DEARBORN, Mich. – The University of Michigan-Dearborn has been selected to receive $1 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Graduate Automotive Technology Education (GATE) initiative to establish a GATE Center for Electric Drive Transportation at UM-Dearborn.
The Center will build upon UM-Dearborn’s existing Ph.D. and master’s degree programs in automotive systems engineering, as well as faculty expertise and research achievements in the area of electric drive vehicles, including battery electric vehicles, extended-range electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles, and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
“I am very excited about this opportunity,” said Chris Mi, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, who is leading the project at UM-Dearborn. “This is a big recognition of our past work in the area of electric and hybrid electric vehicles, and will enhance greatly our existing graduate programs in automotive systems engineering.”
