Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment

School of Engineering

Mr Frank Will
  Phone   +61 3 522 72828
Email   frank.will@deakin.edu.au
Position   Senior Lecturer
Campus   Geelong
Research grouping   3D (Dynamic Deakin Design)

Research interests

  1. Internal combustion engines, improvement of efficiency and emissions
  2. Dynamics of fun to drive narrow vehicles like motorbikes, scooters and quads
  3. Alternative fuels


Career

Supervisor, Emission & Environmental Lab, Ford Motor Company of Australia Ltd (2004 - 2009)
Supervisor, Fuel Economy & Emission Development Lab, Ford Werke AG, Germany (2001-2004)
Senior Engineer, Ford Werke AG (1999 – 2001)
Powertrain Development Engineer, Ford Werke AG (1990 – 1999)

Key publications

Frank Will (2005) Rotary slide valve for a motor vehicle Patent Office

Frank Will (2005) Method to optimise the calibration of a combustion engine Patent Office

Frank Will (2004) Rheological control of an engine cooling Patent Office

Frank Will (2003) Process to determine the cylinder position of a combustion engine Patent Office

Frank Will, Alexander Hoeren, Christoph Klein (2003) Improvement of repeatability for fuel consumption measurements through normalising Patent Office

View entire list of audited publications

 

Masters students

Student nameThesis title Jasjeet SinghNormalisation of Drive Trace Deviations for Fuel Economy & Emissions Tests Sudeep SudhakarAir Flow CFD simulation to improve air flow distribution in environmental chamber Akash JayashankarAir Flow Quantification in Environmental Test Cell Bjoern ScholemannDrive Cycle Normalisation for Fuel Economy & Emissions Testing Steffen MuellerOptimisation of dilution air volume flow of a Constant Volume Sampling System (CVS) to improve the measurement accuracy of fuel consumption- and emissions tests of cars with petrol engine Markus MatissikOptimisation of fuel consumption during highway driving by using customer orientated fuel consumption measurement  

 

Honours students

Student nameThesis title James Mewing, Nicholas O.Dell, Michael RatcliffeDesign & development of a tilting control system for narrow vehicles Grant GreenawayDesign & development of the mechanical side of a tilting control system for narrow vehicles



 Marcus ErbertAn Unique Arrangement of Sensors and Actuators that Build a Rapid Control System Aaron BundyDesign & analysis of a variable length connecting rod in an internal combustion engine Timothy Tawa, Sam Minseok ChunDrive Cycle Normalisation for Fuel Economy & Emissions Testing David Hopkins, Suresh KumarOptimisation of Environmental Cell Temperature Control Christoph KleinSuitability of fast dynamic Networks to improve the repeatability of fuel consumption measurements of cars with petrol engines by reducing the driver influence  

 

Teaching areas

Automotive Drive Trains
Chassis and Suspensions
Product Development
Heat Transfer


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8th February 2013