dr. chris mi (university of michigan – dearborn,usa) gave a talk- batteries and other emerging issues of electrified vehicles- to faculties and students of cee at the building of electrical engineering dec.12.
in august 2009, president barak obama unveiled an unprecedented investment as part of a massive, $2.4-billion effort to accelerate the manufacturing and deployment of hybrid electric vehicles and new-generation batteries and to save or create thousands of jobs. the goal is to get 1 million plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (phevs) on the road by 2015. the university of michigan-dearborn has partnered with chrysler to participate in this historical effort. large deployment of electrified vehicles will rely on the success of many innovations, including batteries. there are key obstacles in battery cell manufacturing and pack integration, including safety and life. under the above background, dr. chris mi in his talk offered a new perspective at the recent developments in batteries, controls, and approaches to address battery and control related issues pertaining to the large deployment of electrified vehicles.
dr. chris mi is associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, and director of dte power electronics laboratory at the university of michigan-dearborn, michigan, usa. dr. mi holds a bs and an ms degree from northwestern polytechnical university, xi’an, china, and a ph.d degree from the university of toronto, toronto, canada. he was the chief technical officer of 1power solutions from 2008 to 2010. dr. mi worked with general electric company from 2000 to 2001. from 1988 to 1994, he was a member of the faculty of northwestern polytechnical university. from 1994 to 1996, he was an associate professor and an associate chair with the department of automatic control systems, xi’an petroleum university. dr. mi is the associate editor of ieee transactions on vehicular technology (2009-2011), associate editor of ieee transactions on power electronics – letters; editorial board of iet transactions on electrical systems in transportation, associate editor of journal of circuits, systems, and computers (2007-2009); the editorial board member of international journal of electric and hybrid vehicles (2006-2009); a guest editor of ieee transactions on vehicular technology, special issue on vehicle power and propulsion (2009-2010); and guest editor of international journal of power electronics, special issue on vehicular power electronics and motor drives (2009-2010). dr. mi served as the vice chair (2006 to 2007) and chair (2008) of the ieee southeastern michigan section. he was the general chair of the fifth ieee international vehicle power and propulsion conference held in dearborn, michigan, september 7-11, 2009. dr. mi served on the review panel for the national science foundation and the department of energy, the u.s. department of energy (2006–2010), and the natural sciences and engineering research council of canada (2010).
a leading expert in electric and hybrid vehicles, dr. mi has taught tutorials and seminars on the subject of hev/phev for the society of automotive engineers (sae), the ieee, nsf, and national society of professional engineers. he delivered the hev course to major automotive oems and suppliers, including gm, ford, chrysler, and delphi. he has offered the tutorial in six countries, including the us, china, korea, malaysia, singapore, and mexico. dr. mi has conducted extensive research in ev/hev space and has published more than 100 articles and delivered 30 invited talks and keynote speeches, and served as panelists.