This invention relates a control strategy for a hybrid electric vehicle having an electric motor, a battery and an internal combustion engine.... Show moreThis invention relates a control strategy for a hybrid electric vehicle having an electric motor, a battery and an internal combustion engine. The control strategy improves fuel economy and reduces emissions while providing sufficient acceleration over a varying set of driving conditions through an adaptive control unit with an artificial neural network. The artificial neural network is trained on a pre-processed training set based on the highest fuel economies of multiple control strategies and multiple driving profiles. Training the artificial neural network includes a training algorithm and a learning algorithm. The invention also includes a method of operating a hybrid electric vehicle with an adaptive control strategy using an artificial neural network. Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology United States Patent Show less
Abstract A Research Experience for... Show moreAbstract A Research Experience for
Undergraduates (REU) is an extra-curricular opportunity for science or
engineering students in the sophomore, junior, or senior year to participate in
academic research in much the way graduate students do. It is a way to introduce
undergraduates to the excitement of real research. Because it also seems an easy
and attractive way to integrate ethics into undergraduate education, working out
how professors of engineering or science might actually incorporate professional
ethics into an REU seems desirable. This paper describes one effort to do that
with engineering students. Show less
