CCEFP Summit & Workshop Events

Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power

Spring Summit 2025 Agenda

University of Minnesota 

May 5-7th, 2025

On-Campus In-Person

Summit Location: Mechanical Engineering Building #1130

Social Dinner & Event Dinner: Campus Club Lounge, Coffman Union 4th Floor

Getting To and Around Campus:

• Event locations are within walking distance of the East Bank Lightrail stop, the Washington Avenue Parking Ramp, and the Graduate Hotel.
• From MSP Airport, consider an Uber, the Lightrail, or car rental to get to the UMN campus. Lightrail option: From MSP airport take the Blue line train going north towards downtown Minneapolis. There is a train station at the airport underneath the parking ramps. You can purchase a pass right there. Get off at the US Bank station (MN Vikings stadium) and then take the Green line train going east towards St Paul. Get off at East Bank station. The Graduate Minneapolis Hotel is right there.

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SUMMIT AGENDA

DAY 1: Monday, May 5th  

6:00 PM – SOCIAL DINNER Campus Club Lounge, Coffman Union 4th Floor

 

DAY 2: Tuesday, May 6th 

Location: ME #1130

7:45 AM -8:00 AM WELCOME – Prof Zongxuan Sun, Mechanical Engineering Prof and CCEFP Director, University of Minnesota 

SESSION I: Technical Presentations 

8:00 – 10:00 AM 

• Influence of Piston Trajectory on Pump Flow Ripple – Jim Van de Ven (30min)
• Softswitch for Pressure Rail Switching – Perry Li (30min)
• Comparing Conventional to Hydrostatic Transmissions for Mid-Size Wind Turbines – Kim Stelson (30min)
• Hydraulic Transmissions for Wave Energy Harvesting – Jim Van de Ven (30min)

10:00-10:30 AM Break 

SESSION II: Technical Presentations 

10:30 – 12:00 PM 

• Measurement of Aeration in Hydraulic Fluid – Brian Steward, Iowa State  (30min)
• Generation of micro-bubbles through cavitation – Jim Van de Ven (30min)
• Metal additive manufacturing of electric motors/generators – Eric Severson (30min)

12:00-1:30 PM LUNCH & POSTER SHOW

1:30 – 3:30 PM 

• Design and Control of HHEA for Track Loader – Perry Li (1hr) and Eric Severson (30min)
• Electric Motors: Advanced Winding Design for Passive Electromagnetic Bearing Damping – Eric Severson (15 min)
• Bearingless Motors with Integrated Loads – Eric Severson (15 min)

3:30-3:45 PM Break 

3:45-5:30 PM Lab Tours  

6 PM DINNER – Johnson Room, McNamara Alumni Center

 

DAY 3: Wednesday, May 7th 

8:30 – 10:30 AM SESSION III: DOE Funded Research 

• Automation of Electrified Off-Road Vehicles – Zongxuan Sun (1hr)
• Net-Zero Carbon Powertrains for Agricultural Sprayer Vehicles – Jim Van de Ven (1hr)

10:30-10:45 PM Break

10:45-11:45 PM CCEFP Fall 2024 Automation Workshop Updates

• CCEFP Workshop summary – Q&A – Zongxuan Sun, University of Minnesota

11:45 -12:45 PM LUNCH 

12:45-1:00 PM CCEFP Spring Summit Conference Closing Remarks 

1:00-2:00 PM IEC Board Members Only Meeting 

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