The Vehicle Design Committee (VDC) of the ASME Design Engineering Division (DED) is organizing an annual International Conference on Advanced Vehicle Technologies (AVT). Papers are invited on innovative analytical, computational, and experimental investigations in the design of full vehicle systems and their sub-systems, as well as on studies for safety and ergonomics, powertrains, alternative fuels, and intelligent transportation systems. Papers may address fundamental research, applied research, or successful implementations relating to light or heavy vehicle modeling, design, control, testing, or development.