Research
Our Automotive and Transportation research activities are focused in:
- Advanced and hybrid powertrains
- Vehicle dynamics, system optimization, and control
- High-performance structures and materials,
- Advanced vehicle manufacturing
- Advanced fuels and combustion processes
In addition to the internationally renowned Automotive Research Center, we receive sustained funding as the home to the General Motors-UM Automotive Collaborative Research Laboratory with three divisions focused on
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Engine Systems
- Multi-Functional Vehicle Systems
Specialties
- Internal combustion engines
- Combustion research
- Hybrid vehicles
- Batteries and energy storage
- Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Systems
- Powertrain Control
- Biofuels
- Friction
- Brake systems
- Vehicle dynamics
- Fracture and fatigue
- Integrated vehicle systems modeling
- Adhesives and fracture
- Driver-vehicle interaction
- Multi-vehicle dynamics
- Autonomous vehicles