The energies of the Battery Application Technology Testing & Energy Research Laboratory (BATTERY) at Penn State are dedicated to the development and testing of advanced chemistry batteries at the application level, including full electric vehicle energy storage and management systems. The laboratory supports the efforts and initiatives of vehicle and component manufacturers as well as researchers in both government and industry. Research includes battery system evaluation and characterization in various environmental conditions and loading profiles.

The laboratory performs battery characterization, thermal management system development/testing, and hardware in the loop analysis. Many automotive scenarios are exercised using real time simulation and dynamic control of laboratory equipment. Facilitating this research and testing are an AeroVironment ABC150 or AV900 power processing machine and or walk-in environmental chamber.

The laboratory is capable of testing from 8 VDC to 900VDC systems up to +/- 1000 Amps in -65 to 85 degree Celsius climates including humidity control.

The laboratory also supports research and testing of other electrochemical engines such as hydrogen fuel cells or even small engine/generator systems. Vehicle integration and design assistance as well as full vehicle testing from hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) to full prototypes are also performed on site.