Specific Research and Educational Activities

• Characterization of electric and hybrid vehicle driveline components

     – Impedance characterization of batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cells

     – Temperature and humidity controlled environmental chamber

• Battery life prediction models: degradation, ageing, failure modeling

     – Efficiency mapping of electric motors and generators

     – Testing of power electronics: motor controllers, BMS, etc Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing of powertrain systems

     – Energy management strategies for EV, series, parallel hybrid architectures

     – Integrated energy efficiency and vehicle dynamics

• Advanced engine control research

     – Validation of novel control algorithms for multi-fuel engine operation

• Fault diagnostics and prognostic algorithms for advanced hybrids

     – Analyzing component and system behavior under fault injection in simulated experimental environments

     – Methodologies for automatic calibration of diagnostic thresholds for fault detection and isolation for characterization of failure evolution, failure propagation, and identification of fault features