Title of the talk:
Data Driven Approach- this covers Machine learning and Deep learning applications.
About the speaker:
Prof.D M Vinod Kumar obtained his BE & ME from Electrical Engineering from UCE, Osmania University, Hyderabad in the year 1979 and 1981 respectively. later he has been awarded PhD from IIT Kanpur in the year 1996, subsequently he pursued his Postdoctoral Fellowship from Howard University Washington DC, USA during 2002 to 2003. He has been with NIT Warangal since 1981, currently working as Professor (HAG) of Electrical Engineering, NIT Warangal.
To his research credential he has guided 12 PhD degrees, several MTech dissertations, published about 111+ in IEEE Transactions, other reputed journals and in conference proceedings. Also, he has received 4 research funded projects to the worth of 79 Lakhs.
To his academic credentials, he has contributed in various academic and administrative service
Title of the talk:
Development and Demonstration of Indigenous Energy Storage (Li-ion Battery & Supercapacitor) Materials for Electric Vehicles Application
About the speaker:
Hiromichi AKIMOTO, PhD in Engineering is the CEO of Albatross Technology LLC located in Japan. He worked as a researcher and educater in the fields of naval architecture and ocean engineering for 23 years, in Japanese and Korean universities. At present, he is developing a new concept of floating vertical axis wind turbine for reducing the cost of energy from offshore wind. He is also developing a low-cost marine current turbine and rotational wave energy converter.
About the speaker:
Ramin Amiri received his B.Sc. degree from University of Tehran, Iran, in 2008 and M.Sc. from Michigan State University, USA, in 2011, both in Electrical Engineering. From 2011 to 2014, he was working as a design engineer on electric-powertrains for passenger and commercial cars at Delphi (Kokomo, Indiana), General Motors (Torrance, California) and US Hybrid (Torrance, California). From 2014 to 2015, he was a PhD researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, working on Deadbeat-Direct Torque and Flux Control for Yaskawa automation motor drives.
Ramin found Parstronic (HQ in Hangzhou, China) in 2015, developing e-powertrains for passenger and commercial cars. Parktroni has secured major China grants for developing e-powertrains ranging from 30kW to 600kW for OEMs and Tier-1 Suppliers. Parstronic wide-portfolio includes all types of electric motors, inverters and gearboxes applicable to land, sea and air e-mobility propulsion systems.
Title of the talk:
The Role of FPGA technology, it's opportunities and future
About the speaker:
Ashwani Kumar Rana received a B.E. degree in electrical engineering from Mumbai University, Mumbai, India, in 2012, He completed his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering with the Indian Institute of Technology Ropar Rupnagar, India.
His research interests include drives and control for electric vehicles, control of switched reluctance motor drives, inverter design, sensorless control, and robust control. He has more than 15 papers in high-impact IEEE Transactions and international conferences.
He has vast experience in industries and academia in the variable drives and converter area.
He is also the co-founder and CEO of Vanix and Logier Pvt limited. Logier Technologies solving the logistic sector problem with high-tech solutions. Vanix Technologies is working on an Advanced FPGA controller Using AI algorithms.
Title of the talk:
Electric Engines for Electric and Hybrid Aircraft
Synopsis:
-The tutorial is regarding the Electric Engines (EE) for electric and hybrid aircraft in the light of the electrification megatrend in the aerospace industry. Projection for entry into service of different classes of platforms will be presented. Performance requirements will be extracted.
Major definitions and terminology will be introduced. The EE are reviewed as a part of the vehicle architecture and studied as an integral part of the power train.
-Architectural, systems and components provisions to satisfy the platform goals will be presented and discussed. Progress in the electric rotating machines, power electronics and mechanical components will be reported. A novel concept for High Power Propulsion Bus will be introduced. Results from extensive trade studies will be presented for achieving an optimal system.
-The session is interactive for extracting maximum value for the audience and the industry.
In the end conclusions and recommendations for future work will be stated.
About the speaker:
Dr. Evgeni Ganev is CEO of EMPS (Electromechanical Power Systems) Consulting LLC. His main interest is in the electrification of the aerospace and automotive industries. He is focused on the powertrain of the electric and hybrid propulsion platforms. He has 40 years of engineering experience, 30 of which with Honeywell Aerospace as a Chief Engineer for EMPS. His expertise includes power generation systems, electric drives and electromechanical actuators as well as aircraft and terrestrial vehicles architectures. His work materialized in platforms like: F-22, F-35, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, Predator B, Future Combat Systems, B737, B777, A380, A350, eTaxi/A320 and NG Jammer program for F18. Numerous papers, speeches and more than 50 U.S. active patents have been published. He is an Active member of AIAA, IEEE, SAE and ASTM. Evgeni has received many awards including the SAE Charles Manly memorial award.