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 February
2006: IIT President Lew Collens visited us on Wednesday,
February 15th, and was updated about the status of our two hybrid
electric vehicle projects: (1) developing a plug-in conversion kit
of a Ford Escape hybrid vehicle of the City of Chicago and (2)
hybridizing a transit bus.
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February 2006: EPPEC faculty and students are collaborating
with All Cell Technologies, LLC, to convert a Fort Escape hybrid
vehicle of the City of Chicago to plug-in hybrid.
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 January
2006:
Mr. Michael Polsky, President and Chief Executive Officer
of Invenergy, LLC, visited our laboratories in the Electric Power
and Power Electronics Center (EPPEC) and presented a seminar titled
"Future of Energy Generation and Utilization" to a packed Siegel
Hall Auditorium of faculty and students as part of the 2006 ECE
Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series on January 27th.
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 September 2005:
We hosted the
2005 IEEE Vehicular
Power and Propulsion (VPP) and SAE International Future
Transportation Technology (FTT) Joint Conference. |
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 August 2005: MPC
Products Corporation (MPC) and
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) hosted the three Topic A
finalist teams of the
2005
International Future Energy Challenge, August 15-17, 2005. The
three finalist teams, University of Belgrade, University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign, and University of South Carolina, presented
advanced energy efficient electric motors for home appliance
applications. The motors were tested at MPC, 7320 North Linder
Avenue, Skokie, on Monday, August 15th, and Tuesday,
August 16th. The student teams gave presentations about
their projects at the McCormick
Tribune Campus Center at IIT, 3201 South State Street, Chicago,
on Wednesday, August 17th. Piyush Desai from MPC Products
Corporation, Ali Emadi (Coordinator) from Illinois Institute of
Technology, Mehdi Ferdowsi from University of Missouri-Rolla, Nick
Nagel from MPC Products Corporation, Shailesh P. Waikar from Black &
Decker, and Jia Xiaochuan from Regal-Beloit Corporation served on
the judging committee. At the end of the three-day final
competition, the judging committee announced the following awards:
- First Place (for $10,000) - University of Belgrade,
Serbia
- Outstanding Design Innovation (for $6,500) -
University of South Carolina, USA
- Outstanding Educational Impact (for $2,000) -
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
- Outstanding Presentation (for $2,000) - University of
Belgrade, Serbia
- Outstanding Technical Report (for $2,000) - University
of Belgrade, Serbia
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May 2005:
Prize Paper Award of the Best Vehicular Electronics Paper
from the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology for the paper
titled "Hybrid electric sport utility vehicles" published in the
September 2004 issue of the transactions. The Award will be
presented at the Fall Vehicular Technology Conference to be held in
September 2005 in Dallas. (Paper: J. M. Tyrus, R. M. Long, M.
Kramskaya, Y. Fertman, and A. Emadi, "Hybrid electric sport utility
vehicles," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 53, no.
5, pp. 1607-1622, Sept. 2004.) |
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May 2005:
Prof. Emadi received the 2005 Richard M. Bass Outstanding
Young Power Electronics Engineer Award (single award) from the IEEE
Power Electronics Society for his outstanding contributions in the
multidisciplinary field of power electronics. |
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May 2005: Prof. Emadi received Honorable Mention
(Faculty who best met the 5-day rule) from the Office of Sponsored
Research, Illinois Institute of Technology. |
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May 2005:
Mr. Danny Leitao
received the Best Power Electronic Presentation Award for Spring
2005 for presentation titled "Analysis and comparison of a new
family of ZCS resonant converters." |
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May 2005: IIT hosted
the
IIT's 24th
Magnetic Conference. |
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April 2005: Our
Interprofessional Project (IPRO)
326 titled "Hybrid Electric Vehicles" received the Spring 2005
Second Place Overall Presentation Award at IIT's IPRO Day on April
29, 2005.
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April 2005: Prof. Emadi received the Best Professor of the Year Award (single
award voted by the ECE
students, organized by the IEEE Student Chapter).
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 December 2004: IIT President Lew Collens visited the Grainger
Power Electronics and Motor Drives Group on
Thursday, December 9th,
2004.
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 April 2004: Mr. Fernando Rodriguez received the Illinois Graduate
Fellowship for his Ph.D. studies. |
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April 2004: Prof. Emadi received the 2004 Sigma Xi/IIT Award for
Excellence in University Research (single award) from the Illinois
Institute of Technology. |
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February 2004:
Prof. Emadi has been named the Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Young
Electrical Engineer for 2003 (single award) by virtue of his
outstanding contributions to hybrid electric vehicle conversion, for
excellence in teaching, and for his involvement in student
activities. Outstanding Young Electrical Engineers have been
recognized annually since 1936 by the Eta Kappa Nu Association, the
Electrical Engineering Honor Society. Award winner selection is
based on outstanding technical contributions, service to community
and nation, cultural and aesthetic achievements, and professional
activities. Dr. Emadi will be honored at the 68th Annual
Awards Banquet on May 3rd in New Jersey. |
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February 2004: Our hybrid
electric vehicle research
was featured on NBC 5/WMAQ-TV's Chicago Auto Show
Special February 7 and 8, including interviews with
Dr. Emadi's graduate students
Srdjan Lukic and Fernando Rodriguez.
Video Clip |
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December 2003:
Mr. Sujay S. Irudayaraj
and Mr. Fernando Rodriguez
received the Best Power Electronic Presentation Award for Fall 2003
for presentations titled "Comparison
of Harmonic Spectra for Sinusoidal PWM and Random PWM Inverters in
AC Motor Drives: A Critique Analysis" and "Output Voltage Ripple
Cancellation with Parallel Flyback Converters," respectively.
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November 2003: All the four nominees of the Power
Electronics Lab (Mehdi Ferdowsi, Abdolhosein Nasiri, Aly A.
Aboulnaga, and Srdjan Lukic) received the Who's Who Among Students
in American Universities and Colleges Award. |
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November 2003: Prof. Emadi received the Best Session
Paper Presentation Award at the IEEE 29th
Industrial Electronics Conference in Roanoke, Virginia,
for the paper titled "Torque ripple minimization in DTC of induction
motor based on optimized flux value determination," by S. Kaboli, M.
R. Zolghadri, S. Haghbin, and A. Emadi. |
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 October 2003: First Place Overall Award,
2003 IEEE/DOE/DOD
International Future Energy Challenge announced at the IEEE
38th Industry Application Society Annual Meeting,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
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October 2003: Prof. Emadi presents the ECE
Distinguished Speaker Seminar titled
"Hybrid Electric
Vehicles vs. Fuel Cell Vehicles: Facts and Fictions." |
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June 2003: Mr.
Mehdi Ferdowsi has won the
Joseph J. Suozzi INTELEC 2003 Fellowship from
the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) Education Committee. This
award is a one-time $10,000 INTELEC grant for the recipient. Mehdi's
Ph.D. Dissertaion is titled "Advanced Digital Control Techniques for
Integrated Power Electronic Converters." |
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 May 2003: Motor drive system designed and implemented by the IIT's
Team for the 2003
International Future Energy Challenge performed very well and
was the only system completing most of the tests including the
overnight durability test during the final testing. The teams are
waiting for the awards to be announced in summer 2003.
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May 2003: IIT's student finalist team for the 2003
International Future Energy Challenge received the Second Place
Winner Award at the 8th Annual IIT Research Conference.
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 May 2003: Andrew Carson Baisden
received the Third Place Winner Award at the 8th Annual IIT Research
Conference for his undergraduate research titled "A Model of a
Battery and an Ultracapacitor for HEV's."
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April 2003: Society of
Automotive Engineers (SAE) at IIT is restructured. |
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 April
2003: IIT's Team has been
selected as a finalist in the 2003 International Future Energy
Challenge sponsored by IEEE, DOE, DOD, NETL, and others (http://www.energychallenge.org/).
Final testing will be held on May 21-23rd, 2003, in Raleigh, NC. Dr.
Ali Emadi is the faculty advisor. Student team members are: Aly A.
Aboulnaga, Piyush C. Desai, Anthony Villagomez, Fernando Rodriguez,
Timothy Cooke, Jeffrey Szekely, Marina Kramskaya, Valliy K. Dawood,
Hani Bodak, Mark Ihimoyan, Sahar Kohanim, and Loren McDaniel. |
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February 2003: IIT
Consortium on Advanced Automotive Systems (ICAAS) is
established. |
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February 2003: IIT's
Team Competes in the Semi-Final of the International Future Energy
Challenge. The 2003 International Future Energy Challenge (IFEC) is
a student competition sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), U.S.
Department of Defense (DOD), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL),
Motor Resource Center and Advanced Energy, and others (http://www.energychallenge.org/).
Mr. Anthony
Villagomez is the student leader for IIT's team. He received a
travel grant from the IFEC to attend the IFEC Workshop in Miami, FL,
Feb. 10-11. He presented a status report at the workshop.
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February 2003: IIT received Honorable Mention from the Power Sources
Manufacturing Association (PSMA) - The Multi-National Power
Electronics Association for the power electronics initiatives with
the support of the Grainger Foundation. The Honorable Mention was
given during the 18th Annual Applied Power Electronics
Conference (APEC) Dinner on February 9th in Miami, FL. |
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December 2002: Prof. Emadi's Interprofessional Project
IPRO 326
titled "Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Simulation, Design, and
Implementation" received Fall 2002 IPRO Recognition Award for
Exceptional Team Performance. More |
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May 2002: Mr. Peter R. Zurawski received the Overall
Excellence in Research Award (single award) from the Office of the
President, Illinois Institute of Technology, for the undergraduate
research titled "Design and Operation of a Single-Phase DC/AC PWM
Inverter for Vehicular Applications" performed in Grainger Power
Electronics and Motor Drives Laboratory. |
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April 2002: Prof. Emadi received the University
Excellence in Teaching Award (single award), Illinois Institute of
Technology. More |
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March 2002: Two new ECE labs, The Grainger Lab of
Power Electronics and the Grainger Lab of Electric Motor Drives,
officially dedicated.
more with photos of the Grainger Laboratory Dedication Ceremony... |
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February 2002: Prof. Emadi of the Grainger Power
Electronics and Motor Drives Laboratory launches the IIT Hybrid
Electric Vehicle Team. More |
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January 2002: Chicago Tribune published an Op-Ed
written by Dr. Emadi titled "Look Behind the Fuel-Cell Smokescreen"
on Sunday, January 27, 2002. |
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November 2001: Prof. Emadi received the Best Paper
Presentation Award at the IEEE 27th Industrial
Electronics Conference, Denver, Colorado. |
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August 2001: Prof. Emadi co-presented an invited paper
titled "42V Automotive Power Systems" at the 2001 SAE Future
Transportation Technology Conference, Costa Mesa, CA. |
