{"454581":{"#nid":"454581","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Automotive Electronics Industry Consortium Workshop @ GT","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech PRC currently has a large industry consortium involving about 50 global supply chain manufacturing and user companies from the U.S., Europe, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Its current focus is in digital, RF, Power and Photonics \u2013 all enabled by its leading-edge research in 11 core areas that include: 1) electrical, mechanical and thermal design, 2) nano and micro materials, 3) devices, 4) electronic substrates, 5) photonic substrates, 6) high-temp electronics, 7) power electronics, 8) sensing electronics, 9) RF and mm-wave electronics, 10) EMI design and materials, and 11) interconnections and assembly.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech automotive industry partners include BMW, GM and Ford, to date. Additional R\u0026amp;D collaborations are underway with Mercedes Benz, Ferrari, Honda, and Toyota in many areas that include hybrid vehicle R\u0026amp;D, internal component design, communication-vehicle interactions, automated driving, driver-assist, human-robot interactions and in environmental impacts.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECurrent automotive-related faculty expertise at Georgia Tech include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAdvanced MEMS and Sensors for Automotive Systems \u2013 Prof. Oliver Brand and Prof. Klaus Wolter\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESensor Arrays for Media Sensing \u2013 Prof. Peter Hesketh\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMeta Materials for Advanced Vibration Sensing \u2013 Prof. Michael Leamy\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EReliability, Prognostic and Condition Monitoring \u2013 Prof. Suresh Sitaraman and Prof. Maryam Saeedifard\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EWBG Power Devices and Modules \u2013 Prof. Depak Divan and Prof. Russ Dupuis\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EHigh-temperature Drivers \u2013 Prof. John Cressler\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EElectrical Design \u2013Prof. Madhavan Swaminathan\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThermal Management \u2013 Prof. Yogendra Joshi and Prof. Samuel Graham\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EHigh-temperature Molding Materials \u2013 Prof. CP Wong\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EHigh-bandwidth Photonics \u2013 Prof. GK Chang\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EGlass-based Digital Packages \u2013 Dr. Venky Sundaram\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ERF and Power components and modules \u2013 Dr. Raj Pulugurtha\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECu Interconnections Without Solders \u2013 Dr. Vanessa Smet\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EIntegrated Systems \u2013 Prof. Rao Tummala\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe intent of the workshop is to share proposed R\u0026amp;D projects and get feedback from companies interested in joining the consortium.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech proposes to extend its current industry consortium in digital, photonic, RF, and power electronics to include the emerging automotive electronics such as autonomous driving, all-electric cars, high-power and high-temperature electronics involving many inter-disciplinary Georgia Tech Faculty in four strategic areas that include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E1.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Communication Electronics\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E2.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Sensors and MEMS Electronics\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E3.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; High-temperature Electronics\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E4.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; High-power Electronics\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech Proposes to launch an Industry Consortium to address challenges in the emerging automotive electronics such as autonomous driving, all-electric cars, high power and high-temperature electronics."}],"uid":"27850","created_gmt":"2015-10-01 15:14:04","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:14:06","author":"Karen May","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2015-10-16T10:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2015-10-16T17:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2015-10-16T17:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2015-10-16 14:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2015-10-16 21:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2015-10-16 21:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":["free_food"],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"197261","name":"Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"213791","name":"3D Systems Packaging Research Center"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"136711","name":"3D Packaging"},{"id":"4127","name":"PRC"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"},{"id":"26411","name":"Training\/Workshop"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMs. Patricia Allen\u003Cbr \/\u003E(404) 894-9097\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:patricia.allen@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Epatricia.allen@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E351 MaRC\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}