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Preliminary Program
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11
2:00 PM | Open to All: GATech Walking Campus Tours
Love Building Room 205
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2:30 PM | CLOSED SESSION: Advisory Board Meetings (GATech campus)
- Executive Committee - Love Building Room 109
- Scientific Advisory Board - Love Building Room 210
- Industry Advisory Board - MRDC Building Room 4211
- Student Leadership Council - Love Building Room 311
- 4: 00 p.m. Education & Outreach Discussion Meeting - MRDC 4115
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5:00 PM |
Open to All: Welcoming Reception (GATech campus)
Love Building 2nd Floor Atrium |
THURSDAY, APRIL 12
7:00 AM | REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS (Global Learning Center - GLC) |
8:00 AM | WELCOME (Ward O. Winer, Chair, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering) |
8:15 AM | CCEFP INTRODUCTION (Kim A. Stelson, Director, CCEFP) |
8:30 AM
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8:45
9:00
9:15
9:30
9:45
10:00
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THRUST 1 EFFICIENCY PROJECT (Click on title for abstract)
1A.1: Improving Efficiency of Engine Driven Electrohydraulic Powertrains
Presented by Brandon Hencey, UIUC
1A.2: Optimal Power Management Using Displacement-Controlled Actuators
Presented by Christopher Williamson, Purdue University
1B: Advanced Surface Design for a New Generation of Pumps and Motors
Presented by Jonathan Baker, Purdue University
1D: Nano-texturing for Fluid Power Efficiency
Presented by Eric Loth, UIUC
1E: On-off Valve Based Control
Presented by Mike Rannow, University of Minnesota
1G: Optimized Engineered Fluid
Presented by Paul Michael, MSOE
10:00-10:30 Question & Answer |
10:30 AM | REFRESHMENT BREAK |
10:45 AM | INDUSTRY PRESENTATION AND PANEL DISCUSSION (IAB Panel) |
11:45 AM | BUFFET OR BOX LUNCH AND REVOLVING GATECH LAB TOURS
(Transportation will continue to depart and return between GLC and campus for 2 hours) |
2:00 PM
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2:15
2:30
2:45
3:00
3:15
3:30
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THRUST 2 COMPACTNESS PROJECT (Click on title for abstract)
2A: Chemofluidic Hot Gas Vane Motor
Presented by Jason Mitchell, Vanderbilt University
2B: Free Liquid-Piston Engine Compressor with External Combustion Chamber
Presented by Eric Barth, Vanderbilt University
2C: Compact Energy Storage Using "Open Accumulators"
Presented by Caleb Sancken, University of Minnesota
2D: Design Optimization and Hybrid Fabrication (DOHF)
of High Performance Fluid Power Components
Presented by Vito Gervasi, MSOE
2E: Component Integration for Compact Fluid Power Systems
Presented by Chris Paredis, Georgia Institute of Technology
2F: Dynamically Scalable Fluid Power Systems
Presented by Andrew Alleyne, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Question & Answer
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4:00 PM | POSTER SHOW and MEET & GREET RECEPTION (GLC lobby) |
FRIDAY, APRIL 13
8:30 AM
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8:45
9:00
9:15
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9:45
10:00
10:15
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THRUST 3 EFFECTIVENESS PROJECT (Click on title for abstract)
3A.1: Multimodal Human Machine Interfaces
Presented by Wayne Book, Georgia Institute of Technology
3A.2: Human/Machine Interfaces - Passified Chemofluidic Control
Presented by Perry Li, University of Minnesota
3A.3: Human Performance Modeling and User Centered Design
Presented by Steve Jiang, NCA&T
3B.1: Passive Noise Control Opportunities in Fluid Power
Presented by Ken Marek, Georgia Institute of Technology
3B.2: Active Vibration Control of Variable Displacement Axial Piston Pumps
to Reduce Structure Borne Noise
Presented by Jeffrey Peters, Purdue University
3C: Fundamental and Applied Modeling
of Cavitation Noise for Hydraulic Components
Presented by Steven Frankel, Purdue University
3D: Leakage Reduction in Fluid Power Systems
Presented by Richard Salant, Georgia Institute of Technology
Question & Answer |
10:45 AM | REFRESHMENT BREAK |
11:00 AM | EDUCATION & OUTREACH PRESENTATION AND PANEL DISCUSSION
(Will Durfee and EOAB) |
12:00 PM
12:00
12:15
12:30
12:45
1:00
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WORKING LUNCH & TESTBED PRESENTATIONS (Click on title for abstract)
Testbed 1: Excavator
Presented by Monika Ivantysnova, Purdue University
Testbed 3: sUV Small Urban Vehicle
Presented by Jim Van De Ven, University of Minnesota
Testbed 4: Compact Rescue Robot
Presented by Skyler Dalley (Vanderbilt) and Brian Guerriero (Georgia Tech)
Testbed 6: Fluid Power Assistive Orthoses
Presented by Elizabeth Hsiao-Wecksler, UIUC
Question & Answer
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1:30 PM | CLOSED SESSION: CONSTRUCTIVE DISCUSSION & CRITIQUE FOR ALL ERC, PI, STAFF AND STUDENTS |
3:00 PM | DEPART |
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