2022 TSC Prize Paper Awards:
Recommended by the TSC award sub-committee, the following three papers are recognized for this year’s prize paper awards:
First Prize Paper:
Paper Title: Impact of Current Profiling for NVH Mitigation on Switched Reluctance Machine Drive Accessories,
Authors: Shuvajit Das(1), Anik Chowdhury(1), Md Ehsanul Haque(1), Md Tawhid Bin Tarek(1), Yilmaz Sozer(1), David Colavincenzo(2), Fernando Venegas(2) and Jeffrey Geither(2)
Affiliations: (1) University of Akron, USA (2) Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, USA
Second Prize Paper:
Paper Title: DAB Converter with Trapezoidal Wave Heating Capability for Lithium-Ion Battery of Electric Vehicles,
Authors: Yuta Sasama and Masatoshi Uno,
Affiliation: Ibaraki University, Ibaraki, Japan
Third Prize Paper:
Paper Title: Electrical Insulation Design and Qualification of a SiC-based Generator-Rectifier Unit (GRU) for High-Altitude Operation,
Authors: Lakshmi Ravi(1), Jiewen Hu(1), Xingchen Zhao(1), Dong Dong(1), Rolando Burgos(1), Sriram Chandrasekaran(2), Saeed Alipour(2) and Richard Eddins(3),
Affiliations: (1) Virginia Tech, USA (2) Raytheon Technologies, USA (3) GE Aviation, USA
The Transportation Systems Prize Paper Awards recognizes the best Transportation Systems Committee (TSC) papers published in the ECCE 2021 Transportation Applications Track (i.e., Track D). The papers with highest digest review scores are added to the pool for award review. They are reviewed by the award sub-committee, and the papers with highest score are selected. We would like to thank the award sub-committee Chair Dr. John Kisacikoglu and all the sub-committee members for their hard work. The award sub-committee members for this year include:
• Dr. John Kisacikoglu (Chair)
• Dr. Bilal Akin, University of Texas at Dallas
• Dr. Hassan Eldeeb, BorgWarner Inc.
• Dr. Rakib Islam, American Axle & Manufacturing
• Dr. Mehdi Farasat, Louisiana State University
• Dr. Subrata Saha, Aisin Corporation
The awards will be presented at the TSC meeting in Detroit during the ECCE on Oct. 11, 2022.
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Prize Paper Awards-2020
(Papers presented at ECCE 2019, Baltimore, MD)
IEEE IAS Transportation Systems Committee
First Prize:
Paper ID: 19004;
Paper Title: “Reduction of AM Radio Noise of VVVF Inverter for Rolling Stock and the Simulation Model of the Noise Current”
Authors: Satoshi Azuma, Daisuke Itoh, Takahito Ishida, Kengo Sugahara and Shigeo Morimoto;
Affiliation: Mitsubishi Electric Corp, Kindai University, Osaka Prefecture University
Second Prize:
Paper ID: 19327;
Paper Title: “Study on Parasitic Capacitances Effect in High Power Inductive Power Transfer System”
Authors: Ying Mei, Jiande Wu, Hua Zhang, Fei Lu and Xiangning He;
Affiliation: Zhejiang University, Drexel University
Third Prize:
Paper ID: 19406;
Paper Title: “Development of a 100kW SiC Switched Tank Converter for Automotive Applications”
Authors: Ze Ni, Yanchao Li, Chengkun Liu, Mengxuan Wei and Dong Cao;
Affiliation: North Dakota State University
Congratulations to all authors for this great achievement! The Prize Winners will be recognized at the 2020 IAS Transportation Systems Committee virtual meeting scheduled for October 17, 2020.
Dr. Mohammad Anwar,
Vice-Chair IEEE-IAS
Transportation Systems Committee