The AUTO21 Network of Centres of Excellence

The AUTO21 Network of Centres of Excellence received funding from the federal government. Seevral projects funded have a Concordia connection. Concordia’s Centre for Advanced Vehicle Engineering will participate in a research project aimed at developing new protection devices for side crashes involving passenger vehicles and large trucks: Exchange Morning Post and Northumberland View. Concordia's Power Electronics and Energy Research team, led by Pragasen Pillay, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,  also received funding for research aimed at producing a motor that is less dependent on costly magnets: PsychOrg.