SELECT the Future

The Sustainable Electrified Transportation (SELECT) Research Center brings together industry members and leading engineering researchers to develop solutions that match global electrified transportation challenges and opportunities.

SELECT Center members represent the broad electric transportation ecosystem spectrum, including automotive manufacturers, tier one suppliers/manufacturers, utilities, transportation agencies, national labs, infrastructure developers and government.

SELECT a rich partnership network

Meet the innovators who are helping drive the wide-scale implementation of sustainable electrified transportation for roadways (e.g., electric highways and smarter urban settings), off roadway applications, next generation air transit, and synergistic fields including automated vehicles and grid/micro grid integration.

Successful x-57 Battery Testing

December 2017: NASA and SELECT partner Electric Power Systems (EPS) have reached an important milestone this week testing the battery of the first all-electric X-plane. Initial battery thermal tests with representatives from EPS and NASA were successfully completed between Tuesday and Friday this week in the USTAR/EP Systems (EPS) funded Battery Limits and Survivability Testing (BLAST) Lab. All the equipment performed as designed and anticipated. Additional tests are planned in the coming months with EPS and other collaborators; moreover, the success of this week’s tests indicate tremendous opportunity for future collaborations and projects, grants, and contracts with USU, UPEL, and SELECT.

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WAVE and Other SELECT Members Land $4.3M DOE Extreme Fast Charging Project

On April 30, 2018, the Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technology Office announced $19 Million in awards for projects in “Advanced Battery and Electrification Research to Enable Extreme Fast Charging.” A $4.3 Million award will be granted to SELECT member WAVE along with Utah State University and other partners (including SELECT member Schneider Electric) to develop high-power wireless extreme fast charging technology that reduces charging time for electric drayage trucks at the Port of Los Angeles.

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DOE Awards Virginia Tech and SELECT Team Members Electric Vehicle Cybersecurity Grant

In October 2018, SELECT affiliate university partner, Virginia Tech, was awarded a $3 million grant from the US Department of Energy for research on electrical vehicle charging infrastructure cybersecurity. Ryan Gerdes, principal investigator and assistant professor at Virginia tech, will lead the research in collaboration with industry researchers including vehicle and charger manufactures, utility operators, and university partners including SELECT university partner Utah State University. The collaboration will tackle key challenges in the cyber domain through resilient charging systems and software solutions. By developing systems to protect the infrastructure for fast charging, researchers can address and remedy vulnerabilities of the system while protecting user privacy

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SELECT innovative research

SELECT’s faculty and industry partnerships have assembled a broad, core set of research and technology development capabilities in vehicle electric powertrains, charging systems and infrastructure, energy storage, transportation engineering, and impact analysis.

SELECT calendar

Contact David Christensen (david.christensen@usu.edu), SELECT Executive Director, for more information.

2019 Annual Meeting & Technology Showcase

Utah State University, Logan, Utah

September 17-18, 2019

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The 2019 SELECT Annual Meeting and Technology Showcase be hosted by Utah State University. The meeting will continue to bring together a wide range of SELECT faculty, students, members, partners, leaders, and other officials to drive wide-scale adoption of electrified transportation--together. The two-day business meeting will highlight forthcoming research, innovative industry accomplishments, pilot projects, hardware demonstrations, and upcoming big ideas. Speakers and breakout session leaders are chosen from a wide array of SELECT affiliates and other industry leaders.

CERV
Conference of Electric Roads and Vehicles

Utah State University, Logan, Utah
(tentative) February 24-25, 2020

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