Laurent Balzano

Project Leader at DELPHI (Luxembourg) -Project : Battery charger for BMW (Production Program)  Developing & Managing the project plan & schedule  Managing the project team  Several sites : Kokomo (USA), Bomig (Germany), Paris (France) o Important mobility : 3 months/year in USA & 1 day/week at Munich  Managing the project conflicts & the customer communication  Support Sales team  Support & manage system tasks (Architecture & testing) - Delphi Don Almquist Award

Application engineer at DELPHI (Luxembourg) - Project : Charger for a fleet of plug-in hybrid vehicle  Project Leader in charge of a stand alone charger program • Customer Interface and internal management of allied services (Quality DFMEA & safety ISO26262)  Customer requirement analysis & realization of the technical offer  Participation to the design phase studies & to the simulation model (Matlab & Simulink)

Research & Development engineer at DELPHI (Luxembourg) - Project : Fully Variable Valve train  Conception of an innovative electromechanical system • Patent application  Analytical (Matlab & Mathcad) & finite elements (FLUX2D/3D) modelling  Model-building & Validation of concepts • Supplier researches and specification definitions

- Project : Fuel pomp for Gasoline and Diesel applications  Electrical machine Design  Test & Validation of BLDC (Brushless Machine)  Design of a characterization bench -Technical support (design & test) about electrical machine for different groups

- Project : Electrically-driven variable valve timing device  Conception, model-building & validation of magnetic systems  Design of a durability bench (Wiring Schematic and component selection)  industrial innovation Prize (FEDIL 2006)  Publication SENSACT 2007 : Sensors & Actuators for Advanced Powertrain Applications “Novel Electrically-driven variable valve timing device” -Project : Plasma ignition  Test and validation of igniter