The workshop will offer one day of tutorials and two days of technical presentations that include plenary speakers, panel discussions, 12 technical tracks consisting of 48 oral presentations, and a poster session.

There will be five 80-minute tutorials on October 29, 2019. Two happen during the morning session after breakfast; one covers the design of silicon carbide (SiC) circuit breakers and the other discusses using simulation while designing power modules and its impact on development time in the laboratory.  Three sessions will take place after lunch.  The first presents SiC and gallium nitride (GaN) based Switched-Tank Converters for data centers and electric vehicles.  The second tutorial describes best practices for using voltage acceleration to determine the reliability of GaN devices.  The final presentation covers the application of 10 kV to 15 kV SiC power devices in soft and hard-switching medium voltage converters.  More information about the tutorials is available on the workshop's website (https://wipda.org/tutorials/).

The workshop formally begins on October 30, 2019 with two plenary presentations in the morning.  These are followed by two panel sessions: "GaN Power Device Market Adoption – What is the Status and What are the Barriers and Accelerators to Market Penetration," and "Challenges and Opportunities for SiC in High Power Applications."

Innovations in Mobility will provide attendees with a revolutionary technical experience in the areas of Smart Manufacturing, Next Gen Materials, Advanced Propulsion, Smart Mobility and Infrastructure, Automated and Unmanned Mobility, and more under one singular event.

In response to evolving mobility demands, eight previously held SAE International events will be co-located, along with the aforementioned topics, into 5 technology tracks – creating the most comprehensive technical program, all being offered together at our Innovations in Mobility event.

All technology sessions will be carefully aligned so that attendees can participate in multiple tracks and effectively create an event that meets their specific needs. Gain the technical education and connections you need to fuel your career in a transformative industry – only at Innovations in Mobility.

M-STEM provides hands-on sessions that bring together students, faculty, industry and business to strengthen understanding of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) principles, especially relating to advancing materials science, and to enhancing a K-20 technology education integration. A unique feature of M-STEM is hands-on, interactive learning which presents information in a way that engages students and teachers.

M-STEM offers:

• Focus on hands-on experiments, demonstrations and laboratories
• Poster and oral presentation opportunities on application, research and education
• Talk to current grant holders from NSF and DOE
• Assistance to instructors in evaluation and course assessment methods
• Networking opportunities with industry, faculty and students
• Assistance with new materials technologies
• Road maps and development methods of new materials and related courses
• Direct means for introducing materials concepts into existing courses
• Opportunity for peer-reviewed publication
• Major topics for emerging industry

The XR Symposium is a two day event that envelops the exciting and ever changing world of Immersive Technology. Many of the topics cover innovative approaches to AR/VR/MR (XR) simulations applications building and business. The research behind XR (Cross-Reality) in all its dynamic display, provides a glance into the training aspect for enterprise, and as well, gives way for hands-on demonstrations. Coastal Alabama CC AAS-Dynamic Reality Tech Program, through sessions and workshops, will illustrate the core competencies for the XR-based training simulations, findings on the state of the industry, tools and methodology. Additionally, information on the program of the IEEEVRAR - Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Working Group and TAPPI industry standards. With the support of the National Science Foundation, we aspire to demystify the training, building and training for this field and technology.