Office of Naval Research grant will allow UTA researchers to mimic performance of multiple shipboard systems while testing batteries

Shipboard testingShipboard electrical systems are very complex and rely on multiple supplies and loads to perform correctly. The varying supplies and loads also make it difficult, if not impossible, to test and predict how a ship’s onboard systems will operate prior to being fully operational at sea. David Wetz, an associate professor of electrical engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington, will utilize a $343,104 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program or DURIP grant from the Office of Naval Research to purchase an OPAL-RT Hardware in the Loop platform that will