Publications

Books and Special Publications

  • Co-author: IEEE Guide for Self-Commutated Converters, ANSI/IEEE Std. 936, 1987.
  • Contributor of Chapter on “Switched Reluctance Motor Drives” to Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, John Wiley & Sons.
  • Contributor of Chapter on “Harmonic and Power Factor Control” to Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, John Wiley & Sons.
  • Modern Electrical Drives, Co-Author: H. B. Ertan, et al., Klewar Academic Publishers, 2000, printed in theNetherlands.
  • Contributor of a chapter on “ More Electric Vehicles” to CRC Handbook of Power Electronics, 2002.
  • Contributor of a chapter on “More Electric Aircraft” to CRC Handbook of Power Electronics, 2002.
  • Contributor to SAE book “Hybrid Electric Vehicles,” SAE SP-1633, published in 2001.
  • Co-author, “Combat Hybrid Power Systems Technologies, Technical Challenges and Research Priorities,” a report of National Research Council of the National Academies, 2003.
  • Vehicular Electric Power Systems, my Co-Authors: A. Emadi & JM Miller, Marcel Dekker, Inc. 2004.
  • Chapters contributor, “The 42-Volt Electrical System,” Book, Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc. PT-99, ISBN 0-7680-1297-X, 2003.
  • Modern Electric, Hybrid Electric, and Fuel Cell Vehicles – Fundamentals, Theory, and Design”, M. Ehsani, Y. Gao, S. E. Gay, A. Emadi, CRC Press, 2005.
  • A. Emadi, M. Ehsani, and J. M. Miller, Vehicular Electric Power Systems: Land, Sea, Air, and Space Vehicles, Power Engineering Series, Vol. 22, New York: Marcel Dekker, 2004, xiv, 496 p., ISBN: 9780824747510.
  • Contributor of chapter on “Hybrid Drive Trains” to “Handbook of Automotive Power Electronics and Motor Drives” CRC Press, 2005.

Sample Journal Papers

  • E. Fuja, R. L. Kustom, and M. Ehsani, “Three-Phase Energy Transfer Circuit with Superconducting Energy Storage Coils,” IEEE Trans. on Industry Applications, Vol. IA-16, No. 3, May/June 1980, pp. 438-444.
  • Ehsani, O. H. Stielau, J. D. Van Wyk, and I. J. Pitel, “Integrated Reactive Components for Power Electronic Circuits,” IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, Vol. 8, No. 2, April 1993, pp. 208-215.
  • Ehsani, M. O. Bilgic, S. Khan, L. Laskai, and S. G. Jeong, “Capacitor Coupled converter (C3) for High Power DC Conversion,” IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, Vol. 10, No. 4, July 1995, pp. 511-518.M.
  • Ehsani, M. O. Bilgic, A. D. Patton, and J. Mitra, “New Architectures for Space Power Systems,” IEEE Aerospace and Electronics Systems Magazine, Vol. 10, No. 8, August 1995, pp. 3-8.
  • Ehsani, M. O. Bilgic, A. D. Patton, and J. Mitra, “Magnetically Inflatable SPS with Energy Storage Capability,” IEEE Aerospace and Electronics Systems Magazine, Vol. 10, No. 8, August 1995, pp. 9-14.
  • Ehsani, J. Mahdavi, I. Pitel, J. E. Brandenburg, and F. E. Little, “Development of an Efficient Power Supply for the Microwave Electrothermal Thruster,” IEEE Aerospace and Electronic System Magazine, Vol. 13, No. 5, May 1998, pp. 37-42.
  • W. Moore and M. Ehsani, “Analysis of Electric Vehicle Utilization on Global CO2 Emission Levels,” SAE Journal, Paper No. 1999-01-1146, March 1999.
  • H. Kim, B. K. Lee, and M. Ehsani, “Sensorless Control of the BLDC Motors from Near Zero to High Speed”, IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, Vol. 19, No. 6, Nov. 2004
  • S. Won, R. Langari, and M. Ehsani, “An Energy Management and Charge Sustaining Strategy for a Parallel Hybrid Vehicle with CVT,” IEEE Trans. on Control Systems Technology, Vol. 13, No. 2, March 2005.
  • Gay and M. Ehsani “ Integration of Eddy-Current and Friction Brakes in Conventional and Hybrid Vehicles,” SAE Transactions, 2005, paper #2005-01-3455.
  • Kim, H. Lee, and M. Ehsani, “Position Sensorless Brushless DC Motor/Generator Drives: Review and Future Trends,” accepted for IEE Proceedings, Electric Power Applications, 2007
  • Kim, H. Lee, and M. Ehsani, ” Position Sensorless Brushless DC Motor/Generator Drives: Review and Future Trends,” IEE Proceedings (changed to IET), Electric Power Applications, vol. 1, issue 4, July 2007.
  • Gao and M. Ehsani “Design and Control Methodology of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles,” IEEE Trans. In Industrial Electronics, Vol. 57, No. 2, February, 2010.
  • Ronald Y. Barazarte, Guadalupe G. Gonzales, and M. Ehsani, “Generalized Gyrator Theory,” IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, Vol. 25, No. 7, July 2010.
  • Naeem Farokhnia, Muneer Mohammad and Mehrdad Ehsani, “Closed Form Line to Line Voltage THD of the Cascade Multilevel Inverter Including Device Voltage Drops,”  IET, 2013
  • H. Kim, M. Ehsani, Y.H. Kim, “Leg-rotation control method for capacitor charging power supply used in pulsed power system,” IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Vol. 20, Issue 4, pp. 1012-1019, August 2013.
  • N. F. Ershad, R. T. Mehrjardi, and M. Ehsani, “Development of a Kinetic Energy Recovery System Using an Active Electromagnetic Slip Coupling,” IEEE Trans. on Transportation Electrification, Vol. 5, No. 2, June 2019, pp. 456-464, doi: 10.1109/TTE.2019.2891045.
  • N. F. Ershad, R. T. Mehrjardi, and M. Ehsani, “Electro-Mechanical EV Powertrain With Reduced Volt-Ampere Rating,” IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 68, No. 1, Jan. 2019, pp. 224-233, doi: 10.1109/TVT.2018.2881385.
  • R. T. Mehrjardi, N. F. Ershad, and M. Ehsani, “Transmotor-Based Powertrain for High-Performance Electric Vehicle,” IEEE Trans. on Transportation Electrification, Vol. 6, No. 3, Sept. 2020, pp. 1199-1210, doi: 10.1109/TTE.2020.2995872.
  • N. F. Ershad, R. T. Mehrjardi, and M. Ehsani, “Efficient Flywheel-Based All-Wheel-Drive Electric Powertrain,” IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 68, No. 7, July 2021, pp. 5661-5671, doi: 10.1109/TIE.2020.2992942.
  • N. F. Ershad, R. T. Mehrjardi, and M. Ehsani, “High-Performance 4WD Electric Powertrain With Flywheel Kinetic Energy Recovery,” IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, Vol. 36, No. 1, Jan. 2021, pp. 772-784, doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2020.3004866.
  • Z. Hu et al., “Optimal Hybridization of Conventional ICE Vehicles,” Eng, Vol. 2, No. 4, Dec. 2021, pp. 592-607, doi: 10.3390/eng2040037.
  • Y. Deng and M. Ehsani, “Inertial Energy Storage Integration with Wind Power Generation Using Transgenerator–Flywheel Technology,” Energies, Vol. 17, 2024, pp. 3218, doi: 10.3390/en17133218.
  • R. T. Mehrjardi, N. F. Ershad, and M. Ehsani, “Transmotor-Flywheel Powertrain Assisted by Ultracapacitor,” IEEE Trans. on Transportation Electrification, Vol. 8, No. 3, Sept. 2022, pp. 3686-3695, doi: 10.1109/TTE.2022.3152793.

Short courses

  • Invited Short Course offered by Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Power Electronic Applications Center (PEAC), June 1989.
  • Invited Short Course in IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference Exposition, Dallas, March 1991: “Pulse Width Modulation: Fundamentals and Implementation.”
  • Invited Short Course in IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference Exposition, San Diego, March 1993: “Technology Simplification in Switched Reluctance Motor Drives.”
  • Invited Short Course at Tel Aviv University, November 1993: “Super Conductive Magnet Power Supplies.”
  • Invited Short Course in IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, Orlando, Florida, February 1994: “High Power Soft Switched Converters.”
  • Invited Short Course in IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, Dallas, Texas, March 1995: “Electric Drives in Electric and Hybrid Vehicles.”
  • Invited Short Course at GM Proving Grounds in Milford, MI and Mesa, AZ, September/October, 1995: “Electric Drives in Electric and Hybrid Vehicles.”
  • Invited Short Course at LeTourneau, Longview, Texas and Texas Instruments, Dallas Texas, January 12 & 26, 1996: “Design and Control of Switched Reluctance Motor Drives.”
  • Invited Short Course at IEEE Industry Applications Society 1996 Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, October 6, 1996: “Sensorless Variable Reluctance Motors.”
  • Invited Short Course at Tel Aviv University, May 22-25, 2000: “Design and Simulation of Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles.”
  • Invited Short Course at Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, June 26, 2000: “State of the Art of Brushless DC Motor and Switched Reluctance Motor Drives.”
  • Invited Short Course at LG Electronics Company, Seoul, Korea, June 27, 2000: “Sensorless Controls and Reduced Parts Converters for the Advanced BLDC and SRM Drives.”
  • Invited Short Course at Hyundai Motor Company, Suwon, Korea, June 28, 2000: “Design and Control of Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles.”
  • Invited Short Course at Korean Electromagnetic Research Institute (KERI), Changwon, Korea, June 29, 2000: “Design and Control of Switched Reluctance Motors and Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicle”
  • Sensorless Brushless DC Motor Drives for Integrated in-line automotive Pump Applications, Short course given at EMP Corp. Escenaba, Michigan, August, 2004.
  • “Control of BLDC Machines with Improved Performance”, U.S. Army Vetronics Institute 3rd Annual Winter Workshop, Jan  13, 2004, U.S. Army Tank-Automotive RD&E Center Warren, MI
  • “Control of the BLDC machine with improved performance”, Short Course, June 2004, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
  • “ Advanced Mobile Integrated Power System (AMPS)”, Short Course, January 2005, US Army Tank Automotive Command (TACOM), Warren, Michigan.
  • “ Vehicle Power systems”, Short Course, January 2006, US Army Tank Automotive Command (TACOM), Warren, Michigan.
  • “ Short Course on Hybrid Electric Vehicle”, TUBITAK Marmara Research Center, TURKE, Dec. 2005.
  • IEEE Vehicular Technology Distinguished Lecture, Israel Chapter, Tel Aviv, Dec. 2005.
  • “ Short Course on Advanced Controls for Brushless DC Motor Drivers,” IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, Dallas, Texas, March, 2006.
  • Technological University of Panama, “Sustainable energy engineering,’ June, 2010.
  • Tel Aviv University (TAU),“Sustainable energy engineering,’ December, 2010.