Afternoon Breakout Sessions

Tutorial3:History/AdvancementofSensorlessControlinAutomotivesWednesday,June19th,20194:20PM–5:40PMVenue:Cornerstone2

Speaker:RajaRamakrishnan–HallaMechatronics

ShortBiography:RamakrishnanRaja(M’11)receivedB.Sc.degreefromAmritaInstituteoftechnology,Indiain2003andMaster’s

DegreeinelectricalengineeringfromNewJerseyInstituteofTechnology,in2005.HereceivedhisPh.D.degree

in automotive system engineering from University of Michigan-Dearborn, MI. From 2004-2013 he has been

working forDelphisteeringandNexteerautomotiveasSeniorElectricalEngineer.Currentlyhe isworkingat

HallamechatronicsasChiefScientist-Controls.Heisresponsibleformotordrivecontrolforvariousautomotive

applications.Hisresearchinterestincludeselectricalmachinesandvariablespeeddrivesincludingsensorless

motorcontroldrives.

Summary:This presentation goes over the History of various sensorless control techniques and shows how these

sensorless techniques are being introduced in automotive industry. Thematerial will cover new redundant

architectures used in safety critical components such as steering and brakes and show how sensorless

techniqueswillbene5itthesenewarchitectures.