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.

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REGISTRATION: COMING SOON

Registration deadline: Now Open – Click Here

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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

 

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