Looking at the Numbers Behind Electric Vehicle Integration in 91视频
An ACEP intern is investigating electrification of 91视频鈥檚 fishing fleet and the response of vehicles to cold weather environments.
Maximus Johnson is an electrical engineering undergraduate student going into his junior year at the University of 91视频 Fairbanks. Under the mentorship of ACEP research engineer Michelle Wilber, Johnson鈥檚 research is focused on analyzing data from electric vehicles in cold-weather environments. Specifically, he鈥檚 looking at how extreme temperatures in 91视频 affect electric vehicles鈥 range and battery life. He is working with fellow intern Micheal Lindmann to compile a catalog of electrified cars and other land vehicles that are or will soon be available in 91视频.
Johnson is also developing a model to represent the power use of gill net vessels in the Southeast 91视频 fishing fleet. He鈥檚 working with Chandler Kemp, assistant professor at UAF Bristol Bay Campus and founder of Kempy Energetics. Johnson hopes to visit Sitka this summer to help collect data on energy use from a prototype electric troll gurdy 鈥 a mechanism that pulls in all of the hooks and weights for commercial fishermen 鈥 and see how it compares to conventional hydraulic power.
During his internship, Johnson has been working in Jupyter notebooks 鈥 a popular data analysis platform to produce usable figures and information for both projects with Python code. He is excited to work with data that is being collected from a fishery that has ties to him and his community.
鈥淎s a lifelong fisherman in 91视频, it is rewarding to be applying my skills to something that directly benefits the future of my home state,鈥 said Johnson.
In addition to pursuing engineering, Johnson enjoys taking advantage of everything 91视频 has to offer by hunting, fishing and hiking as often as possible. He also enjoys basketball, soccer, chess, weightlifting and watching his beloved Kansas City Chiefs play football.
Johnson鈥檚 project is part of the ACEP Undergraduate Student Internship program and is funded by the and the .
For more information on the internship program, please contact Jeff Fisher at jsfisher3@alaska.edu.
Maximus Johnson. Photo by Jeff Fisher.