Ulrich Giese
German Institute of Rubber Technology (DIK)
Ulrich Giese received his PHD in chemistry in 1988. He started in 1989 working in rubber research at the German Institute of Rubber Technology (DIK). Currently he is Managing Director of the DIK e. V. and of the “DIK Testing Laboratory”. Since 2010 U. Giese is a distinguished professor at the Leibniz University of Hannover (“Polymer-/Analytical Chemistry”). Since 2013 he is editor of the international Rubber Journal “KGK”. Achievements: more than 145 publications, 180 lectures; Supervisor for more than 50 phd thesis, Best Paper Award IRC 2014; Harries Medal DKG, 2018; ACS – “Georg Stafford Withby Award”, 2019 , IRCO -medal IRC 2025
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
December 8, 2026
Session 2 - Investigation of TRWP emissions
- Influence of tire compound ingredients on particle emissions in laboratory tests
Speaker: Ulrich Giese - Experimental investigation of tire wear and airborne tire wear particle emissions under controlled laboratory conditions
Speaker: Ludwig Schubert - An investigation of tire wear and emissions uncertainty sources in vehicle-based testing
Speaker: James Knowles - Investigation of heavy-duty tire wear and airborne particle number emissions under controlled force and thermal conditions on an outer-drum test bench
Speaker: Thomas Seebacher