STEERING COMMITTEE
Bogdan Borowy, Satcon Technology Corporation
Rik DeDoncker, RWTH Aachen University
Deepak Divan, Georgia Institute of Technology
Ali Emadi (Chair), McMaster University
Babak Fahimi, University of Texas at Dallas
Silva Hiti, Faraday Future
Phil Krein, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
John M. Miller, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Jim Nagashima, Nagashima Advanced Technology Consulting
Kaushik Rajashekara, University of Texas at Dallas
John Shen, Illinois Institute of Technology
Peter Steimer, ABB Switzerland Ltd.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
General Chair:
Srdjan Lukic, North Carolina State University
General Co-Chair:
Long Wu, John Deere
Program Chair:
Matthias Priendl, Columbia University
Program Co-Chair:
Phillip Kollmeyer, McMaster University
Assistant Program Chair:
Mohammad Sedigh Toulabi, University of Windsor
Finance Chair and Treasurer
Fei Gao, University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard
Publication Chair:
Liang Du, Temple University
Publication Co-Chair:
Hao Chen, Tesla
Panels Chairs:
Jiangbiao He, University of Kentucky
Cong Li, GE Research
Short Courses/Tutorials Chair:
Miroslav Vasic, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Keynotes Chair:
Berker Bilgin, McMaster University
Keynotes Co-Chair:
Marko Jaksic, Navistar
Registration Chair and Conference Organizer:
Rebecca Krishnamurthy, RNA Associates, Inc
Publication Track Chairs:
Parikshith Channegowda – United Technologies Research Center
Qingsong Wang – University of British Columbia
Agasthya Ayachit – Mercedes Benz Research & Development North America
Hengzhao Yang – New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Poria Fajri – University of Nevada
Azrin Mohd Zulkefli – Eaton Corporation
Alexandre De Bernardinis – French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport, Development and Network (IFSTTAR)
Yiqi Liu – John Deere Electronic Solutions
Lijun He – GE Global Research
Zedong Zheng – Tsinghua University
Lea Dorn-Gomba – McMaster University
Bahar Anvari – ABB Group
Sophie Personnaz – Valeo
Giambattista Gruosso – Politecnico di Milano
Yan Li – Penn State University
Jalpa Shah – Eaton Corporation
Elena Breaz – Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard
Fei Lu – Drexel University
Vahid R. Disfani – University of Tennessee Chattanooga
Aymeric Rousseau – Argonne National Laboratory
Ali Zenati – Saft
Lulu Guo – University of Georgia
Farshad Harirchi – Ford
Mahshid Amirabadi – Northeastern University
Guiping Zhu – Tsinghua University
Wei Hua – Southeast University
Rui Xiong – Beijing University Institute of Technology
Hao Chen – Tesla
Jiazhu Xu – Hunan University
Gautham Ram Chandra Mouli – Technische Universiteit Delft
Vahid R. Disfani – University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Local Liaison Chair:
Mahesh Krishnamurthy, Illinois Institute of Technology
Awards Co-Chair:
Poria Fajri, University of Nevada-Reno
Awards Co-Chair:
Hao Feng, North Carolina State University
Exhibition Chair:
Brij Singh, John Deere, USA
Automotive Industry Liaison Chairs:
Dhafar Al-Ani, FCA LLC
Ryan Ahmed, General Motors
Mohamad Berri, Ford Motor Company
Lihua Chen, Ford
David Cottini, Powersys-JMAG
Michael Degner, Ford Motor Company
Suresh Gopalakrishnan, General Motors
Oliver Gross, FCA LLC
Paul Larsen, ANSYS
Konstantinos Laskaris, Tesla Motors
Tracy Moon, Tridus Magnetics and Assemblies
Joe Palazzolo, GKN Driveline
Jon Poponea, Robert Bosch LLC
Kumar Rajasekhara, Marsilli
Jason T. Schug, Ricardo Strategic Consulting
Miaosen Shen, NIO
Nachiket Vader, Rivian Automotive, LLC
Sanjaka Wirasingha, Valeo
Bin Wu, Mercedes-Benz R&D
Hong Yang, Uber Advanced Technologies Group
Weimin Zhang, SF motors
Aerospace Industry Liaison Chairs:
Yue Cao, Oregon State University
Jiangbiao He, GE Global Research
Lijun He, GE Global Research
Kamiar Karimi, The Boeing Company
Sayeed Mir, Eaton Aerospace
Waleed Said, Zunum Aero
Bulent Sarlioglu, WEMPEC, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Off-Road Vehicle Industry Liaison Chair:
Jalpa Shah, Eaton
Long Wu, John Deere
Fuel Cell Industry Liaison Chair:
Fei Gao, University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard
Electric Utilities Liaison Chair:
Hossein Ghassempouraghamolki, Eaton
Intelligent Transportation Liaison Chair:
Zonggen Yi, Idaho National Laboratory
Battery Industry Liaison Chairs:
Lucia Gauchia, Michigan Tech University
Said Al-Hallaj, All Cell Technologies
Pavel Dutov, LG Chem
Women in Engineering (WIE) Chairs:
Bahareh Anvari, ABB Corporate Research Center
Jennifer Bauman, McMaster University