IEEE VTS VP–Conferences J. R. Cruz presented the Vehicular Technology Conference recognition awards to Dennis Roberson, General Chair; Oliver Holland, Technical Program Committee Chair; and Octavia Dobre and Miguel Sepulcre Ribes, Technical Program Committee Co-chairs.
J. R. Cruz and Dennis Roberson |
Miguel Sepulcre Ribes, J. R. Cruz, and Oliver Holland |
The Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference recognition awards were presented to General Chair João P. Trovão and General Co-chairs Sylvain Pagerit and Loïc Boulon.
Left to right: Sylvain Pagerit, J. R. Cruz, João P. Trovão, and Loïc Boulon.
The Best Overall VTC2018-Fall Paper went to Mario H. Castaneda Garcia, Marcin Iwanow, and Richard A. Stirling-Gallacher, all from Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH for their paper titled “LOS MIMO Design based on Multiple Optimum Antenna Separations,” The award was presented to Prajwal Keshavamurthy, who accepted the award on behalf of his colleagues.
J. R. Cruz and
Prajwal Keshavamurthy |
Left to right: Shihao Ju, Theodore S. Rappaport, Yunchou Xing and Ojas Kanhere |
The Best VTC2018-Fall Student Paper was awarded to Yunchou Xing, Ojas Kanhere, Shihao Ju, Theodore S. Rappaport and George R. MacCartney Jr. from New York University for their paper titled “Verification and Calibration of Antenna Cross-Polarization Discrimination and Penetration Loss for Millimeter Wave Communications”.
Javier Solano, VPPC 2018 Award Chair, presented the Vehicular Power & Propulsion Conference Best Paper Awards to two groups. The awards went to:
- Shima Nazari, Jason Siegel and Anna Stefanopoulou from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor for their work titled “Optimal Energy Management for a Hybrid Electric Vehicle with a Power Split Supercharger”
- Thanh Vo-Duy and Minh C. Ta, Centre for Technology Innovation – CTI, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam for their paper titled “Slip Ratio Estimation for Traction Control of Electric Vehicles”
Javier Solano and Shima Nazari |
Minh C. Ta (left), Javier Solano, and Thanh Vo-Duy |
A hearty congratulations to all of the award winners! |