Power electronic converters, electrical machines and drives. PhD Programme: Sustainable Technologies For Industrial And Construction Engineering (SUSTAIN)

Department

Department of of Engineering and Applied Sciences at University of Bergamo

Main research activities/topics/projects

The main activities of the research group are:

• Design of electrical machines for automotive and aerospace applications

Development of efficient and compact solutions for sustainable e-mobility.
https://www.effra.eu/

• Electrical machines thermal management

Analysis and simulations of advanced cooling methods for electrical machines

• Winding and insulation reliability

Failure mode studies on electrical machine windings and developing of lifetime models.

• Testing and control of electrical drives for e-mobility and industrial fields

Implementation and control electric drives meant for light and heavy electric vehicles including regenerative braking algorithms.
Project funded by NextGeneration EU program on sustainable mobility (MOST):
https://www.centronazionalemost.it/Spoke5.html

• Diagnostics of electrical machines

Study and implementation of electrical machines diagnostics, such as Motor Current Signature Analysis (MCSA), Machine’s Stray Flux Analysis, Vibration analysis multi-sensor systems and condition monitoring based maintenance (CbM) techniques.

Working language

English, Italian

Special entry requirements

Background in electrical machines and drives. Experience in using simulation software such as Matlab/Simulink. Basic knowledge of finite element software for electromagnetic simulations. Laboratory experience is desirable.

Duration in months (min-max)

PhD sandwich: 2-3

Post Doc: 3-12