The BMSLab welcomes collaborations with the industry, academia, postdoctoral fellows, and students. This page provides the details that you will need to initiate a collaboration with us.

Industry

We are open to collaborations with private, government, and not-for-profit industry partners. We have the capabilities to assist you in the following ways:

• Battery cell testing and characterization: We have the tools and expertise to test and characterize the state of charge (SOH) and state of health (SOH) battery cells. We developed novel approaches for fast and accurate cell characterization. Based on our characterization, the time to shut down (TTS), remaining mileage, and the remaining useful life (RUL) of the battery cell can be very precisely estimated.
• Battery pack modeling, building, testing, and characterization: We have the experience and capabilities to build, test, and characterize battery modules and packs. 
• Battery management system evaluation: We developed novel approaches to test, evaluate, and benchmark battery management systems.
• Custom battery management system development: We can develop custom battery management systems for your specific applications. We specialize in BMS algorithms, i.e., estimation of SOC, SOH, TTS, and RUL; optimal charging algorithms; charge balancing strategies; and battery thermal management.
• Research: Our lab is involved in cutting-edge research about battery management systems. Our past contribution to research culminated in the publication of a book and hundreds of peer-reviewed publications. Please refer to our publication page for details.

If you are from the industry and would like to know more about how we can provide solutions that fit your needs, please drop an e-mail to bmslab@uwindsor.ca to schedule a meeting.

Visiting faculty

Self-funded professors from other universities are welcome to collaborate with us in person. You may find rewarding opportunity with us to spend your time away during your sabbatical leave. If you are interested, please send your proposal (1-2 pages maximum) detailing your ideas for collaboration that will build on the strength of your past experience and ours.  

Postdoctoral fellows

We have a limited number of postdoc positions for extremely qualified applicants. You must have experience in one of the following fields: battery modeling, power electronic design with applications in battery management systems, hardware/software/firmware development with past applications in battery monitoring or BMS. To apply, please send a 1-page statement of interest and your CV to bmslab@uwindsor.ca.

Ph.D. students

We are interested to support well-qualified Ph.D. students. Experience in battery modeling, BMS, power electronic circuit design, hardware/software/firmware development, and machine learning theory is an asset. To apply, please send a 1-page statement of interest and your CV to bmslab@uwindsor.ca. All Ph.D. students at the BMSLab will be considered for full scholarships and are expected to work full-time towards their projects.

M.A.Sc. students

Our research activities at the BMSLab offer great opportunities for masters (M.A.Sc.) students that are willing to get familiarity with research in general and battery management systems in particular. Depending on various factors (immigration status, academic standing, and availability of scholarships) masters students receive a significant amount of financial support from our lab. Please consider the following before reaching out.

• Presently undergraduate students at the University of Windsor: You need to contact (bmslab@uwindsor.ca) at least 8 months prior to the intended start. Only those applicants with more than 80% average will be considered. 
• Presently M.Eng. student at the University of Windsor: We support students presently pursuing M.Eng. at the University of Windsor to transfer to M.A.Sc. under the supervision of BMSLab. To do so, you must have taken the graduate-level course on battery management systems taught by Dr. Balasingam. If you are a present/past student of advanced energy storage systems (AESS) please contact Dr. Balasingam (singam@uwindsor.ca) for further instructions. 
• Students applying from other institutions (Canadian and International): You must have strong academic standing (e.g., high GPA, 1^st in class). Experience in battery modeling, BMS, power electronic circuit design, hardware/software/firmware development, and machine learning theory is an asset. To apply, please send a 1-page statement of interest and your CV to bmslab@uwindsor.ca.

Undergraduate students

Undergraduate students from the University of Windsor can participate in the research activities of the BMSLab through the following means.

• Outstanding scholars program: University of Windsor generously supports undergraduate research through the outstanding scholars program. We are interested in supporting outstanding scholars who are from the following disciplines: engineering, computer science, chemistry, physics, and environment.
• NSERC undergraduate student research program: We support undergraduate students interested in applying to the NSERC undergraduate research scholarship to pursue research projects in our lab. If you are interested, send your CV to bmslab@uwindsor.ca. 
• Capstone projects: BMSLab regularly offers capstone project ideas to final-year undergraduate students. Over the past five years, our lab has supervised over 25 capstone projects. If you would like to work on innovative design projects involving batteries and battery management systems, please send your proposal to  bmslab@uwindsor.ca. Please also ask about our existing list of project ideas.
• Industry-sponsored internship projects: At BMSLab, we undertake research and development (R&D) projects to support various industry, government, and non-profit partners. We are interested in working with extremely self-motivated students on various industry-sponsored R&D projects involving batteries and battery management systems. At president, we have an opening for battery data collection and analysis. Please contact bmslab@uwindsor.ca for further details.