Efficient Powertrain Solutions

About the research group

The Efficient Powertrain Solutions (EPS) research group supports the end-to-end process of powertrain development from fuel to energy and emission management while its research focuses on combustion engines.

The research group is committed to developing excellence in methods of testing, simulation and control, building on detail knowledge. The scale and application areas of the used methods make the research group internationally unique.

The research group aims to develop efficient heavy-duty transport and the energy sector with an outcome of zero or even negative emissions impact. The goal is to maximise overall powertrain energy efficiency and develop integrated powertrain control solutions. This is done by providing innovative tools for design optimisation of powertrain configurations and control strategies.

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Dissertation 13.08.2025

Recycled lubricants and pulp by-products as solutions to emission challenges in marine and off-road engines

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Research projects

Latest publications

Publication year	Publication	Authors
2024	Advancing autonomy of chemical kinetics based multizone models for reactivity controlled compression ignition engines	Vasudev, Aneesh; Kakoee, Alireza; Axelsson, Martin; Maleki Almani, Hamidreza; Hyvönen, Jari; Mikulski, Maciej
2024	Start of Injection Influence on In-Cylinder Fuel Distribution, Engine Performance and Emission Characteristic in a RCCI Marine Engine	Kakoee, Alireza; Mikulski, Maciej; Vasudev, Aneesh; Axelsson, Martin; Hyvönen, Jari; Salahi, Mohammad Mahdi; Mahmoudzadeh Andwari, Amin
2024	Effects of Fuel Hydrochloric Acid Contamination on Selected Metals	Kaivosoja, Jonna; Sirviö, Katriina; Nuortila, Carolin; Niemi, Seppo
2024	Integrated 1D Simulation of Aftertreatment System and Chemistry-Based Multizone RCCI Combustion for Optimal Performance with Methane Oxidation Catalyst	Kakoee, Alireza; Hunicz, Jacek; Mikulski, Maciej
2024	Variable valve actuation for efficient exhaust thermal management in an off-road diesel engine	Kim, Jeyoung; Vallinmaki, Marko; Tuominen, Tino; Mikulski, Maciej

Former Renewable Energy research group's publications

Formerly, the Efficient Powertrain Solutions (EPS) research group was part of the Renewable Energy research group.

Publication year	Publication	Authors
2023	Wireless Antenna Sensors for Biosimilar Monitoring Towards Cyber-Physical Systems: A Review of Current Trends and Future Prospects	Haq, Muhammad Aziz Ul; Rehman, Shafiq ur; Alhulayyil, Hisham Abdulrahman; Alzahrani, Taher Abdullah; AlSagri, Hatoon S.; Faheem, Muhammad
2023	HFRAS: design of a high-density feature representation model for effective augmentation of satellite images	Saini, Dipen; Garg, Rachit; Malik, Rahul; Prashar, Deepak; Faheem, M.
2023	Real-time predictive model for reactivity controlled compression ignition marine engines	Storm, Xiaoguo; Vasudev, Aneesh; Shamekhi, Amir-Mohammad; Modabberian, Amin; Zenger, Kai; Hyvönen, Jari; Mikulski, Maciej
2023	High-Precision Identification of Power Quality Disturbances Based on Discrete Orthogonal S-Transforms and Compressed Neural Network Methods	Abubakar, Muhammad; Nagra, Arfan Ali; Faheem, Muhammad; Mudassar, Muhammad; Sohail, Muhammad
2023	Using machine learning ensemble method for detection of energy theft in smart meters	Kawoosa, Asif Iqbal; Prashar, Deepak; Faheem, Muhammad; Jha, Nishant; Khan, Arfat Ahmad
2023	B20 Fuel Compatibility with Steels in Case of Fuel Contamination	Sirviö, Katriina; Kaivosoja, Jonna; Nuortila, Carolin; Wang-Alho, Huaying; Niemi, Seppo; Ovaska, Teemu
2023	An evaluation of renewable fuels´ potential to reduce global and local emissions in non-road and heavy-duty on-road sectors	Spoof-Tuomi, Kirsi
2023	Study on wear resistance of nickel cladding layer with imitation shell convex strip structure on the surface of 7075 aluminum alloy drill pipe	Zhao, Yan; Liao, Guorui; Li, Xu; Gao, Ke; Zhang, Congshan; Lü, Xiaoshu; Ai, Hongxin; Xie, Xiaobo
2023	An analytical approach to converting vibration signal to combustion characteristics of homogeneous charge compression ignition engines	Hunicz, Jacek; Gęca, Michał S.; Ratajczyk, Elżbieta; Mahmoudzadeh Andwar, Amin; Yang, Liping; Mikulski, Maciej
2023	Tyre pyrolytic oil blends in a state-of-the-art compression ignition engine: Towards fuel-optimised combustion	Hunicz, Jacek; Mikulski, Maciej; Rybak, Arkadiusz