ASME DRIVN 2026

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) will attend and present at ASME’s Global Transportation and Power Systems Summit, ASME DRIVN 2026, in Detroit, Michigan, September 14-16.

SwRI offers internal combustion engine research, analysis and testing and engineering for on-highway, off-highway, power generation, and propulsion system development from kilowatt- to utility-scale.

Learn more about SwRI’s ICE Powertrain Research & Development.

Join SwRI for the following sessions and presentations:

Tuesday, September 15

Advanced Compression Ignition Combustion Strategies
12:50 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EST

“Ignition and Early-Stage Spray-Flame Mechanism of Renewable Diesel/Methanol Dual-Fuel Combustion,” presented by Cyrus Bourg.
“Experimental Investigation of Hydrogen Combustion Using High-Pressure Direct Injection (Hpdi) in a Heavy-Duty Compression Ignition Engine,” presented by Niranjan Miganakallu.

Miganakallu Niranjan is also co-chairing the session Advanced Compression Ignition Combustion Strategies

SwRI’s Christopher Stoos will chair the Off-Road Dual Fuel and SI Engines session

Abnormal Combustion Modeling
4:00 p.m. to 5:20 p.m. EST

“Machine Learning Enabled Robust Combustion Classification in a Hydrogen Engine,” presented by Abdullah Bajwa.

Wednesday, September 16

Advanced Engine Components and Future Propulsion Systems
9:20 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. EST

“Can Existing Tier 4 Hardware Meet Tier 5? Emission Compliance Study on a 56 kW Off-Road Diesel Engine,” presented by Shubham Patil.
“Redefining Fuel Heating Value for Engines: Accounting for Heat of Vaporization,” presented by Thomas Leone. 

SwRI’s Christopher Stoos will chair the Advanced Engine Components and Future Propulsion Systems session

Alternative CI Fuels, Ignition, and Combustion Strategy
12:50 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EST

“Empirically Characterizing Ignition Delay of Fuels with Varying Cetane Numbers Using a Compression-Ignition Engine” presented by Khanh Cung.

For more information, please contact Chris Bitsis.