Speakers Lined Up for the
2020 CAAT Conference!
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Preparing Technicians for Autonomous Technologies
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Friday, May 8, 2020
Macomb Community College
Center Campus, Clinton Twp
University Center
Assembly Hall
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The
2020 CAAT Conference will be held on
Friday, May 8 at Macomb Community College in
Clinton Township, MI. Save the date now to be sure you don't miss this popular and free automotive conference!
The theme of this year’s conference is
Preparing Technicians for Autonomous Technologies
. Opening remarks will be made by Macomb Community College president, Jim Sawyer, and our speaker lineup includes:
- Keynote Speaker: Amit Kapoor, Vice President, Business Unit - Advance Driver Assistance Systems, North America, Continental Automotive Systems, on the State of Autonomy
- Michele R. Mueller, Senior Project Manager, Connected and Automated Vehicles, Michigan Department of Transportation
- Jessica Robinson, Executive Director, Michigan Mobility Institute, on the State of Mobility
- National Center for Autonomous Technologies (NCAT)
- Jonathan Beck, Director, NCAT (Autonomous Air Technologies)
- Chris Hadfield, Director, Minnesota State Transportation Center of Excellence (Autonomous Land Technologies)
- Jill Zande, President and Executive Director, Marine Advanced Technology Education Center (Autonomous Sea Technologies)
- Michele Economou Ureste, Executive Director, Workforce Intelligence Network, on the Technician/Technologist Labor Market
The conference will also provide an opportunity for attendees to visit with various local STEM organizations. And new this year, the CAAT is working with the Macomb Intermediate School District to seek approval from the Michigan Department of Education to offer
State Continuing Education Clock Hours (SCECHs) for educators attending the CAAT Conference. We’ll keep you posted on our progress right here in the CAAT Tracks newsletter.
While the conference is free to attend, seating is limited and registration is required. Stay tuned for additional information on this free professional development opportunity!
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Register Now for the Spring 2020 Michigan Automotive Teachers Association Conference
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For the first time ever the annual Michigan Automotive Teachers Association (MATA) Conference will span two days, Thursday March 19 from 1:00 – 5:00 pm, and Friday March 20 from 8:00 am – 4:00 pm.
Ferris State University
in Big Rapids, Michigan, will host this third annual event which grew out of the long-running and highly successful Southeast Michigan Automotive Teachers Association (SEMATA) Conference which is held in the fall every year at Macomb Community College in Warren, Michigan. The conference is targeted to auto instructors from secondary and post-secondary education as well as industry.
New this year is the Thursday afternoon/evening portion of the conference. This is being added for those attendees that are able to arrive earlier and would like additional training hours as well as the opportunity to network with colleagues. Friday will follow the familiar MATA/SEMATA format of technical training classes, a trade show, live demos, and raffles. Both days will provide ASE Education Foundation Training Hours: 4 for Thursday and 6 for Friday.
Participants will be on their own for lunch and dinner on Thursday, but a welcome reception will be held Thursday evening at the conference hotel, the
Holiday Inn in Big Rapids
, with cash bar and food available for purchase. A complementary breakfast and lunch will be provided on Friday.
CAAT Assistant Director, Nelson Kelly, will present a session on Connected, Automated and Intelligent Vehicles. Topics of discussion for this session will include:
- How sensors, such as cameras, radar, and Lidar (experimental at present), along with computer controlled electromechanical devices, can assist the driver at different levels of automation.
- How adding wireless connectivity to other vehicles, the infrastructure, and maps can increase the level of automation such that, under certain circumstances, the vehicle can drive itself.
- The need for cybersecurity as vehicles become increasingly connected and have wireless features that are subject to hackers.
The conference is free to attend, but registration is required. And don’t forget to apply for a substitute now so you don’t miss this free professional development opportunity! Additional information is available on our
website
including maps and hotel information.
Visit our
MATA page
for updates and share this information with associates and colleagues who may benefit from attending this conference.
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CAAT Attends Michigan Alliance for Greater Mobility Advancement Meeting at MDOT
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On December 13, 2019, CAAT Director Ben Cruz and Assistant Director Nelson Kelly attended the quarterly half-day Michigan Alliance for Greater Mobility Advancement (MAGMA) Advisory Council meeting held at the
Southeast Michigan Transportation Operations Center
(SEMTOC) in Detroit, MI. SEMTOC is the hub for
Intelligent Transportation Systems
(ITS) technology for the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). The facility has a traffic management center “war room” where MDOT staff oversees a traffic monitoring system of over 400 miles which includes closed-circuit cameras, dynamic message signs, and microwave vehicle detection sensors.
The meeting began with networking among attendees and a light breakfast. Guests were then welcomed by Michelle Wein, Director, Research and Regional Initiatives, Workforce Intelligence Network (WIN), who gave a report on the labor market for the 16-county WIN region. Next on the agenda, Paul Ajegba, Director, MDOT gave an overview of MDOT and their workforce development initiatives. Following that, Michele Mueller, Senior Project Manager, Connected and Automated Vehicles, MDOT, gave a presentation on “Connecting Today for a Safer Tomorrow”. She discussed the four statewide traffic operation centers, pilot studies on connected and automated vehicles, and the many partnerships between MDOT, universities, and industry. The final speaker was Roy Goudy, Senior Principal Engineer, V2X Communication, Nissan Technical Center North America. He discussed a study of vehicle to infrastructure communication called “Traffic Optimization for Signalized Corridors” (TOSCO). In the study, instrumented vehicles communicated with traffic lights. For example, utilizing the signal timing, the vehicle speed could be controlled to reduce fuel consumption. If the light was about to turn red, the vehicle would start to coast, and, once the light turned green, start from a coast rather than a complete stop. Next, all the speakers answered questions from the audience.
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An optional and very comprehensive tour of SEMTOC was offered at the end of the meeting. The facility had several historical exhibits dating back to the first Michigan traffic management systems from 1957. The highlight of the tour was admittance to the SEMTOC “war room” where information from the traffic monitoring system was displayed on a “big board” as well as many desktop systems manned by MDOT personnel.
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CAAT Attends
CAR/CAV Working Group Meeting Held at LTU’s Centrepolis Accelerator
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On October 30, 2019, CAAT Director Ben Cruz, and CAAT Assistant Director Nelson Kelly, attended the quarterly meeting of the
Center for Automotive Research
(CAR) Connected/Automated Vehicle (CAV) Working Group meeting held at the
Centrepolis Accelerator
at
Lawrence Technological University
. The Centrepolis Accelerator was created to fuel the growth of Southeast Michigan’s small businesses by providing a workspace for collaboration and mentoring among their many partners.
The meeting agenda included the following topics and speakers:
- Introductions and Updates by Zahra Bahrani Fard, Transportation Systems Analyst, Center for Automotive Research
- Welcome Remarks by Dan Radomski, Director, Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University
- Ford Connected Mobility by Samer Ibrahim, Connected Vehicle Smart City Supervisor, Ford
- Powering the Future: Mobility Engineers by Jessica Robinson, Executive Director, Michigan Mobility Institute
- Urban Transportation by Brett McMillan, Vice President of Finance, May Mobility
- Networking Break
- Hot Topics Discussion by Frank Perry, Principal Consultant and CAV Program Manager, WSP, and Scott Shogan, Vice President and CAV Program Manager, WSP
- Update on MDOT CAV Activities by Joseph Gorman, Connected Vehicle Engineer, Michigan Department of Transportation
- Oakland County ITS and CV Update by Danielle Deneau, Director of Traffic-Safety Road Commission for Oakland County
- State of AV Regulations in the U.S. by Eric Paul Dennis, Senior Transportation Systems Analyst, Center for Automotive Research
- Optional Tour of Centrepolis
Check out the
CAR-CAV meeting packet
, including the agenda, attendees, presentation summaries, and the complete set of slides presented at the meeting.
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A report that provides insights into how the consumer’s perception of safety in an automated vehicle (AV) is influenced by personality traits shared by the rider and the AV.
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The 2020 autonomous vehicle (AV) guidelines from the
U. S. Department of Transportation
(USDOT), intended to unify AV deployment efforts across federal departments and agencies.
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The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has been proactive in the development and adoption of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and
connected and automated vehicle
(CAV) applications. Several programs and their underlying ITS and CAV data systems have been launched successfully but independently of each other. The interaction between CAV/ITS data systems could enhance the collaboration between internal units and minimize duplicated efforts.
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This report summarizes the cyber threats facing manufacturers in the automotive industry while highlighting methods used by cyber-criminals to infiltrate vehicle software.
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Will Camera Monitoring Systems Replace Traditional Vehicle Mirrors in the Future?
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Safety rules in the US and Canada currently require vehicles to have an inside rearview mirror as well as side mirrors. Aston Martin recently introduced technology that will combine new camera monitoring systems with traditional mirrors. The manufacturer worked with Michigan-based Gentex, a mirror supplier, to develop the new new technology, which uses three cameras, one in each of the side mirrors and one mounted on the roof of the vehicle. The three camera feeds can all be seen at one time on the review mirror. Should the cameras become blocked due to weather or road conditions, the hybrid system will display the traditional mirror view rather than the camera feed. And, the manufacturer has managed to increase the size of the glass on the side mirror surface while reducing the overall size of the mirror head. The new technology was displayed in a DBS Superleggera prototype at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show.
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Square One to Offer Autonomous Innovative Vehicle Design Competition to High School Students in Partnership with ITS America
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The
Square One Education Network, a longtime CAAT partner, is collaborating with the
Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) to offer a national competition to students across the US. Teams are forming now. Students participating in the competition will apply authentic, real world engineering and technology skills to the dynamic Autonomous Innovative Vehicle Design project, which will culminate in a nationwide challenge this May. Building upon a toddler “Jeep” platform, students will be introduced to C+, Python, GPS technologies and motion sensors as they re-tool the vehicle to perform various tasks autonomously. The vehicle performance scores will be based upon the level of autonomy and complexity of the tasks they are able to achieve including obstacle avoidance, lane assist, and parallel parking.
Three teams will then be selected to go to the
ITS World Congress 2020: The New Age of Mobility
event in Los Angeles, CA in early October to compete in a final challenge, while also experiencing the leading edge smart technology that will be on display at this major global conference. Students will have a chance to interact with industry leaders and gain exposure to career pathways in the mobility industry! Square One will provide training, project parameters and on-going support throughout the competition.
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Video: The Current State of Electric Vehicles
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Check out the new video documentary on our
Hybrid and Electric Vehicles
page, called Electrified - The Current State of Electric Vehicles. The video depicts owners coming together to discuss how electric cars have evolved and where we currently are in the state of this developing technology.
It covers issues and experiences related to charging, battery degradation, and range anxiety, along with detailed explanations of charging levels, types of electric vehicles, and the future of hydrogen. The video strives to prepare viewers with the knowledge needed to properly assess vehicle options, along with considerations for charging, and what they may need to know before making a purchase.
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May Mobility’s wheelchair accessible, autonomous vehicle named Murphy is shuttling riders and service animals in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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At CES 2020, Mercedes debuted their AVTR electric, concept car, featuring a compostable battery that doesn’t use rare, earth metals. The light up wheels also make it fun.
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Automotive technology continues to grow its presence at the 2020 Computer Electronics Show.
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GM’s Hummer electric pick-up truck should be available in early 2022, but watch the 2020 Super Bowl to see the new ad.
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... Tesla can now sell vehicles directly to consumers in Michigan?
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... GM’s self-driving car unit recently unveiled their prototype driverless electric vehicle designed for its ride-sharing service?
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... Michigan could be one of the states hit hardest by the increased usage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automation?
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