Background
Guzzella, Lino was born on October 13, 1957 in Zurich, Switzerland. Son of Giuseppe Guzzella and Ester Alpi.
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Lino Guzzella
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Doctor of Science in Technology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich, Switzerland, 1986.
Career
He has been a full Professor of Thermotronics in the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering since 1999. In his research, Lino Guzzella works on modelling and model-assisted optimisation and control of energy technology and mechatronic systems According to the team"s calculations, the car used the equivalent of one litre of petrol to travel 5385km.
His ultimate goal would be to create zero-emission cars, stating that the real challenge lies in reducing costs of hydrogen and developing its production from renewable sources.
In 2006, Professor Guzzella appeared as a guest panellist, along with British Telecom futurist Ian Pearson, space tourist Anousheh Ansari and renowned American astronaut Buzz Aldrin on the Cable News Network Future Summit: World in Motion programme, presented by Richard Quest in Singapore. The programme first aired on 23 November 2006 from Singapore.
In December 2011, the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich Professors" Conference elected Lino Guzzella as Rector to the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Executive Board, responsible for education, for a period of four years, starting on 1 August 2012. From January 2015 he leads the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule as its new president following Ralph Eichler.
Professor Guzzella authored three books
Two were published with Springer, namely, Modeling and Control of Internal Combustion Engine Systems with Christopher Onder and Vehicle Propulsion Systems with Antonio Sciarretta. The third one, Analysis and Synthesis of Single-Input/Single-Output Control Systems, was published with vdf Hochschulverlag.
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Married Renata Bollinger, July 7, 1984. Children: Sandra, Marco.
