Next Generation Energy Technologies for Connected and Automated on-Road Vehicles

Mobility is undergoing dramatic transformations that will radically change the way we move and access work and leisure time. This presentation focuses on how increasingly connected and autonomous vehicles can achieve unprecedented fuel economy gains.

The presentation is based on the ARPA-E NEXTCAR project, presenting a hierarchical control approach that exploits vehicle connectivity and automated driving capabilities to enhance the fuel economy capability of light-duty passenger vehicles. The use of cloud-based route optimization, coupled with adaptation to local traffic conditions via machine learning algorithms, and with the use of increasing levels of automation to shape the expected short-term vehicle load, permits the optimization of powertrain and vehicle longitudinal velocity control achieve near-optimal fuel economy thanks to the ability to predict the near-term future. The ability to realize such capabilities in production vehicles, demonstrated in this project, is around the corner, and will play a key role in shaping the future of personal and commercial mobility.

The OSU Center for Automotive Research, CAR, is an interdisciplinary research center in the OSU College of Engineering founded in 1991 and located in a 60,000 ft2 building complex on the west campus of OSU. CAR conducts interdisciplinary research in collaboration with the OSU colleges of Engineering, Medicine, Business, and Arts and Sciences, and with industry and government partners. CAR research aims to: develop efficient vehicle propulsion and energy storage systems; develop new sustainable mobility concepts; reduce the impact of vehicles on the environment; improve vehicle safety and reduce occupant and pedestrian injuries; increase vehicle autonomy and intelligence; and create quieter and more comfortable automobiles. A team of 45 administrative and research staff supports some 50 faculty, 120 graduate and 300 undergraduate students, and maintains and makes use of advanced experimental facilities. Dr. Rizzoni has led CAR for over a decade, growing its annual research expenditures from $1M per year to over $14M today, and engaging CAR in a broad range of technology commercialization activities, start-up company incubation and spin-out as well as providing a broad range of engineering services to the automotive industry. CAR is also the home of the OSU Motorsport program, which supports the activities of 7 student vehicle competition programs: the Buckeye Bullet (holder of all current electric vehicle land speed records), EcoCAR hybrid-electric vehicle team, FSAE, Baja SAE, Buckeye Electric Motorcycle Racing Team, Supermileage SAE, and Underwater Robotics Team.

Co-sponsored by: Chamara Johnson VTS chapter New York Section, Dr.Zafar Taqvi, ztaqvi@gmail.com. VTS chapter Galveston Bay, Tx

Speaker(s): Giorgio Rizzoni,

Agenda:
https://ieeemeetings.webex.com/ieeemeetings/j.php?MTID=m064296a5c884d777fff83beee8ebb23c

Meeting number: 130 936 1335
Meeting password: NhMa5xVnT25

6:45PM Webex checks – host and speaker, basic tests

6:50 to 6:55 Participants join the distinguished lecture

6:55PM – introduce the speaker

7:00PM Distinguished lecture begins

7:50PM Q & A session, questions from the audience

8:00PM Extended discussions if needed.

8:10PM Closure

Room: Virtual online, Holmdel, New Jersey, United States, 07733, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/280127