Electrification and Automobile Propulsion M2

In the field of road transport, European manufacturers have committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It is now commonly admitted that such an objective will not be met by improvements in the internal combustion engine alone. After a century of maintaining a wait-and-see attitude, almost all manufacturers have finally accepted the introduction of electrification into motorization as a highly effective solution to the issue of minimizing energy consumption and pollution.

Objectives

The current state of affairs, with the massive introduction of electrical components, has dramatically changed road transport. These components, which until recently comprised only auxiliary components in vehicles, now play an increasingly central role in the power train, as well as in the management and transformation of onboard energy. This specialization thus tracks the latest developments in means of transport, offering a training of excellence, in the Ile-de-France region, for future researchers and engineers from universities and Grande Ecoles, as well as to qualified foreign students. It is open to students who have a strong desire to make significant concrete contributions to meeting the pressing socio-economic challenge of improving means of transport so as to preserve our planet from excessive local and global pollution.

Pedagogy

The distinctive feature of this training lies first and foremost in its multidisciplinary approach and the system nature of the scientific domain involved. This specificity is a direct feature of its applications, which are, by definition, rich and complex systems in which multiple physical phenomena are coupled. This specialization is thus designed to meet the need for interdisciplinary training, combining the following competences: electricity (electrical energy, electronics, and information processing), mechanics (vehicle dynamics, power transmission), thermal transfers and internal combustion engine transfers (combustion, fuel, thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, post-treatment of gas emissions), and systems control and integration (control engineering, optimization techniques). Such a combination of skills allows for a holistic approach to the partially or totally electrified power train and to the entire vehicle.
Students choosing this specialization will participate in the development of new concepts and the elaboration of new clean means of transport. They will become key actors in academic research laboratories and the R&D departments of the automobile industry.
(combustion, electrical, mechanics, thermal, control), as well as the various in-depth presentations provided by academic and industrial specialists. Theoretical skills are supplemented with an emphasis on the integration and interconnection technologies between embedded components. This training prepares students to conduct further research through industry-oriented doctoral theses (CIFRE PhDs). However, some of the students enrolled in the program might well pursue further research through PhD programs within laboratories dealing with more academic subjects. Finally, the Master program is also designed to train students for research engineering jobs within company R&D departments and specialized laboratories engaged in the new challenge of power train electrification in transport. Overall, this program prepares students for either research or engineering activities. The training is rigorous and the course load relatively heavy, so as to enable the acquisition of in-depth skills.

Program

The Electrification and Automobile Propulsion specialization brings together three distinct programs:

• Sustainable Vehicles and Transport at ENS Cachan
• Energy (EN) (ranked A in 2009) at École Centrale Paris
• Information, Energy, and Systems (IES) (ranked A in 2009) at Supélec

Semester 1: 3 required courses + 5 elective courses from a choice of 7 (30 ECTS)

• Introduction to the Engine and its Limitations *
• Architecture of Hybridization
• The Internal Combustion Engine
• Mechanical Components
• Electrical Machines
• Power Electronics
• Embedded Energy Storage
• Thermal Transfers
• GMP Systems and Sub-System Integration *
• Dynamic and Longitudinal Vehicle Behavior

Semester 2: 1 required course + 2 elective courses + 1 internship (30 ECTS)

• Advanced Control of Vehicle Energy Flow *
• Vehicle Integration
• Vehicle Eco-design
• Engineering Department - Simulation Software
• Embedded Electrical Energy Networks
• Communication Networks
• Open Course (subject to approval by the pedagogical team)
• Internship

* These courses are considered essential to a coherent and multidisciplinary training program and are therefore required.
ENS Cachan, Centrale Paris and Supelec students are exempt from certain courses, which they are considered to have covered as part of their undergraduate curriculum. The pedagogical team will determine, in collaboration with each institution, the number and type of courses required in this specialization program and those which may be taken as part of the specific curriculum at each of the three institutions.