda approach to the challenge for next generation technology and gasoline and diesel engines, hybrid electric vehicle, fuel cell vehicle and also introduce fuel processing.
Biography: Mr Tomohiko Kawanabe joined Honda Motor Co. Ltd in 1977 after graduating from Yokohama National University. In 2005 he was appointed Senior Managing Director and Chief Officer for Advance Research Center of Honda R&D Co. Ltd and President of the Honda Research Institute Co. Ltd. Within his twenty years of research at Honda an example of the research undertaken are the development of low (0.4) NOx engines, 36MPG engines, Ultra Low Emission engines, High Altitude Emission Control and advanced power plant development. He is an internationally renowned speaker since 1986 on topics such as clean combustion and more recently the sustainability of Honda’s current and future engine technologies.
He is the President of the Honda Research Institute Co. Ltd which was established in 1986 to undertake fundamental research and development. The centre has engaged in the development of the bipedal walking humanoid robot, ASIMO, and HondaJet, as well as fundamental research on the bio- and energy-sector.
In 1999 he received the JSAE “Technology Development Award” for Ultra Low Emission Engine Development and in 2007 he was awarded SAE fellow membership.
For more information please email; eeo@imperial.ac.uk