Nishanth has successfully defended his PhD, entitled “An Investigation of Power Dense Axial Flux Electric Machines to Electrify Off-Highway Vehicles” In this work, Nishanth created new knowledge across several important areas of electric machinery, including …
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New Arrivals
Welcome to Divya and Aravind! We’re happy to share that Divya and Aravind have decided to join our research group. Divya has joined our lab to pursue her MS degree. Her research will focus on …
New Funding: NSF Project to Explore Commercialization of Bearingless Motor Research
PhD student Nathan Petersen along with Prof Severson and industry mentor Jay Althof will be taking part in the US National Science Foundation I-Corps program to explore commercializing our group’s bearingless motor research. This program …
Congrats to Spring/Summer 2022 Graduates
Congrats to Bharat, Imthiaz, Martin, Steve!! Bharat completed his MS project investigating the electromagnetic design, control, and testing of high speed bearingless permanent magnet machines for e-Turbocharger applications. Bharat has delved into the nitty gritty details …
Awards: Congrats to Anvar and Nishanth!
Anvar Khamitov and Nishanth both received the Wisconsin Power Engineering Award by the UW-Madison’s College of Engineering. This award recognizes PhD students pursuing dissertation research within the field of power engineering. Congrats Anvar and Nishanth!
Introducing the Advanced Motor Drive Controller
Are you looking to develop advanced motor drives? Are you limited by the compute performance or I/O capabilities of your current control solution? Do you want an open-source, research-oriented, flexible, and modular control platform? Introducing …
New Arrivals
Welcome to Federico and Parth! These two brave students have joined our group mid-winter. We’ve promised them the weather here actually will get warmer. Thankfully Jimmy (the Wisconsin groundhog) did not see his shadow, so …
Congrats to Fall 2021 Graduates and Dissertators
Congrats to Nathan, Anvar, and Nishanth! Nathan finished his MS project on the development of a new, open-source control platform and creative sandbox for electric machines. The platform is appropriately entitled the Advanced Motor Drive …
Watch: Severson gives MERL invited seminar on magnetically levitated motor systems
Use the Force for Good: Sustainability Through Magnetic Levitation. Electric motors pump our water, heat and cool our homes and offices, drive critical medical and surgical equipment, and, increasingly, operate our transportation systems. Approximately 99% …
New Funding: DOE Project to Develop a Fully Electric Powered, Hydraulic Assisted, Compact Track Loader
Today’s off-highway vehicles (i.e., agriculture and construction equipment) contribute to 18% of US CO2 emissions. These vehicles are notoriously inefficient, with only 20% of engine shaft energy reaching the vehicle implements. The Severson Group is …