eCAT 2026 Annual Fall Meeting
Nov 5 - 6, 2026, Denton, TX
Nov 5 - 6, 2026, Denton, TX
eCAT 2026 Fall Meeting Agenda (Tentative)
Nov 5-6, 2026, hosted by University of North Texas
Location: Denton, TX
Nov. 5, 2026 (Thursday)
8:00 - 8:30 am Registration, breakfast, and networking
8:30 - 9:00 am Opening remarks (To be confirmed)
Dr. Paul S. Krueger Dean, College of Engineering, University of North Texas
Xxxxx Senior Executive, Michigan Office of Future Mobility and Electrification
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 (Hang Liu, Program Director, NSF/CNS)
10:30 - 10:45 am Break
11:00 - 12:00 pm eCAT Ongoing Project Update (Part I)
1. AI/LLM-Assisted White-Box Combinatorial Testing – UT-Dallas
2. New Modeling Tools for Emerging EV and Data Center Loads: Challenges and Opportunities for Electricity Markets - WSU
3. Ad-hoc Route Navigation for Autonomous Vehicles - Clarkson
4. AI-Enabled Digital Twin for Connected and Autonomous Manufacturing Systems – UNT
12:00 - 1:30 pm Lunch & Posters
1:30 - 2:30 pm eCAT Ongoing Project Update (Part II)
5. pDAL: Protected Data Access Layer for Vehicles – UD
6. MHz Isolated Power Supply for Gate Drivers Using a Quarter and Half Turn Planar Transformer - WSU
7. Data Analytics and Learning for High Dimensional and Multi Modal Data – UNT
8. Dynamic Scheduling of Mobile Chargers for Electric Vehicles - UH
2:30 - 3:00 pm Introduction and update to the center bylaws
3:00 - 3:30 pm Break
3:30 - 4:30 pm IAB and eCAT leadership meeting
Discussions on the ongoing projects
IAB feedback
4:30 - 5:30 pm Posters