The
University Senate of Michigan Technological University
Proposal
27-10
(Voting
Units: Academic)
“GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN HYBRID
ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE ENGINEERING”
1. General Description
This
proposal recommends establishing a “Graduate Certificate in Hybrid Electric
Drive Vehicle Engineering” through the College of Engineering of Michigan
Technological University. Students completing this Certificate will develop
competencies in advanced hybrid electric drive vehicle (HEDV) engineering. Students
enrolling in this certificate will have a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical,
Electrical, Materials, or Mechanical Engineering, or a degree in a closely
related field. The Certificate Advisor will be appointed by the Dean of the
College of Engineering.
Catalog
Description - The Graduate Certificate in Electric Drive Vehicle
Engineering program provides the student with advanced knowledge of the design,
calibration, and operating characteristics of electric drive and hybrid
electric vehicles. It is expected that
students beginning this Certificate have a working understanding of: i) thermodynamics equivalent to that gained in MEEM2220, or
MY3100, or CM3230, ii) electric circuits equivalent to EE2110, or EE3010, and iii) programming, or
simulation tools (e.g. MATLAB).
2.
Rationale
The
light vehicle industry is facing a shortage of engineering talent needed to
retool for the use of electric drives as the primary source of motive
power. In recognition of this, the State
of Michigan and the US Department of Energy put in place programs to encourage
universities to offer programs that help address these education needs.
Michigan
Tech has received support from both the DOE and Michigan for this curricular
development and is creating several new courses in this area. Michigan Tech should offer certificates to
students who complete a set of new and existing courses in this area in order
to give them a credential indicating their knowledge in this emerging field.
3. Related Programs
The
Graduate Certificate in Electric Drive Vehicle Engineering is related to the
proposed Certificate in Hybrid Electric Drive Vehicle Engineering at the
undergraduate level. The Graduate
Certificate uses twenty five existing courses in the Chemical, Electrical,
Materials and Mechanical Engineering degree programs, several of which are
being modified to include HEDV content. Seven new courses (some are dual listed
between departments) are being developed under a DOE Transportation
Electrification grant.
There
are similar certificate programs being developed at Wayne State University,
Purdue (leading a consortium of Indiana universities), Colorado State
University, and Missouri University of Science and Technology.
There
are similar courses offered from the University of Michigan, University of
Detroit – Mercy, NC State University, and West Virginia University.
4. Projected Enrollment
It is
expected that we will have a steady state enrollment of 20-25 students. The
graduate enrollments in the first three offerings of MEEM 5990DL, Advanced
Propulsion Systems for Hybrid Vehicles, have been 96 in the Spring of 2009
(includes 30 on-campus students), 104 in the Fall of 2009, and 92 students in
the Spring of 2010. It is not believed that these enrollments are sustainable
for the certificate program, but they do reflect a strong demand for the
technology.
5. Scheduling
No
change in the regular scheduling of the existing courses is anticipated. The
Departments delivering the new courses have agreed to fit them into their
regular scheduling plans.
6. Curriculum
Design
Required
Courses (9 credits): NEW courses in
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EE/MEEM
5295 Adv. Propulsion Systems for
Electric Drive Vehicles (3)
Any two
of the following:
EE/MEEM
4295 Intro. to
Propulsion Systems for Electric Drive Vehicles (3)
EE 4227 Power Electronics
(3)
MY/CM
5760 Vehicle Battery
Cells and Systems (3)
EE
5221 Advanced
Electrical Machines (3)
MEEM
5450 Vehicle Dynamics
(3)
Electives
Courses (6 credits):
EE/MEEM
4295 Intro. to
Propulsion Systems for Electric Drive Vehicles (3)
EE 4227 Power Electronics
(3)
MY/CM 5760 Vehicle Battery Cells and
Systems (3)
EE
5221 Advanced
Electrical Machines (3)
MEEM
5450 Vehicle Dynamics
(3)
EE/MEEM
4296 Intro. to
Propulsion Systems for Electric Drive Vehicles Laboratory (1)
EE/MEEM
5296 Adv. Propulsion Systems
for Electric Drive Vehicles Laboratory (1)
EE/MEEM 4750/5750 Distributed Embedded Control Systems (3)
EE 5200 Advanced Methods in
Power Systems (3)
EE 3120 Electric Energy
Systems, not EE and not CPE, (3)
EE 4221 Power System Analysis 1 (3)
EE 4222 Power System Analysis 2 (3)
EE 5223 Power System Protection (3)
EE 5230 Power System Operations (3)
EE 5290 Selected Topics in Power Systems (3)
MEEM 4220 IC Engines 1 (3)
MEEM 5250 IC Engines 2 (3)
MEEM 5670 Experimental Design in Engineering (3)
MEEM 5680 Optimization (3)
MEEM 5700 Dynamic Measurement and Signal Analysis (3)
MEEM 5715 Linear Systems (3)
MEEM 4260/5220 Fuel Cell Technology (3)
MY 4165 Corrosion and
Environmental Effects (3)
MY 5100 Thermodynamics and
Kinetics I (3)
MY 5110 Thermodynamics and
Kinetics II (3)
MY 5410 Materials for Energy
Applications (3)
CM/Ent
3974 Fuel Cell
Fundamentals (1)
CM/Ent
3977 Fundamentals of
Hydrogen as an Energy Carrier (1)
CM/Ent
3978 Hydrogen
Measurements Laboratory (1)
Total
of 15 credits are required for the certificate. Up to 6 credits of 3000 and
4000 level courses are allowed.
7. New Course descriptions
EE/MEEM
4295 Introduction to Propulsion Systems for Hybrid Electric Drive Vehicles - Hybrid electric drive vehicle
analysis will be developed and applied to examine the operation, integration,
and design of powertrain components. Model based simulation and design is applied
to determine vehicle performance measures in comparison to vehicle technical
specifications. Power flows, losses, energy usage, and drive quality are
examined over drive-cycles via application of these tools.
EE/MEEM
4296 Introduction to Propulsion Systems for Hybrid Electric Drive Vehicles
Laboratory - Hybrid
electric drive vehicles and their powertrain
components will be examined from the aspects of safety, testing and analysis,
energy conversion, losses, and energy storage, and vehicle technical
specifications and vehicle development process. The lab will culminate with
vehicle testing to perform power flow and energy analysis during a drive-cycle.
EE/MEEM
5295 Advanced Propulsion Systems for Hybrid Electric Drive Vehicles - Hybrid electric drive vehicles
(HEDV) will be studied and simulated using advanced powertrain
component analysis and modeling. An
in-depth analysis and study of power flows, losses and energy usage are
examined for isolated powertrain components and HEDV
configurations. Simulation tools will be developed and applied to specify powertrain and vehicle components and to develop control
and calibration for a constrained optimization to vehicle technical
specifications.
EE/MEEM
5296 Advanced Propulsion Systems for Hybrid Electric Drive Vehicles Laboratory - Hybrid electric drive vehicles
(HEDV) and their components will be examined in a series of laboratories. This
includes quantification of power flows and losses in components, calibration of
component models based upon experimental data, measurement and quantification
of drive quality, failure Mode & Effects Analysis, calibration practices
and trade-offs. A HEDV model will be
tuned and validated through analysis and fitting to vehicle test data.
MEEM
4450/5450 Vehicle Dynamics
- This course will develop the necessary models to predict performance and
handling and compare analytical results to selected measured data from hybrid
vehicle test data. Topics to be covered include: acceleration and braking
performance, hybrid electric powertrain architecture,
drivetrain performance, vehicle handling, suspension
modeling, tire models, steering and steering control, 2DOF dynamics model, and
multi-body dynamics. This will culminate in a design project which will require
the design of a hybrid vehicle to meet a given vehicle technical specification.
Credit may not be received for both MEEM4450 and MEEM5450.
MY/CM
5760 Vehicle Battery Cells and Systems - The behavior and application of batteries will be
examined by introducing concepts from thermodynamics, materials science,
transport processes and equivalent circuits. The non-ideal power source
behavior of rechargeable batteries in applications will be treated using
electrolyte: electrode transport and electrode materials chemistry.
EE/MEEM
4750/5750 Distributed Embedded Control Systems - This course will develop an
understanding for the design and application of embedded control systems.
Topics to be covered include: embedded system architecture, model-based
embedded system design, real-time control, communication protocols, signal
processing, and human machine interface. Embedded applications in advanced
hybrid electric vehicles will also be introduced.
8. Library and other Learning Resources
Students
in this program will need only the Library resources presently available to all
enrolled students.
9. Computing Access Fee
On
campus Students will be charged the appropriate department computer access
fees. Online students will not be charged computer access fees. Online students
will be charged online learning fees.
10. Faculty Resumes
Jeff Naber http://www.me.mtu.edu/meem/facultybio/naber.html
Jeff
Allen http://www.me.mtu.edu/meem/facultybio/allen.html
Bo
Chen http://www.me.mtu.edu/meem/facultybio/b_chen.html
Wayne
Weaver http://www.ece.mtu.edu/pages/faculty/Weaver.html
Leonard
Bohmann http://www.ece.mtu.edu/pages/faculty/Bohmann.html
John
Beard http://www.me.mtu.edu/meem/facultybio/beard.html
Bruce Mork http://www.ece.mtu.edu/faculty/bamork.html
Jason
Keith http://www.chem.mtu.edu/chem_eng/faculty/jmkeith.htm
Steve
Hackney http://www.mse.mtu.edu/faculty/hackney.html
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. Equipment
A mobile
laboratory needed for the introductory and advanced propulsion systems
courses is being fabricated using funds from a United States Department of
Energy (DOE) grant. An existing portable chassis dynamometer will also be
used. Some upgrades to the chassis
dynamometer will be required, with the funding from those upgrades coming from
the same DOE grant as the mobile laboratory.
AVL, a partner in the DOE grant will be providing an additional $750,000
in support for the mobile laboratory.
12. Program Costs
The
new courses developed or modified for this certificate are funded from a DOE
grant. The remaining courses are presently being taught on a regular
basis.
Funding
for Michigan Tech's Educational Technology Services to support the development
of the new online courses is available from a DOE grant.
13. Space
The
mobile laboratory including the portable chassis dynamometer,
and the hybrid electric vehicles will be housed at KRC.
14. Policies, Regulations, and Rules.
Credits
earned for this certificate may also be applied toward a single graduate degree
at Michigan Technological University.
15. Accreditation Requirements
None
XVI. Internal Status of
the proposal.
Approved
by the College of Engineering
XVII. Planned
Implementation Date
Fall
2010
Adopted by Senate: 14 April 2010
Approved by administration: 21 April 2010