Driving the Next Generation

of Electrified & Autonomous Vehicles

Welcome to the website of Professor Ali Emadi’s research group—Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) Laureate Program at McMaster Automotive Resource Centre (MARC)—at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, one of the world’s leading academic research programs in transportation electrification and smart mobility focused on pioneering sustainable energy-efficient solutions from advanced electric motors, power electronics, energy management systems, and controls to electrified powertrains, electric vehicles, and autonomous systems.

Research Thrust Areas Include:

Electric & hybrid vehicles
Autonomous vehicles
Electrified powertrains
Electric machines
Motor drives/inverters
Motor controls
Power electronic DC/DC converters
Chargers & V2X systems
Embedded Software & controls
Functional Safety

Energy storage systems
Energy management systems
Advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS)
Artificial intelligence & machine learning
Thermal management
Modeling & simulations
Driving simulation
Vehicle dynamics

Facilities

Powertrain Tester Three-Machine Dyno
High Speed Electric Machine Dyno
MARCdrive Chassis Dyno
MARCdrive Driving Simulator
SoftAuto Laboratory
Energy Storage Laboratory
Power Electronics & Motor Drives Laboratory
Automotive / Aerospace Electrification Laboratory
Motor Control & Power Electronics Laboratory
High Bay Laboratory

Services

Research & development
Industry sponsored projects
Contract design & development
Modeling, simulations, & analysis
Hands-on education & training
Workforce development
Collaborative workshops for short courses, as well as strategic & technical brainstorming
Hardware & software testing
Benchmarking & characterization
Prototyping

Equipment & Dynamometers

Team Profiles

Our diverse research group consists of more than 250 graduate and undergraduate students, post-doctoral research fellows, and engineers.

Dr. Phil Kollmeyer

Senior Principal Research Engineer

Phillip Kollmeyer (IEEE S’04-M’16) received the B.S.(2006), M.S.(2011), and Ph.D.(2015) degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with a focus in the area of electric machines, power electronics, controls, and energy storage.

Dr. Alan Callegaro

Senior Principal Research Engineer

Alan was born in Ijuí, located in northwestern Rio Grande do Sul state, south Brazil. His passion on electricity began during his childhood and during his high-school he joined an Electro-technical vocational institute to make sure about his choice.

Dr. Romina Rodriguez

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Dr. Romina Rodriguez received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. During graduate school she interned at Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore in the Combustion Research Facility.

Maryam Alizadeh

Ph.D. Student

As a child, Maryam Alizadeh entertained herself by making new things with her toys. When she was about 6 years old, she made a small triangular car with a shoe box, which was different from the regular cars that she saw every day.

Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) Laureate Program
McMaster Automotive Resource Centre (MARC)
200 Longwood Rd South, Unit 207 | Hamilton, Ontario, L8P 0A6 | Canada

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