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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
China
2026
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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
UK
2025

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
120
Citations
55150
World Ranking
63
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2021 - IEEE Nikola Tesla Award “For contributions to the design, modeling, control, and application of ac permanent magnet machines and drives.”
  • 2016 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)
  • 2009 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to analytical modeling of permanent magnet brishless machines

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Control theory
  • Electrical engineering
  • Magnet

Magnet, Control theory, Stator, Torque and Finite element method are his primary areas of study. His Magnet research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Magnetic flux, Mechanics, Nuclear magnetic resonance and Electromagnetic coil. His studies in Control theory integrate themes in fields like Torque ripple, Direct torque control and Inverter, Voltage.

His work carried out in the field of Stator brings together such families of science as Armature, Electric motor, DC motor, Rotor and Topology. His Torque research incorporates themes from Forging, Waveform and Inductance. The various areas that he examines in his Finite element method study include Harmonic analysis, Mathematical analysis, Air gap, Leakage and Pole number.

His most cited work include:

  • Electrical Machines and Drives for Electric, Hybrid, and Fuel Cell Vehicles (898 citations)
  • Influence of design parameters on cogging torque in permanent magnet machines (758 citations)
  • Analysis of electromagnetic performance of flux-switching permanent-magnet Machines by nonlinear adaptive lumped parameter magnetic circuit model (490 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Zi-Qiang Zhu spends much of his time researching Magnet, Control theory, Torque, Stator and Rotor. He has researched Magnet in several fields, including Magnetic flux, Finite element method and Electromagnetic coil. His Control theory research incorporates elements of Direct torque control, Harmonics, Voltage and Harmonic.

The concepts of his Torque study are interwoven with issues in Torque ripple and Inductance. As a member of one scientific family, Zi-Qiang Zhu mostly works in the field of Stator, focusing on Mechanics and, on occasion, Nuclear magnetic resonance. He combines subjects such as AC motor, Position, Synchronous motor and Topology with his study of Rotor.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Magnet (61.91%)
  • Control theory (52.94%)
  • Torque (44.74%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Magnet (61.91%)
  • Torque (44.74%)
  • Control theory (52.94%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His main research concerns Magnet, Torque, Control theory, Stator and Electromagnetic coil. His Magnet research includes themes of Magnetic flux, Topology, Finite element method and Topology. His Torque research integrates issues from Torque ripple, Magnetic reluctance and Power.

His studies deal with areas such as Harmonics, Inductance, Voltage and Harmonic as well as Control theory. His research integrates issues of Acoustics, Magnetic core and Rotor in his study of Stator. His work carried out in the field of Electromagnetic coil brings together such families of science as Power factor, Wind power and Excitation.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • On-Load Field Prediction of Surface-Mounted PM Machines Considering Nonlinearity Based on Hybrid Field Model (24 citations)
  • Reduction of Open-Circuit DC-Winding-Induced Voltage in Wound Field Switched Flux Machines by Skewing (16 citations)
  • Comparative Study on Variable Flux Memory Machines With Parallel or Series Hybrid Magnets (12 citations)

Best Publications

  • Electrical Machines and Drives for Electric, Hybrid, and Fuel Cell Vehicles

    Z.Q. Zhu;D. Howe

  • Influence of design parameters on cogging torque in permanent magnet machines

    Z.Q. Zhu;D. Howe

  • Instantaneous magnetic field distribution in brushless permanent magnet DC motors. III. Effect of stator slotting

    Z.Q. Zhu;D. Howe

  • Instantaneous magnetic field distribution in brushless permanent magnet DC motors. I. Open-circuit field

    Z.Q. Zhu;D. Howe;E. Bolte;B. Ackermann

  • Analysis of electromagnetic performance of flux-switching permanent-magnet Machines by nonlinear adaptive lumped parameter magnetic circuit model

    Z.Q. Zhu;Y. Pang;D. Howe;S. Iwasaki

  • Improved analytical model for predicting the magnetic field distribution in brushless permanent-magnet machines

    Z.Q. Zhu;D. Howe;C.C. Chan

  • Halbach permanent magnet machines and applications: a review

    Z.Q. Zhu;D. Howe

  • Instantaneous magnetic field distribution in brushless permanent magnet DC motors. II. Armature-reaction field

    Z.Q. Zhu;D. Howe

  • An Accurate Subdomain Model for Magnetic Field Computation in Slotted Surface-Mounted Permanent-Magnet Machines

    Z.Q. Zhu;L.J. Wu;Z.P. Xia

  • Advanced Flux-Switching Permanent Magnet Brushless Machines

    Z Q Zhu;J T Chen

  • Analytical Methods for Minimizing Cogging Torque in Permanent-Magnet Machines

    Li Zhu;S.Z. Jiang;Z.Q. Zhu;C.C. Chan

  • Winding Configurations and Optimal Stator and Rotor Pole Combination of Flux-Switching PM Brushless AC Machines

    J T Chen;Z Q Zhu

  • Eddy-current loss in the rotor magnets of permanent-magnet brushless machines having a fractional number of slots per pole

    D. Ishak;Z.Q. Zhu;D. Howe

  • Analysis and Optimization of Back EMF Waveform of a Flux-Switching Permanent Magnet Motor

    Wei Hua;Ming Cheng;Z.Q. Zhu;D. Howe

  • Direct Active and Reactive Power Regulation of DFIG Using Sliding-Mode Control Approach

    Jiabing Hu;Heng Nian;Bin Hu;Yikang He

  • Direct torque control of brushless DC drives with reduced torque ripple

    Yong Liu;Z.Q. Zhu;D. Howe

  • Analytical prediction of the cogging torque in radial-field permanent magnet brushless motors

    Z.Q. Zhu;D. Howe

  • Improved analytical modelling of rotor eddy current loss in brushless machines equipped with surface-mounted permanent magnets

    Z.Q. Zhu;K. Ng;N. Schofield;D. Howe

  • Analytical Modeling and Finite-Element Computation of Radial Vibration Force in Fractional-Slot Permanent-Magnet Brushless Machines

    Z Q Zhu;Z P Xia;L J Wu;G W Jewell

  • Online Multiparameter Estimation of Nonsalient-Pole PM Synchronous Machines With Temperature Variation Tracking

    Kan Liu;Qiao Zhang;Jintao Chen;Z Q Zhu

  • Instantaneous magnetic field distribution in permanent magnet brushless DC motors. IV. Magnetic field on load

    Z.Q. Zhu;D. Howe

  • Electrical Machines and Drives for Electric, Hybrid, and Fuel Cell Vehicles Induction and switched-reluctance machines can provide the needed characteristics, but permanent magnet brushless machines offer a higher efficiency and torque density.

    Z. Q. Zhu;David Howe

Frequent Co-Authors

David Howe
David Howe University of Sheffield
G.W. Jewell
G.W. Jewell University of Sheffield
Wei Hua
Wei Hua Southeast University
Heng Nian
Heng Nian Zhejiang University
Mircea Popescu
Mircea Popescu Ansys (United Kingdom)
Kais Atallah
Kais Atallah University of Sheffield
Ming Cheng
Ming Cheng Southeast University
Thomas M. Jahns
Thomas M. Jahns University of Wisconsin–Madison
C.C. Chan
C.C. Chan University of Hong Kong
David Reigosa
David Reigosa University of Oviedo

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