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Current Projects
Silicon Carbide Research with Semisouth
Silicon carbide has been identified as a material with unique advantages for the development of high power electronic devices for a wide variety of defense systems. Advances in SiC vertical junction field effect transistors (VJFETS) at SemiSouth Laboratories, Inc. and at Mississippi State University have demonstrated the potential of this technology. This task seeks to extend the present state of the art 600V technology to enable 1200V VJFETS and to achieve a device technology readiness level to a target of TRL 6. The goal of this effort includes monitoring each lot with a statistically adequate sample, as well as performing an in-depth investigation to determine degradation activation energies and lifetime distribution models for predicting device lifetimes at operational temperatures. MSU is responsible for on-wafer device testing, packaging, packaged component testing and reliability evaluation.More...
MDOT Law Enforcement Vehicle Performance Monitoring System
The goal of the VPMS project is to provide a system for tracking and monitoring MDOT owned vehicles for the purpose of maintenance, accountability, management, logistics, and operations optimization. The VPMS project consists of a small tracking device that is installed in the vehicle where it monitors vehicle parameters using the vehicle diagnostic port and an attached GPS. The position and vehicle data is relayed over cellular internet service to a web server where the data is stored. The data can be viewed in real time or older data can be played back and reviewed. More...
Propane Displacement of Diesel Fuel
Extensive literature search into propane displacement research and the investigation of aftermarket propane fogging systems.
Run Flat (Morgan)
Program to determine the minimum design critiera and general specifications for run-flat devices for military vehicles. This effort is primarily focused on ridge internal devices to provide extended vehicle operations in the event of tire deflation.

Past Projects
MDOT Vehicle Performance Monitoring System
Pilot project to evaluate the effectiveness of VPMS in monitoring MDOT vehicle utilization.