The objective of the Hybrid Electric Vehicle Experimentation and Assessment (HEVEA) research program is to develop Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) Fuel Economy and performance Test Operating Procedures (TOP), determine the fuel economy benefits of HEV using quantifiable test data; develop and validate...

The Stanford Testbed of Autonomous Rotorcraft for Multi-Agent Control (STARMAC) uses a miniature autonomous waypoint tracker flight control system, and the creation of a multi-vehicle platform for experimentation and validation of multi-agent control algorithms. This testbed development paves the way...

The Motorsport Engineering Program at CSU set out to design and build a floating liner engine to be used for the measurement of internal friction. A floating liner engine is one for which the cylinder liner is mounted in such a way that any rigid contacts are intermediated by force sensors. By equipping...

The Motorsport Engineering academic program at Colorado State University focuses on advanced motorsport engineering degrees, targeting the racing and performance industries. At the MS-level, students may specialize in studies related to either race vehicle design, or in the activities of a team engineer...

Intelligent DAQ is multifunction data acquisition that features user-defined, onboard processing for complete flexibility of system timing and triggering. Instead of a fixed ASIC for controlling device functionality, intelligent DAQ uses an FPGA-based system timing controller to make all analog and digital...

The Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory at Colorado State University has a 15 year history in developing products which improve engine efficiency and reduce harmful emissions from engines as small as 1 hp to as large as 2500 hp. As the quest for alternative fuels continues, new sources of gaseous...

Dr. Bryan Willson, Director of Colorado State University's Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory, discusses their work with two co-located partners. Spirae's InteGrid laboratory ranks among the world’s most advanced centers for test and development related to renewable energy, distributed...

Research at the Energy and Engines Conversion Laboratory at Colorado State University focuses on Fuels, Energy Conversion, and Energy Distribution. Applications are concentrated in transportation, air quality, indoor air quality, village energy systems, and distributed energy. Products developed at...

As of 2008, every car sold in America will be required to have a low cost controller area network (CAN) to link all the components of an automobile. Reading the data off the vehicle for diagnostic or test purposes will require a CAN device that interfaces the car with the computer. [Video]

Using a PCI Extension platform, a cable converter to input serial commands to the iPod for control and a LabView Technology created software interface, engineers are able to send commands to complex devices like the iPod and measure the response.[Video]