1. Reducing Peak Battery Currents in Hybrid Electric Vehicles Using an Ultracapacitor as a Secondary Energy Storage System Open Access Author: Jadwin, Michael Seving Title: Reducing Peak Battery Currents in Hybrid Electric Vehicles Using an Ultracapacitor as a Secondary Energy Storage System Area of Honors: Engineering Science Keywords: batteryhybridelectric vehicleultracapacitorbattery degradationsimulinkstateflowsimulation File: Download thesis_final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Michael T Lanagan, Thesis SupervisorCorina Stefania Drapaca, Thesis Honors Advisor