Committees

General Chair

• Phillip Kollmeyer, McMaster University

General Co-Chair

• Scott Hotz, Southwest Research Institute

Program Chair

• Fei Gao, University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard

Program Co-Chair

• Liang Du, Temple University

Assistant Program Chair

• Jennifer Bauman, McMaster University

Finance Chair and Treasurer

• Liang Du, Temple University

Publication Chair

• Michael Eull, University of Strathclyde

Publication Co-Chairs

• Fei Lu, Drexel University

Panels Chair

• Pier Giuseppe Anselma, Nissan Formula E

Panel Organizers

• Keyur Patel – Nexteer Automotive
• Woongkul Lee – Michigan State University
• Atriya Biswas, McMaster University
• Scott Halley, Lubrizol.
• Graham Conway, Southwest Research Institute.

Short Courses/Tutorials Chairs

• Elena Breaz, University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard
• Liwei Zhou, Columbia University

Keynotes Chair

• Huazhen Fang, University of Kansas

Keynotes Co-Chair

• Matthias Preindl, Columbia University

Social Chair

• Mitch Marks, HBK

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Awards Chair

• TBD

Women in Engineering (WIE) Chair

• Subarni Pradhan, McMaster University

Travel Awards Chair

• Subarni Pradhan, McMaster University

Young Professionals Chair

• FNU Nishanth, WEMPEC, University of Wisconsin-Madison

FNU Nishanth, WEMPEC, University of Wisconsin-MadisonAutomotive Industry Liaison Chairs

• Dhafar Al-Ani, Stellantis N.V.
• 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, Stellantis N.V.
• 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, Apple

Aerospace Industry Liaison Chairs

• Yue Cao, Oregon State University
• Jiangbiao He, University of Kentucky
• 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
• Herb Schlickenmaier, HS Advanced Concepts

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

• Said Al-Hallaj, All Cell Technologies
• Pavel Dutov, LG Chem

Power Electronics and Motor Drives Track Chairs

• Peng Zhang, General Motors
• Radha Krishna Moorthy, Oak Ridge National Lab
• Lizhi Qu, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
• Qichen Yang, Florida State University
• Ludovico Ortombina, University of Padova

Electric Machines and Actuators Track Chairs

• Hao Ding, Work in Rivian
• Hang Dai, Work in General Electric
• Romina Rodriguez, Mcmaster University
• Diego F. Valencia, Stellantis
• Sreedevi Krishnan, Ansys

Powertrain: Design, Thermal Management, Packaging, and Optimization Track Chairs

• Hassan Shabbir, Magna Powertrain of America, Inc.
• Pier-Giuseppe Anselma, Nissan Formula-E, France
• Xiangyu Han, Tesla
• Poria Fajri, University of Nevada, Reno

Battery, Fuel Cell and Energy Storage Systems Track Chairs

• Zheng Liu, University of illinois
  
• Zhixue Zheng, University Institute of Technology (IUT) of Thionville-Yutz, France
• Chanyeop Park, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• Ali Zenati, Saft Batteries
• Hengzhao Yang, Shanghai Tech

Electric, Hybrid Electric, Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle System Architectures and Control Track Chairs

• Ankit Patel, University of Minho, Portugal
• Mohsen Rahimian, University of Kashan
• Xianke Lin, Ontario Tech University
• Di Zhu, Ford Motor
• Dianxun Xiao, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, Smart Mobility, and Vehicle Functional Safety Track Chairs

• Asma Ben Ali, The University of Sfax Faculty of Sciences
• Chao Huang, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Ji Li, University of Birmingham
• Lea Pommier, Enedym Inc.

Smart and Micro Grids, EV-Interacting Smart Grid and Electrical Infrastructure Track Chairs

• Binesh Kumar, Atom Power Inc
• Junho Hong, University of Michigan
• Vahid Disfani, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
• Xiaofeng Yang, Beijing Jiaotong University

Electrification of Heavy-Duty and Off-Road Vehicles Track Chairs

• Benedikt Schmülling, University of Wuppertal, Germany
• Sumeet Singh, EMWorks Inc., Montreal, Canada
• Siddharth Ballal, BorgWarner Inc.

Electrical Systems and Components for Sea, Undersea, Air, and Space Vehicles Track Chairs

• Atriya Biswas, McMaster University
• Panagiotis Laskaridis, Cranfield University
• Larry Juang, Amazon Prime Air
• Tao Yang, The University of Nottingham

Rapid Prototyping, Real-Time Simulation, HIL and SIL for Transportation Electrification Track Chairs

• Reza Kheirollahi, Drexel University
• Rishabh Jain, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Battery Chargers: Onboard, Wireless, Fast, and Ultra-Fast Track Chairs

• Hua Zhang, Rowan University
• Nil Patel, Concordia University
• Gautham Ram, TU Delft
• Zedong Zheng, Tinghua University

Codes, Standards, Policies, and Regulations for Transportation Electrification Track Chairs

Woongkul (Matt) Lee, Michigan State University

• 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, Rivian
• 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.