Towards Synergizing International Collaboration on Plug-In Electric Vehicles

第一部分：本项目旨在启动一个双边的，国际研究合作之间的研究人员从马里兰州大学帕克（UMD），马里兰州，美国和伊斯坦布尔技术大学（ITU），伊斯坦布尔，土耳其在下一代插电式电动汽车领域。申请的资金将用于支持PI及其来自马里兰州大学的研究生访问ITU团队及其设施。PI正在进行的关于插电式电动汽车技术能力增强的研究将大大受益于国际电联新建立的最先进的汽车中心测试平台，该平台目前在UMN尚不存在，但PI的研究需要实验。 国际电联在电动和混合动力汽车高效控制方面的专业知识也将成为UMD团队的宝贵资源。 这次访问将有助于两个团队确定如何设计合作计划，并确定如何利用两个团队的互补技能进行计划中的研究。此次访问还将帮助美国团队熟悉国际电联的先进平台和设备？机电一体化教育和研究中心（MERC）和先进的车辆技术和研究中心（AVTRC）。此外，该项目将为美国学生提供一个独特的国际研究机会，在PI返回后，他将与国际电联团队合作一个月。这种延长的逗留将为学生提供一些接触新文化的机会，以及在国际合作研究环境中的经验。第二部分：该项目将为未来的国际合作铺平道路，以实现下一代插电式电动汽车的电力电子接口和可调速驱动器的控制，建模和设计方面的重大突破。它将在两个主要领域扩大马里兰州大学和伊斯坦布尔技术大学在交通电气化方面的研究和教育活动：（a）设计和控制各种推进机器的可调速驱动器，包括感应机器和永磁同步机器;（B）实时实施和验证车载综合充电器的可行方法和实用办法。UMN和ITU研究小组打算通过发展其他更大规模的多学科合作研究工作，例如通过IRES和PIRE提案，改进和加强这一合作努力。

Towards Synergizing International Collaboration on Plug-In Electric VehiclesPart 1:This project aims to initiate a bilateral, international research collaboration between researchers from the University of Maryland at College Park (UMD), Maryland, USA and the Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Istanbul, Turkey in the area of next generation plug-in electric vehicles. The requested funding will support the PI and his graduate student from University of Maryland to visit the ITU team and their facilities. The PI's ongoing research on the increased technical capabilities of plug-in electric vehicles will benefit significantly from ITU's newly established, state-of-the-art automotive center test platforms, which currently do not exist at UMN, and are required for the experimentation needs of the PI's research. ITU's expertise in high-efficiency control of electric and hybrid vehicles would also be a valuable resource for the UMD team. The visit will serve the two teams to determine how to device a collaboration plan, and determine how the complementary skills of the two teams could be exploited for the planned research. The visit will also help the US team to gain familiarity with the sophisticated platforms and equipment at the ITU?s Mechatronics Education and Research Center (MERC) and Advanced Vehicle Technologies and Research Center (AVTRC). In addition, the project will offer a unique international research opportunity to the US student, who will work with the ITU team for a month, after the return of the PI. This extended stay will provide the student with some exposure to a new culture, as well as experience in a collaborative international research environment. Part 2:The project will pave a path for future international collaborations to achieve major breakthroughs in control, modeling and design of power electronics interfaces and adjustable speed drives for the next generation of plug-in electric vehicles. It will extend the research and educational activities in transportation electrification at the University of Maryland and the Istanbul Technical University in two main areas: (a) design and control of adjustable speed drives for various propulsion machines including induction machines and permanent magnet synchronous machines; and (b) feasible methodologies and practical approaches for real-time implementation and validation of onboard integrated chargers. It is the intention of the UMN and ITU research teams to improve and strengthen this collaborative effort with the development of other collaborative multidisciplinary research efforts of much larger scale, such as through IRES and PIRE proposals.