Battery Testing Consortium Research Poster Competition

The Oxford Brookes University School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics invites Formula Student and early career researcher attendees of the Motorsport Battery Research Symposium to participate in the Battery Testing Consortium Research Poster Competition.

The Battery Testing Consortium (BTC) has been developed within the Centre for Batteries, Electric Vehicles and Electronics at Oxford Brookes University to provide accurate and comprehensive cell data to Formula Student Electric teams. The BTC is a database of li-ion cell test data, where selected cells have been subjected to an extensive range of standard li-ion cell testing protocols at a broad range of environmental temperatures.

Through the BTC, we aim to provide Formula Student teams with information for improved and informed decisions for cell selection, pack architecture design, thermal cooling requirements, and end of life predictions. A range of tests are completed to provide a comprehensive electrochemical lithium-ion characterisation for modelling, validation, and battery management parameterisation.

About the competition

We invite participants to undertake a small research project in which BTC data is used in a novel manner. Participants are expected to undertake their project between October 2024 and January 2025 and subsequently prepare a poster to present at the Motorsport Battery Research Symposium.

There are two BTC Poster Competitions running:

Formula Student (FS) Team BTC Poster Competition

The task will be to compile a poster that details the development of the electric powertrain and battery storage of your FS vehicle. Please note that participants in the competition take part as representatives of their FS team.

Early Career Researcher (ECR) BTC Poster Competition

The task is more open and can explore topics including, but not limited to:

Li-ion cell modelling
- Physics based models
- ML based models
- ECM models
- Degradation models
Battery pack design for future of transport applications
Second life li-ion battery pack applications and modelling

Requirements

Poster projects must utilise and demonstrate use of the BTC data. For example, projects could use BTC data in the following way:

Cell/pack level models parameterised with BTC data (Physics based or ECM)
Cell/pack level machine learning models trained using BTC data.
Cell/pack battery management system architecture that incorporates BTC data.
Cell/pack level testing used to extend/validate related models (as per above).
BTC data used to validate cell/pack models or vehicle drive cycle analysis.

Participants should submit an A1 portrait poster summarising their project. The organisers can arrange for your poster to be printed if required. Please notify the contact below at least 5 working days in advance of the event to ensure your poster will be ready.

Society for Automotive Engineers (SAE) involvement

A special issue of the SAE International Journal of Electrified Vehicles is being planned to publish the abstracts and posters from the poster competition. In addition, we will invite the top 10-12 submissions to be developed into formal papers for possible inclusion within the special issue.

The resulting formal papers should be 10-12 pages in length when typeset (including figures and tables). As usual, there will be a formal review of all the abstracts and papers submitted, so publication cannot be guaranteed

Judging

For both poster competitions, a team of judges will visit each participant's poster. Each participant will have a short time to present their poster to the judges.

Posters will be assessed on the following criteria:

Visual presentation quality (30%)
Novel use of BTC data (35%)
Quality of engineering content (35%)

Prizes

FS Team Poster Competition

A cash prize of £200 and a best poster trophy.

ECR Poster Competition

A cash prize of £100 and a best poster certificate.