Research Groups

Research Interests

Biography

Dr Andrew McGordon has a BSc (Honours) degree in Physics from the University of Birmingham. After his undergraduate degree Andrew successfully completed his PhD in 'The Current-Voltage and Noise Properties of High Temperature Superconductor SNS and Grain Boundary Junctions' also at the University of Birmingham. Andrew then worked for British Steel, then Corus, in the Research, Development and Technology departments at Teesside Technology Centre followed by Swinden Technology Centre. His work focussed on modelling the straightening of long product sections and plate, and instrumentation and generation of user interfaces for control of heavy plant.

Andrew joined WMG in May 2005 working on the Premium Automotive Research and Development Hybrid Vehicle projects and developed the hybrid powertrain simulation tool, WARPSTAR. Andrew spent several years leading powertrain modelling across a range of projects. In particular, Andrew has a keen interest in understanding vehicle usage cases and the effect that this has on component sizing and operational efficiency. Following this, Andrew spent several years investigating battery operation with a focus on modelling and ageing. Andrew is currently a Principal Engineer in the Vehicle Systems group at WMG, working on alternative powertrain technologies. Recently Andrew has worked on several very light rail (VLR) projects with a focus on the powertrain and control aspects. Andrew is currently working on a range of powertrain projects, with a focus on modelling, across a range of sectors.

Research Projects

Publications

• Barai, Anup, Uddin, Kotub, Dubarry, Matthieu, Somerville, Limhi, McGordon, Andrew, Jennings, P. A. (Paul A.), Bloom, Ira, 2019. A comparison of methodologies for the non-invasive characterisation of commercial Li-ion cells. Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 72, pp. 1-31, View
• Jeffs, James, McGordon, Andrew, Picarelli, Alessandro, Robinson, Simon, Tripathy, Yashraj, Widanage, Widanalage Dhammika, 2018. Complex heat pump operational mode identification and comparison for use in electric vehicles. Energies, 11 (8), View
• Barai, Anup, Uddin, Kotub, Chevalier, Julie, Chouchelamane, G. H., McGordon, Andrew, Low, John C. T., Jennings, P. A. (Paul A.), 2017. Transportation safety of lithium iron phosphate batteries - a feasibility study of storing at very low states of charge. Scientific Reports, 7 (5128), View
• Grandjean, Thomas, Barai, Anup, Hosseinzadeh, Elham, Guo, Yue, McGordon, Andrew, Marco, James, 2017. Large format lithium ion pouch cell full thermal characterisation for improved electric vehicle thermal management. Journal of Power Sources, 359, pp. 215-225, View

• Taylor, James, Ball, Robert, McGordon, Andrew, Uddin, Kotub, Marco, James, 2015. Sizing tool for rapid optimisation of pack configuration at early-stage automotive product development. Electric Vehicle Symposium 28 (EVS28), Goyang, Korea, 3-6 May 2015, View

Post Graduate Supervision