Post-Conference Workshops

Workshop #1:
Electrification of Commercial Vehicles, moderated by Giorgio Rizzoni, PhD, The Ohio State University

Speakers

Gary Parker serves as Technology & Planning Director in the Cummins New Power business unit which pioneers and manufactures emerging and cutting-edge alternative power technologies. In this role, Gary is responsible for developing and advancing New Power initiatives in the markets that Cummins serves. These initiatives include the movement of research and technology towards product commercialization. Gary also builds capabilities focusing on people, capital, business integration, and product. Gary brings over 25 years of experience with Cummins and has served in a variety of technical leadership roles in the electrification space for the last 12 years. This has included leading path to zero and zero emissions innovation, developing essential intellectual property, delivering Cummins first battery electric vehicle demonstration, and sponsoring 400+ Cummins employees in university accredited battery technology training. Gary has a Bachelor and Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from The Ohio State University with a focus on Systems and

Controls and a Master of Business Administration from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. He also serves on the Greater Indiana Clean Cities board of directors, the Ohio State Center of Automotive Research External Advisory board, and his local Church Elder board. Gary is passionate about Cummins vision for positive change for our planet and our future generations.

Professor Greg Shaver’s research program is dedicated to clean, safe, and efficient commercial vehicles – via advanced diesel, biofuel & natural gas engine systems/controls/electrification, powertrain electrification, and vehicle automation/connectivity. Greg's students have published more than 130 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers. Greg has directed the research efforts of more than 140 current/former Purdue students (64 graduate, 81 undergraduate). Of his 50 former graduate students (20 PhD, 30 MSME) one-fourth are women, more than half are now working at industry partner companies, and two are tenure-track faculty (1 assistant, 1 associate). Greg was named a Fellow of SAE and ASME in 2021 and 2020, respectively. Purdue University named him a University Faculty Scholar and the Early Career Excellence in Research Awardee in 2014, the 2016 Spira Awardee for Fostering Excellence in Commercial or Defense Product Realization, and the Faculty Excellence Awardee for Impact on Industry and the Discovery in Mechanical Engineering awardee in 2022. He was also elected to the Purdue University Innovator Hall of Fame in 2014. Prof. Shaver has received more than $20M in research funding from sources including ARPA-E, DOE, Cummins, Deere, Eaton, NSF, EPA, Allison and Caterpillar, pointing to broad support from both industry and government. Greg earned graduate (PhD 2005, MSME 2004) and undergraduate (BSME 2000 w/ highest distinction) degrees from Stanford and Purdue, respectively. His research is currently funded by DOE, Cummins, Eaton, Deere, ONR, and Allison.

Lars Nielsen received his M.Sc. in engineering physics in 1979 and his Ph.D. degree in automatic control in 1985, both from Lund University.

He has taught at Linköping University since 1992, where he was appointed Sten Gustafsson chair in vehicular systems. Nielsen was the 2013 recipient of the Håkan Frisinger Award, a prize of the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations

Professor Nielsen’s main research interests are in automotive modeling, control, and diagnosis.

Dave Schaller, NACFE: “13 case studies on 13 different EV trucks” or “Commercial EV Trucks are Already Here” – Dave Schaller is the Industry Engagement Director for the NACFE. His responsibilities include interfacing with fleets and suppliers, writing reports, conducting workshops, giving presentations and running social media groups. Dave works closely with the drivers, fleets and sponsors for the Run on Less demonstrations. He holds an Electrical Engineering degree from the Purdue University and an MBA from Ball State University.

As a Navistar employee for 27 years, he held positions in production design, research, program management, dealer sales training, marketing, product line management, and strategic product planning. A marketing role allowed Dave to spend many days in truck stops, fleet offices and dealerships in five countries learning about what the industry desired and why. Dave holds five US patents, has written several SAE papers and numerous NACFE publications.

The North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE) is a non-profit group working to double the fuel economy of fleets. They research and publish Confidence Reports and Guidance Documents on over 80 technologies available to the industry. Their “Annual Fleet Fuel Study” reports on industry trends over the past decade and points the way to GHG Phase 2 compliance. Visit www.NACFE.org to see the many items available to keep you on top of the changes.

Workshop #2:
New Advances in Connected and Automated Vehicles, moderated by Qadeer Ahmed, PhD, The Ohio State University

Speakers

Ali Borhan, Cummins – “Impact of connected and automated technology on commercial vehicle performance”

Eeshan Deosthale, Motional – “Software in-loop tools to validate and verify automated features”

Vivek Mourlan, dSpace – “Verification and validation of AV functions- using MIL/SIL/HIL and in the vehicle”

Lars Nielsen received his M.Sc. in engineering physics in 1979 and his Ph.D. degree in automatic control in 1985, both from Lund University.

He has taught at Linköping University since 1992, where he was appointed Sten Gustafsson chair in vehicular systems. Nielsen was the 2013 recipient of the Håkan Frisinger Award, a prize of the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations

Professor Nielsen’s main research interests are in automotive modeling, control, and diagnosis.