Professor Zi-Qiang Zhu

tel: +44 (0) 114 222 5195 / 5360

BEng (1981, Zhejiang University), MSc (1984, Zhejiang University), PhD (1991, University of Sheffield)

Fellow IEEE, MIET, CEng

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
More electric aircraft

Fellow of IEEE
Associate Editor of IEEE Trans. on Industry Applications
Associate Editor of Int. Journal of Automation and Control
Chairman/Co-chairman of Technical Programme/Organizing Committee of ICEMS95, ICEMS05, ICEMS08, IPEMC04, IPEMC06, ICNSC07, IEEE-VPPC08, IEEE-ECCE11 etc.
Committee Member/Session Chairman of IEEE-IAS, IEEE-IEMDC, ICEM, PEMD, ICEMS, IPEMC etc.
Keynote Speaker: LDIA98, PCC-Nagoya07, IEEE-VPPC08, ICEMS08, EVER09 etc.
Guest/Visiting Professor: WEMPEC-University of Wisconsin-Madison (2007), Hong Kong University (1999, 2000), Zhejiang University (2001-), Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2005-2007), Shanghai University (1999-), Northeastern University (2001-2006), Southeast University (2002-), Tianjin University (2003-), Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2003--), Navel University of Engineering (2008-2010), Harbin Institute of Technology (2008-), etc.

1995 Swan Premium Award, IET, (acoustic noise of electrical machines);
2001 Prize Paper Award, Industrial Drives Committee, IEEE, (sensorless control of PM brushless drives);
2004 & 2005 ICEMS Best Paper Awards (novel PM machines & direct torque control).