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9/15/99 - OPTIMUM Power Technology and Professor Gordon P. Blair
Gordon P. Blair CBE is Professor Emeritus at The Queen’s University of Belfast. Apart
from holding the Chair of Mechanical Engineering at QUB for over twenty years, Professor
Blair has served the University as Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and as Pro-Vice
Chancellor. In addition, Professor Blair has been a consultant for companies such as
Ford, General Motors, Mercury Marine, Volvo and Yamaha. Professor Blair is a
world-renowned expert on the subject of design and simulation of two and four-stroke
engines, is the author of more than 90 technical papers, and has written several
textbooks including Design and Simulation of Two-Stroke Engines (1996) and Design and
Simulation of Four-Stroke Engines (1999). Both books are published by SAE.
Don’t miss the Keynote speech to be delivered by Professor Gordon P. Blair CBE at this
year’s SAE Small Engine Technology Conference & Exposition (SETC). Dr. Dermot Mackey,
from OPTIMUM Power Technology will be using Virtual 4-Stroke® and Virtual 2-Stroke® to
illustrate this presentation. The SETC show runs from Tuesday, September 28th through
Thursday, September 30th at the Marriott Madison West, Madison, Wisconsin.
OPTIMUM Power Technology applies computer technology to two and four-stroke engines.
Research at OPTIMUM focuses on enhancing the performance of and reducing emissions from
these engines. OPTIMUM’s products span from engine simulation software to vehicle data
acquisition. Products are available for pressure trace analysis, engine management
systems, fuel injection, and dynamic testing. OPTIMUM Power Technology is located in
Bridgeville, Pennsylvania.
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OPTIMUM Power Technology
and Professor Gordon P. Blair, Professor Emeritus at The Queen’s University of
Belfast, have entered into a technical and consulting agreement for the exclusive
worldwide license to use GPB engine simulation software source code for OPTIMUM’s two and
four-stroke product development and for Professor Blair’s continuing support for new
theoretical attributes, improvements and upgrades for its software products. Further,
Professor Blair provides comprehensive coverage to OPTIMUM of the fundamentals of engine
design and development due to his lifelong research and consultancy experiences
world-wide in virtually all areas of automotive engine activity.
