Cummins Innovation Centre

Research undertaken under the Cummins Innovation Centre (CIC) framework focuses on electrical machines and their related technologies, including power converters and control. The main active groups within the CIC include, but are not exclusive to, the Power Electronics, Machine drives and Control (PEMC) research group, the Thermo-fluids research group and the Advanced Manufacturing group. The main areas of research are power generation and conversion, high speed drives, and traction applications.

In general, research within the CIC aims to push the boundaries of current technologies and to understand and address the requirements of the future.

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Research

Postgraduate researchers calibrating a high voltage synchronous Generator
 
 

Research ranges from basic technology investigation to fully engineered advanced concept demonstrators and is underpinned by world-class experimental and workshop facilities allowing realistic practical validation of novel machines and systems.

The nature of the CIC framework with its intrinsic relationship between the academic and industrial worlds indicates a suite of exciting projects that need to be practical, with real-life applications, while being innovative and novel.

Synchronous Generators

 

Thermal Management 

 

High Speed Machines

 

Traction Machines

 

Related Technologies

 

Cummins Innovation Centre

Faculty of Engineering
The University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham, NG7 2RD

Contact: Prof Chris Gerada
Telephone: +44 (0)115 846 6117
email: chris.gerada@nottingham.ac.uk