BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/St_Johns BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0430 TZOFFSETTO:-0330 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:NDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0330 TZOFFSETTO:-0430 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:NST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T235546Z UID:4F12C497-C00C-4F2D-AF6B-ED943361DE7F DTSTART;TZID=America/St_Johns:20260317T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/St_Johns:20260317T163000 DESCRIPTION:About the Talk\n\nToday\, most gains in powertrain fuel economy come from optimizing energy consumption within the powertrain itself. How ever\, these approaches have nearly reached their maximum potential. With the emergence of autonomous driving technologies\, a new opportunity arise s to further enhance powertrain efficiency by extending optimization beyon d the vehicle’s hardware. By co‑optimizing speed and energy\, transpor tation systems can become significantly smarter and more efficient. Identi fying the optimal balance between travel speed and energy use allows vehic les to reduce fuel or electricity consumption with minimal impact on trave l time. This synergy lowers operating costs\, increases driving range\, an d reduces environmental footprint. Across applications—from public trans it to freight logistics—joint speed‑energy optimization leads to smoot her operations\, improved reliability\, and more sustainable movement of p eople and goods\, all while preserving high performance where it matters m ost.\n\nAbout the Speaker\n\nSOUSSO KELOUWANI\nProfessor\, Department of M echanical Engineering | Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières\nNOOVELI A Chair Intelligent Navigation Industrial Vehicles\nSenior Member\, IEEE\n \nDr. Kelouwani received the Ph.D. degree in robotics systems from École Polytechnique de Montréal in 2011. He completed his Postdoctoral Internsh ip on fuel cell hybrid electric vehicles with Université du Québec à Tr ois-Rivières (UQTR) in 2012. He developed expertise in the optimization a nd the intelligent control of vehicular applications.\n\nHe has been a Ful l Professor of Mechatronics with the Department of Mechanical Engineering since 2017\, and a member of the Hydrogen Research Institute. He holds fou r patents in U.S. and Canada. He has published more than 100 scientific ar ticles. His research interests include optimizing energy systems for vehic le applications\, advanced driver assistance techniques\, and intelligent vehicle navigation taking into account Canadian climatic conditions.\n\nHe is the Canada Research Chair of Energy Optimization of Intelligent Transp ort Systems and the Divel Research Chair of Intelligent Navigation of Auto nomous Industrial Vehicles.\n\nHe was a Co-President and a President of th e Technical Committee of the IEEE International Conferences on Vehicular P ower and Propulsion in Chicago\, USA\, in 2018\, and Hanoi\, Vietnam\, in 2019.\n\nAwards & Recognition\n\nHe is the Winner of the Canada General Go vernor Gold Medal\, in 2003\, and a member of the Order of Engineers of Qu ebec. In 2019\, his team received the First Innovation Prize in partnershi p with DIVEL\, awarded by the Association des Manufacturiers de la Maurici e et Center-du-Québec for the development of an autonomous and natural na vigation systems. In 2017\, he received the Environment Prize from the Gal a des Grands Prix d'excellence en transport\, the Association québécoise du Transport (AQTr)\, for the development of hydrogen range extenders for electric vehicles.\n\nEvent Details\n\n📅 Date: Tuesday\, March 17\, 20 26\n\n🕞 Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM\n\n📍 Location: Engineering Lounge (EN) 4000\, St. John's Campus\, Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN)\ n\nAttendance is free of charge and open to all. Students\, researchers\, engineers\, and professionals are welcome to join either in person or onli ne. The virtual meeting link will be provided exclusively to registered pa rticipants on the day of the event. RSVP is required to attend. Please con firm your attendance in advance to secure your spot.\n\nRoom: 4000 (Lounge )\, Bldg: Engineering\, St. John's Campus\, Memorial University of Newfoun dland (MUN)\, St. John's\, Newfoundland and Labrador\, Canada\, Virtual: h ttps://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/546991 LOCATION:Room: 4000 (Lounge)\, Bldg: Engineering\, St. John's Campus\, Memo rial University of Newfoundland (MUN)\, St. John's\, Newfoundland and Labr ador\, Canada\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/546991 ORGANIZER:elif.ak@mun.ca SEQUENCE:59 SUMMARY:Toward Global Optimization of Energy for Low Carbon Footprint Power train URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/546991 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><h2 class="text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold">About the Talk</h2>\n<p class="font-claude-response-body break -words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">Today\, most gains in powertrain f uel economy come from optimizing energy consumption within the powertrain itself. However\, these approaches have nearly reached their maximum poten tial. With the emergence of autonomous driving technologies\, a new opport unity arises to further enhance powertrain efficiency by extending optimiz ation beyond the vehicle&rsquo\;s hardware. By co‑optimizing speed and e nergy\, transportation systems can become significantly smarter and more e fficient. Identifying the optimal balance between travel speed and energy use allows vehicles to reduce fuel or electricity consumption with minimal impact on travel time. This synergy lowers operating costs\, increases dr iving range\, and reduces environmental footprint. Across applications&mda sh\;from public transit to freight logistics&mdash\;joint speed‑energy o ptimization leads to smoother operations\, improved reliability\, and more sustainable movement of people and goods\, all while preserving high perf ormance where it matters most.</p>\n<h2 class="text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 te xt-base font-bold">About <span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">the</span> Speaker</h2>\n<p><strong>SOUSSO KELOUWANI &nbsp\;</strong><br>Professor\, Department of Mechanical Engineering | Universit&eacute\; du Qu&eacute\;be c &agrave\; Trois-Rivi&egrave\;res<br>NOOVELIA Chair Intelligent Navigatio n Industrial Vehicles<br>Senior Member\, IEEE</p>\n<p class="font-claude-r esponse-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">Dr. Kelouwani re ceived the Ph.D. degree in robotics systems from &Eacute\;cole Polytechniq ue de Montr&eacute\;al in 2011. He completed his Postdoctoral Internship o n fuel cell hybrid electric vehicles with Universit&eacute\; du Qu&eacute\ ;bec &agrave\; Trois-Rivi&egrave\;res (UQTR) in 2012. He developed experti se in the optimization and the intelligent control of vehicular applicatio ns.</p>\n<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">He has been a Full Professor of Mechatronics with the Depa rtment of Mechanical Engineering since 2017\, and a member of the Hydrogen Research Institute. He holds four patents in U.S. and Canada. He has publ ished more than 100 scientific articles. His research interests include op timizing energy systems for vehicle applications\, advanced driver assista nce techniques\, and intelligent vehicle navigation taking into account Ca nadian climatic conditions.</p>\n<p class="font-claude-response-body break -words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">He is the Canada Research Chair of Energy Optimization of Intelligent Transport Systems and the Divel Resear ch Chair of Intelligent Navigation of Autonomous Industrial Vehicles.</p>\ n<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading -[1.7]">He was a Co-President and a President of the Technical Committee o f the IEEE International Conferences on Vehicular Power and Propulsion in Chicago\, USA\, in 2018\, and Hanoi\, Vietnam\, in 2019.</p>\n<h3 class="f ont-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]"><str ong>Awards &amp\; Recognition</strong></h3>\n<p class="font-claude-respons e-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">He is the Winner of th e Canada General Governor Gold Medal\, in 2003\, and a member of the Order of Engineers of Quebec. In 2019\, his team received the First Innovation Prize in partnership with DIVEL\, awarded by the Association des Manufactu riers de la Mauricie et Center-du-Qu&eacute\;bec for the development of an autonomous and natural navigation systems. In 2017\, he received the Envi ronment Prize from the Gala des Grands Prix d'excellence en transport\, th e Association qu&eacute\;b&eacute\;coise du Transport (AQTr)\, for the dev elopment of hydrogen range extenders for electric vehicles.</p>\n<h2>Event Details</h2>\n<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace- normal leading-[1.7]">📅&nbsp\;<strong>Date:</strong> Tuesday\, March 17 \, 2026</p>\n<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-no rmal leading-[1.7]">🕞&nbsp\;<strong>Time:</strong>&nbsp\;3:30 PM &ndash \; 4:30 PM</p>\n<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace -normal leading-[1.7]">📍&nbsp\;<strong>Location:</strong> Engineering L ounge &nbsp\;(EN) 4000\, St. John's Campus\, Memorial University of Newfou ndland (MUN)</p>\n<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespa ce-normal leading-[1.7]">Attendance is free of charge and open to all. Stu dents\, researchers\, engineers\, and professionals are welcome to join ei ther in person or online. The virtual meeting link will be provided exclus ively to registered participants on the day of the event. <strong>RSVP is required to attend.</strong> Please confirm your attendance in advance to secure your spot.</p>\n<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whi tespace-normal leading-[1.7]"><img src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vto ols_ui/media/display/6e1bfeed-307a-46c7-b5f5-3f656751900b" width="957" hei ght="638"></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR