Seminar: Control of Advanced Hybrid Electric Powertrains

Dr. Mahdi Shahbakhti, Michigan Technological University

All dates for this event occur in the past.

CAR Room 198
CAR Room 198
930 Kinnear Road
Columbus, OH 43210
United States

Transportation accounts for 28 percent of the US total energy consumption and also causes 27 percent of the US total CO2 equivalent greenhouse gas emissions. Powertrain electrification including hybridizing advanced combustion engines is a viable cost-effective solution to improve fuel economy of vehicles and minimize CO2 tailpipe emissions.

This seminar presents some of the latest results for control and development of electrified multi-mode powertrains. The presentation centers on development of optimal control techniques for energy management of mild to strong hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs). Three areas of improving fuel saving in HEVs will be investigated. First, electrification of high-efficiency low temperature combustion engines and strategies for optimum mode switching are presented. Second, effects of powertrain dynamics on HEV energy saving will be discussed. Then optimal control strategies for HEVs by considering powertrain dynamics are presented. Third, opportunities for energy saving for connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) are explained. Finally, the control approaches for optimal operation of CAVs for various levels of electrification are discussed.

About the Speaker

Mahdi Shahbakhti is an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan Technological University, where he conducts research in the area of energy systems and controls. Prior to joining Michigan Tech in 2012, he was a post-doctoral scholar at the University of California-Berkeley for two years. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alberta in Canada in 2009. An ASME and SAE member, Shahbakhti has been doing research in the area of automotive powertrains, controls, and energy systems for the past 17 years.

His research at Michigan Tech has been supported by the US National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy, and automotive companies through individual and collaborative projects in total of over $4.7M research funding. He is the author of over 130 refereed publications in the field of automotive powertrains, energy systems, and controls.

Shahbakhti is the Associate Editor for the International Journal of Powertrains since 2014. He is currently vice-chair of ASME Energy Systems Technical Committee, and Secretory of Automotive and Transportation Systems Technical Committee in the ASME Division of Dynamic Systems & Control.

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