Mobility experience with a research focus
Master students involved in the final research; PhD sandwich; Post Doc
Department of Engineering " Enzo Ferrari"
Next generation of modular and efficient electric vehicle EV powertrain architectures will benefit from the superior performance of wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductor devices. However, to take full advantage of improved efficiency and advanced integration, promised by these devices, there is an urgent need to develop advanced modulation and control techniques for the EV power converters, aiming to improve the EV powertrain performance without compromising the reliability, allowing for lifetime extension, fault tolerance, predictive maintenance, reduced EMIs, and increased powertrain efficiency.
This requires a new multi physics design approach to power converters, which involve combined functional electric and electromagnetic simulations, for the study of innovative inverter architectures, multi-phase or multi three-phase electrical drives, smart gate driver, with the ability of controlling the di/dt and dv/dt during switching transitions to achieve EMI reduction, and improved modulation strategies able to shape the motor current harmonic content and converter output common-mode voltage to minimize losses in the motor, EMIs, and the motor windings and bearing degradation.
The successful candidates will become part of the MeltingLab research team, working of electrical machines and converters of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.
The laboratory is an international environment, working language can be either English or Italian.
Knowledge in power electronics and electrical machines
Master Research: 4-8
PhD sandwich: 6-12
Post Doc: 6-12