Dr. Saeid Habibi

The course covers key aspects of design and control of hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and battery electric vehicles. The course provides a fundamental understanding of electric vehicles powertrain design, power flow management, system integration, propulsion system modelling, simulation and analysis. The course is geared towards Mechatronic systems design; starting from conceptual system-level requirements, followed by powertrain components design, system integration, and ending in verification and validation.

This is a graduate course in mechatronics with an emphasis on actuation systems and control. The course begins by considering the industrial process that is followed for the design of large integrated systems. It then considers the necessity for a multidisciplinary approach to design and discusses the rational for mechatronics. Electrical and hydraulic actuation systems are considered, modeled and simulated. Electronic circuits, microcontrollers, real-time digital control, filtering, estimation and system identification are considered in the context of the control of actuation systems. The course heavily relies on experiential learning and includes a project.

(Term TBD)