What:
The University of New Haven (UNH) welcomes Dr. Huei Peng, professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and the executive director of Interdisciplinary and Professional Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, to discuss the future of transportation. In his talk, recent developments in alternative fuels, hybrid vehicles and fuel cell vehicles will be introduced. The focus will be on current market and legislative status, key technical challenges and future prospect of these three enabling technologies. Research results from the Automotive Research Center, in the area of modeling, sizing and control of hybrid and fuel cell vehicles will also be highlighted to illustrate the research challenges.
This event by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers of New Haven and the Alvine Engineering Professional Effectiveness and Enrichment Program is free and open to the public.
When:
Wed., Apr. 23, 2008, 4 p.m.
Where:
Tagliatela College of Engineering, Room B120, UNH campus
Details:
Huei Peng is professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and the executive director of interdisciplinary and professional engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His research interests include adaptive control and optimal control, with emphasis on their applications to vehicular and transportation systems-including automated highways, active suspensions, rollover prevention and prediction, driver modeling, adaptive cruise control, collision warning and avoidance, automatic transmissions, hybrid and fuel cell vehicles. He has more than 150 technical publications, including 60 in referred journals and transactions.
For more information contact Ismail Orabi at 203-932-7144 or iorabi@newhaven.edu.
