Overview
Dr Simos Evangelou's research focuses on the analysis and optimal control of a range of complex dynamical systems, mainly from the automotive and energy area, to improve their stability, safety, efficiency and performance. Specific examples are:

Hybrid Electric Vehicle energy management control: This research is involved with developing control algorithms that make the optimal power allocation among the multiple sources in a hybrid powertrain, such as internal combustion engines and batteries, to improve the overall system efficiency and reduce carbon and other pollutant emissions.

Mechatronic suspension for road vehicles: This research is involved with the development of a new family of electro-mechanical active suspensions that offers significant performance improvement with respect to passive and semi-active suspensions, while at the same time avoiding well-known disadvantages of alternative active solutions, namely high power consumption, excessive weight and other disadvantages.

Two-wheeled vehicle stability and safety: This research is involved with the investigation of complex dynamics associated with two-wheeled vehicles, such as burst oscillations at high speeds and firm acceleration, and the influence of road camber on the stability of the important oscillatory modes associated with single-track vehicles, while also looking into the development of passive and active compensation schemes that can improve vehicle stability and safety.

Lap-time optimisation for conventional and hybrid electric sports and racing vehicles: This research is involved with the development of computationally fast and accurate lap-time prediction algorithms that can be used in vehicle design and setup, and powertrain component sizing.

Energy and transport systems: Semiconductor Devices Loss Minimisation in Energy and Transport Systems; Efficient Electrified Vehicles and Full-Scale Automated Road Transport.