Analysis & Design of electromagnetic devices using rare-earth magnets

Speaker: Mahmood Nagrial

Affiliation: University of Western Sydney

Time: Monday 04/03/2013 from 14:00 to 15:00

Venue: Access Grid UWS. Presented from Penrith (Y239), accessible from Parramatta (EB.1.32) and Campbelltown (26.1.50).

Abstract: The speaker will specifically address the research initiatives in permanent magnet materials and their applications in various electromechanical devices such as torque couplers, magnetic gears and new breed of high performance and high efficiency drive systems and their developments. The analysis and design of various topologies will be discussed. Some novel designs, developed, at UWS will also be reported.

Biography:

Dr M. Nagrial obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Leeds, UK. Dr Nagrial has extensive experience in Power Electronics and Drive Systems, Renewable Energy Systems. He is Group Leader of Research Group "Intelligent & Sustainable Electrical Systems". He has conducted many short courses and contributed refereed papers to many International conferences. Dr Nagrial has been a leading researcher in the area of permanent magnet & variable reluctance machines & drive systems. He has supervised Ph.D. and M.Eng. (Hons) Research Theses and postdoctoral fellows in this general area. Dr Nagrial has also worked as Principal Research Scientist at CSIRO, where he has been responsible for developing new devices using rare-earth magnets. Dr Nagrial is a Fellow of IET (UK) and IE (Aust) and Senior Member IEEE(USA).

Research Interests of Speaker: Permanent magnets and their applications, Electrical Drives, Variable reluctance Drives, PM Machines & Drive Systems, Renewable Energy Sources, Power Electronics, EMC/EMI, Neuro-Fuzzy Control, Power Systems, Intelligent Control, Micro-Electromechanical Systems