About this event
The ISTVS/ISU Symposium On Terramechanics in Agricultural Soil - Vehicle Systems at ISU, Ames, Iowa aims to enhance the awareness of the ISTVS as an international society in the field of vehicle-terrain systems. Conducting the mini-symposium is expected to engage undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in off-road vehicle systems, engineers in the private industry in agriculture and construction equipment manufacturers, tire and track manufacturers for agriculture and construction machines, digital technology developers for these industries and farmers on Agricultural Soil-Vehicle Systems.
Chair: Professor Mehari Z. Tekeste, Director of Soil Machine Dynamic Laboratory (SMDL), Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.
Co-Chair: Dr. Thomas R. Way, Agricultural Engineer, USDA-ARS National Soil Dynamics Laboratory, Auburn, AL, USA.
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Lutz Richter Vice PresidentT
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Guest speaker
Zamir Syed Singularity Solutions, Goleta, CAG
Dr. Zamir Syed is the owner and founder of Singularity Solutions, a one-stop shop for terramechanical analysis, vehicle dynamics, and structural FEA. Presenting "Wear Testing and Modeling of Tools Interacting with Icy Granular Soil" at the ISU/ISTVS Symposium.
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Tom Way Agricultural Engineer @ USDA-ARS NSDLT
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Mehari TekesteT
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Mohamed AbdeldayemT
Mohamed A. A. Abdeldayem is a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University, specializing in computational modeling and simulation of earthmoving equipment. His research integrates the Discrete Element Method (DEM), digital twin technology, and scaling laws to optimize bulldozer blade performance. With expertise in soil-machine interaction, virtual product design, and performance analysis, he aims to advance the automation and electrification of construction machinery. Additionally, he has contributed to peer-reviewed research, actively engaged in academic conferences, and served as a reviewer for the Journal of Terramechanics.
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Varsha SwamyT
Varsha S. Swamy is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech, under the guidance of Dr. Corina Sandu and Dr. Alba Yerro-Colom. Her Ph.D. research deals with the numerical modeling and experimental validation of tire-mud interactions, supported by the Automotive Research Center, a university-based U.S. Army Center of Excellence for modeling and simulation of military and civilian ground systems. Additionally, she received the SMART scholarship from the DoD and works with U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) at Vicksburg, Mississippi.
ISTVS
ISTVS is an international organization that focuses on advancing the knowledge in terrain vehicle systems for improvements in engineering practice and innovation. They promote the transfer of advanced knowledge to the user for the benefit of society in...
