Design, Analysis and Application of Magnetless Doubly Salient Machines

Introduction.- Overview of magnetless doubly salient brushless machines.- Multi-tooth machines - Design and analysis.- Double-rotor machines - Design and analysis.- Proposed axial-field machine for range-extended electric vehicles.- Proposed flux-reversal dc-field machine for wind power generation.- Proposed dual-mode machine for wind power harvesting.- Proposed electronic-geared machine for electric vehicle applications.- Conclusion and recommendations.

For internal use only: Education Oct 2016-present Postdoctoral Fellow with Croucher Fellowship Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA Topic: Design of high-performance motors for emerging applications Supervisor: Prof. James KirtleyJun 2011-Jul 2016 Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong Thesis: Design, Analysis and Application of Magnetless Doubly Salient Machines Supervisors: Prof. C. C. Chan, and Prof. K. T. ChauSep 2005-Jun 2009 Bachelor of Engineering with First Class Honor The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Major in Electrical Engineering, Minor in BusinessFeb 2007-Jun 2007 University Exchange Student The University of Melbourne Melbourne, Australia Research Interest Electric Machines and DrivesMagnetless machine, Axial-flux machine, Hybrid excitation machine, Dual-modemachine, Superconducting machine, Magnetic gear, Fault-tolerant controlRenewable Energy SystemsWind power generation, Wave power generation, Solar power generation, Smartgrid and renewable energy integrationElectromechanical Propulsion TechnologiesElectric and hybrid vehicle, Electric and more electric aircraft, Electric ship Honor
Aug 2017-present Guest Associate EditorIEEE Transaction on Energy Conversion Piscataway, NJ Title: Emerging Electric Machines and Drives for Smart Energy Conversion Promote the paper session to the specialists Invite reviewers to review the submitted papers Manage the logistic issues of the paper sessionJul 2017 Li Ka Shing Prize (The Best Ph.D. Thesis Award) The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong A highly competitive award to recognize the academic merits Awarded to the best Ph.D. graduate of the year Nominated as the outstanding theses for publishing in the Springer ThesesOct 2016-Oct 2018 Croucher Fellowship for Postdoctoral Research
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