Eric Severson receives 2020 NSF CAREER award
Eric Severson received the 2020 National Science Foundation CAREER award! He and his research group are developing bearingless motors that will lead to new types of more efficient, more adaptable motor systems. As part of this endeavor, the Severson Research Group is working with 4-H to create open source lab kits that will allow middle and high school youth to do their own motor and magnetic bearing investigations.
Posts
New project: aircraft hybrid-electric engine research
The Severson Research Group is working with ARL and UW's ERC to explore using bearingless motor technology to create a new generation of electric turbochargers for aerial vehicles.
September 30, 2020
Hemenway Defends Thesis on 3 Pole Magnetic Bearings
Congratulations to Nicholas Hemenway on successfully defending his MS thesis! Title: Analysis, Design, and Control of a Combined Radial-Axial Three-Pole Magnetic Bearing Abstract: Magnetic bearings provide an attractive alternative to traditional contact-type bearings because of …
August 19, 2020New Funding: DOE Project on High Efficiency Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Generation
The Severson Group is part of a multi-institution team that has received funding from the United States Department of Energy to develop a new generation of high efficiency Combined Heat and Power (CHP) generation technology. …
June 1, 2020Call for Papers on Magnetically Levitated Motor Systems (Special Section of IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications)
The IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications will publish a special section on Magnetically Levitated Motor Systems. Extended abstracts within this topic area will be considered beginning June 1st through September 21st.
April 21, 2020New Funding: NSF Project on Flywheels for Utility Scale Energy Storage
Under an NSF funded STTR project, the Severson Research Group is working with startup company Revterra to develop and test a superconducting magnetic bearing and an ultra-efficient motor/generator for a flywheel energy storage system.
March 21, 2020- More News