Nishanth has successfully defended his PhD, entitled “An Investigation of Power Dense Axial Flux Electric Machines to Electrify Off-Highway Vehicles”
In this work, Nishanth created new knowledge across several important areas of electric machinery, including a new type of axial flux machine that integrates a hydraulic pump into its rotor, the design and control of stator windings that use of multiple air gap fields to enhance torque, and additive manufacturing of axial flux machines. All of this is with a goal of squeezing every kilo possible out of his electric-hydraulic power conversion for off-highway vehicles.
So, congrats Dr. Nishanth! And… we’re excited to report that Nishanth will be continuing with us as a post doctoral researcher.
You can read about Nishanth’s PhD research in the following publications (more will be coming soon!):
- F. Nishanth, G. Bohach, M. M. Nahin, J. Van de Ven and E. L. Severson, “Development of an Integrated Electro-Hydraulic Machine to Electrify Off-highway Vehicles,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Sept. – Oct. 2022, 10.1109/TIA.2022.3189609.
- F. Nishanth, A. Khamitov and E. L. Severson, “Design of Multiphase Motor Windings for Control of Multiple Airgap Fields,” 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Detroit, MI, USA, 2022, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/ECCE50734.2022.9948123.
- F. Nishanth, E. L. Severson, “A Review of Torque-Dense Electric Drive Systems with Potential to Bridge the Gap with Hydraulics for Off-Highway Vehicle Electrification,” 2022 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC), Anaheim, CA, USA, 2022, pp. 397-402, doi: 10.1109/ITEC53557.2022.9813839.
- F. Nishanth, J. V. Verdeghem and E. L. Severson, “Recent Advances in Analysis and Design of Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Electric Machines,” 2021 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2021, pp. 3745-3752, doi: 10.1109/ECCE47101.2021.9595085.
- F. Nishanth, M. Johnson and E. L. Severson, “A Review of Thermal Analysis and Management of Power Dense Electric Machines,” 2021 IEEE International Electric Machines & Drives Conference (IEMDC), 2021, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/IEMDC47953.2021.9449520.
- F. Nishanth, G. Bohach, M. M. Nahin, J. Van de Ven and E. L. Severson, “Design of an Axial Flux Machine With an Integrated Hydraulic Pump for Off-Highway Vehicle Electrification,” 2020 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2020, pp. 1772-1779, 10.1109/ECCE44975.2020.9235731.
- F. Nishanth, G. Bohach, J. V. de Ven and E. L. Severson, “Design of a Highly Integrated Electric-Hydraulic Machine for Electrifying Off-Highway Vehicles,” 2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2019, pp. 3983-3990, 10.1109/ECCE.2019.8912685.