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C. AldrichUniversity of Stellenbosch, South Africa

A. AlleyneUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA

H. AsamaUniversity of Tokyo, Japan

F. AssadianCranfi eld University, Cranfi eld, UK

C. BatlleUniversitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

M. BlankeTechnical University of Denmark, Denmark

X. BomboisDelft University of Technology, The Netherlands

C. BordonsUniversidad de Sevilla, Spain

A. ChatterjeeJadavpur University, India

B. Chaudhuri Imperial College London, UK

Y. ChenUniversity of California, CA, USA

M.H. CostinGeneral Motors Corp., Global Vehicle Engineering, Warren, MI, USA

I.K. CraigUniversity of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

F.A. CuzzolaDanieli Automation, Italy

S. DaleyUniversity of Sheffi eld, UK

F. Delli PriscoliUniversity of Rome, Italy

A. DesbiensUniversite Laval, Canada

L. ErikssonLinköping University, Sweden

P. FalconeChalmers University of Technology, Sweden

M. GhanesEcole Nationale Supérieure de l’Electronique et de ses Applications, France

M. Gilson BagrelRecherche en Automatique de Nancy (CRAN), France

F. GiriUniversity of Caen Basse-Normandie, France

D. GuUniversity of Leicester, Leicester, UK.

T. HamelUniversite de Nice Sophia Antipolis, France

J. HahnRensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA

T. HagglundLund Institute of Technology, Lund, Sweden

V. HavlenaHoneywell Prague, Czech Republic

E. Hellström Ford Motor Company, Michigan, USA

K. HooTexas Tech University, USA

A. HorchABB Research Centre, Ladenburg, Germany

G.W. IrwinQueen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, UK

T. JonesStellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

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R. KingTechnische Universität Berlin, Germany

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T.H. LeeThe National University of Singapore, Singapore

X. LiFundan University, Shanghai, China

G. LightbodyUniversity of Cork, Eire

S. LiuUniversity of Kaiserslautern, Germany

S. LonghiUniversità Politecnica delle Marche, Italy

J. LuFord Motor Company, Michigan, USA

A. LynchUniversity of Alberta, Canada

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G. MagnaniPolitecnico di Milano, Italy

O.P. MalikUniversity of Calgary, Canada

C. Manzie The University of Melbourne, Australia

I. Mareels University of Melbourne, Australia

C. Melchiorri University of Bologna, Italy

L. MeniniUniversita di Roma, Italy

T. MeurerChristian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany

T. MortonEconnect Australia Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia

Z. NagyLoughborough University, UK

J.E. Normey-RicoUniversidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil

A. PashkevichUniversity of Technology of Troyes, France

C.E. PereiraUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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J.Z. SasiadekCarleton University, Canada

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G. SchitterTU Wien, Austria

K. SchlacherJohannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria

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P. SeilerUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

N. SepehriUniversity of Manitoba, Canada

H. Siguerdidjane Supelec, France

J.D. StigterWageningen University, The Netherlands

M. SumnerThe University of Nottingham, UK

A. TayebiLakehead University, Canada

H.E. TsengFord Motor Company, Michigan, USA

J. WangOhio State University, USA

Y. XiShanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

J. YiRutgers University, NJ, USA

J. YuMcMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

J. ZaytoonUniversité de Reims Champagne Ardenne, Reims Cedex, France

J. ZhaoDalian Jiaotong University, Dalian, China

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