Research Capabilities
Advanced Power Electronics
- Advanced soft-switching inverter topologies
- Packaging technologies for EMI minimization as well as space and weight reduction
- DSP-based control technologies for motor drives
- Electric, hybrid electric, plug-in hybrid, and fuel cell vehicle traction drives
- Motor-assisted turbochargers and auxiliary drives
- Multilevel inverters for high voltage and/or high power motor drives
- Silicon carbide-based power electronics and high temperature packaging
- Testing, characterization, and modeling of power devices
- Modeling and simulation at the device, module, and system levels
- DC-to-DC converter
Electric Machines
- Radial and axial gap permanent magnet machines
- Switched reluctance and synchronous reluctance machines
- DC homopolar and soft-commutated machines
- Superconducting motors, generators, and transformers
- Field weakening and enhancement techniques
- Advanced manufacturing technologies for electric machines
- Finite element analysis of electromagnetics, mechanical stresses, and thermal analysis
Thermal Control
- Direct cooling of electronic devices and systems
- Single-phase and two-phase cooling
- Coolant compatibility and comparison studies
- Hybrid electric vehicle drive train module and system-level thermal control R&D
- High temperature packaging techniques
