Center for Advanced Vehicles and Energy Systems
The Center for Advanced Vehicles and Energy Systems (CAVES), established in 2005, focuses on research, development and dissemination of power systems, power electronics, electric machines and drives, automotive technology and alternative energy systems along with their enabling technologies. The Center’s efforts are geared toward product-oriented research, development, and commercialization of efficient cost-effective solutions to alternative transportation systems, advanced energy sources and storage, and their real-time control platforms. In addition to providing research services to industry, private and government agencies, CAVES also provides knowledge dissemination through symposia, lectures, seminars, and project-oriented graduate and undergraduate design experiences.
The Electrical and Computer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering departments have graduate and undergraduate students, along with faculty, who are engaged in energy systems, electric hybrid vehicle technology, and related fields. CAVES conducts its activities in various facilities, including the Alternative Energy Laboratory, High Voltage Laboratory, Power Electronics Laboratory, Controls Research Laboratory, Battery Research Facility, Dynamometer Facility, Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Facility, and Pervasive Automation Laboratory, among others.