The CCEFP Webinar Series is a monthly forum highlighting research research, workforce and special topic presentations.
CCEFP and/or NFPA industry and academic supporters are invited to register for the webinar series by using this link.
2019-2020 CCEFP Webinar Series
Wednesdays at 1:00 PM Eastern, 12:00 PM Central
| Date | Presentation 1 | Funding | Presentation 2 | Funding |
| 9/18/2019 | Hydraulic Ankle Foot Orthosis for Prescription of Orthoses for Children with Cerebral Palsy (CP). PI: Will Durfee (U of Minnesota) | NIH & NFPA | Efficient, Compact, and Smooth Variable Propulsion Motor. PI: Jim Van de Ven (U of Minnesota) | DOE & NFPA |
| 10/22/2019 | CCEFP Summit at University of Wisconsin-Madison | |||
| 11/13/2019 | Increasing the Efficiency of Wind Turbines through Understanding of their Transient Responses. PI: Kim Stelson (U of Minnesota) | NSF & NFPA | Guest Presentation: New Definitions of Volumetric and Hydromechanical Efficiency for Digital Displacement Pumps by Dr. Chris Williamson, Senior Systems Engineer, Danfoss Power Solutions | |
| 12/18/2019 | State of the CCEFP Address by Director Professor Zongxuan Sun, University of Minnesota | |||
| 1/22/2020 | Modeling and Optimization of Trajectory-Based HCCI Combustion. PI: Zongxuan Sun (U of Minnesota) | NSF & NFPA | High Efficiency Hydraulic Pump-Motors Employing Partial Stroke Piston Pressurization. PI: Tom Chase (U of Minnesota) | NSF & NFPA |
| 2/5/2020 | Special Guest: “Autonomie for Hydraulic Hybrid Applications” by Ram Vijayagopal and Vincent Freyermuth, Argonne National Lab | Special Guest: “Multiphysics Modeling and Fuel Spray Visualization” by Drs. Sibendu Som and Chris Powell, Argonne National Lab | ||
| 2/19/2020 | Distributed Compact Hydraulic Regenerative Braking for Heavy Duty Transport Vehicles. PI: Jose Garcia (Purdue U) | NSF & NFPA | Hybrid Hydraulic-Electric Architecture for Mobile Machines. PI: Perry Li (U of Minnesota) | DOE & NFPA |
| 3/18/2020 | Polymer-Enhanced Fluid Effects on Mechanical Efficiency of Hydraulic Pumps. PIs: Paul Michael (MSOE) & Ashlie Martini (UCA-Merced) | CCEFP & NFPA | Dynamics of Rolling Friction in Soft-Rigid Interface. Michael Varenberg (GeorgiaTech) | NSF & NFPA |
| 4/1/2020 | Special Guest: Electrospinning by Yuepeng Zhang, Argonne National Lab | |||
| 4/15/2020 | Seamless Electric to Hydraulic Conversion. PIs: Eric Severson (U of Wisconsin-Madison) & Jim Van de Ven (U of Minnesota) | CCEFP & NFPA | Individual Electro-Hydraulic Actuators for Off-road Machines. PI: Andrea Vacca (Purdue U) | DOE & NFPA |
| 5/13/2020 | Special Guest: “An Introduction to Machine Learning for Engineers” by Saber Taghvaeeyan, Organic Navigation |
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| 6/3/2020 | Special Guest: “Modifying familiar hydraulic equations to account for fluid compressibility, with applications for pump/motor efficiencies” by Perry Li, University of Minnesota |
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| 6/17/2020 | State of the CCEFP Address by Director Professor Zongxuan Sun, University of Minnesota | |||
| 7/1/2020 | Special Guest: “Intellectual Property Do’s and Don’ts for Entrepreneurs” Matt Prater, Senior IP Counsel for SABIC |
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| 7/15/2020 | Special Guest: “Case Studies on Select HIL/SIL Applications in Industry and Academia” by Michael Sprengel, CZERO |
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| 7/29/2020 | Special Guest: “Off-road Duty Cycles” by Ken Kelly, National Renewable Energy Lab |
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| 8/5/2020 | Special Guest: CCEFP Undergraduate Research Guest Presenters |
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