SPARK Laboratory

Events

IEEE ECCE 2023, Oct 29 - Nov 2, Nashville, TN

SPARK Lab PI Professor Dan M. Ionel and students participated in this year's edition of the Energy Conversion Conference and Exposition, ECCE 2023, as exhibitors and with several presentations on ongoing research:

  • Poore, S., Alden, R., Jones, E., and Ionel, D. M., "Distribution System Optimal Operation of Smart Homes with Battery and Equivalent HVAC Energy Storage for Virtual Power Plant Controls", Proceedings, IEEE ECCE, Nashville, TN (Oct 2023)
  • Mohammadi, A., Chulaee, Y., Cramer, A. M., Boldea, I., and Ionel, D. M., "Parameter Identification, Non-linearity, and Harmonic Effects in a Vernier Machine of the MAGNUS Type", Proceedings, IEEE ECCE, Nashville, TN (Oct 2023)
  • Lewis, D. D., Badewa, O. A., Onar, O., Mohammad, M., Eastham, J. F., and Ionel, D. M., "Overview of Electrically Conductive and Active Shielding for Wireless Power Transfer with a Polyphase Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging Study", Proceedings, IEEE ECCE, Nashville, TN (Oct 2023)
  • Chulaee, Y., Mohammadi, A., Cramer, A., and Ionel, D. M., "Flexible Control for Wide Speed Range Operation of High Polarity Stator Coreless AFPM Machines with WBG Semiconductor Devices", Proceedings, IEEE ECCE, Nashville, TN (Oct 2023)
  • Chulaee, Y., Heins, G., Robinson, B., Thiele, M., Patterson, D., and Ionel, D. M., "Design Optimization Considering a Detailed PCB Stator Layout for Coreless AFPM Machines with Minimal Eddy and Circulating Current Losses", Proceedings, IEEE ECCE, Nashville, TN (Oct 2023)
  • Badewa, O. A., Mohammadi, A., Ionel, D. M., Essakiappan, S., and Manjrekar, M., "Electric Vehicle Traction Motor with a Reluctance Outer Rotor and a Modular Stator with AC Concentrated Toroidal Windings and PM or DC Wave Winding Excitation", Proceedings, IEEE ECCE, Nashville, TN (Oct 2023)
  • Alden, R., Lewis, D., and Ionel, D. M., "Overview of HIL Co-simulation for Very Large Distribution Systems and Power Electronic Converters with a DC Fast Charging EV Benchmark Study on an IEEE Test Feeder", Proceedings, IEEE ECCE, Nashville, TN (Oct 2023)

Papers presented cover developments and results from government and industry sponsored research. Authors' versions of the paper manuscripts are available on the Publications page of the SPARK Lab website.

IEEE ICRERA 2023, Aug 29 - Sep 1, Oshawa, Ontario, CA

Professor Dan M. Ionel, Ph.D., FIEEE delivered a keynote speech entitled: “Electric Aircraft – Recent Technology Developments in the US “at the 2023 edition of the International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications, ICRERA. Students from the SPARK Lab also participated and presented the following research:

  • Alden, R. E., Halloran, C., Lewis, D. D., Ionel, D. M., and McCulloch, M., "Assessment of Land and Renewable Energy Resource Potential for Regional Power System Integration with ML Spatio-temporal Clustering", Proceedings, IEEE ICRERA, Oshawa, CA (Aug 2023)
  • Lewis, D. D., Badewa, O. A., Mohammadi, A., Vatani, M., and Ionel, D. M., "Fault Tolerant Electric Machine Concept for Aircraft Propulsion with PM Rotor and DC Current Stator Dual-Stage Excitation", Proceedings, IEEE ICRERA, Oshawa, CA (Aug 2023)
  • Vatani, M., Mohammadi, A., Lewis, D., Eastham, J. F., and Ionel, D. M., "Coreless Axial Flux Halbach Array Permanent Magnet Generator Concept for Direct-Drive Wind Turbine", Proceedings, IEEE ICRERA, Oshawa, CA (Aug 2023)

The papers are based on recent and ongoing research sponsored by NASA and NSF and international collaboration with faculty and students from University of Oxford and University of Bath. Authors' versions of the paper manuscripts are available on the Publications page of the SPARK Lab website.

IEEE ITEC 2023, Jun 21 - Jun 23, Detroit, MI

SPARK research students and Professor Dan M. Ionel, Ph.D., FIEEE participated in this year's edition of the International Conference on Electrification of Transporation, ITEC 2023, in the exhibition. Additionally, the students presented developing work with the following papers and presentations:

  • Alden, R.E., Timilsina, A., Silvestri, S., and Ionel, D.M., "V2G Optimization for Dispatchable Residential Load Operation and Minimal Utility Cost," Proceedings, IEEE ITEC 2023, Detroit, MI, 4p (Jun 2023)
  • Badewa, O.A., Mohammadi, A., Lewis, D.D., Ionel, D.M., Essakiappan, S., and Manjrekar, M., "Optimization of an Electric Vehicle Traction Motor with a PM Flux Intensifying Stator and a Reluctance Outer Rotor," Proceedings, IEEE ITEC 2023, Detroit, MI, 6p (Jun 2023)
  • Lewis, D.D, Onar, O., Galigekere, V., Mohammad, M., and Ionel, D.M., "Optimal Power Sharing Speed Compensation in On-road Wireless EV Charging Systems," Proceedings, IEEE ITEC 2023, Detroit, MI, 6p (Jun 2023)
  • Mohammadi, A., Chulaee, Y., Cramer, A.M., Boldea, I., and Ionel, D.M., "Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Vernier Machine with Single-Would Dual-stator and Spoke Permanent Magnet Rotor for Electric Vehicle In-wheel Traction," Proceedings, IEEE ITEC 2023, Detroit, MI, 5p (Jun 2023)

The papers cover recent government and industry sponsored research. Authors' versions of the paper manuscripts are available on the Publications page of the SPARK Lab website.

IEEE IEMDC 2023, May 15 - May 18, San Francisco, CA

SPARK research students and Professor Dan M. Ionel, Ph.D., FIEEE presented in the 2023 edition of the International Electric Machines and Drives Conference, IEMDC 2023, with the following papers:

  • Chulaee, Y., Lewis, D., Vatani, M., Eastham, J.F., and Ionel, D.M., "Torque and Power Capabilities of Coreless Axial Flux Machines with Surface PMs and Halbach Array Rotors", Proceedings, IEEE IEMDC, San Francisco, CA, 6p (May 2023)
  • Goli, C.S., Salehi, M., Essakiappan, S., Manjrekar, M., Ionel, D.M., and Gafford, J., "Comparative Analysis of Doubly Salient Special Machine and Flux Switching Machine with PMs in Stator", Proceedings, IEEE IEMDC, San Francisco, CA (May 2023)
  • Mohammadi, A., Badewa, O. A., Chulaee, Y., Ionel, D. M., Essakiappan, S., and Manjrekar, M., "Design Optimization of a Direct-drive Wind Generator with Non-rare-earth PM Flux Intensifying Stator and Reluctance Rotor", Proceedings, IEEE IEMDC, San Francisco, CA, 6p (May 2023)
  • Rallabandi, V., Badewa, O. A., Ozpineci, B., and Ionel, D. M., "A Comparison of Outer Rotor Radial and Axial Flux Machines for Application in Electric Vehicles", Proceedings, IEEE IEMDC, San Francisco, CA, 5p (May 2023)

The papers cover recent government and industry sponsored research. Authors' versions of the paper manuscripts are available on the Publications page of the SPARK Lab website.

From the Archives: Dr. Dan M. Ionel Received the IEEE Power and Energy Society Cyril G. Veinott Award at the IEEE PES GM 2020, Aug 3 - Aug 6

 

Dr. Dan M. Ionel, IEEE Fellow, Director of SPARK and PEIK, ECE Professor and L. Stanley Pigman Chair in Power, received the 2020 Cyril G. Veinott Award from the IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES). This year's edition of the PES General Meeting, which was originally scheduled for Montreal, Canada, was held virtually. Attached are Dr. Ionel's video for the online acceptance speech and the relevant sections of the IEEE PES 2020 booklet PDF.

The PES, which has approximately 40,000 members, is one of the largest societies within IEEE. The Cyril G. Veinott Award is the highest IEEE PES distinction for electromechanical energy conversion.