Projects

RESEARCH GRANTS FUNDED

  • Project/ Proposal Title: Design, procure, build, and test a prototype Integrated Starter Generator (ISG) Switched Reluctance Motor for research and development use which uses no rare earth materials.
  •  Funding Agency: US Army 
  • Total Amount of Award: $654,749             (2015-2018)       

Project/ Proposal Title: SiC Based Power Electronic Motor Driver for Gen-II Front End Motor Generator

Funding Agency: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems

Total Amount of Award: $274,276              (2019-2020)                                            

Project/ Proposal Title: (Co-PI) Smart Sensors and Sensor System Design, Development, and Commercialization.      

Funding Agency: Ohio State Development Department(Project 1: Smart Sensor Platform for the Electric Utility Industry Infrastructure, Project 2: Air Stream Mechatronics Unit for Energy Efficient HVAC Systems)

Total Amount of Award: $1,744,192         (2015-2018)

Project/ Proposal Title: SiC Based Power Electronic Motor Driver for Class-8 Mild Hybrid Truck

Funding Agency: Department of Energy / Power America

Total Amount of Award: $243,097            (2017-2019)                 

Project/ Proposal Title: Development of the High Torque Density Transverse Flux Motor (TFM)

 Funding Agency: Aisin AW   (Japan) 

Total Amount of Award: $81,078                       (2019)                                                

Project/ Proposal Title: Analysis and Design Solutions for Noise Vibration and Harshness in 12-slot/10-pole PMSM used in Electric Power Steering System

Funding Agency: Nexteer Automotive 

Total Amount of Award: $99,237                    (2017-2019)                                                                                   

Project/ Proposal Title: (PI) Detecting and Mitigating Low-Level DC Leakage and Fault Currents in Transit Systems      

Funding Agency: National Academy of Sciences Transit Cooperative Research Program 

Total Amount of Award: $250,000             (2015-2016)

Project/ Proposal Title: (PI) Collaborative Research: Direct-Drive Modular Transverse Flux Electric Machine without Using Rare-Earth Permanent Magnet Material

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

Total Amount of Award: $203,473               (2013-2016)

Project/ Proposal Title: Advanced grid infrastructure sensors development.

Funding Agency: Exacter Inc.

Total Amount of Award: $145,000               (2018-2020)                                         

Project/ Proposal Title: Switched Reluctance Controller Development and Validation

 Funding Agency: Future Motors 

Total Amount of Award: $68,649             (2018-2019)                                                       

Project/ Proposal Title: (PI) Conductor, Cable and Associated Hardware Condition Assessment      

Funding Agency: Exacter Inc.

Total Amount of Award: $118,184                  (2015-2017)

Project/ Proposal Title: (PI) Electric Machine Design for Electrically Driven Compressor

Funding Agency: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems.

Total Amount of Award: $35,813                   (2015-2016)

Project/ Proposal Title: (PI) Power Line Carrier Communications and its Alternatives for Commercial Vehicle Applications

Funding Agency: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems.

Total Amount of Award: $75,986                 (2014-2016)

Project/ Proposal Title: (PI) Hardware in the Loop Simulator to Assist the Development of the   PM Brushless DC Motor Drives

Funding Agency: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems.

Total Amount of Award: $74,317                 (2012-2014)

Project/ Proposal Title: (PI) Advanced Brake Systems

Funding Agency: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems.

Total Amount of Award: $77,573                 (2013-2014)

Project/ Proposal Title: (PI)  Analysis, Simulation and Measurement of Losses in Electrical Steel

Funding Agency: ABB

Total Amount of Award: Phase I: $39,000, Phase II: $39,000       (2013-2015)

Project/ Proposal Title: (Co-PI) Clean Technology Sensors Support for Ohio Companies to Add Value to their Products and Help Move them to the Market Place at an Accelerated Pace,   (Development of a switched reluctance motor drive for off-road vehicles)  

Funding Agency: State of Ohio (Third Frontier Project)

Total Amount of Award: 1,670,000            (2011-2014)

Project/ Proposal Title: (Co-PI)  Research and Development of Clean Vehicle Technology  (150 kW Dynamometer Installation, Design and Development of a Series Hybrid Truck, Microgrid Development at the University of Akron)

Funding Agency: US Department of Energy

Total Amount of Award: 1,000,000             (2010-2012)

Project/ Proposal Title: (Co-PI) Single Phase Induction Motors: Tools for Improving Efficiency

Funding Agency: ABB

Total Amount of Award: $39,000                                       (2013-2014

Project/ Proposal Title: (PI)  Scalable, Low-Cost, High-Performance Non-Rare Earth PM Motor for Hybrid Vehicles.      

Funding Agency: GE Global Research subcontract US Department of Energy

Total Amount of Award: $112,000         (2012-2014)                           

Project/ Proposal Title: (PI) Smart sensor network for health monitoring of power lines

Funding Agency: University of Akron Proof of Concept Center

 Total Amount of Award: $30,000                              (2015)                           

Project/ Proposal Title: (Co-PI) Glucose sensor development

Funding Agency: I2V Inc

Total Amount of Award: $30,000                         (2014-2015)

Project/ Proposal Title: (PI)  System Design and Feasibility Testing of Mobile Charging System for Electric Vehicles.      

Funding Agency: Ohio Transportation Center 

Total Amount of Award: $119,650                                  (2012)

Project/ Proposal Title: (Co-PI) Switched Reluctance Machine and Controller Development for Electric Power Steering

Funding Agency: Nexteer.

Total Amount of Award: $37,619                                    (2010-2011)

Project/ Proposal Title: (Co-PI) SRM drive model simulation, controller development, inverter design.      

Funding Agency: Continental Electrical Motor Services Edmonton, AB, Canada

Total Amount of Award: $33,500                                     (2010-2011)

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