Photo courtesy of the University of Windsor.Photo courtesy of the University of Windsor.
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University of Windsor researcher receives $1.8M grant

A University of Windsor researcher just received a large grant to improve electric vehicle drive systems.

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) awarded Narayan Kar $1.8-million for a three-year research project working with industry partners.

The project’s goal is to make electric vehicles more powerful, efficient, and reliable and less expensive to build and maintain.

“With this project, we want to create a paradigm shift in the field of transportation electrification,” said Kar. “We hope to give Canada a competitive advantage in the global marketplace.”

Kar will work with auto parts supplier Magna International, Ottawa-based power device company GaN Systems, and a researcher at Concordia University.

“This project is important in that we will get direct input from industry partners in our research work, which is significant in the knowledge transfer between academia and industry,” said Dr. Chunyan Lai, the researcher from Concordia University. “I believe all parties will benefit from this new, collaborative project.”

Around 15 students and post-doctoral fellows will work on the project at the University of Windsor under Kar’s direction.

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