The
2007 International
Future Energy ChallengeTM
Sponsored by
the IEEE Power
Electronics Society, and
the Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA).
January
22, 2008
Awards
Recognition
The 2007 IFEC Awards Recognition
is planned for the 2008 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference
(APEC’08), February 24-28, 2008, in
September
24, 2007
2007
IFEC Awards Announced
We have concluded the 2007 final
competition. Congratulations to the following winners.
Topic
A:
·
Outstanding Performance Award (for $7,000)
– Federal University of Mato
Grosso do
·
Outstanding Engineering Achievement Award (for
$5,000) –
·
PSMA Outstanding Innovation Award (for $5,000)
–
·
Outstanding Undergraduate Educational Impact
Award (for $2,500) –
·
Outstanding Teamwork Award (for $2,500) –
·
Outstanding Technical Presentation Award (for
$2,500) – Institute for Power
Electronics and Electrical Drives of the RWTH
·
Outstanding Technical Report Award (for $2,500)
– Virginia Tech,
Topic
B:
·
Outstanding
Educational Impact and Undergraduate Teamwork Award (for $8,000) –
·
Performance
Achievement Award (for $5,000) –
·
Innovation
Award (for $3,000) –
·
Outstanding
Presentation/Report Award (for $3,000) –
The 2007 IFEC Awards Recognition is planned for the 2008
IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC’08), February 24-28,
2008, in
August
8, 2007
Official
Notice to Topic A Teams
1. All Topic A teams are expected to ship their
hardware to the test site. Please arrange for delivery by Friday, August
17, 2007 (international teams who cannot achieve this deadline may use Monday
August 20). Teams that elect to hand-carry their hardware will compete at
the discretion of the judges, but will receive a penalty.
The shipping address for Topic A is:
Troy Wolford
Texas Instruments
12500 TI Blvd
MS 8709
+1-214-480-4141
E-mail: t-wolford@ti.com
Please mark the shipments with "FOR IEEE BATTERY CHARGER COMPETITION"
and follow the safety rules of your shipping company.
2. We are working on transportation between the hotel and the event site
July
23, 2007
Topic
B Final Event
For accommodation , please try to make reservation at :
Holiday Inn,
Chicago North Shore (SKOKIE)
5300 West Touhy Ave
Skokie , IL 60077
Which is located in close proximity of the MPC products.
For testing purposes please make sure that your hardware does not require additional power supplies/parts, etc. However, I have been informed that MPC products will provide a small power supply (0-5V)& (0-15V).
July 5, 2007
Topic A Final Event
All teams attending the final events (Topic A) must complete the team information form at the end of the announcement file and send it via email to Prof. Krein with a copy to Prof. Emadi (emadi@iit.edu) as soon as possible (deadline: Monday, July 9, 2007).
Please note that we will announce the final events of Topic B soon.
June 29, 2007
Updated list of finalists forTopic A of the 2007 International Future Energy Challenge:
- Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology , Bangladesh
- Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul , Brazil
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology , China
- Monash University , Australia
- University of Texas at Arlington , USA
- Virginia Tech, USA
- University of Central Florida , USA
Semi-Finalists:
- Institute for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives of the RWTH Aachen , Germany , and Institute for Automation of the University of Applied Sciences Cologne (FH Köln), Germany
- Seoul National University of Technology , Korea
- University of Peradeniya , Sri Lanka
- University of Wisconsin , USA
Finalist teams should prepare their hardware and be ready for final test events in Dallas , Texas , the week of August 20, 2007. Finalists are eligible for all IFEC awards.
Semi-finalist teams are encouraged to submit a final report and present their work at the final events. Semi-finalists are eligible for written and oral report awards.
June 24, 2007
Announcement and Travel Support for the Final Competition
Please note that all administrative issues and questions should be directed to the Competition Chair with a copy to the appropriate Topic Coordinator. All technical questions should be directed to the appropriate Topic Coordinator with a copy to the Competition Chair.
Limited travel funding will be available for the finalist teams to attend the final competition. Participating finalist teams travel expenses will be reimbursed up to the limit of $1,000 for U.S. teams and $2,000 for non-U.S. teams. After the final competition, each team should submit original receipts to the 2007 IFEC Chair (Dr. Ali Emadi) in order to be reimbursed. Please note that there will be no advance payments. There are several guidelines regarding this funding. It may not be used for faculty travel. Only those students working toward their first degree are eligible.
May 25, 2007
Topic B of the 2007 International Future Energy Challenge
- University of Colorado at Boulder and IIT-Dehli
- University of Padova , Italy
- University of South Carolina and University of Nebraska
The finalists are required to have their Hardware arrived at MPC products on or before August 15, 2007, so the necessary arrangements and mounting process can take place in time. It is also important to make sure that the setup is in compliance with the required Nema standard and previous mounting recommendations announced on the website. If there are any pending questions in this regard please contact the Topic B chair for clarification.
May 16, 2007
Topic A of the 2007 International Future Energy Challenge:
- Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology , Bangladesh
- Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul , Brazil
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology , China
- Monash University , Australia
- University of Texas at Arlington , USA
Semi-Finalists:
- Institute for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives of the RWTH Aachen , Germany , and Institute for Automation of the University of Applied Sciences Cologne (FH Köln), Germany
- Seoul National University of Technology , Korea
- University of Peradeniya , Sri Lanka
Finalist teams should prepare their hardware and be ready for final test events in Dallas , Texas , the week of August 20, 2007. Finalists are eligible for all IFEC awards.
Semi-finalist teams are encouraged to submit a final report and present their work at the final events. Semi-finalists are eligible for written and oral report awards.
April 27, 2007
Topic A: Guidelines for Topic A teams
April 27, 2007
Topic A: Connector description
March 26, 2007
Topic B Test Procedure Announced
Click here to download a Word document explaining the final test procedure
March 19, 2007
Topic A Final Competition Tentative Agenda Announced
Monday 8/20
8:00 AM Continental breakfast
8:45 AM Welcome by TI
Welcome by FEC organizers
Introduction of judges
Break
Initial safety inspections
Initial operating checks (no load power and other non-charging data)
Lunch in the TI Cafeteria
Testing: two test cells (Li-ion and NI/other) and one conference room. Two teams tested in cell 1, two in cell 2, 3 to give their
final presentations
Informal dinner event; two teams on overnight test
Tuesday 8/21
Continental breakfast
Two teams in cell 1, two in cell 2, 3 to give final presentations
Lunch
Two teams in cell 1, two in cell 2, 3 to give final presentations
Dinner on own. Two teams on overnight test.
Wednesday 8/22
Continental breakfast
Two teams in cell 1, two in cell 2, possible press events
Lunch
Slack time in case extra tests are needed
Dinner -- formal banquet with invited speakers and guests
Two teams on overnight reliability
Thursday 8/23
Continental breakfast
Open forum with judges, initial feedback (not final results)
Clean up
Departure
February 15, 2007
IFEC’07 Workshop Agenda Annouced
December 15, 2006
IFEC’07 Workshop Announcement
Disneyland® Hotel
1150 Magic Way
Anaheim , California 92802
USA
IFEC’07 participating teams are expected to attend the workshop and present their progress. At least one member of each team should attend this workshop and present.
The workshop for Topic A teams will be held in the morning and afternoon of Sunday, February 25, 2007. The workshop for Topic B teams will be held in the afternoon of Sunday, February 25, 2007. The workshop will focus on the 2007 event, including an overview of the specifications and testing that will be performed, technical concerns of participants, and safety. There will also be guest speakers from industry to discuss the latest innovations in power electronics and motor drives. A representative from each team will give a brief overview of their team and technical progress. Workshop agenda and details will be communicated to the teams by the topic coordinators in January 2007.
Limited travel funding will be available. Participating teams travel expenses will be reimbursed up to the limit of $1,000 for U.S. teams and $1,800 for non-U.S. teams. After the workshop, each team should submit original receipts to the 2007 IFEC secretary (Ms. Lee Myers) in order to be reimbursed. Please note that there will be no advance payments. There are several guidelines regarding this funding. It may not be used for faculty travel. Only those students working toward their first degree are eligible. The recipient must make a presentation at the workshop describing the efforts and deliverables described in the proposal. Please note that the participating teams are not required to attend the APEC’07 conference sessions. However, if they would like to attend the conference sessions as well, they must register for APEC’07 at http://www.apec-conf.org/.
October 11, 2006
Topic A teams informed of acceptance into the competition
- Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology , Bangladesh
- Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul , Brazil
- HuaZhong University of Science and Technology , China
- Institute for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives of the RWTH Aachen , Germany , and Institute for Automation of the University of Applied Sciences Cologne (FH Köln), Germany
- Monash University , Australia
- Seoul National University of Technology , Korea
- Texas A&M University , USA
- University of Central Florida , USA
- University of Peradeniya , Sri Lanka
- University of Texas-Arlington , USA
- University of Wisconsin-Madison , USA
- Virginia Tech, USA
Congratulations to all accepted teams.
October 1, 2006
Topic B teams informed of acceptance into the competition.
Topic A teams will be informed of acceptance into the competition in the second week of October.
- Consortia of the University of Colorado at Boulder Electrical and Computer Engineering Department , USA , and the Indian Institute of Technology at Delhi Electrical Engineering (Power), India
- Sharif University of Technology , Iran
- University of Padova , Italy
- University of South Carolina , USA , and University of Nebraska at Lincoln , USA
Congratulations to all accepted teams.
Please note that Topic A (Universal Adapting Battery Charger) teams will be informed of acceptance into the competition in the second week of October.
September 20, 2006
Updated Topic Descriptions Announced
About the 2007 International Future Energy Challenge
Topic (A) Universal Adapting Battery Charger: An efficient battery charger power supply capable of adapting to a range of applications. The requirement is a small plug-in power supply capable of automatically charging a wide range of battery configurations. This would reduce the needs for battery-charging devices in a typical home from several to as few as one.
Topic (B) Integrated Starter/Alternator-Motor Drive for Automotive Applications: The main purpose of this challenge is to conceptualize, design, and develop a 3 kW, 4000 rpm electromechanical energy converter for operating efficiently (not less than 75% at cruising speed) as an alternator and motor. It is also desired to have a (cold) stand still torque of 80 N-m, for duration of 3 to 5 seconds, to accommodate the starter requirement.
Participation is on a proposal basis. Those schools that are interested must submit a proposal no later than September 18, 2006. Each university is limited to only one topic area. Schools with successful proposals will be notified by October 1, 2006. Student teams will then carry out the work and prepare hardware prototypes and reports. Mid-progress reports are due February 19, 2007. Final progress reports are due May 1, 2007. By May 15, 2007, the judging panel will select a group of teams as Finalists. These teams will be invited to a competition event that will begin August 20, 2007. A final report will be due at the competition event. Prizes totaling at least $50K are expected to be awarded. Major sponsor of the 2007 competition is the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS).
The Request for Proposal (RFP) is linked here in PDF and Microsoft Word formats.
Version History
1/22/2008 Awards recognition
9/24/2007 Award announced
8/13/2007 Announcement from 8/8 added to the page
7/23/2007 Final event for Topic B announced
7/05/2007 Final event for Topic A announced
6/29/2007 Travel support for final, updated list for Topic A
5/25/2007 Finalists for Topic B announced
5/16/2007 Finalists for Topic A announced
4/27/2007 two updates for Topic A
3/26/2007 Topic B final test instructions
3/21/2007 update on Final competition agenda
2/16/2007 Agenda for workshop announced
12/15/06 Workshop at APEC announced
10/11/06 Topic A teams list
10/02/06 New announcement: Topic B teams selected, added new sponsor
9/20/06 Updated Topic description added
6/6/2006 Announcement of 2007 competition published on-line
This page was original hosted through the courtesy of the Grainger Center for Electric Machinery and Electromechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
