1. Overview
The Institute of Advanced Electrical Machines and Power Electronic Integrated Systems, under the School of Electrical Engineering at Southeast University, conducts research primarily in motor design and analysis, motor drive and control, novel wind power systems and grid-connected control, and advanced power electronic converter technologies and applications. Currently, the institute has 9 full-time faculty members (7 professors and 2 associate professors) and over 180 research staff, including postdoctoral fellows, doctoral candidates, and master’s students.
Closely aligned with technological advancements in electrical machines and power electronic systems, the institute undertakes fundamental research, frontier technology development, and commercialization of research achievements. It has led and participated in more than 150 projects, including the “973 Program”, “863 Program”, National Key R&D Program, Major/Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Major International Collobarative Research Program of NSFC, etc. The institute’s research results in novel electrical machines and integrated power electronic systems have been utilized in areas such as electric vehicle drives, renewable energy power generation, rail transit, and servo control.
2. Research Areas
Design and Analysis of Electric Machines;
Motor Drive and Control;
Wind Power Generation;
Servo Motor Drives;
Electrified Transportation;
Power Electronic Converter Technology
3. Team Members
Director: Ming Cheng
Co-Director: Zheng Wang
Members: Wei Hua, Ying Fan, Wei Wang, Gan Zhang, Bo Wang, Zhongze Wu, Hengliang Zhang
All full-time faculty members have at least one-year experience of oversea study or work. Among them, there are 1 IEEE Fellow, 1 recipient of NSFC Distinguished Young Scholar Fund, 1 recipient of the National Ten Thousand Talents Program for Science and Technology Innovation Leaders, 2 CJ Young Scholars, 1 recipient of NSFC Excellent Young Scholar Fund, 1 recipient of the NSFC Overseas Excellent Young Scholar Fund, 1 recipient of the Jiangsu Provincial Distinguished Young Scholar Fund, and 1 recipient of the Jiangsu Provincial Excellent Young Scholar Fund.
4. Research Platforms
(1) Engineering Research Center of Electric Transportation Technology, Ministry of Education of China
(2) Engineering Research Center for Advanced Electrical Machines and Energy Conversion of Jiangsu Province
5. Research Achievements
The members of the institute have approximately published over 500 SCI-indexed papers, authored 10 monographs and textbooks, and Granted more than 200 invention patents. The institute has received several research awards, including the Second Prize of the National Technological Invention Award of China, two First-Class Prizes of the Jiangsu Provincial Science and Technology Award, two First-Class Prizes of the Natural Science Award of the Ministry of Education of China, one First-Class Prize of the Ministry of Education for Engineering Technology, one First-Class Prize of the China Machinery Industry Science and Technology Award, one First-Class Prize of the China Electro-technical Society, one Gold Medal with the congratulations of the Jury at the Geneva Invention Exhibition, one Golden Patent Award of Jiangsu Province.
The institute has trained many graduate students, among them two have won National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Nomination Awards and nine have won Jiangsu Provincial Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Awards.
The institute has been completed many research projects collaborated with industry under the support of National Key R&D Program, Jiangsu Provincial Major Achievement Transformation Fund Program, Jiangsu Provincial Key R&D Program, etc. The applications of research work have strongly promoted the development of industry in the fields of wind power, electric vehicles, energy exploitation, and servo drives. Specifically, the institute has conducted systematic and in-depth research on stator-permanent-magnet (SPM) machines since the early 1990s, becoming one of the earliest institutions to study this type of novel permanent-magnet brushless machine around the world, and has achieved internationally leading research results. Moreover, the institute proposed the General Airgap Field Modulation Theory for Electrical Machines, which not only unifies the analysis and calculation of various types of electrical machines, but also breaks the shackles of the traditional electrical machine theory that only fundamental magnetic field is involved in energy conversion, while the harmonic magnetic fields are considered as detrimental. Thus, the "fundamental + harmonics" multi working fields electrical machines have been developed by turning harmonic magnetic fields from waste to treasure, significantly increasing torque density and efficiency of electrical machines.
6. Photos
Photos of institute members
Second Prize of the National Technological Invention Award of China
Gold Medal with the congratulations of the Jury of Geneva International Invention Exhibition
