Completed Projects

Since it's establishment in 2000, AUTO21 and its industry and public sector partners have invested more than $90 million in automotive research and development. For more information on the previously funded projects, please contact info@auto21.ca

Advanced Automobile Seat Design
Advanced Casting of Light Materials
Advanced High-Strength Steel Microstructures for Low and High-Rate Applications
Advanced Manufacturing, Assembly and Inspection
Advanced Tribology For Products and Processes
Anti Social Behaviour & the Automobile
Automobile-Linked Crime In Canada
Automotive Glass Exciter Technologies for Subwoofer Applications
Automotive Industry-Government Relations in the 21st Century
Battery Storage and Optimization of Plug-in Hybrid
Biodiesel Fuel for Sustainable Mobility
Business/Economic Analysis of Canada's Auto Industry
Canadian Automobile Research Simulation (CARS)
Canadian Labour Market Regulation, Relations and Innovation
Cephalo-Ocular Behaviour and Visual Search Patterns of Drivers
Chemically Enhanced Formability of Automotive Aluminum Alloys
Collaborative Design Tools for Multidisciplinary Design
Collaborative Driving Systems
Combustion of Low-Emission Automotive-Tailored Natural Gas (CLEAN GAS)
Combustion Systems for Alternate Fuels
Composite Acoustic Materials for Noise and Vibration Control
Computer Aided Design of Catalytic Converters
Construction of Integrated Navigation Information Infrastructure
Crash Investigations
Design for Rapid Manufacture
Dynamic Collaborative Driving
Electrical Power Management and Safety Systems
Electronic Controls for VVT and HCCI Combustion
Energy Storage in Lithium Ion Batteries
Enhanced Child Safety In Automobiles
Evolution of Life Cycle Assessments
Fine-Celled Foam Structures for Automotive TPO Components
Foam Processes for Automotive Parts
HCCI Combustion Using Intelligent Control
High Efficiency Machining Processes
High-Strength Lightweight Cast Powertrain Components
Hybrid Active Safety Systems and Grid Interfacing
Hydroforming of Advanced High Strength Steels
Hydrogen Safety and Infrastructure Study for Hydrogen Vehicles
Industrial Health and Safety in the Auto Industry
Inertial Sensor Cluster for Adaptive Path Prediction
Infrastructure for Wide Market Adoption of PHEV
Injury Prevention in the Auto Industry
Innovations for Children's Safety in Vehicles
Integrated Navigation and Communications Systems Development
Intelligent Sensing and Control for Factory Automation
Interior Noise Environment
Labour & Work in the Auto Industry
Laser Transmission Welding - Intercooler Development
Laser Welding of Thermoplastics
Lean Burn Combustion for Reducing Emissions
Life Cycle Environmental Assessment and Policy (LEAP)
Lightweight Cast Components and Magnesium Recycling
Low Cost-High Density Hydrogen Storage for Automotive Fuel Cells
Machinability
Magnesium Casting Processes I
Magnesium Casting Processes II
Magnesium Casting Processes III
Manufacturing Ergonomics Through Simulation and Modeling
MEMS-Based Intelligent Active Safety Systems
Micro Machining of Dies and Moulds
Model-Based Damage Diagnosis of Automotive Components
Multidisciplinary Optimization of Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Batteries
Neuro-Fuzzy Systems for Inspection in Manufacturing Processes
New Generation Steels
New Generation Steels II
Next Generation Compaction System
NVH Design of Magnesium Alloys-Based Front Dashes
On-Board Fuel Cell Powered Auxiliary Power Units
Optimization of Composite Manufacturing by Resin Injection
PEM Fuel Cells for Automotive Applications
Pollution and Particle Sensors for Environment-Aware Vehicles
Polymer Composites
Powder Metallurgy for High-Performance Automotive Components
Powder Metallurgy for High-Performance Powertrain Components
Processing Technologies of Light Materials Cast Components
Productivity And Safety Improvements In The Non-Structural Speed Fastening Process
Public Policy and the Automobile in Canada
Recyclable, Lightweight Polymeric Nanocomposites
Reformer Technology for Fuel Cells
Regenerative Braking Systems
Renewable Biofibres and Biomaterials for Interior Parts
Renewable, Recyclable and Lightweight Structural Prototype Parts
Safe Platform for Evaluating/Enhancing Driver Qualifications
Safe Transportation for Seniors
Safety Restraint of Children During Collision
Second Generation Biofuels for Sustainable Transportation
Sheet & Tube Forming
Smart Technologies for Improved Acoustic Environment of Autos
Teen and Novice Driver Network
The Effect of Magnesium Granule Microstructure on the Properties of Semi-Solid Formed Test Samples
Thermal Coatings
Tools, Dies & Moulds
Ultra-Clean BioDiesel Engines
Vehicle Communications and Applications
Vehicle Safety for Vulnerable Population
Welding & Joining
Welding and Joining of Advanced Materials
Wireless MEMS-Based Sensor Nodes For Intelligent Automotive Safety, Comfort, And Performance Systems
Wireless Sensor Networks for Communicative and Adaptive Cars
Wrought Magnesium for Automobiles
Young Offenders and Vehicle Thefts