Abstract: As vehicle technology has advanced over the years, so have the fuel sources and materials used to make the vehicles. While performing repairs to vehicles, these fuel sources or materials may present a hazard with arcing or sparking components. These hazardous locations rely on special design accommodations to reduce the amount of energy supplied to negate the risk of a hazard. What are these hazardous materials? Are there different types of hazardous locations or regulations for different materials? How can we design to minimize risk in hazardous locations?

Co-Sponsor: This Event is Co-sponsored by the Hanover College Engineering Club.

Date:                Tuesday, September 12th
Time:                6:00 PM  – Sign-in and Tours
6:30 PM – Dinner
7:00 PM – Presentation
8:00 PM – Networking, Questions and Follow Up
Location:          Hanover College, Science Center
Price:                IEEE members and Guests: $20
IEEE Life Members and Students: Free
RSVP:               Tim Brooks, Treasurer, tbrooksee@ieee.org
VTools: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/369879
Website: https://hanover.edu
Flyer: https://ieeelouisville.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/104/2023/09/IEEE-Hanover-MeetingR1-9-12-23.pdf

Speaker: Austin Deuerling is Lead Engineer – Electrical Engineering at Vehicle Service
Group

Austin Deuerling is Lead Engineer – Electrical Engineering at Vehicle Service
Group. Austin started as a Controls Design Engineer in 2014 and recently was
moved to Lead Engineer in 2021. He has been involved in full product design
projects (both hardware and software) as well as adding new accessories to
current products. He is also over Warn Automotive electrical engineers working
closely with OEM partners to develop new products for vehicle disconnects.
Recent projects include adding wireless remotes to MOD inground lifts, R&D
work with machine learning and supporting new global efforts. Austin’s LinkedIn
profile can be viewed at https://www.linkedin.com/in/austin-deuerling-41717b57/

Photo sources: Maxim Hopman on Unsplash and Laurel and Michael Evans on Unsplash