3.00 Credits
The target audience for this course is graduate engineering students and professionals interested in working in the area of electric and hybrid vehicular powertrains and, more specifically, in the integration of low-level and high-level real-time implementable control for advanced vehicle powertrain architectures. The course focuses on the theory and techniques to build Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Simulation for evaluating electric and hybrid powertrains components and architectures using power supplies, electrical loads, multimeters, and rapid control prototyping tools. Special emphasis is given to the electric principles and the use of such tools for component characterization, safely and efficiently interfacing electric machines and their controllers within the electric and hybrid powertrains, accommodating accessory loads in electric powertrains and conducting system diagnostics. Preq: AUE 8170. Coreq: AUE 8151.