Renewable Energy And Vehicular Technology
overview
The Renewable Energy and Vehicular Technology (REVT) is an international center of excellence with a focus on the development of reliable, efficient, and compact solutions for generation, harvesting, transmission, distribution, and consumption of electricity.
REVT strives to educate the next generation of scholars in power electronics, adjustable speed motor drives, and energy systems. Established in 2002, graduates of REVT have pursued this objective by leading research in academia and industry. In addition, REVT focuses on the development of new technologies of regional, national, and international scale. We have been instrumental in tackling the hurdles facing local industries (small and large) over the past and take pride in our commitment to engineering solutions for optimal usage of electricity, superior reliability, and alleviating the dependence on foreign oil and foreign rare-earth metals. We continue to serve the technical needs of the great state of Texas and the nation while fostering international collaboration with our colleagues across the globe.
FACULTY LEAD
Dr. Babak Fahimi
fahimi@utdallas.edu
Phone: 972-883-6609
Office: ECSN 3.322
800 West Campbell Rd.
Mailstop: EC33
Richardson, TX 75080-3021
BIOGRAPHY
Babak Fahimi is a Distinguised Chair of Engineering and a professor in The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science, at The University of Texas at Dallas. He is also the founding director of REVT Lab.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Dr. Fahimi is a research leader in the adjustable speed motor drives, power electronic based systems, and electrified transportation research area. He has over 20 years of industrial and academic experience in conceptualization, development, and analysis of various electromechanical actuators, energy harvesters, and sensors. He has introduced several key technologies that are in use or being pursued by industries. These include:
- Multi-port power electronic interface (MPEI) for effective harvest, storage, and management of energy within a hybrid micro grid.
- Double stator Switched Reluctance Motor Technology for electric propulsion of electrified transportation.
- Position sensorless control of SRM and PMSM drives.
- Fault tolerant operation of adjustable speed PMSM drives.
- Elimination of acoustic noise and vibration using multi-physics modeling techniques.
- Optimal magnetic design of electromechanical energy converters.
- Optimal design of power electronic converters for micro harveters of energy harvesters.
Dr. Poras T. Balsara
poras@utdallas.edu
Phone: 972-883-2557
Office: ECSN 3.320
800 West Campbell Rd.
Mailstop: EC33
Richardson, TX 75080-3021
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Poras Balsara is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science and associate dean for academic affairs, at The University of Texas at Dallas. He is also the associate director of the REVT Lab.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Circuits and Systems; Power Electronics and Energy Systems; CE