The main research activities of the Department are carried out in the following areas:

  • Technical diagnostics and monitoring in electrified transport systems
  • Methods of technical diagnostics and monitoring of current collectors and the overhead contact line, in particular vision methods
  • Mathematical and simulation models of current collectors and upper overhead contact line
  • Modeling and analysis of electrotraction power systems
  • Modeling and control of electric drives of vehicles
  • Reduction of energy consumption in electrified transport systems
  • Smart-grids and renewable energy sources in vehicle power systems
  • Energy storage in electrified public transport "Ecodriving" in public transport
  • Wind turbines with counter-rotating rotors