Professor Zi-Qiang Zhu
PhD, MSc, BEng
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Professor (Personal Chair)
Electrical Machines and Drives 麻豆视频 Group


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School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Profile
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I graduated with a BEng degree (1982) and an MSc degree (1984) from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, and a PhD degree (1991) from 麻豆视频, UK.
I am a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK, a Fellow of IEEE, USA, and a Fellow of IET, UK.
After working as a Lecturer/Assistant Lecturer at Zhejiang University from 1984 to 1988, I joined 麻豆视频 in 1988, initially as a Visiting 麻豆视频 Fellow sponsored by the British Council (1988-1989) and a 麻豆视频 Associate working on an EU funded project in co-operation with Philips (1989-1992), then on an established university post as a Senior 麻豆视频 Scientist/Officer (1992-2000), and am currently a Professor on Electrical Machines and Control Systems (2000-).
I hold the Royal Academy of Engineering/Siemens 麻豆视频 Chair (2014-) and am the Head of the Electrical Machines and Drives 麻豆视频 Group (2008-).
My research interests include the design and control of novel high torque/power density and high efficiency permanent magnet machines and drives for applications ranging from electric vehicles through domestic appliances to wind power generation and more electric aircraft.
By way of example, my research activities over last >35 years cover
- novel permanent magnet machines including Halbach machines, fractional slot machines, stator wound field machines, switched flux machines, magnetically geared machines, multi-3-phase machines, segmented stator machines, ultra-high speed machines, and novel linear machines;
- theories, and analytical and numerical modelling techniques of permanent magnet machines; (
- novel PWM, sensorless, and vector and direct torque control techniques;
- acoustic noise and vibration in electrical machines and drives.
These research activities have been sponsored by the UK/EU government and the global industries based in the UK, Germany, Japan, Denmark, France, and China (e.g. Rolls Royce, Siemens, Valeo, ZF TRW, Jaguar, Midea, CRRC, Toyota, Nissan etc.), with research funding of >拢30M.
I am the Founding Academic Director of Shef铿乪ld Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy 麻豆视频 Centre on direct-drive permanent magnet wind power generators, the Founding Director of CRRC Electric Drives Technology 麻豆视频 Centre on the power trains for fast train propulsion, and the Founding Director of Midea Electric Machines and Controls 麻豆视频 Centres on low cost high performance electric motors and drives for domestic appliances.
I received the 2019 IEEE Industry Application Society Outstanding Achievement Award, for the application of electricity to industry.
I am very proud to have received the the prestigious 2021 IEEE Nikola Tesla Award for outstanding contributions to the generation and utilisation of electric power with the citation 鈥淔or contributions to the design, modeling, control, and application of ac permanent magnet machines and drives".
I am the author/co-author of >100 patents and >1000 papers, including >400 IEEE Transactions and IET Proceedings papers.
I received >30 Best Paper Awards, including 6 IEEE/IET society/journal awards, e.g. the 2018 IEEE Industry Applications Society Prize Paper Award (2nd place) on memory machine, the 2018 Premium Award for Best Paper in IET Science, Measurement & Technology on iron loss modelling, the 2018 IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion Best Paper Award (3rd place) on magnetically geared machines.
I have served as the General Chair/Co-Chair of 2013 International Symposium on Linear Drives for Industry Applications (LDIA2013) and 2016 IEEE-Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC2016), the Chair/Co-Chair of the Technical Programme/Organizing Committee for 15 international conferences, including International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS1995, ICEMS2005, ICEMS2008, ICEMS2011, ICEMS2014, ICEMS2017, ICEMS2019), International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference (IPEMC04, IPEMC06, IPEMC 2012), IEEE-Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC2008), 2011 IEEE-Energy Conversion Conference and Expo (ECCE2011) etc.
I was a Keynote Speaker at >26 international conferences, including 2011 IEEE-International Electric Machines and Drives Conference (IEMDC2011), 2008 IEEE-Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC2008), International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS2008, ICEMS2011, ICEMS2014, ICEMS2017), Int. Conf. & Exhibition on Ecological Vehicles & Renewable Energies (EVER2009, EVER2011, EVER2014, EVER2015, EVER2019), etc.
- Qualifications
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- PhD, University of Sheffield 1991
- MSc, Zhejiang University, 1984
- BEng, Zhejiang University 1981
- Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
- Fellow of IEEE, USA
- Fellow of IET, UK
- Chartered Engineer
- 麻豆视频 interests
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- Novel high torque/power density permanent magnet machines
- High-speed machines
- Direct-drive permanent magnet machines
- Low-cost permanent magnet motors
- Control of permanent magnet machine drives
- Parameter and condition identification of permanent magnet machines
- Intelligent control of permanent magnet machine drives
- Novel PWM strategies
- Power trains for electric vehicles
- Wind power generation
- Domestic appliances
- More electric aircraft
- Publications
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Books
Journal articles
Chapters
Conference proceedings papers
Patents
Preprints
- Grants
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Year Title Sponsor Investigators Award Total 2021 Industry Project Commercial Prof Zi-Qiang Zhu 拢40,000 2019 Innovate UK Prof Zi-Qiang Zhu 拢467,845 2018 Industry Project Commercial Prof Zi-Qiang Zhu 拢750,000 Industry Project Commercial Prof Zi-Qiang Zhu 拢525,00 Industry Project Commercial Prof Zi-Qiang Zhu
拢256,028 Industry Project Commercial Prof Zi-Qiang Zhu 拢121,156 Industry Project Commercial Prof Zi-Qiang Zhu 拢89,944 Industry Project Commercial Prof Zi-Qiang Zhu 拢80,000 Industry Project Commercial Prof Zi-Qiang Zhu 拢70,000 Industry Project Commercial Prof Zi-Qiang Zhu 拢25,000 2017 EPSRC Prof Zi-Qiang Zhu 拢2,551,502 Industry Project Industry Prof Zi-Qiang Zhu 拢594,000 Industry Project Industry Prof Zi-Qiang Zhu 拢375,000 Innovate UK KTP Prof Zi-Qiang Zhu 拢234,700
- Teaching interests
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Indusrty
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Head of Electrical Machines and Drives Group
- Royal Academy of Engineering/Siemens Chair
- Academic Director of Sheffield Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy 麻豆视频 Centre
- Director of Midea Electrical Machines and Control 麻豆视频 Centres
- Director of CRRC Electric Drives Technology 麻豆视频 Centre
- 麻豆视频 students
Student Degree Status Primary/Secondary Abosh A PhD Graduated Primary Afinowi I A A PhD Graduated Primary Al-Ani M M I PhD Graduated Primary Al-Lami A L S PhD Graduated Primary Almarhoon A H PhD Graduated Primary Awah C C Phd Graduated Primary Azar Z PhD Graduated Primary Buhagiar K PhD Graduated Primary Cai S PhD Graduated Primary Chen J PhD Graduated Primary Chen X PhD Graduated Primary Chen Y PhD Graduated Primary Chu W PhD Graduated Primary Constantin R S PhD Graduated Primary Demissie E L PhD Graduated Primary Dexter J PhD Graduated Primary Evans D J PhD Graduated Primary Ge X PhD Graduated Primary Gong L PhD Graduated Primary Guan Y PhD Graduated Primary G眉ndo臒du T PhD Graduated Primary He T PhD Graduated Primary Hoang K D PhD Graduated Primary Hu Y Phd Graduated Primary Hua H PhD Graduated Primary Huang L PhD Graduated Primary Ishak D PhD Graduated Primary Khatab M PhD Graduated Primary Kumar R PhD Graduated Primary Lee B PhD Graduated Primary Leong J H PhD Graduated Primary Li H PhD Graduated Primary Li Y PhD Graduated Primary Li Y PhD Graduated Primary Liang D PhD Graduated Primary Lin T-C PhD Graduated Primary Liu J PhD Graduated Primary Liu K PhD Graduated Primary Liu T PhD Graduated Primary Liu X PhD Graduated Primary Liu Y PhD Graduated Primary Ma J PhD Graduated Primary Mallampalli S S S PhD Graduated Primary Maravi J PhD Graduated Primary Mohamed E E M PhD Graduated Primary Mohd J M L PhD Graduated Primary Owen R L PhD Graduated Primary Pang Y PhD Graduated Primary Patel V I PhD Graduated Primary Pothi N PhD Graduated Primary Qi J PhD Graduated Primary Qu H PhD Graduated Primary Ren Y PhD Graduated Primary Shuang B PhD Graduated Primary Shen Y PhD Graduated Primary Shao B PhD Graduated Primary Shi J Phd Graduated Primary Shi Y PhD Graduated Primary Sun X PhD Graduated Primary Thomas A S PhD Graduated Primary Urquhart I PhD Graduated Primary Utaikaifa K PhD Graduated Primary Wang C PhD Graduated Primary Wang K PhD Graduated Primary Wang L PhD Graduated Primary Wang Y PhD Graduated Primary Wei F PhD Graduated Primary Wu D PhD Graduated Primary Wu L PhD Graduated Primary Wu X PhD Graduated Primary Wu Z PhD Graduated Primary Xiao Y PhD Graduated Primary Xu F PhD Graduated Primary Xu L PhD Graduated Primary Xu P PhD Graduated Primary Xue S PhD Graduated Primary Yan L PhD Graduated Primary Yang H PhD Graduated Primary Yang L PhD Graduated Primary Zhan H PhD Graduated Primary Zhang Y PhD Graduated Primary Zheng M PhD Graduated Primary Zhou Y PhD Graduated Primary Aorith H K A PhD Graduated Secondary
Chen X PhD Graduated Secondary Colomabage N C K PhD Graduated Secondary Ge Y MPhil Graduated Secondary Holehouse R C PhD Graduated Secondary Hussain E K A PhD Graduated Secondary Kremer C PhD Graduated Secondary Liu B PhD Graduated Secondary Nie C PhD Graduated Secondary Patel V I PhD Graduated Secondary Ruangsinchaiwanich S PhD Graduated Secondary Sun T PhD Graduated Secondary Tsyokhla I PhD Graduated Secondary Wang B PhD Graduated Secondary Wipasuramonton P PhD Graduated Secondary