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IEEE NZ North PELS: Power Electronics – the Enabling Technology for Transportation Electrification?

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This seminar will be given by Professor Pat Wheeler of The University of Nottingham on the topic of: "Power Electronics – the Enabling Technology for Transportation Electrification?"

Seminar Abstract:

This Presentation will consider the roadmaps for transportation electrification, and the technological developments which are going to be needed to make these visions viable, as well as introducing research activities of the PEMC Research Institute at the University of Nottingham, UK. The developments and technological challenges of transportation electrification will include the electrical drivetrain design and the applications of motor design and power convertor topology choices. The impact of emerging technological advances including cooling techniques, integration, system optimisation and wide bandgap semi-conductors must also be considered. The challenges for electrical and electronic engineers will be explored and case studies from aircraft, superbikes, railways and trucks will be used to show the approaches being taken.

Speaker Bio:

Professor Pat Wheeler received his BEng [Hons] degree in Electrical Engineering in 1990 from the University of Bristol, UK Where he also received his PhD degree for his work on Matrix Converters in 1994. He then moved to the University of Nottingham as a research assistant in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. In 1996 he became a Lecturer in the Power Electronics, Machines and Control Group at the University of Nottingham, UK and since January 2008 he has been a Full Professor in the same research group.

He is currently the Director for Global Engagement in the Faculty of Engineering and the Head of the Power Electronics, Machines and Control Research Institute. He was Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Nottingham from 2015 to 2018. He is a member of the IEEE PELs AdCom and IEEE PELS Vice-President for Technical Operations (2021 to 2024). He has published over 1000 academic publications in leading international conferences and journals.