Recently, the ASPIRE research team at Purdue University worked with the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) to successfully install a quarter-mile strip of dynamic wireless power transfer (DWPT) in the highway — infrastructure that allows vehicles to charge as they drive. Yet the research doesn’t stop there. With a community-focused approach, an ASPIRE team has surveyed and researched public perception of…
As the path to an electrified future expands with in-motion charging capabilities, allowing vehicles to charge as they drive down an electrified road, ASPIRE is leading the charge through research on these electrified roadways and implications — including the effect of temperature on the road. These wireless power transfer (WPT) systems generate heat waste that…
As wireless charging systems become a reality, rather than an aspiration of the future, ASPIRE researchers are finding ways to continually test and enhance these systems in order to improve their effectiveness. Ph.D. candidate Raquel Sarabia recently published her team’s research addressing the energy efficiency degradation in capacitive wireless power chargers installed in roadways. “We…
As electric vehicles are more widely adopted across the nation, ASPIRE researchers are finding ways to optimize EV charging and reduce costs for EV owners while also reducing the overall impact on the grid. Utah State University Ph.D. candidate Jackson Morgan was the first author on a new research publication that optimizes EV charging by…
After three years of working as a postdoctoral researcher and research associate, alongside an ASPIRE civil engineering team at Purdue University — including collaborating with Professor of Civil and Construction Engineering John Haddock and co-supervising Oscar Moncada’s master’s thesis — Pablo Orosa Iglesias has recently been promoted to Research Assistant Professor. “After several years working…
Imagine a world where researchers engage directly with the community — where the community’s voice and insights are not only heard but implemented. This open communication is then shared with professionals and academia across multiple disciplines, ensuring a collaborative approach to improving the quality of life for that community. This community-focused approach is the reality…
The advent of wireless charging stations for phones, earbuds, smartwatches and other devices is replacing the days of charging cords and awkward studying or scrolling positions due to not-quite-long-enough cords. This technology is exciting and increasingly more convenient, yet the ASPIRE Research Center has taken it even further through the development of wireless power transfer…
With the rising interest in dynamic wireless power transfer (DWPT) systems to charge in-motion electric vehicles, especially heavy-duty EVs, ASPIRE researchers are discovering innovative ways to address this rising need. One complication with three-phase DWPT systems is the requirement for magnetic balancing, a problem that a team of ASPIRE students and researchers from the University…
The warmth of accomplishment that comes from publishing research, then seeing others utilize that research, is one that Travis Newbolt, an ASPIRE Ph.D. candidate from The University of Texas at El Paso, is intimately familiar with. For Newbolt, his contributions to science and engineering have been a sustained, yet fulfilling, trek. “I began my research…
After years of hard work, collaboration, and education, ASPIRE has worked with Salt Lake City policymakers to create the first-of-their-kind permits to install a dynamic wireless power transfer (DWPT) system at the Utah Inland Port in Salt Lake City (SLC). This long and arduous process — as city officials were navigating new ground — was…