This proposal provides NSF travel support for 20 students attending the 7th IEEE Vehicular Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC 2011), to be held in Chicago, Illinois, September 6-9, 2011. The IEEE VPPC is the flagship conference of IEEE in the areas of vehicle power and propulsion. The VPPC 2011 is co-sponsored by IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) and IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS). This year the conference will feature the theme of powering sustainable transportation.
