SAE 2011 World Congress

The annual SAE Congress is the vehicle industry's largest conference and covers all aspects of automotive engineering. The 2011 World Congress was held in Detroit, USA, from 12th-14th April 2011. There were upwards of a dozen sessions focused on vehicle emissions technology, with most of them on diesel emissions. About 60 papers were presented on the topic. In addition, there was one session on gasoline engine emissions control with about six papers presented. This review focuses on key developments related to the platinum group metals (pgms) for both diesel and gasoline engine emissions control from the conference. Papers can be purchased and downloaded from the SAE website (1). As in earlier years, the diesel sessions were opened with a review paper of key developments in diesel emissions and their control from 2010 (2).