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Michael Galea

Michael Galea

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
39
Citations
6490
World Ranking
4688
National Ranking
1

Overview

Michael Galea is affiliated with the University of Malta in Malta and specializes in the field of Engineering, with a focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. Their research spans several subfields including Materials Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist's work concentrates on topics such as Electric Motor Design and Analysis, Magnetic Bearings and Levitation Dynamics, Multilevel Inverters and Converters, High Voltage Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena, Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies, Magnetic Properties and Applications, and Advanced DC-DC Converters.

Michael Galea has an extensive record of publications, including notable recent papers such as:

  • Challenges and Opportunities for Wound Field Synchronous Generators in Future More Electric Aircraft (2020, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification)
  • Design and Implementation of Model Predictive Control Based PID Controller for Industrial Applications (2020, Energies)
  • Moving Toward a Reliability-Oriented Design Approach of Low-Voltage Electrical Machines by Including Insulation Thermal Aging Considerations (2020, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification)
  • Technical Review of Dual Inverter Topologies for More Electric Aircraft Applications (2021, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification)
  • Reliability-Oriented Design of Electrical Machines: The Design Process for Machines' Insulation Systems MUST Evolve (2020, IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine)

The venues where Michael Galea frequently publishes include:

  • IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification
  • Energies
  • IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion
  • IEEE Access
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Michael Galea collaborates often with co-authors such as Paolo Giangrande, Vincenzo Madonna, Giampaolo Buticchi, Chris Gerada, and Weiduo Zhao.

Best Publications

  • Electrical Power Generation in Aircraft: Review, Challenges, and Opportunities

    Vincenzo Madonna;Paolo Giangrande;Michael Galea

  • A Thermal Improvement Technique for the Phase Windings of Electrical Machines

    M. Galea;C. Gerada;T. Raminosoa;P. Wheeler

  • Analytical Thermal Model for Fast Stator Winding Temperature Prediction

    Claudio Sciascera;Paolo Giangrande;Luca Papini;Chris Gerada

  • Design Considerations for a Fault-Tolerant Flux-Switching Permanent-Magnet Machine

    T Raminosoa;C Gerada;M Galea

  • Improved Thermal Management and Analysis for Stator End-Windings of Electrical Machines

    Vincenzo Madonna;Adam Walker;Paolo Giangrande;Giovanni Serra

  • Thermal Overload and Insulation Aging of Short Duty Cycle, Aerospace Motors

    Vincenzo Madonna;Paolo Giangrande;Luca Lusuardi;Andrea Cavallini

  • Electrical resistivity of pure copper processed by medium-powered laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing for use in electromagnetic applications

    Cassidy Silbernagel;Leonidas Gargalis;Ian Ashcroft;Richard Hague

  • Electrical resistivity of additively manufactured AlSi10Mg for use in electric motors

    Cassidy Silbernagel;Ian Ashcroft;Phill Dickens;Michael Galea;Michael Galea

  • Challenges and Opportunities for Wound Field Synchronous Generators in Future More Electric Aircraft

    Yinli Wang;Stefano Nuzzo;He Zhang;Weiduo Zhao

  • Design Optimization of a High-Speed Synchronous Reluctance Machine

    Mauro Di Nardo;Giovanni Lo Calzo;Michael Galea;Chris Gerada

  • Review, Challenges, and Future Developments of Electric Taxiing Systems

    Milos Lukic;Paolo Giangrande;Ahmed Hebala;Stefano Nuzzo

  • Design and Implementation of Model Predictive Control Based PID Controller for Industrial Applications

    Ahmed Aboelhassan;M. Abdelgeliel;Ezz Eldin Zakzouk;Michael Galea

  • Demagnetization Analysis for Halbach Array Configurations in Electrical Machines

    Michael Galea;Luca Papini;He Zhang;Chris Gerada

  • The Rebirth of the Current Source Inverter: Advantages for Aerospace Motor Design

    Vincenzo Madonna;Giovanni Migliazza;Paolo Giangrande;Emilio Lorenzani

  • Moving Toward a Reliability-Oriented Design Approach of Low-Voltage Electrical Machines by Including Insulation Thermal Aging Considerations

    Paolo Giangrande;Vincenzo Madonna;Stefano Nuzzo;Michael Galea

  • Technical Review of Dual Inverter Topologies for More Electric Aircraft Applications

    Zhen Huang;Tao Yang;Paolo Giangrande;Michael Galea

  • Considerations on the Development of an Electric Drive for a Secondary Flight Control Electromechanical Actuator

    Paolo Giangrande;Alessandro Galassini;Savvas Papadopoulos;Ahmed Al-Timimy

  • Design and Losses Analysis of a High Power Density Machine for Flooded Pump Applications

    Ahmed Al-Timimy;Paolo Giangrande;Michele Degano;Zeyuan Xu

  • Reliability-Oriented Design of Electrical Machines: The Design Process for Machines' Insulation Systems MUST Evolve

    Michael Galea;Paolo Giangrande;Vincenzo Madonna;Giampaolo Buticchi

  • Improved Damper Cage Design for Salient-Pole Synchronous Generators

    Stefano Nuzzo;Michele Degano;Michael Galea;Chris Gerada

  • Analysis, Modeling, and Design Considerations for the Excitation Systems of Synchronous Generators

    Stefano Nuzzo;Michael Galea;Chris Gerada;Neil Brown

  • An Active Modulation Scheme to Boost Voltage Utilization of the Dual Converter With a Floating Bridge

    Zhen Huang;Tao Yang;Paolo Giangrande;Shajjad Chowdhury

  • Lifetime consumption and degradation analysis of the winding insulation of electrical machines

    C Sciascera;Michael Galea;Paolo Giangrande;C. Gerada

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris Gerada
Chris Gerada University of Nottingham
Giampaolo Buticchi
Giampaolo Buticchi University of Nottingham Ningbo China
Patrick Wheeler
Patrick Wheeler University of Nottingham
Serhiy Bozhko
Serhiy Bozhko University of Nottingham
Christian Klumpner
Christian Klumpner University of Nottingham
Stephen Pickering
Stephen Pickering University of Nottingham
Pericle Zanchetta
Pericle Zanchetta University of Nottingham
Ian A. Ashcroft
Ian A. Ashcroft University of Nottingham
Giovanni Franceschini
Giovanni Franceschini University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Richard J.M. Hague
Richard J.M. Hague University of Nottingham

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