APS LABS delivers solutions throughout the mobility and energy space for a wide range of government and industry clients. Guided by a commitment to technical excellence and backed by world-class facilities in multiple locations, our team of experienced professionals is ready to create, develop, and deploy next-generation technologies. We operate with the rigor of industry and the innovation of academia.
Advanced Power Systems, known as APS LABS, is one of six Research Institutes at Michigan Technological University, a leading R1 research university. We operate as a professionally staffed research and engineering department reporting directly to the Vice President of Research, and focused on solving real world problems. It is important to us to earn the trust of our clients and partners, so our projects are led and executed by experienced scientists, engineers, and technicians. Our access to other experts and resources throughout the university, combined with our structure, allows us to combine academic depth with industry-grade execution, confidentiality, and responsiveness. We are built to deliver creative, effective solutions under aggressive timelines and complex technical constraints.
- R&D operations in three locations; Calumet MI, Hancock MI, and at the American Center for Mobility in Ypsilanti MI
- Over 35 professional staff bring deep and broad experience to every project
- Facilities including propulsion system test cells, battery test chambers, rare optically accessible combustion chamber, HIL/SIL, High-Bay vehicle shops, machining and fabrication shops, solar test site, proving grounds through our partnership with ACM, etc.
- Wide range of government and corporate clients including US DoD, DoE, NHTSA, State Agencies, and corporate clients including Light Duty and Heavy Duty OEMs, Tier 1s, and fuel and chemical companies, and others.
- 20 years of delivering solutions