Dr. Lequesne moderating a panel on design of automotive systems for fault tolerance
Dr. Lequesne will be in Detroit, MI, in early June to moderate a panel at the ICPHM conference (International Conference on Prognostics and Health Management), organized by the IEEE Reliability Society. The panel is entitled: “Fail-safe and fault tolerant designs: Methodologies and examples in transportation”. It will discus both hardware and software aspects of the issue, one of paramount importance as we move to increasingly autonomous vehicles.
Dr. Lequesne filed a new patent application
Dr. Lequesne recently filed a patent application (assigned to one of his clients). If granted, it will be his 56th patent, all on electromagnetic or electromechanical devices, systems, and controls.
Paper presented at the IEEE Energy Conversion Conference and Exhibition (ECCE)
Dr. Lequesne presented a paper at ECCE last October. The paper, entitled “Frequency-Domain Analysis and Design of Thomson-Coil Actuators“, is part of a project with Eaton Corp. to develop effective DC circuit breakers for renewable energy and other DC grid applications. The paper presents a novel theory for Thomson-coil actuators, which consist of a conductive plate repulsed by a coil. The project is funded in part by the US Dept. of Energy (ARPA-E). A prototype was successfully built with as a target for the breaker to open 6kV at 1kA peak. The paper is under review for Transactions publication.
Dr. Lequesne panelist at IEEE IEMDC conference
Dr. Lequesne was an invited panelist at the IEEE IEMDC (International Electric Machines and Drives Conference), in May 2021. The subject of the panel was “Advances in land transportation”.
Dr. Lequesne elected to a second, two-year term as Chair, IEEE Transportation Electrification Community (2nd term, 2021-2022)
The IEEE Transportation Electrification Community coordinates all activities throughout the IEEE in the growing electrification revolution across transportation domains, including advances in electric and hybrid cars, more-electric ships and aircraft, rail systems, personal transport, and the motive, storage, power grid, electronic intelligence, and control technologies that make them possible. Creates leadership, professional development, standards development, and other opportunities for practitioners, researchers, students, and all IEEE members interested in electric transportation.