Developing Battery Management Systems
using Model-Based Design

Federico Baronti received the M.Sc. degree in Electronic Engineering in 2001 and the PhD in 2005 at the University of Pisa, Italy. Since 2011 he is an assistant professor at the same university. He works on the design of innovative systems aiming at improving the performance, safety and comfort of road vehicles. More recent activities concern Li-ion battery modeling and the development of innovative battery management systems. He co-authored more than 60 publications on international journals and conference proceedings and holds one Italian patent. He is the co-founder and vice-chair of the IEEE-IES technical committee on Energy Storage.

Mo-Yuen Chow(S'81, M'82, SM'93, F'07) earned his degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.S., 1982); and Cornell University (M. Eng., 1983; Ph.D., 1987). Dr. Chow joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University as an Assistant Professor in 1987, Associate Professor in 1993, and Professor since 1999. Dr. Chow is a Changjiang Scholar and a Visiting Professor at Zhejiang University. Dr. Chow is the founder and the director of the Advanced Diagnosis, Automation, and Control (ADAC) Laboratory at North Carolina State University. His current research focuses on cooperative distributed control and fault management with applications on smart grids, PHEVs, batteries, and mechatronics systems. Dr. Chow has published one book, several book chapters, and over two hundred journal and conference articles related to his research work. He is an IEEE Fellow, the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 2010-2012, and has received the IEEE Region-3 Joseph M. Biedenbach Outstanding Engineering Educator Award, the IEEE ENCS Outstanding Engineering Educator Award, and the IEEE ENCS Service Award.

Robyn Jackey received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Clarkson University, USA in 2001 and 2002 respectively.  He is a Senior Technical Consultant at MathWorks, Natick, MA.  He specializes in modeling, simulation, and automatic code generation, primarily for clients in the automotive and aerospace industries. His recent work includes modeling and simulation of chemical batteries, software development, and implementation of Model-Based Design simulation tools in large organizations.

Simona Onori received her Laurea Degree, summa cum laude, (CSE) in 2003, her M.S. (ECE) in 2004, her Ph.D. (Control Engineering) in 2007, from University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, University of New Mexico, USA, and University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, respectively. Prior to joining the Clemson University faculty in August 2013, she was a research scientist at the Ohio State University. She works on modeling, simulation, optimization and control for advanced powertrain systems, and aging, characterization, modeling and identification of batteries (Li-ion and PbA) for state of health estimation and remaining useful life prediction. Her research has been funded, among others, by Honda R&D Japan, Ford, GM, Cummins, NSF and US-DOE. She is a member of IEEE, ASME and SAE.

Kevin Rzemien has worked for The MathWorks since January 2013 as a Principal Technical Consultant.  Prior to joining MathWorks, Kevin has extensive experience in Model Based Development of embedded control systems for a wide range of industries including automotive, Li-Ion battery, aerospace, off-highway and government. Kevin has 2 patents while working at Ford Motor Company and several technical papers and presentations. His primary areas of specialty at MathWorks have been control system, plant modeling and HIL development for various customers. Kevin has the unique combination of working for a wide spectrum of companies including a major OEM, a leader in tools for embedded controller development, a worldwide company providing engineering services for powertrain development and a Li-Ion battery manufacturer.