MMAE Seminar - Dr. Carrie Hall - The Role of Control in Advanced Automotive Engines

Armour College of Engineering's Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering Department will welcome Dr. Carrie Hall, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology, on Wednesday, September 5th, to present her lecture, The Role of Control in Advanced Automotive Engines.

Abstract

Due to global energy concerns and regulations, automotive vehicles are becoming increasingly complex in order to be cleaner and more efficient. This growing complexity necessitates the development of more sophisticated vehicle control methodologies. One strategy for reducing fuel consumption in the transportation sector is to leverage more advanced combustion strategies on conventional internal combustion engines. Advanced combustion strategies provide a potential method for improving engine efficiency while simultaneously reducing harmful emissions. While these combustion modes can be highly efficient, they are more challenging to control and can encounter challenging cylinder-to-cylinder variations when implemented on multi-cylinder engines. This talk will explore advanced combustion engines and the control strategies being developed to make them viable for use in everyday applications.

Biography

Dr. Carrie Hall received her PhD in Engineering from Purdue in 2012 and has been an assistant professor in the Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering Department at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) since 2013. Her areas of interest include the development and control of advanced combustion modes, the implementation of alternative liquid and gaseous fuels, and the analysis and improvement of energy efficiency in transportation. Dr. Hall was a graduate research fellow of the National Science Foundation, and a Lambert Teaching Fellow at Purdue, as well as the recipient of the Chateaubriand Fellowship and the Laura Winkleman Davidson Fellowship for Doctoral Studies. Dr. Hall is also a recipient of a NSF CAREER award which funds her research on the control of dual fuel engines that leverage alternative fuels.