• Ford Motor Company, Diesel Sensors and Actuators, Engine Cold Start and Transient Test Systems
• Horiba Corp, Transient Test System Development

• 7,275,426 - Internal combustion engine control system, granted Oct 2007.
• 7,124,021 - Engine testing device which simulates dynamic gas exchange, granted Oct 2006.
• 6,708,557 - Internal combustion engine simulation and testing, granted Mar 2004.
• 6,212,945 - Method and apparatus for combustion quality diagnosis and control utilizing synthetic measures of combustion quality, granted Apr 2001.

• "Single cylinder engine transient test system"

Moskwa JJ, Lahti JL, Snyder MW, International Journal of Vehicle Design 40 (1-3): 196-211 2006.  Single cylinder research engines are often used to evaluate preliminary combustion chamber designs and valvetrain configurations.  The standard test configuration does not very accurately represent the rotational dynamics or manifold gas dynamics of the intended multi-cylinder engine application. This new single-cylinder transient test system addresses these and other issues by allowing the single-cylinder to operate as though it were part of a multi-cylinder engine.

• "Engine control using estimated parameters from a real time model of an engine with variable valve actuation"

Lahti JL, Moskwa JJ, Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division 2005: 519-527 Nov 2005.  A real time model of an engine was developed and integrated with engine control software to provide better engine control with less calibration effort.  Using the model it is possible to optimize efficiency, control the torque output, and regulate the exhaust gas residual mass fraction.

• "Transient response of a cross-flow charge air intercooler and its influence on engine operation"

Hribernik A, Moskwa JJ, Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control 122 (3): 438-489 Sep 2000.  To examine the influence of intercooler thermal inertia on transient engine operation, a 2D model of an air-to-air, cross-flow heat exchanger has been developed.

• Hardware-in-the-loop, high-bandwidth, engine transient test systems for single and multi-cylinder engines (designed and developed
  in PCRL)

• Powertrain Control Research Laboratory (PCRL)
• DynoLab (B1147 & B1151 ME)
• SimLab (B1180 ME)