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A Message from the Director Mission Statement The mission of the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) is to provide world-class education for the next generation of automotive industry leaders, through oncampus learning and continuous professional development; serve as a catalyst for innovation in automotive technology through collaborative, interdisciplinary research; and support economic development, regionally and nationally.
In my last message I talked about the unusual circumstances in which we were operating in the midst of a global pandemic. A year later, with this experience in hindsight, I’m pleased to report to you that CAR has operated as effectively and efficiently as could be expected. After a two-month shift to remote-only work in the early stages of the pandemic, CAR was one of the first research units at The Ohio State University to open research labs. At the time of writing this message, CAR has been continuously operating its research facilities for more than 12 months. We were able to accomplish this by actively participating in the decision-making process of the university as to how to safely return to research. CAR Senior Associate Director David Cooke was an active member of the College of Engineering committee that created, enabled and appropriately modified all of the procedures for a safe return to research activities. Throughout the past 12 months we have been able to safely operate our research facilities without stopping any of the programmed and planned activities. Activities related to commercial vehicle testing and evaluation, energy storage systems research, vehicle electrification, vehicle autonomy and cybersecurity have continued and, in some cases, grown during the past 12 months. One of our early successes in the return to research work involved arrangements with the Transportation Research Center so that we could resume connected and automated vehicle testing activities at its facility. As of the end of spring semester 2021, we have been granted the authority to operate at what is nominally 100% capacity, while respecting university-defined occupancy and distancing limitations and wearing masks on the job. We are on track for a nearly completely “normal” fall semester. We are very proud of what we have accomplished and we are now seeing an increase in in-person interaction with our partners and sponsors. We are also seeing our existing graduate and undergraduate student activities increase and our student projects teams will be able to experience (or have already experienced) in-person competitions this summer. Finally, we have been able to reactivate our summer internship program and Camp CAR. I sincerely thank all of the staff who have made it possible to progressively and, most importantly, safely return to our research work and to our education functions.
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“As a comprehensive research university, Ohio State provides opportunities for innovations across fields and sectors, with benefits to our students and the broader economy,” said McPheron. “Dr. Howard has the perfect background to advance innovation in the College of Engineering, throughout the university and with industry partners.” Howard also will be a tenured professor in the college’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering with a joint appointment in Computer Science and Engineering. “I’m thrilled to join Ohio State at a time in which there is so much potential to strengthen and build new partnerships in order to expand access and enhance opportunities for the next generation of students, alumni, and for economic development throughout Ohio,” Howard said.
Ayanna Howard named dean of College of Engineering The Ohio State University has hired accomplished roboticist, entrepreneur and educator Ayanna Howard, PhD, as dean of the College of Engineering. Howard joined Ohio State on March 1 from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she was chair of the School of Interactive Computing in the College of Computing as well as founder and director of the Human-Automation Systems Lab. Her career spans higher education, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the private sector. Dr. Howard is the founder and president of the board of directors of Zyrobotics, a Georgia Tech spin-off company that develops mobile therapy and educational products for children with special needs. Zyrobotics products are based on Howard’s research. Among many accolades, Forbes named Dr. Howard to its America’s Top 50 Women In Tech list.
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“Dr. Howard is an innovator whose skills and passion are a perfect fit with Ohio State’s focus on convergent research and discovery,” said President Kristina M. Johnson. “To attract a leader of her caliber shows both the strength of our engineering program and the acceleration of the university’s overall research mission.” Executive Vice President and Provost Bruce A. McPheron noted that Howard will be joining Ohio State amid substantial university investments in the advanced materials corridor, interdisciplinary research and the West Campus Innovation District.
She will be the first woman to lead the College of Engineering. Nationally, only 17% of engineering deans or directors across the country are female, according to the Society of Women Engineers. She also will become the college’s second Black dean. George Mason University President Gregory Washington served as interim dean from 2008 to 2011. Throughout her career, Howard has been active in helping to diversify the engineering profession for women, underrepresented minorities and individuals with disabilities. Howard will follow Dean David Williams, who announced in May 2020 that he would be stepping down after a decade leading the College of Engineering. “Dean Williams’ legacy will be felt in the college and throughout the university for years to come,” said McPheron. “Under his leadership, the college emphasized engineering innovation as it expanded academic programs, grew its research portfolio and
updated the labs and other spaces where students and faculty learn and discover. Dr. Howard will build on this decade of growth into the future.” Ohio State’s undergraduate engineering program is ranked 15th among public universities nationwide and the graduate engineering program is ranked 17th, according to U.S. News & World Report. The college serves more than 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students; employs 950 faculty, research scientists and staff; and operates a $150 million-a-year research program. Engineering works with strategic partners including Battelle, Boeing, General Electric, Honda, NetJets, Wright Patterson Air Force Base and NASA Glenn Research Center. President Johnson and Provost McPheron thanked the university committee, led by Executive Dean Gretchen Ritter of the College of Arts and Sciences, that participated in the search for the next dean of the College of Engineering. Howard earned her bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Brown University, her master’s degree and PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California and her MBA from Claremont Graduate University. From 1993 to 2005, she worked at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where she held multiple roles including senior robotics researcher and deputy manager in the Office of the Chief Scientist. Among other projects, Howard was involved in developing SmartNav — an autonomous, next-generation Mars rover — and SnoMotes, toy-sized robots that can explore icy terrain that is too dangerous for scientists. She joined Georgia Tech in 2005 as an associate professor and the founder of the HumAnS lab. The lab focuses on humanized intelligence, which uses techniques such as sensing and learning to enhance the autonomous capabilities of robots or other computerized systems. The HumAnS lab has generated more than 250 publications and $8.5 million in principal investigators-led research funding. Among other roles at Georgia Tech, Howard was program director of the nation’s first multidisciplinary robotics PhD program; associate chair for faculty development in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering; and associate director of research at the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines. In 2013, she founded Zyrobotics to help translate the lab’s research into commercial products for children with special needs. Zyrobotics spun off as a nonprofit in 2020.
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CAR Overview
Staff Listing RESEARCH
OUR TEAM
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visiting scholars
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research and administrative staff
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OPERATING BUDGET - $ 1.4M annually
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Industry: $ 3.9M Federal: $ 3.3M
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students in 2020 Graduates: 87 Undergrads: 31
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on-site labs
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miles to TRC: North America’s largest proving ground
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› Emissions testing › Battery testing › Powertrain performance
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› 172 professional students enrolled in credit and noncredit courses, representing six companies: GM, Stellantis, Honda, Ferrari, CNHi, and Punch
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› Marcello Canova, Associate Director
› Athar Hanif, Senior Research Associate
› David Cooke, Sr. Associate Director
› BJ Yurkovich, Research Specialist
› Meg Dick, Assistant Director
› Cam Giang, Research Associate – Engineer
Business Operations › Stacy Wilson, Fiscal Associate › Jackie Wolfe, Grants Coordinator › John Kabat, HR Generalist
Engineering Services
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› Anna Misley, Post Doctoral Scholar › Antonello Bianco, Senior Researcher
› Layla Mohmmad-Ali, Associate Fiscal Officer
SERVICES
› Aaron Sergent, Research Assistant – Engineer
› Giorgio Rizzoni, Director
› Stacy Hillstrom, Program Assistant
State: $ 2.1M
6% Other 4% Gifts
CAR Leadership Team
Research Staff
› Mallory Aliff, HR Consultant › Marianne Weber, Distance Education Manager
Outreach and Business Development
› CG Cantemir, Research Scientist › Dennis Kibalama, Research Associate – Engineer › Ekim Yurtsever, Research Associate – Engineer › Emel Selamet, Research Scientist › Faissal El Idrissi, Research Associate – Engineer › Gary Heydinger, Research Scientist › Harsh Bavishi, Research Assistant – Engineer › Jeff Chrstos, Research Scientist › Jeremy Mak, Research Assistant – Engineer › Kaveh Khodadadi Sadabadi, Research Associate – Engineer
› David Emerling, Industry Collaborations Director
› Ke Pan, Research Assistant – Engineer
› Colleen Herr, Marketing and Communications Specialist
› Kristin Hurst, Post Doctoral Scholar
› Jennifer Humphrey, Events and Outreach Manager
› Manfredi Villani, Research Associate – Engineer
Research Support › Dave Brown, Systems Manager › Jim Shively, Lab Technician › Bill Sparks, Test Technician › Max Wright, Student Projects Shop Supervisor › Darrin Orr, Facility Manager and Student Project Coordinator › Joseph West, Senior Design Engineer
› Matilde D’Arpino, Research Scientist › Prashanth Ramesh, Lead Engineer › Ricky Dehner, Research Scientist › Sai Ganesh, Research Assistant – Engineer › Sharat Hegde, Research Assistant – Engineer › Tianpei Li, Research Associate – Engineer › Walt Dudek, Principal Engineer › Xiaoling Chen, Research Associate – Engineer › Yuxing Liu, Research Assistant – Engineer
827,243 in expenditures
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EDUCATION
STUDENTS
Student Performance MOTORSPORTS Baja Buckeyes • Buckeye Current • EcoCAR • Venturi Buckeye Bullet • Formula Buckeyes • Underwater Robotics • First Robotics and Alumni Sponsorship: 27% TREP: 31%
ACTIVITY: $328,496
Engineering departments: 18% Other: 24%
UNDERGRADUATES AND GRADUATES
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graduate students
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INTERNSHIPS CAR students at
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Cummins • Ford • Argonne National Lab • Tesla • Pratt Miller • Aptiv • Motional • Vanderlande Industries
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international
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graduate students have graduated over the past 5 years ready to enter the workforce
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Educated 25 high school students about automotive engineering and mobility
CAR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM Mentored 25 high schools and college students in different areas of automotive engineering
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Team Highlights
Student Projects Students at The Ohio State University have the opportunity to participate in Motorsports Student Projects. This program challenges students of all majors, backgrounds, skill levels and degrees of experience to compete on the following teams: › Baja Buckeye
› Underwater Robotics
› Buckeye Current
› First Alumni and Robotics
› Ohio State EcoCAR
› Venturi Buckeye Bullet
› Formula Buckeyes
Ohio State to compete in SAE AutoDrive Challenge
Baja Buckeyes The Baja Buckeyes traveled to Louisville, Kentucky and competed in the 2021 Baja SAE competition. They were the first student motorsports team to receive permission to travel following the Coronavirus pandemic.
The Ohio State University currently has 7 active student projects teams that spend countless hours in the garage behind the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) preparing for competitions both nationally and internationally. This fall that number will jump to 8 when Ohio State forms an inaugural team to compete in the SAE AutoDrive Challenge II, sponsored by SAE International and General Motors. Buckeye AutoDrive will join nine other universities to take on the challenge of developing and demonstrating an autonomous vehicle (AV) that can navigate urban driving courses as described by SAE J3016™ Standard Level 4 automation. For this four-year competition, GM will provide each team with a Chevrolet Bolt EUV, which they will design and integrate their own AV system into with the goal of having it drive as a fully autonomous vehicle through an urban driving course. The teams will meet annually for competitive events at test facilities around the U.S. including the Transportation Research Center in East Liberty, Ohio and The Mcity Test Facility in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The faculty advisors will be led by Mechanical Engineering Research Associate Professor Qadeer Ahmed and include Electrical and Computer Engineering Associate Professors Lisa Fiorintini and Keith Redmill and Faculty Emeritus Umit Ozguner. Computer Science Engineering Assistant Professor Harry Chao will serve as a faculty advisor. The advisors bring with them a diverse set of skills that will help the team take on the varied technical and cutting-edge topics in this competition. Students on the Buckeye AutoDrive team will have the opportunity to experience hands-on AV technology training and interact with industry partners.
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EcoCAR The Ohio State EcoCAR team won second place in the EcoCAR Mobility Challenge Year Three Competition. This year, they successfully implemented the propulsion systems of their vehicle and integrated the basis for their driver assistance system. Next year, the team will focus on refining their controls strategy and optimizing their connected and automated vehicle features.
Formula Buckeyes The Formula Buckeyes finished fifth in Design Finals with a brand-new chassis design! The team looks forward to developing their new design in the upcoming year.
Underwater Robotics The Underwater Robotics team is proud to announce their new platform : Tempest. This robot is built from the ground up to work at their competition as well as new locations like quarries and other research uses. The team aims to test the robot throughout this year for use at Robosub 2022.
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Buckeye Current The Buckeye Current team has designed and built its first ever electric dirt bike. The team looks forward to showcasing its abilities in this upcoming year.
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Continuing Education Why invest in Continuing Education at CAR Why Invest in CAR continuing education for your employees? For more than 25 years, The Ohio State University Center for Automotive Research (CAR) has responded to industry’s need for educational tools that allow for a faster and more focused training for their engineers. With successful, established academic-industry relationships, CAR is uniquely positioned to provide high quality, customized training to practicing engineers for success in the automotive, transportation, energy and mobility industries. Short courses – A fast and efficient solution to upskill your workforce CAR is responding to industry’s need for educational tools that allow for fast and focused training for their engineers. Graduate level automotive engineering courses have been repurposed into a short course format that is fast, flexible and convenient. One stop for professional development With Ohio State’s new Scarlet Canvas online learning platform, participants are provided with a one-stop-shop experience for professional development that simplifies and enhances the user experience. › Short course catalog
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CAR provides continuing education opportunities for Stellantis engineers CAR has recently partnered with Stellantis to upskill powertrain engineers in the broad area of electrified vehicles through online short courses and researchbased modules. Stellantis (then Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) first participated in the CAR Continuing Education Certificate program in 2016 with its Latin American division in Brazil. In 2018, the automaker’s North American group joined the certificate program and continues to participate today. Participation in the newest one-year program, with subjects that include batteries, motors and power electronics, is more than double the initial expectations, Stellantis reports. One unique aspect of the program is the live office hours with course instructors, made up of CAR faculty and researchers. This gives Stellantis engineers the opportunity to answer questions and discuss topics relevant to the course. Since 2016, Stellantis/FCA engineers have completed more than 40 certificates and more than 50 engineers have taken CAR courses and seminars.
Outreach Despite pandemic, CAR continues outreach initiatives Over the past year, CAR has continued to grow and expand its virtual offerings, which were prompted by the pandemic. In November 2020, the center hosted an international virtual webinar for 136 participants from nine countries on Pedestrian Safety in the Roadway, which highlighted the work of Professor Umit Ozguner, Research Associate Engineer Ekim Yurtsever and their team. Additionally, CAR hosted two successful virtual External Advisory Board meetings and, for the first time ever, its Year-End Research Project Reviews with industry consortia members. CAR students also rose to the challenge and found creative ways to continue their academic progress. They competed in both virtual and in-person student motorsport competitions and found ways to bring their academic advisors together to present their candidacy and/or theses. CAR also found a new joy in celebrating its graduates virtually and there are plans to make this an on-going celebration each term, though it will be done in person when possible.
The CAR Continuing Education program offers a range of educational tools that fit diverse training and professional education needs, and leverages the existing research and continuing education relationship between Ohio State and industry. For more information on CAR Continuing Education visit: go.osu.edu/CARContinuingEd
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Camp CAR The Center for Automotive Research along with the Honda-Ohio State Partnership hosted 24 high school students at Camp CAR, a weeklong summer day camp where participants learned about various aspects of automotive engineering and mobility including simulation, testing and manufacturing. Honda hosted Camp CAR at their 99P facility where the campers learned about software engineering, experienced augmented reality and got to check out the Meraki concept car, a collaborative project between Honda and Columbus College of Art and Design. The high school students toured the Transportation Research Center Inc. and the Rahal Racing Headquarters. They also got their hands dirty in the Scott Lab Machine Shop where they learned about different manufacturing processes and got to learn how to use some of the equipment. The eager group of future engineers learned about automotive engineering that is safer and more efficient, as well as automated and connected vehicles that can communicate with city infrastructure and even drive themselves, navigating complex urban and highway traffic. Camp CAR is an annual summer program for participants aged 14-18. Applications for the 2022 camp will be available at car.osu.edu in the spring of 2022.
KERRI LOYD After six years at The Ohio State University and as a member of the EcoCAR team, Electrical and Computer Engineering graduate student Kerri Loyd will be heading to Detroit to join the team at General Motors in their TRACK rotational program, starting in the High Voltage Connectors group. Loyd’s love of engineering started long before she became a Buckeye. “My dad has always been a handson person, and my love for working on stuff came from him,” Loyd said. “Growing up, we always did everything ourselves. We never took our cars to the dealership (unless it was a warranty issue) and we do a lot of woodworking and electrical projects ourselves. One large project we completed was replacing the transmission in my old Honda Accord.” Her interest in electrical engineering, specifically, started when she was 13 and received an electrical engineering circuit board kit for Christmas. “My dad and I would work on this whenever we found time, and this definitely sparked my interest in the field of electrical engineering,” Loyd said. Loyd joined the EcoCAR team after a friend recommended the program to her during her freshman year and she quickly became hooked.
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The team was in the middle of year two of the EcoCAR 3 competition and was busy building the Camaro. Loyd joined the electrical team and by week two she was building wiring harnesses. “Being a freshman and not having any prior experience, it was so awesome getting thrown into this type of work my second week on the team. I loved it,” Loyd said. Loyd’s involvement with EcoCAR grew when she was asked to take over as Electrical Team Lead and, most recently, as Engineering Manager, providing her with additional experience and an understanding of the business aspects of the team. “Find something that you’re interested in and run with it,” is the advice Loyd would give to incoming students. “Get super involved in one group rather than be involved in a bunch of small groups that you’re barely breaking the surface on.”
When asked what her favorite part of being on the EcoCAR team was, coming up with an answer was easy. “My favorite part of EcoCAR is the people I get to work with. We all come from very diverse backgrounds, different majors and different cultures,” Loyd said. “We have so many people on the team from other countries and it’s so cool becoming friends with them and getting to learn about and participate in their traditions. One holiday we always celebrate is Holi, the Indian festival of colors, and it’s really fun to get to experience that.”
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Being on the EcoCAR team provided Loyd with hands on engineering experience and helped prepare her for her career. “Having a meaningful project to talk about is a great resume builder,” Loyd said. “I also really enjoyed participating in CAR tours and outreach opportunities. It’s something I never thought I’d be doing but it’s been fun and helped me improve my public speaking skills over the years.” During her six years at Ohio State, Loyd spent two summers interning with FIAT Chrysler and one with Ford. She also was the recipient of the 2018 GM Women in Engineering Rookie Award given to an undergraduate student demonstrating outstanding promise, technical excellence and accomplishments through the EcoCAR automotive engineering program. “Receiving this award meant a lot to me because it was great recognition for all of the hard work that I have dedicated toward the EcoCAR program as well as toward the development of my career in the field of engineering,” Loyd said.
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New organizational structure brings together Ohio State’s research, innovation and knowledge ecosystem Ohio State recently announced changes that will provide stronger supports for our entrepreneurial and business community while also better connecting our worldclass researchers to the resources they need to translate their research discoveries into economically and socially viable innovations. The Enterprise for Research, Innovation and Knowledge (ERIK) has been formed under the leadership of Executive Vice President Grace Wang. It brings together research and innovation to increase collaboration and synergy while also identifying and engaging with key strategic stakeholders including industry, entrepreneurial and venture capitalist communities, nonprofit institutions, government and national labs to support Ohio State’s innovation goals. The unit also will focus on the development of the Innovation District on Ohio State’s West Campus. “This is an exciting time for our storied institution,” Wang said. “We have the opportunity to drive the growth of research, creative expression and innovation, build our Innovation District and advance Ohio State as a leading research institution and economic engine.”
Propulsion and Systems Control
ERIK is consolidating and leveraging a number of existing offices and programs under one umbrella, including the Office of Research, Corporate Engagement Office, Technology Commercialization Office and the Keenan Center for Entrepreneurship. The new structure will include five pillars: The Office of Innovation and Economic Development – currently known as the Corporate Engagement Office – is led by Vice President for Innovation and Economic Development Scott Osborne. It will continue to work to advance innovation and technology commercialization, manage intellectual property, build corporate partnerships, stimulate entrepreneurial and startup activities and support the region’s economic development efforts. The Office of Research will lead the strategy and efforts to grow Ohio State’s research and creative expression enterprise, including operations, sponsored programs and research compliance. Dr. Peter Mohler has graciously agreed to serve as Interim Vice President for Research. He currently serves as the Chief Scientific Officer for the Wexner Medical Center as well as the Vice Dean for Research for the College of Medicine and Director of the Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute. The Office of Knowledge Enterprise will work to identify existing and emerging research opportunities and provide resources and support to grow research talent. Dr. Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska has accepted the
Electrification
Interim Vice President role to lead the Knowledge Enterprise. She most recently served as Senior Associate Vice President for Research within the Office of Research while also serving as Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Civil Environmental and Geodetic Engineering both within the College of Engineering. The Business Development and Innovation District pillar will handle communications, marketing, business development and strategic events to support the unit as well as economic development activities related to the Innovation District. Dawn Larzelere has been named Associate Vice President for Business Development and Innovation District. The Office Administration pillar will support the leadership team in effective execution of the enterprise agenda and operations, including strategic planning, budget, human resources and more. Brad Harris will serve as Chief of Staff with increased responsibilities to oversee administrative operations across the enterprise. To learn more about this unit and its impact on the research community, visit research.osu.edu.
Safety and Security
Autonomous and Connected Vehicles
Smart Mobility
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Ohio State partners with industry on Air Force Agility Prime R&D contracts Engineering researchers at The Ohio State University are key partners in 14 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contracts awarded to private firms through U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime program. The Air Force recently launched Agility Prime, a non-traditional program seeking to operationalize “flying cars” for government missions in a way that accelerates the emerging commercial market. The objective of this STTR funding round is to explore potential commercial technologies being developed in the emerging electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) market to field flying organic resupply buses, or ORBs, for disaster response, humanitarian aid and logistics missions. The Center for Automotive Research is involved in two STTR contracts. Research Scientist Matilde D’Arpino will partner with Infinity Labs to investigate how the selection of lithium-ion battery chemistry will impact design and expected lifetime of different UAV concepts, and with Electric Power Systems to investigate how different DC power distribution systems may impact UAV safety and reliability. CAR Lead Engineer Prashanth Ramesh and Faculty Emeritus Yann Guezennec are co-investigators.
Ohio State designated as one of four new Tier 1 University Transportation Centers A national research consortium led by The Ohio State University will address and develop solutions to autonomous vehicle safety and security challenges. Designated as one of four new Tier 1 University Transportation Centers (UTCs) by the U.S. Department of Transportation, the consortium also includes University of California, Irvine (UCI), University of Cincinnati and University of Texas at Austin. College of Engineering Associate Dean for Research Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska said special emphasis will be placed on the security of the positioning, navigation and timing components associated with highly automated transportation systems. While research and testing will begin with ground-based vehicles, extensions could include aviation and waterway transportation.
Dorota GrejnerBrzezinska
Precise and timely location data flow is essential both for short-range driving control and long-range navigation and planning. The risks of inadequate or misleading situational information include collisions and increased traffic congestion. The principal investigator and UTC center director is UCI Associate Professor Zak Kassas. An Ohio State electrical and computer engineering alumnus, he is the director of UCI’s Autonomous Systems Perception, Intelligence and Navigation Lab. To ensure tight inter-institutional collaboration, Kassas has a joint Zak Kassas appointment at Ohio State, where he will spend four months per year of UTC activity. “Autonomy is upon us, so to speak, and in order for the Department of Transportation and industry to gain trust of the general public, it is critical that the safety and security of those vehicles are absolutely assured,” said Grejner-Brzezinska, a global leader in positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) research who as serves as UTC co-principal investigator. “We have assembled a superlative team of PNT and transportation experts to study this problem and offer concrete solutions.”
The UTC will leverage several world class research operations at Ohio State, including the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), the Satellite Positioning and Inertial Navigation (SPIN) Lab and the ElectroScience Lab (ESL), the universityaffiliated Transportation Research Center (TRC), and The Ohio State University Airport. Located in East Liberty, Ohio, TRC recently opened their SMARTCenter, the nation’s largest autonomous vehicle proving grounds. In a recent interview with the Columbus Dispatch, U.S. Department of Transportation Assistant Secretary Diana Furchtgott-Roth said the review team was impressed with Ohio State and its partners. “The team at Ohio State has written extensively on positioning, navigation, timing and resiliency. It’s conducted pioneering work in the field. They’ve conducted tests of interference and spoofing and developed techniques to achieve resilient, accurate and assured positioning navigation and timing in many, many difficult environments.” To facilitate technology transfer and industry collaboration, UTC leaders have established an advisory board of experts from industry, academia and government, including local and state transportation officials. The UTC also plans to supplement each university’s accredited undergraduate and graduate programs with new curriculum development, an inaugurated student exchange program, and a biannual symposium connecting students with industry. Reflecting the popularity of the program that launched in 1988, the Department of Transportation received 67 grant applications for the four new Tier 1 UTCs. Ohio State also is currently a partner in another UTC led by Carnegie Mellon University, which began in 2017 and is focused on cutting-edge technologies for nextgeneration vehicles and mobility services.
Automated and autonomous vehicles rely on a continuous flow of information and data via the Global Positioning System (GPS), one component of the Global Navigation Satellite System. Supported by a $1.9 million grant, the UTC led by Ohio State will develop technology to combat GPS vulnerabilities to intentional attacks by hackers or unintentional interruptions.
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Cybersecurity research to promote safety in modern vehicles Research Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Qadeer Ahmed has secured funding for a new research venture in coordination with faculty from the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), the Institute for Cybersecurity and Data Trust and the College of Engineering. The project will use a retrofitted test vehicle, called a CyberCAR, to research cybersecurity and mobility and promote safety and security in the next generation of vehicles. This diverse research team combines backgrounds in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and Computer Science Engineering (CSE) to better understand the scope of challenges facing cybersecurity and mobility. Recently, the team secured two grants to fund the project: one from Ohio Third Frontier will fund the human resources while an Ohio Department of Higher Education RAPIDS (Regionally Aligned Priorities in Delivering Skills) grant will provide half of the cost of the CyberCAR. The other half of the vehicle funding will come from ECE and CSE Chaired Professor Ness Shroff, ECE Assistant Professor Abhishek Gupta and CSE Associate Professor Zhiqiang Lin. The CyberCAR will be an off-the-shelf Chrysler minivan retrofitted with an advance sensor package and a drive-by-wire kit, which, Ahmed said, allows him to “essentially accelerate, decelerate or have control of the steering.”
While widespread vehicle hacking may seem far-off, researchers learn to hack in order to learn how to make vehicles more secure. “Although these topics may not seem realistic now, the intent is that they don’t seem realistic in the future. If you are able to address them well in time, you can come up with some solutions that can help the vehicles to be more safe and secure,” Ahmed said. “It’s not just to exploit the thing, it’s to understand the weaknesses and how to address them.” In the future, Ahmed plans for the project to expand to mobility infrastructure and additional vehicles. “More than one vehicle is necessary, because in the coming time, we’ll have vehicle-to-vehicle activities also,” he said. “As vehicles become increasingly connected and autonomous, researchers will work hard to ensure that mobility will be as safe and secure as possible.”
Researchers will use the CyberCAR to understand and address vulnerabilities in modern vehicles and determine how vehicles can become safer and more secure. CyberCAR also will be a learning opportunity for students. “This will give an opportunity to students, either in the form of thesis projects or in the form of internships, that will help them to learn and get to know what’s the latest in the automotive systems,” Ahmed said. Ahmed identifies a specific topic that excites many students and industry professionals: vehicle hacking. “In the past, we’ve had some workshops on vehicle hacking. When you start this workshop, you start with simulation tools,” he said. “But eventually, if there is a vehicle, students and people attending the workshop (could) do some hands-on vehicle hacking.”
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Ohio State earns DoE funding for Phase II of ARPA-E NEXTCAR The Ohio State University has received $5 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to optimize fuel economy in connected and automated vehicles. This is Ohio State’s second project to be funded through ARPA-E’s NextGeneration Energy Technologies for Connected and Automated On-Road Vehicles (NEXTCAR) program. Research will be led by Ohio State’s Center for Automotive Research (CAR). CAR’s initial NEXTCAR project demonstrated a multi-horizon vehicle dynamics and powertrain control optimization algorithm that improves fuel economy on a lightduty vehicle by more than 20%. In the current project, Ohio State, BorgWarner and the Transportation Research Center Inc. (TRC) will integrate advanced system-level optimization and control technologies for a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) with level 4 (L4) automation, aiming to improve energy efficiency by more than 30%. Level 5 vehicles are fully autonomous. Light-duty vehicles, like those targeted through the NEXTCAR program, are responsible for almost 60% of overall energy consumption in all vehicles across the transportation sector. Further increasing vehicle efficiency in this sector through the development of connected and autonomous vehicle technologies like those in the NEXTCAR program can drastically reduce emissions across the transportation sector, leading to a more efficient domestic vehicle fleet and further reducing U.S. dependence on fossil fuels. “This is a team with considerable depth of experience and innovative practices in powertrain control systems and in connected and automated vehicles,” said CAR Director Giorgio Rizzoni. “We are confident that the findings from this challenging and exciting program will pave the way for energy-efficient autonomous vehicles to enter the market in the near future.” In addition to Rizzoni, project leaders include Engineering Professors Marcello Canova, Shawn Midlam-Mohler and Stephanie Stockar, as well as Engineering Project Manager David Cooke.
over $4 million in cost share, for the two-phase, seven-year project. In close collaboration with BorgWarner, CAR will transfer the technology developed during the first phase of the project to a PHEV that also will be modified to allow for L4 automation. The development of L4 functionality will be carried out by CAR utilizing TRC’s state-of-the-art SMARTCenter facilities and will enable more comprehensive implementation of energy efficiency optimization technologies developed in the first phase. The Intelligent Driving technology developed as the result of the first phase project is already being commercialized by BorgWarner for deployment to vehicles with low levels of connectivity and automation (L0-L2). As vehicles with L3 capabilities and beyond come to market, the energy efficiency improvements developed and demonstrated in Phase II will impact these vehicles as well.
Ohio State NEXTXR team with ARPA-E at TRC
ARPA-E’s NEXTCAR program develops enabling technologies that use connectivity and automation to co-optimize vehicle dynamic controls and powertrain operation, thereby reducing energy consumption of vehicles. The program’s Phase II projects will further develop the interconnectivity abilities of vehicles, with teams focusing on moving their technologies further towards full automation at Levels 4 and 5 of automation.
Ohio State leads one of four teams selected to continue their work and receive Phase II funding from ARPA-E’s NEXTCAR program. Since Phase I began in 2016, the team has been awarded nearly $10 million in federal funds, while contributing
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Ohio State students’ startup develops sustainable alternative to portable power generators With an idea sparked by observing Buckeye football game tailgates, four students at The Ohio State University have developed a battery pack, delivery system and mobile app to replace emissions-heavy gas generators as a portable power source. Their startup company, Electrion, already has attracted investors to commercialize their energy storage as a service (ESaaS) innovation. The Electrion team, made up of Anita Nti, Jacob Buaful, Jr., Caleb Buaful and Danny Freudiger, noticed something while walking around Ohio State football tailgates in 2019: gas-powered generators everywhere. They talked with Buckeye fans about how much energy they used for the TVs, slow cookers, mini fridges and satellite dishes powered by the generators before, during and after the games. Based on observations, campus data and scientific research, they estimated that tailgate parties using gas-powered generators emit over 120,000 pounds of carbon dioxide. That’s the equivalent of over 3,200 sedans for the same amount of time. As members of the Ohio State student organization Smart Campus, founded by Freudiger, the team saw an opportunity for a project that aligned with the university’s efforts to become carbon neutral by 2050. “We came back and started talking and thinking, ‘If that’s just from one day, that’s thousands of pounds of CO2 being emitted at just one Ohio State game. How much more would it be over a season and then at other schools across the nation as well?’ ” said Nti,
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The Electrion team (L to R): Anita Nti, Jacob Buaful, Jr., Caleb Buaful and Danny Freudiger
Smart Campus president. “We saw that as a very significant impact, so we thought about how we could possibly be a solution.” As an alternative to the generators, they are developing rechargeable battery packs, a sustainable mobile delivery service via electric cargo bikes and a logistics platform to coordinate battery distribution and track status. “From there we really thought about the user experience. Because you are providing this as an alternative, you want that transition to be smooth. If it’s too hard, they’ll just keep using the generator because it’s easy to use,”Buaful explained. So the students also created a cloud-connected mobile phone application to monitor the batteries and for people to request and interact with the service. “It’s been exciting to watch this talented team of students not only develop cuttingedge technology, but also navigate the complexities of entrepreneurship and business development,” said BJ Yurkovich, a researcher at Ohio State’s Center for Automotive Research (CAR) who is mentoring the students. An $89,000 Ohio State Sustainability Fund grant the team earned in January 2020 enabled them to launch a proof-of-concept project. The team subsequently connected with MegaJoule Ventures, an investment firm that shares their passion for sustainability. Their $250,000 investment provides support for the team to accelerate the formal market introduction of Electrion products, as well as the development of the engineering and design tools required to integrate a wide range of battery chemistries. “MegaJoule Ventures is excited about the Electrion opportunity because of the great team in place both in terms of vision, but also the depth of knowledge they gained and the accelerated deployment schedule they maintained in releasing an advanced prototype,” said company CTO Michael Gurin. “Their fundamental understanding of the electrical energy storage market is also strategically aligned with our investment strategy.” The student-entrepreneurs currently are building product prototypes in their workspace at CAR and brainstorming concepts to extend their “sustainable energy on demand” model.
“I think everything we do should be about sustainability,” Freudiger said. “One of the bigger reasons why we’re here is to leave the world a better place than we found it so future generations can enjoy it and have it better off than we did.” But what really gets them charged? Outreach to children in local school districts. “Honestly, what separates people from each other and from opportunities, money or resources is just
access to knowledge. That’s really the key,” Buaful said. “Our idea is to go out there into classrooms and do the big general assembly talks informing people of what sustainability is and how they can help. We’re starting them while they’re young so they can start thinking about it and getting into it,” Buaful said, an opportunity he and his brother didn’t have when they were that age. Nti said the Electrion project sparked her interest in sustainability, and she is motivated by the knowledge gaps she continues to observe the field. “People automatically think of sustainability on such a large scale and totally negate the fact that there’s so much we can be doing on a smaller scale that can come together to actually make a large impact.”
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CAR Membership Consortium The CAR Membership Consortium provides a unique opportunity for industry to engage in original, highly leveraged precompetitive research in automotive and transportation systems with a focus on advanced propulsion systems; fuel economy; vehicle safety, connectivity and autonomy; and advanced driver assistance systems.
The Consortium provides members with: › The opportunity to participate in leveraged, precompetitive research › T he opportunity to engage graduate students in preparation for future careers in the automotive industry › A n outlet to reach undergraduate students through capstone design and other project activities › The opportunity to host focused recruitment events
Gold $30K
Platinum $50K
Showcase/feature members in CAR marketing materials
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Invitation to Bi-Annual Executive Advisory Board Meetings
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Membership sponsored exploratory reporting meetings and access to results and presentations
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Continuing education benefits (Pre-recorded seminar library) Opportunity to present technical seminars at CAR
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Silver $10K
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Opportunity to recruit CAR students through resume access, information sessions and meet and greet events
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Corporate mentorship for graduate students
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Data from 2020 calendar year For more information contact David Cooke at cooke.76@osu.edu or David Emerling at emerling.4@osu.edu or visit car.osu.edu.
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Direct project selection for exploratory research projects
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Consultant time with faculty and senior research staff
$5K limit
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10% discount on testing services
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Ohio State designated federal Bus Testing Center In 2017, The Ohio State University Center for Automotive Research was selected by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Authority (FTA) as the program manager and official test site for the FTA Low and No Emissions (LONO) Component Assessment Program. A year later, The Ohio State University was designated an FTA Bus Testing Center.
Acock building design and site plan
LoNo programs support the introduction of low and no emissions transit buses into transit system fleets. Ohio State will perform full vehicle life-cycle evaluations, system level and individual component testing. The results will provide unbiased public assessments of low- or no-emission vehicles, systems and components, documenting their real-world maintainability, reliability, performance, structural integrity and efficiency.
Transit Bus Chassis Dynamometer Testing
Expansion of Advanced Mobility Laboratories Under the FTA LONO program, Ohio State was awarded an additional $7 million in capital funding bringing our total to $14 million to develop and support the on-campus Bus Testing Center. This provides the first phase of a number of investments from industry and government in expanded laboratory capabilities on OSU’s campus and at the Transportation Research Center (TRC). CAR recently competed an architectural site feasibility study to add a new 15,000 square foot heavy-duty chassis test laboratory to the existing CAR site. The current facility design includes a temperature controlled chassis dynamometer, new battery test labs, vehicle service bays and office/meeting space. CAR is now working with Ohio State leadership to identify other opportunities for a larger and more significantly laboratory expansion with capabilities including electric machine test labs, autonomous system development and validation, and vehicular cybersecurity research.
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Andre Carrel receives fiveyear NSF CAREER Award
Dean Emeritus Dave Williams recognized with Blaser Award
Assistant Professor Andre Carrel has received a five-year Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The $655,000 grant will support his research on urban travel behavior with the goal of incorporating a richer understanding of behavioral dynamics and long-term lifestyle shifts in traveler choice models.
The recipient of the 2020 Dwight Blaser Meritorious Service Award is Dave Williams, Dean Emeritus of The Ohio State College of Engineering. This award is presented annually to individuals or organizations whose sustained and extraordinary services have had a significant and lasting effect on the advancement of Ohio State’s Center for Automotive Research (CAR).
Andre Carrel
The CAREER award is the NSF’s most prestigious award in support of junior faculty recognized as leaders in research, education and the integration of the two elements in service to the community. A key focus of Carrel’s research is to investigate how a person’s past experiences and habits shape future travel behavior. Leveraging detailed travel diary surveys from urban travelers who use multiple modes of transportation in a U.S. metropolitan area, he will develop new insights into the role that traveler satisfaction, subjective well-being and the dynamics between them play in traveler choices.
“Dave has been an avid supporter of the Center for Automotive Research from the beginning,” said CAR Director Giorgio Rizzoni. “He recognizes the value the center brings to both the college and university. He’s also been a great supporter of the Student Motorsports program, giving them opportunities to excel and grow.”
Giorgio Rizzoni and Dave Williams
Throughout his 10-year tenure as a dean, faculty numbers increased from 289 to 412, with a 112% increase and 121% increase in female faculty and minority faculty, respectively. Diversity of the college’s leadership team has also improved with women accounting for 41% of the executive committee. Williams also implemented the college’s first strategic plan that emphasizes engineering innovation in materials, manufacturing, mobility and medicine.
Assistant Professor Jung-Hyun Kim and Research Associate Professor Keith Redmill recognized with Lumley Research Awards Jung-Hyun Kim, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE), was awarded the College of Engineering’s Lumley Research Award for his work focusing on energy storage materials and systems to support a global transition toward renewable energy. Keith Redmill, a research associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), also was awarded the Lumley Research Award for his work focusing on intelligent transportation systems, autonomous vehicles and mobile robots, advanced safety and driver assistance systems, and the control, sensing and communication technologies that make those systems possible. This award is presented annually and recognizes faculty who have demonstrated significant research contributions and productivity over the past five years.
Jung-Hyun Kim
Keith Redmill
Research team receives Best Paper Award at 2020 ASME Turbo Expo Conference Research Scientist Ricky Dehner and PhD student Pranav Sriganesh as well as Professor Ahmet Selamet and technical specialist Keith Miazgowicz from Ford Motor Co. received the Best Paper Award at the 2020 ASME Turbo Expo Conference in London, England for their paper titled “Generation Mechanism of Broadband Whoosh Noise in an Automotive Turbocharger Centrifugal Compressor.” This award recognizes outstanding technical papers and acknowledges the authors’ contributions to the gas turbine industry. Their paper identifies the source of broadband noise that occurs in turbocharger centrifugal compressors, where the resulting fluid instability also degrades performance and efficiency. Detailed, 3D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) predictions revealed that as flow begins to separate and reverse at reduced flow rates, vortices (fluid rotation with a low pressure core) form near the leading edge of the main impeller blades of the compressor. These vortices rotate relative to the impeller and interact with the blades to generate broadband noise.
Ricky Dehner
Pranav Sriganesh
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PhD candidate Deb Banerjee receives Best Paper Award at 2020 ASME IMECE Conference Deb Banerjee, PhD candidate and student of Professor Ahmet Selamet, received the Fluid Measurement & Instrumentation Technical Committee (FMITC) best paper award for his paper titled “Particle Image Velocimetry as Applied to Inlet Flow Field of a Turbocharger Compressor at Varying Rotational Speeds with Emphasis on Surge” at the 2020 ASME IMECE Conference.
establish an emerging and interdisciplinary research program at Ohio State that will explore challenges related to energy optimization and control of transportation networks, district heating networks and connected and autonomous vehicles.
Deb Banerjee
The work uses particle image velocimetry (a laser diagnostic technique) to characterize surge instabilities in a turbocharger compressor at various rotational speeds. This paper describes the detailed characterization of these instabilities leading to improvements in our fundamental understanding of the involved physical processes. internal combustion engines, hybrid-electric drivetrains, energy storage systems and thermal management.
Stockar receives Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from NSF as well as ORAU Powe Award Stephanie Stockar, an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation. Stockar’s award, titled “CAREER: Constrained Optimal Control of Partial Differential Equations for Stephanie Stockar Improving Energy Utilization in Transportation and in the Built Environment,” focuses on creating a new mathematical framework to solve optimal control problems in systems described by Partial Differential Equations. Stockar’s research focuses on the application of optimization and optimal control theory to automotive and energy systems. This award will help her
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Stockar, has also been named a recipient of the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU). ORAU is a consortium of Ph.D. granting academic institutions that promotes collaborative partnerships to enhance scientific research and education in the U.S. Stockar is one of just 35 recipients of this year’s award which provides seed funding for research and professional growth of junior faculty members at ORAU institutions.
Canova promoted to full professor Congratulations to Marcello Canova who has been promoted to full professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Canova’s research focuses on the optimization and control of propulsion systems, including internal combustion engines, hybrid-electric drivetrains, energy storage systems and thermal management.
Emerling recognized with Dan L. Heinlen Alumni Award David Emerling, industry collaborations director for the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) and past president of the Ohio State Alumni Club of Detroit was awarded the Dan L. Heinlen Award by the Ohio State Alumni Association for his outstanding work with the Alumni Club of Detroit. This award David Emerling is presented to alumni who have realized outstanding achievements in advancing the university by advocating for its interests with one or more of its important audiences. It recognizes achievement in activities ranging from the recruitment of outstanding students and faculty to the University, to advocacy with elected officials and opinion leaders on behalf of Ohio State. “As soon as I moved to Michigan to work in the auto industry 40 years ago, I wanted to be surrounded by Buckeyes,” said Emerling. “Helping run the Ohio State Alumni Club of Detroit is not only fun but rewarding. Working for CAR on top of all that is like living a dream. Doing things you love is easy but getting recognized for that work is outstanding”.
Ahmed leading team through President’s Research Excellence program
Marcello Canova
Congratulations to Research Associate Professor Qadeer Ahmed who is leading one of the 19 teams receiving Accelerator Grant funding through the President’s Research Excellence (PRE) program.
The PRE program provides seed support for cross- and interdisciplinary research projects that have the potential to attract external funding, enable curiosity-driven research and discoveries, and address complex societal challenges. Ahmed’s team aims to address the inherent energy inefficiency of ondemand parcel and grocery delivery services that are practiced today. This approach will improve the energy efficiency of urban mobility by predicting delivery demand, improving freight and vehicle routing and reducing deadheading, which is when revenue-gaining vehicles operate without passengers.
2020-2021 promotions Congratulations to the following individuals on their 2020-2021 promotions: › F aissal El Idrissi, Visiting Scholar to Research Associate - Engineer › M anfredi Villani, Visiting Scholar to Research Associate - Engineer › A thar Hanif, Research Associate – Engineer to Senior Research Associate › E kim Yurtsever, Post Doctoral Scholar to Research Associate - Engineer
Left to right, top to bottom: Idrissi, Villani, Hanif, and Yurtsever
Qadeer Ahmed
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collaborating FACULTY & RESEARCHERS
AEDE // Agricultural,
Environmental, and Development Economics Elena Irwin
Matilde D’Arpino Implementation of highperformance electric vehicle control strategy, new modulation techniques for power converters and power flow management for multisource charging stations
Spatial modeling of land use and the development of integrated models of land use and ecosystem services at local and regional scales
darpino.2@osu.edu
irwin.78@osu.edu
Automotive turbochargers
Richard D. Dehner
CBE // Chemical and
Biomolecular Engineering Bhavik Ramesh Bakshi Sustainable product, process, value chain design, life cycle assessment, circular economy, ecosystem services
Research Center
Matthew McCrink Modeling and simulation, control theory, aerodynamics, mechatronics, aeronautics, experimental fluid mechanics, mobile robotics mccrink.2@osu.edu
CAR // Center for
Automotive Research
Emel Selamet Theoretical and Computational Heat Transfer, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Internal Combustion Engine Simulation, Acoustics, Thermo-Fluid Sciences selamet.2@osu.edu
Benjamin J. Yurkovich Data modeling for big data and large scale infrastructure, battery management, system identification and modeling simulation yurkovich.7@osu.edu
Antonello Bianco
CB // Chemistry
and Biochemistry Codrin Gruie Cantemir Electric power machines cantemir.1@osu.edu
grejner-brzezinska.1@osu.edu
Mark McCord
CDME // The
Center for Design and Manufacturing Excellence Nathan Ames Design and manufacturing ames.21@osu.edu
John Eric Fosler-Lussier
Transportation systems, engineering and planning mccord.2@osu.edu
fosler-lussier.1@osu.edu
Rabi Mishalani
Srinivasan Parthasarathy
Application of probabilistic modeling, statistical inference, experimental design and evaluation and optimization to transportation systems analysis mishalani.1@osu.edu
Charles Toth 2D/3D signal processing and spatial information systems, photogrammetry, LiDAR and remote sensing
Lei Wang
Environmental, and Geodetic Engineering
and Engineering
Core technologies for speech processing and natural language understanding
toth.2@osu.edu
CEGE // Civil,
CSE // Computer Science
Geodesist specializing in acquiring, analyzing and interpreting various geodetic data wang.1115@osu.edu
Hesham Elgamal
Umit Ozguner
Wei Zhang
Information theory, mobile communication
Intelligent control of large, decentralized systems, automotive control, intelligent vehicle highway system
Control theory, optimization, and game theory, to aid in the analysis and design of complex cyberphysical systems
elgamal.2@osu.edu
ozguner.1@osu.edu
Lisa Fiorentini Control and system theory, nonlinear and adaptive control, robust control, tracking and regulation problems with applications in aerospace and automotive engineering fiorentini.2@osu.edu
Abhishek Gupta
parthasarathy.2@osu.edu
Decentralized control, game theory, auctions, electricity markets, probability theory
Alper Yilmaz Surveillance by mining anomalies in multi-physics and multi-dimensional data yilmaz.15@osu.edu
ECE // Electrical and
Computer Engineering
gupta.706@osu.edu
Anne Co Advanced electrocatalytic materials for chemical conversion and energy storage co.5@osu.edu
Jeff Chrstos
Yiying Wu
Vehicle dynamics, driverin-the-loop simulators, tire modeling
Materials Chemistry, Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion and Storage
chrstos.1@osu.edu
wu.531@osu.edu
Data mining, sensor networks and technologies, spatial analytics, discrete choice modeling and urban computation
Mahesh Illindala Microgrids, distributed energy resources, electrical energy conversion and storage, advanced electric drive transportation systems illindala.1@osu.edu
Design and development of SiC high voltage devices
koksal.2@osu.edu
Yingbin Liang
CEMAS // Center for
Electron Microscopy and Analysis
Radar technology chen.118@osu.edu
Bejamin Coifman Intelligent transportation systems, traffic surveillance, control and flow theory, driver dynamics and application of advanced technologies to transportation problems coifman.1@osu.edu
Robert E. Williams High resolution electron microscopy williams.2156@osu.edu
Machine learning, optimization, statistical signal processing, information theory, communications liang.889@osu.edu
carrel.20@osu.edu
Eylem Ekici Computer networks, wireless and satellite systems, routing protocols and QoS provisioning ekici.2@osu.edu
EED //
HRS // School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Engineering education jayakumar.5@osu.edu
Amanda Agnew Human anatomy and biologic anthropology
Longya Xu Power electronics and electrical machines xu.12@osu.edu
wang.1248@osu.edu
Aylin Yener Information theory, cyber security, wireless communications, optimization, learning yener.5@osu.edu
Julia Zhang Power electronics and electrical machines
agnew.17@osu.edu
ESL //
Electroscience Lab
John Bolte Injury biomechanics, child injury prevention
Teh-Hong Lee
bolte.6@osu.edu
Electroscience
Jin Wang Power electronics circuits and control for renewable energy and hybrid electric and fuel cell vehicles
Greg Allenby
allenby.1@osu.edu
Adithya Jayakumar
Communication, networking, storage, cloud, recommender, social, and cyberphysical systems
Power system operation and planning, electricity markets, demand side management, distributed generation and renewable energy
of Business
Engineering Education
Ness Shroff
Jiankang Wang
FCOB // Fisher College
Development and application of quantitative methods in marketing
wang.6536@osu.edu
Emre Koksal Wireless communication and networking
Chi-Chih Chen
Autonomous vehicles and robots, intelligent transportation systems, vehicle and bus tracking, wireless data communication, CDPD, GPS and GIS technologies
shroff@ece.osu.edu
Anant Agarwal
Andre Carrel
zhang.491@osu.edu
Keith Redmill
ozguner.1@osu.edu
Biomedical informatics
agarwal.334@osu.edu
Wind tunnel specialist bianco.65@osu.edu
GPS, satellite and inertial geodesy, multisensor integration
bakshi.2@osu.edu
dehner.10@osu.edu
ARC // Aerospace
Dorota GrejnerBrzezinska
lee.52@osu.edu
Yun Seok Kang Injury biomechanics, instrumentation technique development, multibody kinematics and dynamics
Christopher Neese Electroscience
kang.286@osu.edu
neese.6@osu.edu
Andrew O’Brien GPS and Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers, navigation systems, adaptive antennas, antenna electronics, and array signal processing obrien.200@osu.edu
zhang.564@osu.edu
Fusun Ozguner High performance parallel computing ozguner.2@osu.edu
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ISE // Integrated
Systems Engineering
KSA // Knowlton School of Architecture
Marcello Canova
Yann Guezennec
Energy conversion and energy storage systems for automotive applications, dynamic system modeling and optimization
Energy conversion and storage systems for automotive applications
canova.1@osu.edu
Levent Guvenc
Theodore Allen
Zhenhua Chen
AI: machine learning, experimental design, cyber security analytics, operations research
Infrastructure planning and policy, regional science, risk and resilience, and big data analytics
Lei (Raymond) Cao
allen.515@osu.edu
chen.7172@osu.edu
Nuclear engineering cao.152@osu.edu
Yannis Korkolis Plasticity and constitutive modeling, formability and ductile fracture, materials forming processes, including sheet metal forming and tube forming, metal cutting, material removal with highpressure jets
Automotive control and mechatronics, autonomous road vehicles, cooperative mobility, robust control guvenc.1@osu.edu
Ryan Harne
MAE // Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
korkolis.1@osu.edu
Ali Nassiri Materials joining and forming processes, finite element analysis, process simulations, damage and failure analysis nassiri.3@osu.edu
Ramteen Sioshansi
Automotive systems modeling, estimation, control and diagnostics
Marcelo Dapino
ahmed.358@osu.edu
Bilin Aksun Guvenc Connected and automated vehicles, vehicle control systems, unctional safety aksunguvenc.1@osu.edu
sioshansi.1@osu.edu
Nuclear reactor safety
woods.2@osu.edu
Cathy Honghui Xia Provides insights and solutions for efficient design, operations management, and control of complex networks and systems xia.52@osu.edu
Nonlinear dynamics in micro/nanoscale mechanical systems
Qadeer Ahmed
Tunc Aldemir
Improves systems safety in high risk complex settings
Hanna Cho
cho.867@osu.edu
Operations research, energy systems
David Woods
aldemir.1@osu.edu
Christopher Atkinson Smart mobility, transportation, vehicle technologies atkinson.284@osu.edu
Mike Benzakein Biomimetic interface science, surface engineering, nanotribology and materials research benzakein.2@osu.edu
Smart materials and structures dapino.1@osu.edu
COLLABORATING FACULTY
Mechanics, dynamics, vibrations, acoustics and waves harne.3@osu.edu
Joseph Heremans Thermal properties of matter and applications to energy conversion heremans.1@osu.edu
Donald Houser Rebecca Dupaix Mechanical behavior of polymers, bio-materials, and polymer-based composites, deformation processing of polymers, biological tissue engineering
Gear and power transmissions houser.4@osu.edu
Jung Hyun Kim
Vishwanath Subramaniam
Vicky DoanNguyen
Model-based design of complex systems, advanced automotive powertrain systems
Interaction between low-frequency weak electromagnetic fields and tissues, cells and similar biological systems
Energy storage and conversion
midlam-mohler.1@osu.edu
Giorgio Rizzoni System dynamics, measurements, control and fault diagnosis with application to automotive systems
Acoustics, machine dynamics, vibrations, non-linear dynamics and signal processing singh.3@osu.edu
Computational solid mechanics
Steve Yurkovich
soghrati.1@osu.edu
Theory and applications of control systems
Rotorcraft aeromechanics, bluff body wake control, and development of advanced measurement techniques
Seung-Hyun Kim Turbulent combustion
Automatic transmission modeling and control
gregory.234@osu.edu
kim.5061@osu.edu
srinivasan.3@osu.edu
groeber.1@osu.edu
Dennis Guenther Vehicle dynamics and vehicle design
Sandip Mazumder Computational fluid dynamics, reacting flows with applications in combustion, catalytic conversion, fuel cells and chemical vapor deposition, thermal radiation, non-equilibrium transport phenomena maumder.2@osu.edu
yurkovich.1@osu.edu
Cheena Srinivasan
Stephanie Stockar
jinschek.1@osu.edu
Alan Luo
Zhenyu Wang
Soheil Soghrati
kim.6776@osu.edu
Electron microposy and analysis
luo.445@osu.edu
wang.8516@osu.edu
David McComb Electrion microscopy and analysis
Innovation and translating science into products through applied research and polymer engineering science
Materials science with a concentration in superconductive, electronic, and magnetic materials sumption.3@osu.edu
Energy system control and optimization
Edward Collings
stockar.1@osu.edu
Materials science collings.2@osu.edu
Janet Weisenberger Hearing science, driver behavior weisenberger.21@osu.edu
Laboratory
Andrew Kauffman
SENR // School of Environment and Natural Resources
Nuclear reactors kauffman.9@osu.edu
Nicole D. Sintov Environmental psychology sintov.2@osu.edu
OARDC // Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center Katrina Cornish
Jay Sayre
Michael Sumption
Materials Science and Engineering
kwiek.2@osu.edu
mccomb.2@osu.edu
sayre.17@osu.edu
MSE //
Jesse Kwiek
NRL // Nuclear Reactor Joerg Jinschek
Light materials and manufacturing
CFD analysis of aerodynamics, acoustics, heat transfer, combustion and hemodynamics
OR // Office of Research
frankel.10@osu.edu
tulpule.3@osu.edu
Rajendra Singh
James Gregory
Additive manufacturing
Systems modeling, control, model based design and prognosis of complex engineering systems
selamet.1@osu.edu
dupaix.1@osu.edu
Michael Groeber
Gerald Frankel Degradation of materials, atmospheric corrosion, corrosion inhibition
Punit Tulpule
Internal combustion engines, acoustics, noise control, combustion, heat transfer and fluid dynamics
Microbiology Molecular biology in the service of public health
David Talbot
talbot.112@osu.edu
Ahmet Selamet
doan-nguyen.1@osu.edu
subramaniam.1@osu.edu
Gear, bearing, and power transmission system efficiency modeling and measuremen
rizzoni.1@osu.edu
Energy storage, batteries and fuel cells
guenther.1@osu.edu
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guezennec.1@osu.edu
Shawn Midlam-Mohler
Bio-based emergent materials, natural rubber biosynthesis and production cornish.19@osu.edu
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