Research and Educa-on in Automo-ve Engineering:
A UM-‐Dearborn Perspec1ve Dongming Zhao, Ph.D. Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
1. Center for Lightweigh-ng Automo-ve Materials and Processing • U.S. Department of Energy’s Graduate Automo8ve Technology Educa8on (GATE) program • GATE program encourages research into automo8ve design and manufacturing methods that reduce vehicle mass • Research on the rela8onships between these materials and their func8ons within automo8ve systems, in addi8on to know proper8es of materials such as magnesium and fiber-‐ reinforced composites
Lightweight Automo-ve Materials and Processing (2) • A lightweight materials concentra8on within the graduate program in automo8ve systems engineering • Courses focus on automo8ve alloys, ceramics, polymers and composites, and designing with these materials
Lightweight Automo-ve Materials and Processing (3) • Informa8on repository: Compiling the latest research so that informa8on is easy to find and is accessible • The Automo8ve Materials Database – a web-‐based repository of lightweight materials that puts the latest informa8on at the finger8ps of engineers, designers, researchers, and students
Lightweight Automo-ve Materials and Processing (4) • Research areas cover – Material Proper8es and Characteriza8on – Joining – Machining – Plas8cs-‐and Composites-‐Processing: New environmentally friendly low-‐cost lightweight thermoplas8c-‐based composite/metal hybrid system – Metal forming
2. Ins-tute for Advanced Vehicle Systems • Reconfigurable Vehicles for the Emerging Market • Parametric Model for Vehicle Design – Occupant Packaging and Ergonomics – Mechanical Packaging – Body Structural Analysis
• Driving Simulator • Spray Form Technology
3. Center for Electric Drive Transporta-on U. S. Department of Energy's Graduate Automo8ve Technology Educa8on (GATE) Program • Power electronics and electric machines • Hybrid powertrain control and power management • BaWery management and control • Thermal management of Electric Drive Vehicles (EDV) • Vehicle to Grid (V2G), charging infrastructure, grid impact of EDV • Reliability, diagnos8cs, and prognos8cs of EDV • Noise, vibra8on and harshness (NVH) of EDV
Electric Drive Transporta-on (2) • Power Electronics and Electric Drives – New topologies, devices and configura8ons of power electronics circuits – New materials in power electronics hardware – Op8mized usage of rare earth materials in magnet manufacturing – Failure mode of power electronics hardware – Fault tolerant energy conversion components and systems
Electric Drive Transporta-on (3) Hybrid Vehicle System Op-miza-on and Power Management – New hybrid configura8ons for op8mized u8lity and energy efficiency – Opera8on control op8miza8on for mul8-‐mode EDVs – BaWery modeling, control and safety – Fault detec8on and management on system level – Drive train system design, control and op8miza8on
Electric Drive Transporta-on (4) Thermal Management of EDV Systems and Components – Efficient climate control system for EDVs – EDV system thermal management – BaWery cooling and hea8ng control – Thermal management architecture design
Electric Drive Transporta-on (5) Power Grid and EDV Interac-on – EDV charger design and control – Impact on power grid and management on grid level – V2G technologies and applica8ons – Infrastructure planning and construc8on for EDV transporta8on
Electric Drive Transporta-on (6) Reliability, Diagnos-cs and Prognos-cs of EDV Systems – Reliability modeling for EDV components and systems – Reliability based design op8miza8on – Sta8s8cal model verifica8on and valida8on for EDV durability – Physics-‐based prognos8cs and system health management
Electric Drive Transporta-on (7) EDV Noise, Vibra-on and Harshness – EDV acous8c characteris8cs – Noise, vibra8on and harshness minimiza8on – EDV structure design for beWer acous8cs
4. Intelligent System for Automobiles Intelligent System • Tools for intelligent vehicle opera8ons • Vision technology for driving safety • Mul8-‐purpose signal processing and analysis for customized driving environment • Intelligent system and tool development for auto manufacturing processes
Wireless Networking for Transporta-on • Ultra wideband (UWB) radio, cogni8ve radio/ so[ware radio • Inter-‐vehicle and intra-‐vehicle wireless • Smart Grid, wireless sensor networks • Wireless controller areas networks
5. Sta-s-cal Analysis for Auto Market Supply and Demand Global Automo-ve Life-me Analysis – Market supply and demand – Residual value forecast for financial opera8ons, resale strategy and floor prices – Op8miza8on on supply and demand: comprehensive study and tool development for auto markets – Reten8on forecast – Op8miza8on of rental, sales, residuals, and finance
Auto and Manufacturing related Degree Programs • Master of Science in Engineering (MSE) in Automo1ve Engineering (Rackham) • Ph.D. in Automo1ve Engineering • MSE in Manufacturing Engineering (Rackham) • MSE/MS in 10 Engineering and CIS fields (Rackham) • Con-nuing Professional Educa-on: Cer8ficate Programs, Special Design Classes, Workshops
Coopera-on with Global Educa-on and Industry Communi-es • Global Educa8on Programs • Exchange/Visi8ng Programs • We are reaching out to global educa8on and industry communi8es, and exploring opportuni8es to cooperate with our programs in all colleges and schools
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Contact: Prof. Dongming Zhao College of Engineering and Computer Science dmzhao@umich.edu or 1-‐313-‐593-‐5527