Years of experience with advanced powertrain system development at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) allows the Advanced Vehicle Technology section to analyze and trade off many advanced production systems and components.

All phases of the vehicle powertrain design process can be addressed as a system or as a system of systems, depending on client needs:

Initial Requirement Analysis

Software project planning
High-level requirement specifications
Project organization

Hardware and Software Algorithms and Specifications

Software design plan
Hardware parameters
Hardware boundary conditions
Functionality planning
Functionality design

Hardware and Software Implementation

Software coding
Software execution
Software debugging
Hardware construction
Hardware control
Hardware interface
Hardware testing
Issuance of engineering change orders to correct design errors found during implementation

Laboratory and Vehicle Validation

Product testing against design requirements with client oversight
Design of tests for both laboratory and vehicle-mounted conditions

For more information about our systems analysis capabilities, or how you can contract with SwRI, please contact Cheuk Ng at cng@swri.org or (210) 522-3311.

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Contact Information

Cheuk Ng

Advanced Vehicle Technology Systems Analysis

(210) 522-3311

cng@swri.org

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Related Terminology

advanced vehicle system development

vehicle system design

vehicle software design

hardware construction

hardware specifications

software algorithms

hardware implementation

software implementation

laboratory validation

vehicle validation

initial requirement analysis

vehicle component testing

powertrain design

powertrain system development

plug-in hybrid vehicle research

hybrid electric vehicle research

plug-in hybrid development

powertrain engineering

powertrain testing

Related Information

Hydrogen Technology Information

Vehicle Modeling, Simulation and Control Technology brochure

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March 07, 2013