Research Facilities

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is equipped with the facilities listed below to support CAVES activities. Within the next year, the addition of an alternative energy lab, motor drives lab, and sensor lab specifically for the WCSSE program will be added - some of which will be housed in the new engineering research building.

Power Electronics & Motor Drives

Induction and PM Drives for Wind Applications
Traction Machines and Drives
Automotive PM and SR Machines
Industrial SRM Drives
Axial Flux Machines

Energy Conversion

DC-DC Converters
Utility Interactive and Standalone Inverters
SMart-Grid and Micro-Grid
Multi-level Inverters
Solar PV System

Electric and Hybrid Vehicles Facility

Li-ion Electric Vehicle
Ultracap-Diesel HEV
Plug-in Electric Vehicle
Electric Bikes
Li-ion and NiZn Battery Systems
Vehicle Energy Stations
Battery Management

Analog IC Design

Design, testing and fabrication of custom ASICs

Cadence Software

Used for analog integrated electronics design. This software consists of several different tools for design, layout, and simulation. Available under 2 licenses:

1. Commercial license (applies to a limited set of tools)

2. Academic license (applies to a fuller set of tools, but may only be used for teaching or non-profit academic research)

High-Temperature Wafer Probe Station

This equipment is used to test integrated circuits that have been fabricated on a wafer, but not packaged. This equipment includes a thermal chuck, which can heat the integrated circuit under test between room temperature and 300 degrees C.

150KW Dynamometer Facility

Test and evaluation of hybrid-electric drivetrains
150KW, four-quadrant regenerative electric dynamometer for testing electric motor drives
Installed with electrical and mechanical data aquisition components