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YSU, Delphi Packard Establish Research Partnership"
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Youngstown State University and Delphi Packard officials announced yesterday at a signing ceremony that an official research partnership has been established between the two organizations.David C. Sweet,YSU president, Peter Kasvinsky, dean of YSU's School of Graduate Studies in signing academic partnership agreements to formalize the development of collaborative research projects. "Delphi is very pleased to have a partnership in place with YSU to work on some very important and practical technologies for the automotive industry," Duca said. "By combining the knowledge base of Packard's engineers with fresh ideas from YSU students and professors, I think we have the opportunity for many new discoveries in the field of engineering. And as a YSU graduate I am very proud to be involved in developing this relationship and helping to further education."This two-year agreement has the option of being extended at the end of 2006 or a new agreement could be developedbetween YSU and Delphi Corp.'s Packard Electric Division, which could have global implications for research conducted at the university. "Through the academic partnership master agreement, we have defined the working relationship that needs to be in place to allow for an open and collaborative approach to joint research and development by employees of Delphi and YSU," said Kasvinsky. "The second agreement is a specific research project that is permitted by having the master agreement in place. I am certain that this is only the first of a large number of projects that YSU will have the opportunity to be involved with."Jalal Jalali, professor and chair of electrical and computer engineering, and three engineering students have been working on the first research project for Delphi, testing the accuracy and effectiveness of electronic signals and data transmitted between computers in automobiles. The team could conduct research (testing, math-based modeling and simulation) on, for example, the car's signals and data transmission medium in the automotive entertainment system, information systems and vehicle control systems."This new initiative with Delphi Packard Electric is another example of their generosity to and partnerships with the College of Engineering and Technology at YSU," said Cynthia Hirtzel, dean of the college. The research for the project, "Electromagnetic Parametric Measurements for High Frequency/High Speed Data Transmission Medium for Automotive Applications," is being conducted in the Rayen College of Engineering and Technology's Electromagnetic Field Research and Instrumentation Center or EFRIC. EFRIC is a Presidential Academic Center for Excellence in Research -- or PACER center -- that was launched in 2004 with $120,000 in funding provided by YSU's School of Graduate Studies and Research."Our first project as part of the agreement offers the opportunity for collaborative research and development," said Jalali, who is serving as YSU principal project investigator and as EFRIC director. "It assists both Delphi and YSU for research and training." Jalali, who established EFRIC, was supported by Delphi EMC engineering manager Kin P. Moy. Moy, who graduated with both his bachelor and master's degrees from YSU, has collaborated with Jalali and his students on various projects since 1987. Moy is also an adjunct faculty member in the engineering college and a member of the college's advisory board. Moy, who is Delphi's principal investigator on the automobile data communication project, sees it as the first of many under the new agreement. "We can leverage each other's strengths to enhance the technical capabilities of the two organizations. In today's global economy, maintaining our country's technology leadership is absolutely essential to improving our competitiveness in the market place."One of Moy's goals is to upgrade EFRIC so it is totally compatible with the EMC lab that he runs at Delphi. EFRIC, he said, could provide Delphi the option of managing excess product testing when the EMC lab is over capacity.Moy also said the potential exists for Delphi to carry out research projects with the physics, chemistry or mathematics departments at YSU, as well as with other departments within the engineering college.Visit Youngstown State University at www.ysu.edu"