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Welcome Letters

IDETC/CIE

18TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES (AVT)

The Vehicle Design Committee (VDC) promotes innovative analytical, com- Two awards (each with a $500 cash prize) have been selected based on
putational, and experimental investigations in the dynamics, control, and peer reviews and the award committee’s ranking from the paper submis-
design of full vehicle systems and subsystems. With the ever-increasing sions for this year’s conference. The winner of the AVT Conference Best
demands on driver and passenger safety, human-vehicle interaction, Paper Award is the paper IDETC2016-59092: Identification of the Critical
advanced driver assistance systems, and human behavior modeling/ Stiffness of Motorcycles in Static and Dynamic Conditions, by Alberto
simulation are also embedded into the technical spectrum of topics Doria and Luca Taraborrelli. The winner of the Student Best Paper Award is
addressed by the VDC. Our members perform fundamental research, the paper IDETC2016-59096: Optimization Algorithm Comparison for
applied research, and technology implementations for light and heavy In-Plane Flexible Ring Tire Model Parameter Identification, by Bin Li,
vehicle design, modeling, and validation. Xiaobo Yang, James Yang, Yunqing Zhang, and Zeyu Ma.

The VDC is pleased to welcome you to the 18th International Conference We hope you all enjoy the AVT Conference.
on Advanced Vehicle Technologies (AVT) held as part of the 2016 ASME
IDETC. This year, the AVT conference will consist of eight symposia for a

total of ten sessions in the areas of vehicle systems dynamics and control,
vehicle tire design and mechanics, vehicle safety and ergonomics, vehicle
systems development, vehicle electrification and powertrain design, light
vehicle and weight reduction, and military and commercial ground vehicle
development. Beshah Ayalew Lei Zuo

Conference Chair Program Chair
This year, the VDC is especially honored to host Dr. Dan Williams, Chief Clemson University Virginia Tech
Engineer of Advanced Engineering at ZF TRW for the William Milliken
Greenville, SC, United States Blacksburg, VA, United States
Lecture. His lecture is titled: “Active Suspensions: Future Lessons from the
Past.” We also have Dr. Saeed Barbat, Executive Leader for Safety of Ford beshah@clemson.edu leizuo@vt.edu
Motor Company as the keynote speaker. His keynote is titled: “Safety
Trends, Challenges, and Priorities.”

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