Program Thu, June 19, 2025

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Session 9: Brake and tyre wear particles Part 1
Chair: Danilo Engelmann, BFH, Biel

Misja Steinmetz, TNO (NL)
«Heavy duty brake wear emissions: an on-road measurement campaign using a novel fully open sampling system»

Anssi Järvinen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
«Effect of pad material and regenerative braking on brake wear emissions»

Bozhena Tsyupa, Politecnico di Milano/Brembo
«Beyond Emission Factors: Brembo’s Protocol for Chemical and Toxicological Analysis of Brake Wear Particles»

Daniel Obando, University of Stuttgart
«Characterization of UFP Emissions at a Railway Brake Test Bench»

Carsten Neukirchen, University of the Bundeswehr Munich
«Physical and chemical characterization of brake and tyre wear measured on a custom-built combined dynamometer»

Session 10: Brake and tyre wear particles Part 2
Chair: Oliver Bischof, TSI

Andreas Schwendimann,Swisens AG
«Analysis of Morphological and Chemical Properties of Tyre and Brake Wear Particles Using Real-Time Measurement Techniques»

Jens Wahlström, Lund University
«Advancing Tire and Road Wear Particles (TRWP) Measurements: Balancing Laboratory Conditions and Real-World Relevance»

Miriam Chacón-Mateos, DLR
«Enhancing the Testing Methodology for Measuring Tyre Particle Emissions»

Georgios Tsakonas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
«Approach for Measuring Volatile Tyre Particle Emissions »

Christoph Hüglin,EMPA
«Distribution of tire wear in the environment through atmospheric transport and deposition»

13.30

Trojan Horse Award and Poster Award Ceremony
Chair: Oliver Bischof, TSI

14.00

Focus Event «Brake and tyre wear particles» Part A
Chair: Loretta Müller, Bern University Hospital
Organized by A. Mayer, TTM

Dr. Loretta Müller-Urech, Chair and Moderator
Opening

Prof. Barbara Rothen Rutishauser, University of Fribourg
«Health Impact of Inhalable Particles»

Dr. Alan James Bergmann, Swiss Center for Applied Ecotoxicology
«Aquatic Impact of Plastic Particles»

Nick Molden, Emission Analytics Ltd, CEO
«Chemistry and Physics of Tyre and Brake Wear»

15.00

Coffee Break

Focus Event «Brake and tyre wear particles» Part B
Chair: Loretta Müller, Bern University Hospital

Dr. Vicente Franco, EU-Commission; DG GROW.12
«EU-Legislation Metrology and Limit Values»

Heinz Bacher, BMW AG
«Technical Solucions: Brakes»

Frederic Biesse, Michelin
«Technical Solutions: Tyres»

End of the conference