CCEFP Summit & Workshop Events
CCEFP Fall Workshop:
Automation for Fluid Power & Off-Road Vehicles
October 2-3rd, 2024
On-Campus In-Person
Workshop Location: Mechanical Engineering Building #1130
Workshop Dinner Location: Campus Club Lounge (Coffman Union, 4th floor Atrium)
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.
REGISTRATION: COMING SOON
Registration deadline: Now Open – Click Here
DAY 1: Wednesday, October 2nd
6:00pm – Welcome Dinner – TBD location
DAY 2: Thursday, October 3rd
8:05 – 8:15 AM WELCOME
SESSION I: Invited Presenters
8:15 – 11:30 AM
- Energy and Productivity Benefits for Automated Off-Road Vehicles – Professor Zongxuan Sun, University of Minnesota (45 min)
- Safe Negotiation Between Independent, Semi-Automated Agents Controlling Road Vehicles – Dr. Mrdjan Jankovic, Member NAE, Staff Engineer Sustainable Energy & Mobility – Southwest Research Institute (45 min)
- Energy Efficient Vehicle Control: Leveraging Automation with Advanced Testing and Simulation – Professor Yunil Shao, University of Georgia (45 min)
10:30 – 10:45 AM Break
- Argonne XIL [Everything in the Loop] Workflow – Dr. Byungho Lee, Director of Advanced Mobility and Grid Integration Technology – Argonne National Laboratory (45 min)
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE DEMO
12:00 – 1:00 PM LUNCH
SESSION II: Industry Panel Discussion
1:00 – 2:15 PM
- John Hurst, Senior Director Advanced R&D and Robotics – The Toro Company
- Shelley Nation, Senior Manager Autonomous Systems, Safety and Machine Learning – Danfoss Power Solutions
- Dr. Brij Singh, Technical Fellow & Region 4 Manager External Relationships – John Deere
SESSION III: Discussion Sessions
2:15 – 3:00 PM Breakout Sessions
3:00 – 3:30 PM Reporting Back & Wrap-Up
Event Logistics:
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS
The Graduate Hotel
615 Washington Ave SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414
EVENT REGISTRATION:
Now Open – Click Here
Registration deadline: **September 25**
Attendee Rates:
- CCEFP Industry Members: $125
- UMN Faculty, Students, Staff: $0
- External Academic Faculty, Students, Staff: $125
- Invited Guest Presenters: $0
- Industry Non-Member/Other Attendees: $200
- *Guest only dinner ticket add-on $75