Emerging Enabling Technologies in Vehicular Power Electronics

	Dr. John Shen, University of Michigan-Dearborn
	1 p.m. - 5 p.m., June 22, 2004

Automotive systems represent one of the fastest growing areas of power electronics. The main applications range from control of traditional actuators to emerging electric and hybrid drive-train technologies. Many new enabling technologies, ranging from wide bandgap power semiconductors to new power modules,  have emerged in the last few years to offer improvement in system performance and cost. This workshop will provide an overview on these  evelopments with a focus on applicability to military and commercial automotive vehicles.

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Ultra Wideband  Radio Communications

	Dr. Wayne Stark, University of Michigan Ann-Arbor
	8 a.m. - 12 Noon, June 23,  2004

 

This tutorial will discuss the basic concepts related to ultra-wideband (UWB) radio communications. Included will be a discussion of the design issues in UWB communications, mitigation capability of UWB for multipath fading and interference and the use of error control coding in UWB communication systems.  The tutorial will also discuss the current FCC regulation as well as currently proposed systems for commercial applications.

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Autonomous Vehicles – Challenges and Technology

	Dr. William Whittaker, Carnegie Mellon University
	1 p.m. - 5 p.m, June 23,  2004

This workshop will present perception, planning, and computing aspects of  autonomous vehicle movement.  Coverage will include techniques and lessons learned from the involvement in the DARPA Grand Challenge. The Grand Challenge was held on March 13, 2004, near Barstow, California.  This event pitted some of the most sophisticated autonomous land vehicles ever assembled against a 10 hour 210 mile course over rugged desert terrain.

 

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Analysis and Simulation of Advanced Military Vehicle Power Systems

	Dr. Mark Ehsani, Texas A&M University,
	8 a.m. - 12 Noon, June 24,

 

Military and civilian vehicles are moving towards more electrification, in response to the increasing demands for multi-function missions, fuel consumption and emissions reduction, and dual use electrical and electronic components. Consequently, the vehicle electric load is increasing rapidly. For military vehicles, these electrical loads include the loads for cabin climate conditioning, vehicle control and actuation, actuation by wire (X by wire), sensors, reconnaissance, communications, weapons, and electric traction. The electric power system consists mainly of power generation, energy storage and power management and distribution, in a complex system. Satisfactory development of this system, to meet the performance and efficiency requirements, demands a great effort on different levels. These are methodical design of the system architecture, proper selection of components (power generating, energy storage, power management devices, etc.), through simulation and analysis, and power management and control strategies.

 

This short course will briefly introduce the above issues and consists of the following topics:

- Electric Power and Energy Requirement Analysis

- Vehicle Electric Power System Architecture

- Electric Power Management

- Electric Drives

- System Simulation

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