Technical Tracks

Track 1: Electronics, Power Electronics, and Motor Drives
Vehicular electronics; power electronic components, circuits, converters, and systems; rectifiers; chargers; inverters; embedded electronics; electric motor drives; motion control; power semiconductors; novel power modules; EMI/EMC; auxiliary motor drives; actuators; electric power steering; x-by-wire.
Track Chair: Jonathan W. Kimball, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA Track Co-Chair: Ilse Cervantes, Institute for Scientific and Technological Research of San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Track Co-Chair: Zhong Nie, Chrysler LLC, USA

Track 2: Electric Machines
Permanent-magnet (PM) brush-less machines; induction machines; synchronous machines; switched reluctance motors (SRM); electric machines for propulsion and non-propulsion systems; starters; generators; integrated starter/alternators (ISA).
Track Chair: Narayan C. Kar, University of Windsor, Canada
Track Co-Chair: Wayne W. Weaver, Michigan Technological University, USA

Track 3: Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles
Electric vehicles (EVs); hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs); diesel hybrid vehicles; alternative fuel hybrid vehicles; power trains; series, parallel, and series/parallel hybrid drive trains; hybrid through-the-road (TTR); regenerative braking.
Track Chair: Sheldon Willimason, Concordia University, Canada
Track Co-Chair: Anand Sathyan, Chrysler LLC, USA

Track 4: Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Smart Grid, and Electrical Infrastructure
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs); range extended electric vehicles; vehicle-to-grid (V2G); vehicle-to-building (V2B); vehicle-to-home (V2H); smart charging; fast charging; utility interface; smart grid; charging stations; electrical infrastructure; harmonics and power quality.
Track Chair: Srdjan Lukic, North Carolina State University, USA
Track Co-Chair: Francisco Perez-Pinal, Institute for Scientific and Technological Research of San Luis Potosi, Mexico

Track 5: Energy Storage
Batteries; battery management systems (BMS); new capacitor technology; ultra-capacitors; flywheels; hybrid energy storage systems; energy management systems (EMS); thermal management; protection; balancing; auxiliary power units; recycling.
Track Chair: Alexis Kwasinski, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Track Co-Chair: Robert Balog, Texas A & M University, USA

Track 6: Fuel Cell and Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicles
Fuel cells; fuel cell vehicles (FCVs); fuel cell hybrid vehicles; reformers/fuel processors; range extended electric vehicles with onboard fuel cells; fuel cell auxiliary power units; hydrogen; fueling stations; infrastructure; aerospace applications.
Track Chair: Benjamin Blunier, University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard, France
Track Co-Chair: Omer C. Onar, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

Track 7: Land Vehicles
Conventional vehicles; light-duty and heavy-duty vehicles; sport utility vehicles (SUVs); trucks and buses; off-road vehicles; rail vehicles and locomotives; special-purpose vehicles; alternative fuel vehicles; military vehicles; unmanned vehicles; multi-wheeled vehicles.
Track Chair: Jin Wang, Ohio State University, USA
Track Co-Chair: Keyu Chen, University of Lille, France

Track 8: Sea, Undersea, Air, and Space Vehicles
Sea and undersea vehicles; aircraft; spacecraft; more electric vehicles (MEVs); international space station (ISS); unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); power system architectures; power management and distribution; conventional and advanced vehicle electrical loads; X-by-wire; remote sensing and fault tolerance; wireless sensors and controls.
Track Chair: Chris Edrington, Florida State University, USA
Track Co-Chair: Yong Fu, Mississippi State University, USA

Track 9: Mechanical, Hydraulic, and Pneumatic Systems
Mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic components/systems in land, sea, undersea, air, and space vehicles; electro-mechanical systems; electrically-assisted systems; integrated motor/transmission systems; hydraulic hybrid vehicles.
Track Chair: Reza Ghorbani, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
Track Co-Chair: Yaoyu Li, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA

Track 10: Modeling, Simulation, Emissions, and Control
Modeling, simulation, analysis, design, dynamics, stability, and control of vehicular systems/components; electronic control units (ECUs); sensors; emissions; emissions control; CAD/CAE; onboard power management; efficiency analysis; source-to-wheels analysis; load control; control networks and architectures; hybrid control strategies; thermal analysis and management; packaging.
Track Chair: David W. Gao, Tennessee Tech University, USA
Track Co-Chair: Ali Davoudi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA