Session 1: MEMS Market and Special Applications -- Automotive Applications of MEMS: Overview of New Applications in Europe, Japan and North America and Evaluation of the Markets -- Universal Magnetoresistive Current Sensor for Automotive Applications -- Development of Highly Active Catalyst for Si-Microcalorimetric Gas Sensor -- Monolithic Integrated Pressure Sensor ICs -- Session 2: Sensor Systems - Design and Control -- Modelling and Simulation of MEMS Based Automotive Systems - Abstract -- A Mechatronic Connector with Flip-Chip Microcontroller and Smart-Power Full-Bridge for DC Motor Control in Multiplex Networks -- Closed Loop Control of Lean NOx Traps -- Low Cost Rate Sensor for Automotive Applications - the Fabless Strategy -- Session 3: Engine Control -- Cylinder Pressure Sensing and Model-Based Control in Engine Management Systems -- Long-Life Fiber-Optic Pressure Sensors for Control and Monitoring of Combustion Engines -- Ion Current Based Pressure Peak Detection Under Different Air Humidity Conditions -- Realising Distributed Engine Control Subsystems Through Application of High Temperature Intelligent Engine Sensors and Control Electronics -- Session 4: Occupancy Detection -- The BMW SBE2 Child Seat Detection System -- 3D Perception for Vehicle Inner Space Monitoring -- Low-Cost High Speed CMOS Camera for Automotive Applications -- New Powerful Sensory Tool in Automotive Safety Systems Based on PMD-Technology -- Session 5: Safety Systems -- Automotive Rollover Sensing -- Sensor Portfolio for Automotive Applications Based on Surface Micro-Machining with Thick Polysilicon -- Robust and Selftestable Silicon Tuning Fork Gyroscope with Enhanced Resolution -- Diffractive and Micro-Optics at Centro Ricerche FIAT: Developed Applications for the Transport Industry -- of Bus Architecture for Vehicle Safety Restraint Systems - a Challenge for Airbag IC-Design -- Poster Presentations -- Fuzzy Modelling and Control of a GDI Engine -- A Single-Chip Smart Pressure Sensor Family with 2 Dimensional Calibration -- Micro-Optics for Optical Interconnects in Automotive Applications -- List of Contact Adresses -- List of Keywords.