Call for Papers
Track 1: Off-Road Systems
Chair: Matt Hart, Wabtec Corp.
Co-Chair: Muni Biruduganti, Argonne National Laboratory
This track includes technical papers and presentations focused on off-road engines and engine systems. Contributions addressing industry relevant topics in rail, marine, small off-road vehicles, agriculture, compressor stations, power generation and mining, among others are welcomed. Topics of interest include:
Implementation of advanced ignition systems, novel combustion systems and diagnostics, emissions control, and other relevant technologies as applied to off-road engines.
Prototype testing results and real-world demonstrations of off-road engine systems.
Track 2: Fuels and Carbon Management
Chair: Hailin Li, West Virginia University
Co-Chair: Hunter Mack, University of Massachusetts Lowell
This track includes technical papers and presentations with emphasis on fuel utilization and fuel impacts on engines as well as carbon management of engine systems. Topics of interest include:
Sustainable fuel utilization in engines, including e-fuels, inorganic fuels, biofuels, and conventional petroleum fuels used in novel configurations.
Carbon management of engine systems including carbon capture and storage, low carbon fuels, and onboard conversion of exhaust carbon dioxide to other products.
Track 3: Advanced Combustion
Chair: Cosmin Dumitrescu, West Virginia University
Co-Chair: Gokul Vishwanathan, Propane Education & Research Council
This track includes technical papers and presentations focused on advanced combustion research for engines at all scales and for all applications. Papers addressing fundamental concepts and experiments in the following areas are welcome:
Fundamental aspects of IC engines, including engine thermodynamics, extreme compression, experimental engine fluid dynamics, etc.
Novel/advanced combustion regimes including HCCI, LTC, RCCI/dual fuel, GCI, etc.
Combustion diagnostics including in-cylinder laser-based and optical diagnostics and pressure-based methods
Track 4: Powertrain, Electrification, and Emissions Systems
Chair: Fabrizio Ponti, University of Bologna
Co-Chair: Richard Burke, University of Bath
Co-Chair: Shahrokh Etemad, Fairfield University
This track includes technical papers and presentations in the areas of internal combustion engines used in advanced powertrain configurations, electrification/hybridization strategies, and emissions control strategies. Topics of interest include:
Modeling and diagnostics for emissions and control systems including combustion modeling, sub-system modeling, hardware in the loop (HiL) models, sensor signal processing, and onboard modeling for diagnostics
Innovative testing equipment and methods including experimental emissions measurement, catalyst formulations, HiL applications, rapid control prototyping, and design of novel test rigs
Novel control strategies and calibration methods including advanced control and transient calibration methodologies
New engine sensing methodologies for emissions control, diagnostics and research applications including new sensors, catalyst aging, new applications of existing sensors, and sensors for production engines
Engine sub-systems including new actuators and/or sensors used as part of auxiliary systems
Powertrain electrification including engines operating within hybrid powertrains, engine design, development, and control for hybrid applications
Track 5: Fuel Injection and Sprays
Chair: Joshua Bittle, The University of Alabama
Co-Chair: Tiegang Fang, North Carolina State University
This track includes technical papers and presentations focused on engine fuel injection and sprays with the goal of expanding knowledge of the fuel spray evolution, mixing and combustion behavior. Topics of interest include fundamental simulation and experimental research in the areas of:
Reacting and non-reacting fuel sprays
Fundamental liquid breakup and atomization
Spray diagnostics development
Droplet phenomena and combustion
New or developing fuel injection technology
Track 6: Modeling and Simulation
Chair: Yuanjiang Pei, Aramco Americas
Co-Chair: Muhsin Ameen, Argonne National Laboratory
This track invites technical papers and presentations focused on advancing numerical modeling and simulation of internal combustion engines across various dimensions. Topics of interest include new developments and novel concepts related to:
Two-phase and Reacting Flow Modeling
Turbulence Modeling
Chemical Kinetics
Machine Learning
System-level Modeling Related to Engines
Track 7: Design, Lubrication, and Thermal Management
Chair: Dan Richardson, Cummins Inc.
Co-Chair: David Rutledge, Cummins Inc.
This track includes technical papers and presentations focused on engine design, mechanical development and thermal management of engines and subsystems. Topics of interest include:
Base engine mechanical systems including valvetrain, power cylinder, fuel system and turbomachinery
Thermal management of engine cooling and lubrication systems
