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E-Motor and Drive Testing

Kar Lab has significant traction e-motor and inverter benchmarking capabilities. Fast and accurate testing is essential to the iterative design optimization process of next-generation electric motors and drives. The research program develops new methods that can produce accurate and comprehensive test results. Automatic electric motor and drive testing is conducted […]

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Traction Motor Drives and Controls

The traction motor drive research includes design, modeling, control, thermal management and testing of high-performance electric traction drive systems utilizing wide-band gap power electronic devices in collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams of experts. Research in Kar Lab also includes inverter condition monitoring and fault diagnosis as well as reliability analysis and […]

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Traction E-Machines

In collaboration with multi-disciplinary subject experts, Kar Lab advances traction e-motor technology by pursuing multi-dimensional breakthroughs in new and innovative materials, structural optimization and thermal management. The high–performance e-motors are required to be lightweight, compact, low-cost, efficient, easily manufacturable and above all, reliable.

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Awards and Accolades

2020 Brad Sato receives The Dr. Voiko Loukanov Engineering Scholarship established at the University of Windsor by D&V Electronics in honour of its founder Mahwish Khan receives Outstanding Undergraduate Student Research Award in recognition for Excellence in Scholarship, Research and Creative Activity at the University of Windsor Matthew Mustapic receives the […]

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Testing Capabilities

Kar Lab has significant traction e-motor and inverter benchmarking capabilities. Fast and accurate testing is essential to the iterative design optimization process of next-generation electric motors and drives. The research program develops new methods that can produce accurate and comprehensive test results. Automatic electric motor and drive testing is conducted […]

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About Us

Windsor-Essex is the automotive capital of Canada and home to Canada’s largest auto cluster, with ~100 manufacturers, two automaker OEM R&D facilities: the Ford Powertrain (PERDC) Lab, ARDC (FCA), and a world class transformative research facility in electric vehicle technologies: the Centre for Hybrid Automotive Research and Green Energy (CHARGE) […]

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Defense Aiswarya Balamurali

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