Project Title

Sponsor

Period

1.   Development of fast charger and inductive charger for plug-in hybrid electric vehicle for the Michigan PHEV pilot project (PI)

Michigan Public Service Commission & DTE Energy

09/2008-12/2010

2.   Advanced power management of hybrid electric vehicles (PI)

US Army TARDEC

05/2008-08/2009

3.   Comprehensive modeling and control of interior permanent magnet machines incorporating magnet loss, pwm loss, and thermal effects (PI)

US Army TARDEC

03/2008-08/2010

4.   Evaluation of PHEV charging architecture

DOE INL

08/2008-08/2010

5.   Cognitive electric power management of hybrid vehicles (PI)

US Army TARDEC

02/2007-12/2008

6.   Bidirectional isolated DC/DC converter for hybrid vehicle applications (PI)

US Army TARDEC

01/2006-12/2008

7.   Modeling study of laser-nanoparticle interaction for hyperthermia applications (Co-PI, with PI Ben Q. Li of Mechanical Engineering)

UM OVPR

11//2007-10/2008

8.   Advanced battery health monitoring system (PI)

DOE

05/2007-08/2008

9.   Intelligent power network for advanced vehicle systems (PI)

IAVS

09/2005-08/2008

10.  Advanced power electronics for distributed and renewable energy applications (PI)

DOE

05/2006-02/2008

11.  Comprehensive Assessment of Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PI)

DOE

05/2006-08/2007

12. Modeling of the start performance of large solid pole synchronous motors (PI)

Teco-Westinghouse

01/2006-12/2006

13. DC/DC converter design and topology study (PI)

US Army TARDEC

05/2005-06/2006

14. Dynamic modeling and parametric study of large solid pole synchronous motors (PI)

Teco-Westinghouse

05/2005-12/2005

15. Brushless PM motors for HEV applications (PI)

GE

11/2004-04/2005

16. Modeling of large solid pole synchronous machines (PI)

OVPR

11/2004-12/2005

17. Modeling of automotive ignition systems (PI)

Visteon Corporation

12/2004-04/2005

18. An innovative multimode hybrid vehicle powertrain (PI, with Co-PI Prof. Yi Zhang of Mechanical Engineering)

CEEP

09/2003-08/2005

19. Modeling of a novel multimode hybrid vehicle powertrain (PI)

UM Rackham Grant

01/2003-08/2004

20. PM synchronous motors for EV and HEV powertrain applications (PI)

CEEP

09/2002-08/2003

21. Power Electronics and Electric Drives Laboratory Development (Co-PI, with PI Dean S. Sengupta)

DTE Energy Foundation

09/2002-08/2006

22. Variable-speed constant-frequency wind power generation systems – Summer Faculty Fellowship (PI)

UM – Dearborn

05/2003-08/2003

23. Unrestricted research (PI)

Private Sources

01/2004-12/2004

24. Advanced prognostic study of power electronics (Co-PI,  with PI Prof. John Shen of Electrical Engineering)

Ford URP

09/2004-08/2005

Projects

Funding Source

1.   MRI: Acquisition of an X-ray micro- computed tomography system for evaluating crack evolution and failure characterization of engineering materials (Co-PI with PI Jie Shen, and Co-PIs C Chow, D Yoon, and G Kridli)

NSF

2.  Modeling and implementation of a real-time blind signal separation - Undergraduate Research Fellowship (PI)

UM-Dearborn

3.  dSPACE Interface for the Power Electronics Laboratory - Undergraduate Research Fellowship (PI)

UM-Dearborn

4.  Design and implementation of a phase sequence detection circuit - Undergraduate Research Fellowship (PI)

UM-Dearborn

5.  Power Electronics Laboratory development - Undergraduate Research Fellowship (PI)

UM-Dearborn

6.  Universal converter - equipment donation (PI)

MTI

7.  An electric drivetrain (PI)

Ford Motor Company

8.  SPEEDCAD - Software donation (PI)

Motorsoft

9.  PSCAD - Software donation (PI)

Manitoba Hydro

10. Ansoft suite, total 40 license: each license including Ansoft Maxwell 2D/3D FEA, Simplorer, RMXpert, E-Physics (PI)

Ansoft

11. Magnet FEA package-software donation (PI)

Infolytica

1. Always working on proposals: PHEV, renewable energy, smart charger, etc.

NSF, DOE, Army, OEM, Supplier, ONR