MMAE Seminar: Making Our Cars Greener
Armour College of Engineering’s Mechanical, Materials, & Aerospace Engineering (MMAE) Department is excited to announce a seminar featuring Michael J. Douba from Argonne National Laboratory. Mr Douba’s presentations is titled Advanced Vehicle Technology Addressing Impact Concerns: Making Our Cars Greener and will address solutions to making cars more environmentally friendly.
Earn Engineering Themes Credit in Energy
March 26, 2014
3:30 – 4:30 pm
Engineering 1 Building
Crawford Auditorium
Abstract: Three main vehicle use impact concerns will be addressed. They are 1) Air Pollution (criteria emissions), 2) CO2 and Greenhouse Gas Reductions, and 3) Energy Security (dependence on foreign petroleum sources). Each of these areas will be explored with examples of technologies that have been and are being developed to mitigate vehicle contributions. Argonne has extensive experience evaluating and analyzing new technology vehicles such as hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electric and alternative-fueled vehicles. The new capabilities of these vehicles are shown with data taken in the Argonne test lab.
Biography: Mr. Duoba helped found and is now the senior engineer at Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Powertrain Research Facility (APRF). The APRF uses novel instrumentation and state-of-the-art dynamometer test equipment to test and analyze advanced propulsion systems, including hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and battery electric vehicles (BEVs).
For 20 years, Mr. Duoba has authored papers on testing and analyzing advanced vehicle propulsion technologies. He has also helped organize many SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) technical sessions on HEVs.
Mr. Duoba is also an active member of the SAE Standardization Committees. He chaired the task force that revised “SAE J1711 Recommended Practice for Measuring the Exhaust Emissions and Fuel Economy of Hybrid-Electric Vehicles Including Plug-in Hybrids.” Mr. Duoba was also a co-chair of the SAE task force that developed new electric vehicle test procedures. He is currently the chair of the SAE task force to establish a standard hybrid system power rating.
Mr. Duoba received a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1993.
