Professor Kais Atallah
PhD, Ingenieur D'Etat
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Professor in Electrical Engineering
Member of CREESA
Electrical Machines and Drives Research Group
Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering
+44 114 222 5812
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School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street
91探花
S1 3JD
- Profile
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I joined the University of 91探花 as a PhD student in October 1989, and after a stint as a post-doctoral researcher at the department, I became a member of academic staff in January 2000.
My research interests have been concerned with the modelling and design of conventional and novel electromechanical energy conversion devices and magnetic torque/force transmission systems, for many applications, including electric and hybrid vehicles, aerospace actuation systems and renewable energy systems.
More specifically, my research into renewable energy generation, includes novel drivetrains for flywheel systems and wind turbines and the design and analysis of direct-drive and magnetically geared generators.
For electric/ hybrid vehicles, my research includes novel rare-earth free traction machines, and modelling and analysis of the interactions between the electrical and mechanical components in electric/ hybrid vehicles drivetrains.
For the aerospace sector, my research is concerned with fault tolerant machine and drive systems and the application of novel magnetic transmission devices in order to minimise the risk of jamming in flight control surface electromechanical actuation systems.
- Qualifications
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- Ingenieur D'Etat
- PhD
- Research interests
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- Magnetic transmission systems
- Magnetic gears and pseudo direct drive electrical machines
- Novel permanent magnet machines
- Interactions between electrical and mechanical components in electromechanical drive-trains
- Electrical generators and drive-trains for wind turbines
- Integrated drive-trains for electric and hybrid vehicles
- Novel actuation topologies for the more electric aircraft
- Flywheel energy storage systems
- Publications
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Journal articles
- . IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 1-12.
- . IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 1-11.
- . IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, PP(99), 1-1.
- . IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, PP(99), 1-1.
- . IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 1-1.
- . IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification.
- . IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.
- . IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 55(7).
- . IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 55(7).
- . IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications.
- . IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications.
- . IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 53(11), 1-8.
- . IEEE Trans. on Industry Applications, 53(2), 1088-1095.
- . IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 53(1).
- . IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 52(7), 1-5.
- . IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 51(12), 1-14.
- . IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 51(11), 1-4.
- . IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 51(3), 2291-2299.
- . Machines, 2(3), 158-175.
- . IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 50(11), 1-4.
- . IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 50(6), 3825-3833.
- . IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 50(11), 1-4.
- . Physica B: Condensed Matter, 451, 16-19.
- . IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS, 18(5), 1535-1543.
- . IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, 1(3), 174-185.
- . IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY, 62(3), 1053-1064.
- . IET Electric Power Applications, 7(8), 643-653.
- . IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS, 48(11), 3230-3233.
- The benefits of Duffing-type nonlinearities and electrical optimisation of a mono-stable energy harvester under white Gaussian excitations. Journal of Sound and Vibration.
- . IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 48(4), 1288-1295.
- . IET ELECTRIC POWER APPLICATIONS, 5(9), 708-714.
- . IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 47(10), 4246-4249.
- . IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 47(10), 2815-2818.
- . IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 47(10), 4171-4174.
- . IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 47(10), 4477-4480.
- . IEEE T VEH TECHNOL, 60(1), 55-63.
- . 2010 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation.
- Rotor eddy-current loss in permanent-magnet brushless AC machines. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 46(7), 2701-2707.
- . IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS, 46(1), 206-212.
- . IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS, 44(11), 4026-4032.
- . IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS, 44(11), 4349-4352.
- . IEEE T VEH TECHNOL, 57(5), 2714-2720.
- . IEEE T MAGN, 44(9), 2195-2203.
- . JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 103(7).
- Direct torque control of permanent magnet synchronous motor using LP filter. Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Electrical Machines, ICEM'08.
- . IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS, 43(5), 1207-1213.
- . IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS, 43(6), 2498-2500.
- . J APPL PHYS, 99(8).
- . IEEJ Transactions on Industry Applications, 126(10).
- . JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 97(10).
- . JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 97(10).
- . IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS, 40(4), 2104-2106.
- . J MAGN MAGN MATER, 272, E1727-E1729.
- . IEE P-ELECT POW APPL, 151(2), 135-143.
- Torque-ripple minimization in modular permanent-magnet brushless machines. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS, 39(6), 1689-1695.
- . IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS, 39(5), 2962-2964.
- . J APPL PHYS, 93(10), 8772-8774.
- . IEE P-ELECT POW APPL, 150(3), 311-318.
- . IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 38(5 I), 3291-3293.
- . JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 91(10), 6973-6975.
- A novel high-performance magnetic gear. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS, 37(4), 2844-2846.
- Rotor loss in permanent-magnet brushless AC machines. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS, 36(6), 1612-1618.
- Analysis of anisotropic bonded NdFeB Halbach cylinders accounting for partial powder alignment. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS, 36(5), 3575-3577.
- Powder alignment system for anisotropic bonded NdFeB Halbach cylinders. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS, 36(5), 3349-3352.
- The application of halbach cylinders to brushless AC servo motors. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 34(4 PART 1), 2060-2062.
- Armature reaction field and winding inductances of slotless permanent-magnet brushless machines. IEEE T MAGN, 34(5), 3737-3744.
- Prediction of mechanical stress effects on the iron loss in electrical machines. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 81(8), 4119-4121.
- Effect of high frequency flux ripple on iron loss in induction machines. JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS, 157, 444-446.
- CURVATURE EFFECTS IN RADIAL-FIELD PERMANENT-MAGNET MACHINES. ELECTR MACH POW SYST, 22(4), 511-520.
- THE CALCULATION OF IRON LOSSES IN BRUSHLESS PERMANENT-MAGNET DC MOTORS. JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS, 133(1-3), 578-582.
- CALCULATION OF THE ROTATIONAL POWER LOSS IN ELECTRICAL STEEL LAMINATIONS FROM MEASURED (H)OVER-RIGHT-ARROW AND (B)OVER-RIGHT-ARROW. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS, 29(6), 3547-3549.
- AN IMPROVED METHOD FOR PREDICTING IRON LOSSES IN BRUSHLESS PERMANENT-MAGNET DC DRIVES. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS, 28(5), 2997-2999.
- . IEEE/ASME Transaction on Mechatronics.
- . Production engineering.
- The effect of Duffing-type non-linearities and Coulomb damping on the response of an energy harvester to random excitations.
Conference proceedings papers
- . 2023 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, Asia-Pacific (ITEC Asia-Pacific). Chiang Mai, Thailand, 28 November 2023 - 28 November 2023.
- . 2023 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) (pp 6553-6555). Nashville, TN, USA, 29 October 2023 - 29 October 2023.
- . 2023 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 29 October 2023 - 2 November 2023.
- . 2023 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 19 March 2023 - 23 March 2023.
- . 2023 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 19 March 2023 - 23 March 2023.
- . 2023 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 19 March 2023 - 23 March 2023.
- . 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 9 October 2022 - 13 October 2022.
- . 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 9 October 2022 - 13 October 2022.
- . 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 9 October 2022 - 13 October 2022.
- . 11th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2022)
- . Proceedings of IECON 2019 - 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (pp 945-950). Lisbon, Portugal, 14 October 2019 - 17 August 2019.
- . Proceeding of IECON 2019 - 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (pp 1399-1404), 14 October 2019 - 17 August 2019.
- . 2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE). Baltimore, MD, USA, 29 September 2019 - 3 October 2019.
- . The Journal of Engineering, Vol. 2019(17) (pp 3956-3961)
- . 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC), 7 November 2018 - 9 November 2018.
- . 2017 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) (pp 504-510). Cincinnati, OH, USA, 1 October 2017 - 5 October 2017.
- . 2017 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) (pp 1594-1601). Cincinnati, OH, USA, 1 October 2017 - 5 October 2017.
- . 2017 IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference (IEMDC), 21 May 2017 - 24 May 2017.
- . 2017 IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference (IEMDC), 21 May 2017 - 24 May 2017.
- Experimental strain measurement in a blanking operation. 11th BSSM International Conference on Advanced in Experimental Mechanics, Exeter, UK
- . 8th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2016)
- . 2015 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 20 September 2015 - 24 September 2015.
- . 2015 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 20 September 2015 - 24 September 2015.
- . 2015 IEEE Magnetics Conference (INTERMAG), 11 May 2015 - 15 May 2015.
- . 2015 IEEE 15th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC), 10 June 2015 - 13 June 2015.
- . 2014 International Conference on Connected Vehicles and Expo (ICCVE), 3 November 2014 - 7 November 2014.
- . 2014 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 14 September 2014 - 18 September 2014.
- Advanced design techniques to avoid failures in electro-mechanical drivetrains. European Wind Energy Association Conference and Exhibition 2014, EWEA 2014
- . 3rd Renewable Power Generation Conference (RPG 2014)
- Unbalanced magnetic pull in permanent magnet machines. 7th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives, PEMD 2014
- . 7th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2014)
- . 2013 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, 15 September 2013 - 19 September 2013.
- . Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference, IEMDC 2013 (pp 986-992)
- Analysis and design of a high force density linear electromagnetic actuator. PCIM Europe Conference Proceedings (pp 177-185)
- The modelling of friction in a randomly excited energy harvester. Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Modal Analysis Noise and Vibration Engineering. Orlando, FL
- . Proceedings - 2012 20th International Conference on Electrical Machines, ICEM 2012 (pp 563-569)
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- . 6th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2012)
- . IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS, Vol. 48(5) (pp 1478-1486)
- . 2011 IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference, IEMDC 2011 (pp 312-317)
- Performance of linear and nonlinear resonant frequency energy harvesters under uncertain loading conditions.. Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on Modal Analysis Noise and Vibration Engineering. Leuven, Belgium
- . SPEEDAM 2010 - International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion (pp 523-528)
- . IET Conference Publications, Vol. 2010(563 CP)
- Design of a Linear Permanent Magnet Motor for Active Vehicle Suspension. 2009 IEEE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRIC MACHINES & DRIVES CONFERENCE, VOLS 1-3 (pp 585-591)
- A New PM Machine Topology for Low-Speed, High-Torque Drives. ICEM: 2008 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTRICAL MACHINES, VOLS 1- 4 (pp 491-494)
- Design, Analysis and Realization of a Novel Magnetic Harmonic Gear. ICEM: 2008 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTRICAL MACHINES, VOLS 1- 4 (pp 1875-1878)
- Thermal Modeling of flooded rotor electrical machines for electro-hydrostatic actuators. IEEE IEMDC 2007: Proceedings of the International Electric Machines and Drives Conference, Vols 1 and 2 (pp 1632-1637)
- . INTERMAG Europe 2002 - IEEE International Magnetics Conference
- Fault tolerant brushless machines for safety critical applications. RARE EARTH MAGNETS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS (pp 268-275)
- Analysis of rare-earth magnet devices. RARE EARTH MAGNETS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS (pp 86-99)
- High torque density permanent magnet gears. RARE EARTH MAGNETS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS (pp 141-148)
- Modular fault-tolerant permanent magnet brushless machines. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POWER ELECTRONICS, MACHINES AND DRIVES(487) (pp 415-420)
- . IEE Colloquium. Electrical Machines and Systems for the More Electric Aircraft
- Flywheel peak power buffer for electric hybrid vehicles. IEMDC'99 - IEEE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRIC MACHINES AND DRIVES CONFERENCE, PROCEEDINGS (pp 508-510)
- Integrated design of magnet powder aligning system and brushless motor using anisotropic Halbach cylinders. NINTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTRICAL MACHINES AND DRIVES(468) (pp 123-127)
- Comparison of electrical drive technologies for aircraft flight control surface actuation. NINTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTRICAL MACHINES AND DRIVES(468) (pp 159-163)
- Design and analysis of multi-pole Halbach (self-shielding) cylinder brushless permanent magnet machines. EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTRICAL MACHINES AND DRIVES(444) (pp 376-380)
- Fields and inductances of slotless permanent magnet machines. RARE-EARTH MAGNETS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS, VOLS 1 AND 2 - PROCEEDINGS OF THE 14TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP (pp A311-A320)
- Effect of mechanical stress on iron losses in brushless permanent magnet dc machines. RARE-EARTH MAGNETS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS, VOLS 1 AND 2 - PROCEEDINGS OF THE 14TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP (pp A632-A641)
- Calculation of iron losses from time-stepped finite-element models of cage induction machines. IEE Conference Publication(412) (pp 88-92)
- Design, Analysis and Experimental Evaluation of a Novel High-Speed High-Power Ferrite IPM Machine for Traction Applications. IEEE energy conversion congress and expo (ECCE) 2022, 9 October 2022 - 13 October 2022.
- . SAE Technical Paper Series
- . IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference. Niagara Falls, Canada, May 2011.
- A novel high-performance linear magnetic gear. The Fifth International Symposium on Linear Drives for Industry Applications. Hyogo, Japan, 25 September 2006.
- . Digest of INTERMAG 2003. International Magnetics Conference (Cat. No.03CH37401)
- Electrohydrostatic and electromechanical linear actuators for safety critical aircraft flight control surfaces. 20th Linear Drives for Industrial Applications Conference. Nagano, Japan
- Modelling and evaluation of advanced traction systems and new technology vehicles with SABER. 16th International Electric Vehicle Symposium. Beijing, China
- Hard and Soft magnetic composites in high speed flywheels. 12th International Conference on Composite Materials. Paris, 5 July 1999.
- Influence of gear change on the energy efficiency of a gasoline ICE and integrated permanent magnet motor/generator parallel hybrid power-train. 32nd International Symposium on Automotive Technology and Automation. Vienna, 14 June 1999.
- A flywheel peak power buffer for electric vehicles. 15th Electric Vehicle Symposium. Brussels, 30 October 1998.
- . 7th Joint MMM-Intermag Conference. Abstracts (Cat. No.98CH36275)
- Reconfigurable control of brushless ac composite roller systems. 31st International Intelligent Motion Conference. Nurnberg, Germany, 10 June 1997.
- Use of composites in self powered roller technology. 7th European Conference on Composite Materials. London, 14 May 1996.
- Curvature and flux focusing effects in cylindrical permanent magnet machines. the International Workshop on Electric and Magnetic Fields. Liege, Belgium, 28 October 1992.
- The prediction of iron losses in brushless dc machines. International Conference on Electrical Machines. Manchester, UK, 15 September 1992.
- Flux waveforms and iron losses in brushless dc motors. 12th International Workshop on Rare-earth Magnets and their Applications. Camberra, Australia, 16 July 1992.
- . 1992. Digests of Intermag. International Magnetics Conference
- Performance of linear and nonlinear resonant frequency energy harvesters under uncertain loading conditions. PROCEEDINGS OF ISMA2010 - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NOISE AND VIBRATION ENGINEERING INCLUDING USD2010 (pp 4775-4789). Leuven, BELGIUM, 20 September 2010 - 22 September 2010.
- A Complex Frequency Domain Analysis of a Closed Loop Controlled Pseudo Direct Drive. The International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM 2012)
- . 3rd International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference. Beijing, China, 15 August 2000 - 18 August 2000.
- Effects of Rotor Eccentricity on the Unbalanced Magnetic Pull of Permanent Magnet Machines. IEEE International Magnetics Conference. April 2011
- Performance of linear and nonlinear resonant frequency energy harvesters under uncertain loading conditions. International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering, September 2010.
- . IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference. Niagara Falls, Canada, May 2011.
- Analysis and Control Development of IPM Traction Machines with Skewed Rotor using Unskewed Machine Model. IECON2021, 13 October 2021 - 16 October 2021.
Patents
- Magnetic gear. 7,973,441 (United States). Appl. 01 Jan 1970.
- Magnetic gear. 0611965.5 (United Kingdom). Appl. 01 Jan 1970.
- A method of magnetising a cylindrical body. US 6,154,352 Appl. 01 Jan 1970.
- Electrical machine. 0607994.1 (United Kingdom). Appl. 01 Jan 1970.
Other
- Permanent magnet brushless drives for aircraft flight control surface actuation. IEE Colloquium (Digest)(180), 49-53.
- Large electromechanical actuation systems for flight control surfaces. IEE Colloquium (Digest)(260).
- Soft Magnetic Composites in Active Magnetic Bearings. IEE Colloquium (Digest)(259).
- Large electromechanical actuation systems for flight control surfaces. IEE Colloquium (Digest)(260).
- Magnetically loaded composite for roller drives. IEE Colloquium (Digest)(259).
- Modelling of power electronic converters used in electric vehicles. IEE Colloquium (Digest)(486).
- Novel electromagnetic machines for the more-electric aircraft鈥, UK Magnetics Society one-day seminar on enabling technologies for the more-electric aircraft. Magnetics Society one-day seminar on enabling technologies for the more-electric aircraft.
- Loss phenomena in electrical machines and drive systems. The Nordic Research Symposium on Energy Efficient Electric Motors and Drives.
- Assessment of flywheel and supercapacitor peak power buffer technologies in an electric vehicle drive-train. Electric Vehicles Symposium.
- Design and analysis of novel high performance magnetic gears. UK Magnetics Society one-day seminar on permanent magnets materials and applications.
- Research students
Student Degree Status Primary/Secondary Alshammari S PhD Graduated Primary Elsaeid B A PhD Graduated Primary
Shanshal A K A PhD Graduated Primary Elmajdub A PhD Graduated Secondary
Khatab M F H PhD Graduated Secondary Shlimet S B PhD Graduated Secondary