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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Romania
2026

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
64
Citations
17583
World Ranking
1283
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Romania Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Romania Leader Award
  • 2015 - IEEE Nikola Tesla Award “For contributions to the design and control of rotating and linear electric machines for industry applications.”
  • 1996 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the theory, design and application of linear motion electric machines, drives and magnetic levitation, and for leadership in engineering education.

Overview

Ion Boldea is affiliated with the Polytechnic University of Timişoara in Romania. Their research primarily spans the field of Engineering, with a significant focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering, and related subfields such as Mechanical Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Automotive Engineering.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad spectrum, including Electric Motor Design and Analysis, Magnetic Bearings and Levitation Dynamics, Sensorless Control of Electric Motors, Multilevel Inverters and Converters, Microgrid Control and Optimization, Iterative Learning Control Systems, and Wind Turbine Control Systems.

Ion Boldea has published extensively in well-regarded venues, with frequent publications in:

  • IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
  • IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
  • 2021 13th International Symposium on Linear Drives for Industry Applications (LDIA)
  • IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification

Among the notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Ion Boldea are:

  • Fractional kVA Rating PWM Converter Doubly Fed Variable Speed Electric Generator Systems: An Overview in 2020 (2021), IEEE Access
  • Reluctance Synchronous and Flux-Modulation Machines Designs: Recent Progress (2021), IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
  • Active Flux Based Advanced Encoderless AC Drives: A Tutorial Review (2024), IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Further influential papers related to their field include:

  • Improved Position Sensorless Control for PMLSM via an Active Disturbance Rejection Controller and an Adaptive Full-Order Observer (2022), IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
  • Automotive Electric Propulsion Systems: A Technology Outlook (2023), IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification

Ion Boldea has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • Lucian Tutelea
  • Wei Xu
  • Jian Ge
  • Kaiju Liao
  • Ana Popa

This collective work reflects strong interdisciplinary cooperation in areas pertaining to electric machinery and control systems.

In recognition of their contributions to electrical engineering and related domains, Ion Boldea was awarded the IEEE Nikola Tesla Award in 2015, cited for work on the design and control of rotating and linear electric machines for industrial applications. They were also named an IEEE Fellow in 1996 for contributions to the theory, design, and application of linear motion electric machines, drives, and magnetic levitation, as well as for leadership in engineering education.

Best Publications

  • Linear Electric Actuators and Generators

    I. Boldea;S.A. Nasar

  • Automotive Electric Propulsion Systems With Reduced or No Permanent Magnets: An Overview

    Ion Boldea;Lucian N. Tutelea;Leila Parsa;David Dorrell

  • A modified direct torque control (DTC) for induction motor sensorless drive

    C. Lascu;I. Boldea;F. Blaabjerg

  • High Performance Current Controller for Selective Harmonic Compensation in Active Power Filters

    C. Lascu;L. Asiminoaei;I. Boldea;F. Blaabjerg

  • The Induction Machine Handbook

    Ion Boldea;Syed A. Nasar

  • Variable Speed Generators

    Ion Boldea

  • Active Flux Concept for Motion-Sensorless Unified AC Drives

    I. Boldea;M.C. Paicu;G.-D. Andreescu

  • Frequency Response Analysis of Current Controllers for Selective Harmonic Compensation in Active Power Filters

    C. Lascu;L. Asiminoaei;I. Boldea;F. Blaabjerg

  • Direct torque control of sensorless induction motor drives: a sliding-mode approach

    C. Lascu;I. Boldea;F. Blaabjerg

  • Linear motion electric machines

    S. A. Nasar;I. Boldea

  • A new matrix converter motor (MCM) for industry applications

    C. Klumpner;P. Nielsen;I. Boldea;F. Blaabjerg

  • Combined Flux Observer With Signal Injection Enhancement for Wide Speed Range Sensorless Direct Torque Control of IPMSM Drives

    G.-D. Andreescu;C.I. Pitic;F. Blaabjerg;I. Boldea

  • Linear Electric Machines, Drives, and MAGLEVs: An Overview

    Ion Boldea;Lucian Nicolae Tutelea;Wei Xu;Marcello Pucci

  • Linear Electric Motors: Theory, Design and Practical Applications

    Syed A. Nasar;I. Boldea

  • Wind turbine Generator modeling and Simulation where rotational speed is the controlled variable

    L. Mihet-Popa;F. Blaabjerg;I. Boldea

  • Linear Electric Actuators and Generators: Linear Electric Actuators and Generators

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  • The flux-reversal machine: a new brushless doubly-salient permanent-magnet machine

    R.P. Deodhar;S. Andersson;I. Boldea;T.J.E. Miller

  • A Class of Speed-Sensorless Sliding-Mode Observers for High-Performance Induction Motor Drives

    C. Lascu;I. Boldea;F. Blaabjerg

  • Linear motion electromagnetic systems

    I Boldea;S A Naser

  • Variable-structure direct torque control - a class of fast and robust controllers for induction machine drives

    C. Lascu;I. Boldea;F. Blaabjerg

  • Reluctance synchronous machines and drives

    I. Boldea

Frequent Co-Authors

Frede Blaabjerg
Frede Blaabjerg Aalborg University
Christian Klumpner
Christian Klumpner University of Nottingham
Babak Fahimi
Babak Fahimi The University of Texas at Dallas
Dan M. Ionel
Dan M. Ionel University of Kentucky
Remus Teodorescu
Remus Teodorescu Aalborg University
Fabrizio Marignetti
Fabrizio Marignetti University of Cassino and Southern Lazio
David G. Dorrell
David G. Dorrell University of Turku
Ke Ma
Ke Ma Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Marcello Pucci
Marcello Pucci National Research Council (CNR)
Leila Parsa
Leila Parsa University of California, Santa Cruz

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