Center for Freight & Logistics Efficiency with Electrified & Automated Trucking
A NSF-sponsored Industry-University Cooperative Research Center
Research at the Center for Freight & Logistics Efficiency with Electrified & Automated Trucking, the FLEET Center is conducted by an interdisciplinary team of researchers from Purdue University and the University of Memphis with expertise in the areas of electrification, autonomous operation, supply-chain and human elements in freight and logistics.
LEADERSHIP TEAM
Razi Nalim
FLEET Center Director, Purdue University
Professor of Mechanical Energy Engineering, Associate Dean for Research
Vehicle powertrains, propulsion systems, IC engines, emissions controls, pressure-gain combustion, thermodynamics, energy systems, heat transfer, non-steady fluid dynamics, engineering education, aerodynamics
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Sabya Mishra
FLEET Center Site Director, University of Memphis
Professor of Civil Engineering
Travel demand modeling, network investment decision making, transportation planning, economics, and the impact of disruptive technological innovations on transportation
901-678-5043
Cliff Campbell
Greg Shaver
FLEET Center Managing Director, Purdue University
Industry Liaison Officer
FLEET Center Deputy Site Director, Purdue University
Cyber-physical systems design, continuous
process systems design, electromagnetic
integration & systems test development
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Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Model-based system and control design
of commercial vehicle power trains, Connected
and automated commercial vehicles, Internal
combustion engine & after-treatment system
design and controls
765-491-6052
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Yaobin Chen
Co-PI, Purdue University
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Modeling, optimization, simulation and control of complex systems (advanced automotive systems, energy systems; distributed power generation systems, biological systems, health care delivery systems); computation intelligence and its applications
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Clayton Nicholas
Co-PI, Indiana University
Industry Research Development Specialist, IU
Automotive, Business Management
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RESEARCH TEAM
Hasan Ali
Associate Professor, UoM
Smart grid/micro-grid control, cybersecurity issues, 5G technology, data analytics, electric vehicle charging, loads forecasting and scheduling in smart building, and renewable energy systems
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Mehdi Amini
Professor, UoM
Supply chain design, status of corporate sustainablility
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Sohel Anwar
Professor, Purdue
Advanced diagnostics and management of large capacity batteries, novel sensor development and data fusion, electrified powertrains / sustainable mobility systems​
Mark Frohlich
Associate Professor, IU
E-business, operations strategy, supply chain strategies
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Mihalis Golias
Professor, UoM
Maritime and freight transportation, physical network vulnerability, capital/
operational resource allocation for network improvements, and multi-level multi-criteria decision making
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Alex Headley
Assistant Professor, UoM
Expanding the use of alternative energy sources by researching innovative ways of designing and controlling energy systems for the electric grid and beyond
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Subash Jha
Associate Professor, UofM
Consumer knowledge in haptic information processing, Workforce
Development in Commercial Vehicles
& Freight Transport
Lingxi Li
Associate Professor, Purdue
Modeling, analysis, control, and optimization of complex systems, advanced driver assistance systems, connected and automated vehicles, intelligent transportation systems, discrete event dynamic systems, human-machine interaction, and digital twins and parallel intelligence
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Lantao Liu
Associate Professor, IU
Autonomy and intelligence of robotic systems, autonomous navigation, environmental/infrastructure monitoring, search and rescue, smart transportation
Scott Sudoff
Professor, Purdue
Power electronics, electromechanical devices, power electronics based power distribution and propulsion systems, evolutionary optimization, power magnetics, applied control, marine engineering
Andres Tovar
Associate Professor, Purdue
Topology optimization,
Bayesian optimization,
additive manufacturing,
compostable plastics,
crashworthiness and blast mitigation
Myounggyu Won
Assistant Professor, UoM
Cyber physical systems, mobile computing, intelligent transportation systems
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Jian Xie
Professor, Purdue
Nano-structural materials, advanced batteries, fuel cells, gas physical adsorption for hydrogen/carbon dioxide storage
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Jing Zhang
Associate Professor, Purdue
Additive manufacturing using directed energy deposition, machine learning in additive manufacturing, thermo-mechanical design optimization
Jiang Zheng
Professor, Purdue
Perception modeling, vehicular interaction prediction, Ai deep learning