POETS is a proud sponsor of this year's National Academy of Engineering's (NAE) regional conference.

The mobility electricity revolution is a massive twenty-first century economic shift. About 1/3 of primary global energy powers transportation, and it is anticipated that almost all of this will shift to electricity production and delivery. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics estimates more than 10 million total U.S. jobs in transportation and related industry sectors. This meeting will address critical challenges in the transformation of our national transportation system to low-carbon electrical energy. Featured speakers will present challenges and visionary work ranging from zero-emission aircraft and transformative offroad vehicles to mineral resource needs, cybersecurity, and infrastructure impacts. The meeting is co-hosted by NAE, the National Science Foundation Power Optimization of Electro-Thermal Systems (POETS) Engineering Research Center, the Illinois Center for Transportation (ICT), The Grainger College of Engineering, the Grainger Lecture Series, the Tykociner Lecture Series, the Kent Seminar Series in Transportation, and the MRL Distinguished Lecture Series. The public event begins at 11am on Tuesday, April 4. An industry session continues on April 5. The event concludes after lunch on Wednesday, April 5. A reception will be held the evening of April 3 for early arrivers.

April 3, 2023

• 6.00 p.m. — Dinner (NAE Members Only)
• 7:00 p.m. — Early Arrivals Social Mixer 

April 4, 2023 (The full video of April 4 is available on YouTube)

• 7:45 a.m. — Breakfast (NAE Members Only)
• 8:15 a.m. — Campus Tour (NAE Members Only) 
  • Tour #1: Institute for Genomic Biology, Tour #2: Electrical & Computer Engineering Building (zero-net tour), Tour #3: Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory
• 9:40 a.m — NAE Members Business Meeting (NAE Members Only)
• 10:40 a.m. — Break
• 11:00 a.m - 12:30 p.m. — Public Symposium: The Mobility Electrification Revolution
  • Keynote #1: Steps toward modern electric transport and the growing electronics revolution, a memorial to Nick Holonyak Jr., and commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the transistor.  YouTube Link
  • Keynote #2: National and global policy to enhance benefits and accelerate the revolution.  YouTube Link
• 12:30 p.m. — Lunch Student poster session 1-1:30 p.m.
  • The solution to 95% of EV charging daily needs - Raya Mahony
  • Community Charging Hubs in Multi-Unit Dwellings: electric vehicle charging management and technoeconomic assessment - Roulin Zhang
  • Harnessing the power of synthetic biology, machine learning, and laboratory automation for fundamental and applied biological research  - Wesley Harrison, Tianhao Yu
  • Energy Efficient Federated Learning with Bayesian Optimized Training Pace Control - Hongpeng Guo
  • Impact of Commercial Electric Vehicles on Flexible Pavement Performance - Johann Cardenas
  • Life-Cycle Assessment and Life-Cycle Cost Analysis on Heavy-Duty Trucks Using Alternative Fuels - Qingwen Zhou
  • Illinois Autonomous and Connected Track (I-ACT) - Angeli Jayme
  • Impact of Autonomous Truck Platooning and Driver Assist on Trucking Operations - Aravind Ramakrishnan
  • Converter-Integrated Variable-Pole Induction Machine Drive for Heavy-Duty Vehicles - Elie Libbos
  • Electric Vehicles-Building Nexus: Optimal Charging and Load Management Solutions - Shanshan Liu
  • A Machine-Learning-Driven Energy-Efficient Resource Manager for Cloud Computing - Jinghua Wang
  • Topology Optimized Fin Designs for Base Plate Direct-Cooled Multi-Chip Power Modules - Aniket Ajay Lad
• 1:30 p.m - 3:10 p.m.  — Presentations
  • 1:30 p.m — The Future of Mobility and Electrification – I-ACT (I. Al-Qadi, ICT and Illinois) YouTube Link
  • 1:55 p.m. — Reaching Toward Zero Emission Air Travel with Electrification (K. Haran, POETS and Illinois) 
  • 2:20 p.m.  — The Electrified Mobility Innovation Engine – an innovation ecosystem for the U.S. mobility industry (G. Rizzoni, Ohio State) YouTube Link
  • 2:45 p.m. —  Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure Systems: Adoption, Deployment, and Management Insights (E. Kontou, Illinois)  YouTube Link
• 3:10 p.m. — Networking  Student posters continue
• 3:40 p.m. — Presentations
  • 3:40 p.m. — Resources and Materials from Extraction to Recirculation (P. Braun, Illinois) YouTube Link
  • 4:05 p.m. — Cyber-security Issues in Electric Transportation (D. Nicol, Illinois). YouTube Link
  • 4:30 p.m.  — The Future of Ground Transportation is Electric (M. Eberhard, Tesla founder) YouTube Link
  • 5:00 p.m. — Reception
  • 6:00 p.m. — Dinner (NAE Members Only)

April 5, 2023

• 8:00 a.m. — Breakfast 
• 8:45 a.m. — Industry-oriented session on mobility electrification
  • 8:45 a.m. — Welcome and introduction (Al-Qadi, Haran) 
  • 9:00 a.m. — Panel (industry and policy leaders) (Invited participants from Raytheon, J.M. de Bedout, Rivian; Brunswick, P.Bailey; Magna Electronics, S. Kotagiri)
• 10:30 a.m. — Break
• 10:45 a.m. — Industry/Policy session (B. Hajek, NAE, session chair)
  • 10:45 a.m. — Transformation of offroad solutions through electrification (J. Reid, NAE, Illinois)
  • 11:00 a.m. — IDOT Preparation for Mobility Electrification (O. Osman, Illinois Secretary of Transportation)
  • 11:30 a.m. — Public Discussion with government officials and industry.
• 12:00 p.m. — Lunch
• 1:00 p.m. — 2023 NAE Regional Meeting and Symposium Concludes
• 1:00 p.m. Optional tours of POETS research facilities.