The project “Cell Parameter Variability in Lithium-Ion Batteries” - VarBat, was selected as on of few projects funded under the MIT-Germany Seed Fund initiative. The participating groups are the chair for Systems Theory and Automatic Control of the OvGU (Rolf Findeisen), the Institute of Energy and Process Systems Engineering of the TU Braunschweig (Ulrike Krewer) and the group of Richard Braatz from MIT.

The objective of the seed project is to initiate collaborative research that tackles the often overlooked but important challenge of battery cell variability. Specifically, a first-principles model-based approach will be utilized to provide a route to the next-generation of battery management systems for electro mobility applications that maximizes the overall performance while increasing reliability and decreasing costs.

The MIT-Germany Seed Fund program supports new collaborations between faculty and research scientists at MIT and their counterparts in Germany. It is part of the MIT Global Seed Fund Initiative. The selection is very competitive. Projects are selected that are likely to make an important contribution to the field and which include a balanced exchange between participating teams.

Prof. Rolf Findeisen Tel.: 0391 67 18708

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