Future Mobility Lab

Francis Assadian brings vehicle dynamics expertise to new $7M Department of Transportation project

October 14, 2019

Posted by Noah A Pflueger-Peters

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering professor Francis Assadian is a co-PI on a $7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to study cooperative automated vehicles (CAVs) in rural and multimodal environments. Led by at Texas A&M University, the four-year project titled, “AVA: Automated Vehicles for All” involves collaborators at George Washington University, General Motors, NVIDIA and National Instruments.

Research

Vehicle Dynamics and Active Chassis

 

Alternative and Hybrid Powertrain

 

Dynamic System Modelling

 

Applied Advanced Controls

 

Energy Optimization

 

System Integration

 

Testing

 

Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Vehicle Dynamic Modelling and Control