| Professor Zi-Qiang Zhu Head of Electrical Machines and Drives Group Royal Academy of Engineering/Siemens Chair Academic Director of Sheffield Siemens Wind Power Research Centre Director of CSR Electric Drives Technology Research Centre |
email : z.q.zhu@sheffield.ac.uk
tel: +44 (0) 114 222 5195 / 5360
BEng (1981, Zhejiang University), MSc (1984, Zhejiang University), PhD (1991, University of Sheffield)
Fellow IEEE, Fellow IET, CEng
Research Interests
Novel permanent magnet machines and actuators (including linear machines)
High-speed brushless machines
Low-speed high-torque direct-drive permanent magnet machines
Low-cost single-phase permanent magnet motors
Direct torque control of permanent magnet brushless motors
Sensorless control of permanent magnet brushless dc and ac drives
Parameter and condition identification of permanent magnet brushless machines
Intelligent control of permanent magnet brushless drives (including fuzzy logic, extended Kalman filter, sliding mode, and model reference etc)
Novel PWM strategies
Noise and vibration
Wind power generation
Power trains for electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles
Domestic appliances
More electric aircraft
Academic Profiles
Author of >800 published/accepted journal/conf. papers, (>340 journal papers, >250 in Trans IEEE/IET) and >50 patents.
Editor/Associate Editor/Member of Editorial Advisory Board of IEEE Trans. on Energy Conversion (2014-); Int. Journal of Automation & Control (2008-); COMPEL (2013-); IEEE Trans. on Industry Applications (2007-2010).
General Chair of VPPC2016, LIDA13; Chairman/Co-chairman of International Steering/Technical Programme/Organizing Committee of ICEMS95, IPEMC04, ICEMS05, IPEMC06, ICNSC07, ICEMS08, IEEE-VPPC08, IEEE-ECCE11, ICEMS11, IPEMC12, ICEMS14, SMART15, Committee Member/Session Chairman of IEEE-IAS, ECCE, IEMDC, ICEM, PEMD, ICEMS, IPEMC, InterMag, EVER, VPPC etc.
Keynote Speaker: LDIA98, PCC-Nagoya07, IEEE-VPPC08, ICEMS08, EVER09, EVER11, ICEMS11, IEMDC11, IPEMC12, EVER14, ICEMS2014, EVER15 etc.
Guest/Visiting Professor: Hong Kong University (1999, 2000), Shanghai University (1999-), Zhejiang University (2001-), Northeastern University (2001-2006), Southeast University (2002-), Tianjin University (2003-), Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2003-), Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2005-2007), WEMPEC-University of Wisconsin-Madison (2007), Navel University of Engineering (2008-2010), Harbin Institute of Technology (2008-), Tsinghua University (2009-2012), Chinese Academy of Science-Institute of Electrical Engineering (2011-), Shenyang University of Technology(2011-2014) etc.
Major Awards:
2015 Best paper Awards, EVER2015, (Novel machine and control of variable flux machines)
2014 Best Paper Awards, ICEMS2014, (Novel PM, reluctance machines and controls)
2014 Best Paper Award, EVER2014, (Sensorless control of SPM motor)
2012 Best Paper Award, EVER2012, (Torque ripple and tooth force in IPM machines)
2012 Best Paper Award, IPEMC2012, ECCE-ASIA, (Novel variable flux reluctance machine and acoustic noise)
2011 3rd Prize Paper Award, IEEE IAS Society, (Iron loss and torque ripple in IPM machines)
2010 Best Paper Prize, IEEE, VPPC 2010, (Novel hybrid excited flux-switching PM machine)
2005 Best Paper Award, ICEMS, (Direct torque control)
2004 Best Paper Award, ICEMS, (Novel PM machines)
2001 3rd Prize Paper Award, Industrial Drives Committee, IEEE, (Sensorless control of PM brushless drives)
1995 Swan Premium Award, IEE, (Acoustic noise of electrical machines)
