Emissions due to cold start or transients should be eliminated or at least reduced to a very low level. Senior design students design and fabricate a small engine teststand that will be displayed at the 1999 Idaho Engineering Design Expo. Graduate student develops an energy utilization model for predicting fuel economy of an HEV that is used to support a proposal to DOE's FutureCar 2000 competition. Graduate student collects performance and emissions data on candidate engines for a FutureCar 2000 vehicle. This data will be used to validate the energy utilization model.
Principal investigators write at least two proposals to obtain additional funding.
Design team Mechanical Engineering Becker, John Undergraduate Sr. Design Team Mechanical Engineering Boles, Jeremy Undergraduate Sr. Design Team Mechanical Engineering Camin, John Undergraduate Sr. Design Team Mechanical Engineering Clarke, Eric Undergraduate Sr. Over the last eight years, UI faculty and students have been actively involved in electric vehicle development.