U.S. - China Workshop and Planning Visit on Sustainable Fuels and Clean Vehicles

The project aims to catalyze research and educational partnerships between U.S. and China in the areas of sustainable fuels and clean vehicles. The project organizes a workshop on sustainable fuels and clean vehicles accompanied with a group visit to universities in China. The goals of these activities are to exchange research and educational experience with researchers in China and discuss collaboration opportunities.

Activities

Project activities:

  • Organize workshop on Sustainable Fuels and Clean Vehicles with China Power & Clean Energy Expo China 2013 on July 4th, 2013;
  • Group visit to universities in China in summer 2013;

Workshop Presentations

Publication

Journal Papers

  1. Yang Li, Pushkar Agashe, Zicheng Ge, and Bo Chen, "Rapid Prototyping Energy Management System for a Single Shaft Parallel Hybrid Electric Vehicle Using Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation," SAE International Journal of Alternative Powertrains, vol. 2, no, 2, pp. 241-251, July 2013.

Conference Proceedings

  1. Pushkar Agashe, Yang Li and Bo Chen, “Model-Based Design and Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation of Engine Lean Operation,” ASME 2014 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, San Antonio, TX, October 22-24, 2014, accepted.
  2. Baifan Wu and Bo Chen, “Study the Performance of Battery Models for Hybrid Electric Vehicles,” 2014 ASME/IEEE International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA2014), Senigallia – Ancona, Italy, September 10-12 2014, accepted.
  3. Lei Feng and Bo Chen, “Study the impact of driver’s behavior on the energy efficiency of hybrid electric vehicles,” 2013 ASME/IEEE International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA2013), Portland, OR, August 4-7, 2013.
  4. Bo Chen, Wei Luo, Pushkar Agashe, Lei Feng, Zicheng Ge, and Yang Li, “Development of Model-Based Embedded Control Course Curriculum for Next Generation of Automotive Engineers,” 2013 ASME/IEEE International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA2013), Portland, OR, August 4-7, 2013.