报告题目：Low Carbon Road Transport Towards 2050: Checks and Balances
报 告 人：Prof. Ricardo Martinez-Botas（伦敦帝国理工学院教授、英国皇家工程院院士）
报告时间：2026年11月13日（星期五）上午10:00—11:00
报告地点：五山校区汽车科技大楼820-821会议室
主办单位：机械与汽车工程学院
报告人简介：
Ricardo is Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Professor of Turbomachinery at Imperial College.
He obtained a MEng Degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Imperial College London in 1989 and a PhD from the University of Oxford.
He leads a research group in the area of low carbon vehicles with particular emphasis to turbochargers, energy storage systems and energy recovery. He has developed the area of unsteady flow aerodynamics of small turbines, with particular application to the turbocharger industry. Lately he has proposed the use of in silica carbon bio inspired designs for advanced thermal science applications.
In terms of policy and science, he is a member of the Science Advisory Council at the UK Department for Transport. Ricardo was the independent expert who oversaw the Vehicle Emissions Testing Program initiated by the British government in the aftermath of the VW emission scandal.
He has been the Chair of the Board of the ASME International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) and chaired the largest gas turbine conference (ASME Turbo Expo’24) in London in June 2024. He was awarded the President’s Medal for Excellence in Research by Imperial College.
He was elected to become a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) in 2018.
报告摘要：
Road transport is the large source of transport CO2 emissions worldwide, and reaching near-zero emissions by 2050 will require progress on three factors: how much we travel, how much energy each kilometre needs, and how much CO2 each unit of energy produces. The talk compares CO2 sources and their impact. Because global vehicle numbers and mobility demand will keep growing and combustion engines will remain in use for decades, a realistic pathway combines cleaner energy carriers, energy recovery, better use of existing vehicles, and solutions adapted to different regions.
