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Introducing the Advanced Motor Drive Controller
Are you looking to develop advanced motor drives? Are you limited by the compute performance or I/O capabilities of your current control solution? Do you want an open-source, research-oriented, flexible, and modular control platform? Introducing …
February 11, 2022New Arrivals
Welcome to Federico and Parth! These two brave students have joined our group mid-winter. We’ve promised them the weather here actually will get warmer. Thankfully Jimmy (the Wisconsin groundhog) did not see his shadow, so …
February 8, 2022Congrats to Fall 2021 Graduates and Dissertators
Congrats to Nathan, Anvar, and Nishanth! Nathan finished his MS project on the development of a new, open-source control platform and creative sandbox for electric machines. The platform is appropriately entitled the Advanced Motor Drive …
December 23, 2021Watch: Severson gives MERL invited seminar on magnetically levitated motor systems
Use the Force for Good: Sustainability Through Magnetic Levitation. Electric motors pump our water, heat and cool our homes and offices, drive critical medical and surgical equipment, and, increasingly, operate our transportation systems. Approximately 99% …
December 15, 2021New Funding: DOE Project to Develop a Fully Electric Powered, Hydraulic Assisted, Compact Track Loader
Today’s off-highway vehicles (i.e., agriculture and construction equipment) contribute to 18% of US CO2 emissions. These vehicles are notoriously inefficient, with only 20% of engine shaft energy reaching the vehicle implements. The Severson Group is …
November 5, 2021- More News