eCAT 2025 Annual Spring Meeting

May 7 - 8, 2025, Newark, DE

Registration

Secure Your Spot at NSF IUCRC eCAT 2025 Annual Spring Meeting! The eCAT 2025 Annual Spring Meeting will take place on May 7 - 8, 2025, at the STAR Campus, University of Delaware, Newark, DE. This two-day event brings together industry leaders, government agencies, NSF representatives, and academic researchers to discuss and select cutting-edge research projects, share insights on the center’s operations, provide feedback, and network with experts in the field. Don't miss this exceptional opportunity to engage with the latest advancements in Electric, Connected, and Autonomous Technologies for Mobility!

Meeting Agenda (Tentative)


May 7, 2025 (Wednesday)

8:00 - 8:30 am          Registration, breakfast, and networking

8:30 - 9:00 am          Opening remarks (To be confirmed)

                 Dr. Pamela Norris   Dean, College of Engineering,  University of Delaware

  Stephanie Johnson    Director, DelDOT

                 Justine Johnson         Michigan Chief Mobility Officer, Senior VP, MEDC (TBC)

9:00 - 9:30 am         Introduction of IAB members & prospective members

9:30 - 10:00 am           Introduction and Update to the eCAT Center

  Mission of the center

Vision and value proposition including a brief description of Thrust Areas Capabilities of academic sites

Update of the Center

10:00 - 10:30 am     NSF IUCRC program (Mohan Kumar, Program Director,  NSF/CNS)

10:30 - 10:45 am     Break

11:00 - 12:00 pm eCAT Ongoing Project Update (Part I)

1. Power semiconductor embedded PCB design and packaging

2. Computational Autonomous Vehicle Storage (AVS)

3. Planar Magnetic Components and Applications for EV Power Converters

4. Device-Level Security for Grid-Tied Inverters

5. Adaptive MPC for Electric Vehicle Powertrains 

12:00 - 1:30 pm    Lunch & Posters

1:30 - 3:00 pm         eCAT Ongoing Project Update (Part II)

6. Assuring the Safety of Autonomous Vehicles Using Combinatorial Design-Based Testing

7. Optimal Scheduling of Edge Devices for Decentralized Data Preprocessing

8. Characterizing and Optimizing Autonomous Driving Workloads on Vehicular Edge

9. Ad-hoc Route Navigation for Autonomous Vehicles

10. Off-road Motion Planning for Autonomous Mobile Robots

11. Electricity Price Forecast for Electricity Market with High Penetration of Renewables and EVs

12. Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Through Human Activity Recognition and V2X Communications

3:00 - 3:30 pm       Introduction and update to the center bylaws

3:30 - 3:45 pm         Break

3:45 - 4:45 pm         IAB and eCAT leadership meeting

                                 Discussions on the ongoing projects

                                       IAB feedback

4:45 pm – 6:00 pm  Posters


May 8, 2025 (Thursday)

8:30 - 9:00 am        Registration, breakfast, and networking

9:00 - 9:15 am        AirTable Introduction

9:15 - 10:15 am      Project proposal presentations (Part I)

(10min per proposal)

1.     Proposal #1

2.     Proposal #2

If each university proposes 1-2 new proposals, we will have about 9 new projects.

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10:15 - 10:30 am   Berak

10:30 - 11:30 am   Project proposal presentations (Part II)

(10min per proposal)

3.     Proposal #1

4.     Proposal #2

If each university proposes 1-2 new proposals, we will have about 9 new projects.

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11:30 - 12:15 pm   IAB meeting (IAB members only, Friedman Conference Room)

                                 Discussions on new project proposals

    IAB voting for the projects to be funded

12:15  - 12:45 pm  Discussions

                            IAB feedback, report-out, center's research roadmap, etc.

12:45 - 2:30 pm        Lunch & Posters

2:30 pm                   Adjourn


Conference Venue

Venue Address: FinTech Building, STAR Campus, 591 Collaboration Way, Newark, DE 19713

Parking Information

The nearest parking space to the FinTech Building is at Lot 213. You can locate it on the parking map below. To secure a parking spot, use the Passport App (Zone 16671 in the Passport App). Nearby street parking falls under the Gray Lot category, and payment for these spots can also be made via the Passport App (Zone 16671) or a kiosk.

Parking-Map-24-25.pdf

Nearby Accommodations

In University Hotel

Walking Distance Hotel