ERC-Overview-2013

• Address broad range of fundamental and applied topics related to IC engine fueling, combustion, emissions, and control • Sustain a unique collaborative research environment • Maintain array of up-to-date engines and advanced components coupled with stateof-the-art instrumentation capable of in-situ diagnostic measurements in engines
Research Education Outreach
• Simulation tool development • Diagnostic and instrument development • Powertrain systems, modeling, diagnostics and controls • Emissions, after-treatment model and control development
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Engine Research Center History
•Founded in 1946 by Phil Myers and Otto Uyehara. ERC has produced more than 500 graduates •>65-year existence of ERC is evidence of indispensable role of the Internal Combustion engine in our society. • Why the need for engine research at a university? IC Engines have been around for over a century - surely everything is known? – significant advancements continue to be made every year. - today’s engines are 99% cleaner and more fuel efficient than 25 yrs. ago Phil Myers: “The engine is the ideal teaching tool – it features all of the elements of engineering: materials, fluids, thermodynamics, lubrication, chemistry, electronics, etc. The only thing missing is nuclear reaction.” •Phil and Otto were pioneers in engine research: – first to measure gas temperature in an operating engine - this led to new understandings of the combustion process and consequent improvements in the efficiency of engines. The process of learning and application of new knowledge continues today!
Research Overview
Vision Mission
Research Education Outreach
• Maintain high performance computer facility for modeling phenomena from most fundamental processes to overall system performance • Maintain a facility which enables faculty, students, and staff to work in close collaboration with each other and interactively with ERC customers.
Mission
• Applied studies
– Combustion optimization – Low emission combustion technologies – Aftertreatment
Research focus guided by sponsor priorities
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– Online degree program [ /
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• Professional development courses
– Engine specific short courses
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UW-Madison College of Engineering
More than $140 million/year research funding ~ 200 faculty active in >40 Research Centers Large undergraduate and graduate student populations ~3600 undergraduate students ~1500 graduate students More than $80 million annually in energy research
- Fusion: $15 million per year engineering/physics - Fission: $5 million per year - Biofuels: $28 million per year - Automotive: $5 million per year
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ERC Overview
Vision Mission
Research Education Outreach
• Transportation power systems:
– Will continue to be a dominant social and economic force for decades to come – Energy conversion efficiency and its environmental impact are critical issues to the US and the world
Engine Research Center
Largest academic research center focusing on internal combustion engines in the US ~ $4M annual research budget ~ 7 Active Faculty, 4 Staff & Scientists 55 graduate students, 10-15 post doc/visiting scholars 8-10 research/administrative sg-edge research
– Help to meet national goals of reduced emissions and reduced fuel consumption – Help to meet DoD goals of high power density and reduced fuel consumption
Mechanical Engineering Department
35 faculty, 7 instructional staff Over 700 students - 543 undergraduates - 170 graduate students ~$10 million in research annually Newly renovated building
• Student car and truck projects
– Myers Automotive Lab – Challenge X, EcoCar, etc.
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Technology Transfer
Vision Mission
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ERC Mission
Vision Mission
Research Education Outreach
• Provide outstanding graduates
– Trained in combustion engine research and fundamentals – To transportation industry, government, academia
• Provide a technically diverse faculty
– Serve as a national resource for information on combustion engine science and technology
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• Engine research at a university:
– Conduct research that addresses longer term issues – Provide highly trained engineers who have worked on relevant problems • ERC is a major research and educational institution for the investigation of fundamental and applied technologies relevant to IC engines