Caryn M. Riley
Research Engineer II
NEETRAC's Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Research Center

Dr. Riley grew up in Melbourne, Florida located just south of Kennedy Space Center in Brevard County. She attended the Georgia Institute of Technology where she earned the B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E. and Ph.D. degrees in l992, 1993 and 1998 respectively.

While earning her graduate degrees, she developed models of the electrical systems for a hybrid electric vehicle simulation package, PATHS (Performance Assessment Toolbox for Hybrid Systems) and interned with Sulzer Electronics in Zurich, Switzerland.

Since October 1998, she has worked for NEETRAC's Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Research Center at Georgia Tech. As a research engineer, she is responsible for project management and development. Current active projects include the testing of rapid charge technology for both on and non-road applications, development of a hybrid-electric trouble truck for the utility industry, and faculty advisor to the Georgia Tech FutureTruck 2001 team.

Research Interests

• Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Systems
• Fast Charge Technology · Power Electronics
• Current-based condition monitoring of electric machines

Distinctions

• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
• Member, IEEE
• Member, SWE
• Member, Altrusa International, Inc. of Atlanta, GA

Selected Publications

• C.M. Riley and T.G. Habetler, "Development of a Sensorless Vibration Monitoring Method for Small AC Machines: A Summary of Results (Invited Paper)," Proceedings of the 7th Mechatronics Forum - Mechatronics 2000, September 2000.
• C.M. Riley, R.R. Obaid and T.G. Habetler, "A Method for the Sensorless Determination of the Vibration Level in Inverter-Driven Induction Motors," 1999 IEEE International Electric Machines & Drives Conference, pp. 165-167, May 1999.
• C.M. Riley, B.K. Lin, T.G. Habetler and G.B. Kliman, "Stator Current Harmonics and Their Causal Vibrations: A Preliminary Investigation of Sensorless Vibration Monitoring Applications," IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 94-99, January/February 1999.
• C.M. Riley, B.K. Lin, T.G. Habetler and R.R. Schoen, "A Method for Sensorless On-Line Vibration Monitoring of Induction Machines," IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 34, No. 6, pp. 1240-1245, November/December 1998.

Contact Information
Phone: (404) 385-0179 Fax: (404) 385-0168
E-Mail: caryn.riley@neetrac.gatech.edu