Agenda

8:40-8:45

Platinum Sponsor Session
(AVL)

8:45-9:30

Keynote: Electrification Thermal Development: Opportunities and Challenges
(Dr. Yangbing Zeng - Technical Fellow, Electrochemistry & Battery Thermal - General Motors Corp.)

10:00-10:20

Multi-Scale Design of a Battery Thermal Management System (Aziz Abdellahi - Siemens Digital Industries Software)

Simulation-Based Electromagnetic Design and Thermal Analysis of Electric Machines
(Issah Ibrahim - MAYA HTT)

High Fidelity Physics-Based Electromagnetics Simulation of Radar and Vehicle-to-Vehicle Connectivity Systems for Autonomous Vehicles (Ushe Chipengo - Ansys, Inc.)

1​0:20-10:40

Development of an Extended Single Particle Model of a Hi Power Lithium Ion Battery
(Phillip Aquino - Honda Development & Manufacturing of America)

Optimization of a High-Power Electric Traction Machine
(Adarsh Elango - ESTECO North America, Inc.)

ADAS Calibration Optimization by Deep Neural Networks
(Jaimin Bai - Ford Motor Co.)

10:40-11:00

Conjugate Heat Transfer Analysis of a Cold Plate Cooled Battery Pack for Electric Vehicles Using CFD
(Xiaofeng Yang - General Motors Corp.)

A Scalable System Modeling Approach for Electric Powertrains
(John Batteh - Modelon, Inc.)

Edge Case Analysis in Adverse Weather Conditions Taking Into Account Sensor Degradation
(Simona Ottaiano - Siemens Industry Software NV)

1​1:00-11:20

Combining 1D and 3D Multi-Physics Modeling Methodologies for Thermal Runaway Propagation Analysis (Joe Wimmer - Gamma Technologies)

Digital Transformation of CAE Results Processing, Sharing, and Review in the Context of Automotive Electrification
(Prasad Mandava - Visual Collaboration Technologies, Inc.)

Simulation of Real-World Events for ADAS - PCA Feature Validation
(Abhay Bhivare - Ford Motor Co.)

12:30-1:15

Keynote: Deploying World-Class Simulation across Ford Software-Defined Vehicles
(Dr. Justyna Zander - Director ADAS Simulation - Ford Motor Co.)

2:05-2:25

Optimization of an Electric Machine Cooling System
(Simon Gomboc - AVL Slovenia d.o.o.)

e-PowerTrain Electric Motor Gear Analysis
(Tom Oetjens - Dimensional Control Systems, Inc.)

V&V Best Practices and Solutions for Building Safe Autonomous Systems
(Kenny Hoang – Applied Intuition)

2:25-2:45

A Fast and Intelligent Physics Informed Machine Learning Model for Optimizing the Locations of Sensors to Prevent Thermal Runaway in Lithium-Ion Batteries (Juan Betts - Front End Analytics LLC)

Methods for Structural Durability Simulations and Vibration Fatigue in Electric Vehicles
(Jon Aldred - HBM Prenscia nCode)

CFD Simulation of Ram Air to Protect AV Sensor During Rain
(Navvab Khajehosseini - Ford Motor Co.)

3:15-4:45

Panel Discussion: Simulation Solutions: Opportunities and Challenges for the Effective Delivery of Automotive Electrification and Autonomous Technologies
(Mario Felice – NAFEMS Council & virsolTech Engineering Consulting, LLC)