Center for Electrified & Automated Trucking
A NSF-sponsored Industry-University Cooperative Research Center
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Research at the Center for Electrified and Automated Trucking is conducted by an interdisciplinary team of researchers from Purdue University - Indianapolis, Indiana University - Indianapolis, 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
CEAT 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
CEAT Site Director, University of Memphis
Professor
Travel demand modeling, network investment decision making, transportation planning, economics, and the impact of disruptive technological innovations on transportation
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Cliff Campbell
Industry Liaison Officer
INDUSTRY LIAISON TEAM
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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Yaobin Chen
Professor, Purdue
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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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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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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Clayton Nicholas
Industry Research Development Specialist, IU
Automotive, Business Management
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Renran Tian
Assistant Professor, Purdue
Autonomous driving, cyber-human system, computational behavior modeling, cognitive psychology, data mining and machine learning
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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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