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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For advancement of permanent magnet machines and drives for transportation and industrial applications.
  • 2007 - IEEE PELS Harry A. Owen, Jr. Distinguished Service Award
  • 2005 - IEEE Nikola Tesla Award “For pioneering contributions to the design and application of AC permanent magnet machines.”
  • 1993 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the development of high-performance adjustable-speed drives for industrial and aerospace applications.

Overview

Thomas M. Jahns is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of engineering, with a focus on electrical and electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, control and systems engineering, global and planetary change, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

The scientist's work concentrates on several specialized topics including silicon carbide semiconductor technologies, multilevel inverters and converters, advanced DC-DC converters, electric motor design and analysis, electromagnetic compatibility and noise suppression, induction heating and inverter technology, and radiation effects in electronics.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Thomas M. Jahns include:

  • Bulent Sarlioglu
  • Renato Amorim Torres
  • Feida Chen
  • Hang Dai
  • Woongkul Lee

Publications by Thomas M. Jahns have appeared in prominent venues such as:

  • IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification
  • IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
  • 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)
  • IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
  • IEEE Power Electronics Magazine

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Thomas M. Jahns include:

  • The Incredible Shrinking Motor Drive: Accelerating the Transition to Integrated Motor Drives, 2020, IEEE Power Electronics Magazine
  • Current-Source Inverter Integrated Motor Drives Using Dual-Gate Four-Quadrant Wide-Bandgap Power Switches, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
  • Investigation and Prediction of High-Frequency Iron Loss in Lamination Steels Driven by Voltage-Source Inverters Using Wide-Bandgap Switches, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
  • A Seven-Switch Current-Source Inverter Using Wide Bandgap Dual-Gate Bidirectional Switches, 2022, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
  • ICON-Sapphire: simulating the components of the Earth system and their interactions at kilometer and subkilometer scales, 2023, Geoscientific model development

Thomas M. Jahns has received several awards, including membership in the National Academy of Engineering in 2015 for advancements in permanent magnet machines and drives for transportation and industrial applications. Other recognitions include the IEEE PELS Harry A. Owen, Jr. Distinguished Service Award in 2007, the IEEE Nikola Tesla Award in 2005 for pioneering contributions to AC permanent magnet machines, and elevation to IEEE Fellow status in 1993 for contributions to high-performance adjustable-speed drives for industrial and aerospace applications.

Best Publications

  • Pulsating torque minimization techniques for permanent magnet AC motor drives-a review

    T.M. Jahns;W.L. Soong

  • Interior Permanent-Magnet Synchronous Motors for Adjustable-Speed Drives

    Thomas M. Jahns;Gerald B. Kliman;Thomas W. Neumann

  • Fault tolerant three-phase AC motor drive topologies; a comparison of features, cost, and limitations

    B.A. Welchko;T.A. Lipo;T.M. Jahns;S.E. Schulz

  • Flux-Weakening Regime Operation of an Interior Permanent-Magnet Synchronous Motor Drive

    Thomas M. Jahns

  • Initial rotor position estimation of an interior permanent-magnet synchronous machine using carrier-frequency injection methods

    Yu-seok Jeong;R.D. Lorenz;T.M. Jahns;Seung-Ki Sul

  • Improved Reliability in Solid-State AC Drives by Means of Multiple Independent Phase Drive Units

    Thomas M. Jahns

  • Optimal flux weakening in surface PM machines using fractional-slot concentrated windings

    A.M. EL-Refaie;T.M. Jahns

  • Six-Phase Voltage Source Inverter Driven Induction Motor

    Mohamed A. Abbas;Roland Christen;Thomas M. Jahns

  • Comparison of Interior and Surface PM Machines Equipped With Fractional-Slot Concentrated Windings for Hybrid Traction Applications

    P. B. Reddy;A. M. El-Refaie;Kum-Kang Huh;J. K. Tangudu

  • Motion control with permanent-magnet AC machines

    T.M. Jahns

  • Analysis of surface permanent magnet machines with fractional-slot concentrated windings

    A.M. El-Refaie;T.M. Jahns;D.W. Novotny

  • Torque Production in Permanent-Magnet Synchronous Motor Drives with Rectangular Current Excitation

    Thomas M. Jahns

  • Comparison of Grid Following and Grid Forming Control for a High Inverter Penetration Power System

    Dinesh Pattabiraman;R. H. Lasseter.;T. M. Jahns

  • Evolving and Emerging Applications of Power Electronics in Systems

    J. G. Kassakian;T. M. Jahns

  • Experimental verification of optimal flux weakening in surface PM machines using concentrated windings

    A.M. El-Refaie;T.M. Jahns;P.J. McCleer;J.W. McKeever

  • Four-quadrant sensorless brushless ECM drive

    R.C. Becerra;T.M. Jahns;M. Ehsani

  • A saturating lumped-parameter model for an interior PM synchronous machine

    E.C. Lovelace;T.M. Jahns;J.H. Lang

  • A novel method for initial rotor position estimation for IPM synchronous machine drives

    Hyunbae Kim;Kum-Kang Huh;R.D. Lorenz;T.M. Jahns

  • Recent advances in power electronics technology for industrial and traction machine drives

    T.M. Jahns;V. Blasko

  • Phase Current Reconstruction for AC Motor Drives Using a DC Link Single Current Sensor and Measurement Voltage Vectors

    Hongrae Kim;T.M. Jahns

  • Comparison of synchronous PM machine types for wide constant‐power speed range operation

    Ayman M. EL‐Refaie;Thomas M. Jahns

  • Control techniques for improved high-speed performance of interior PM synchronous motor drives

    S.R. Macminn;T.M. Jahns

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert D. Lorenz
Robert D. Lorenz University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ayman Mohamed Fawzi EL-Refaie
Ayman Mohamed Fawzi EL-Refaie Marquette University
Robert H. Lasseter
Robert H. Lasseter University of Wisconsin–Madison
Thomas A. Lipo
Thomas A. Lipo University of Wisconsin–Madison
Wen L. Soong
Wen L. Soong University of Adelaide
Zi-Qiang Zhu
Zi-Qiang Zhu Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Giri Venkataramanan
Giri Venkataramanan University of Wisconsin–Madison
Gianmario Pellegrino
Gianmario Pellegrino Polytechnic University of Turin
Gerald Burt Kliman
Gerald Burt Kliman Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Nesimi Ertugrul
Nesimi Ertugrul University of Adelaide

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