Dr Yang Xiao

Dr. Yang Xiao received his PhD degrees in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Sheffield, UK and Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China in 2021 and 2018, respectively.

He joined the School of Engineering at the University of Leicester in Dec 2023 as a Lecturer in Engineering (Electrical & Electronics), following his faculty role in School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Prior to that, He was a Senior Research Engineer at Dyson Technology, Ltd, UK.

He has more than 10 years of experience in the research of electrical machines from large scale >100MW level generators for hydro generation & pumped storage through high torque density and fault-tolerant traction motors in Electric Vehicles and Full-Electrical Planes to ultra-high-speed machines for energy storage and domestic appliances. He leaded more than 5 projects collaborating with industry for research and development of novel electrical machine design & drives and most of them have been successfully commercialized.

During the course of his academic and industrial career, he has been granted 16 patents with other 10 patents submitted. He has also published more than 25 papers, and many of them in leading IEEE Transaction Journals.

He participated in 2 invited keynote speeches in Intermag 2021 and CIEEC 2021. He serves as Session Chair in ICEMS 2023 and Special Session Chair in ICEM 2024. He also serves as Reviewer of leading IEEE Trans. & IET Proc. journals including IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., IEEE Trans. Energy Convers., and IEEE Trans. Power Electron.

My current research interests including

(1) Data-driven and Physics-informed Artificial Intelligence Technology for the Design and Optimization of Electrical Machine Systems

(2) Advanced Electrical Machine Design and Control for Electrified Transportation: All-Electric Planes & Electrical Vehicle

(3) Design and Manufacturing Techniques of Ultra-High Speed Electrical Machine in Intelligent Energy Storage

(4) Development and Application of Novel Electromagnetic Materials in Electrical Machines

Selected 5 journal papers

[1] Y. Xiao, Z. Q. Zhu, S. S. Wang, G. W. Jewell, J. T. Chen, D. Wu, and L. M. Gong, “A novel asymmetric interior permanent magnet machine for electric vehicles,” IEEE Trans. Energy Convers., vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 2404-2415, Sept. 2021.

[2] Y. Xiao, Z. Q. Zhu, G. W. Jewell, J. T. Chen, D. Wu, and L. M. Gong, “Influence of armature reaction on magnetic-field-shifting effect in asymmetric interior permanent magnet machines,” IEEE Trans. Energy Convers., vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 1475-1488, June 2022.

[3] Y. Xiao, Z. Q. Zhu, G. W. Jewell, J. T. Chen, D. Wu, and L. M. Gong, “A novel spoke-type asymmetric rotor interior permanent magnet machine,” IEEE Trans. Ind. Appl., vol. 57, no. 5, pp. 4840-4851, Sept.-Oct. 2021.

[4] Z. Q. Zhu and Y. Xiao, “Novel magnetic-field-shifting techniques in asymmetric rotor pole interior PM machines with enhanced torque density,” IEEE Trans. Magn., vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 1-10, Feb. 2022. (Invited)

[5] Y. Ma, J. Wang, Y. Xiao*, L. Zhou, and Z. Q. Zhu, "Two-Level Surrogate-Assisted Transient Parameters Design Optimization of a Wound-Field Synchronous Machine," IEEE Trans. Energy Convers, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 737-747, March 2022.

Publication List

2023

[1] L. Liu, Y. Ma, R. Wang, Z. Li, Y. Xiao and H. Zhao, "Analytical Model Transfer-Based Surrogate-Assisted Design Optimization for SPMVM Using Structural Similarity," 2023 26th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS), Zhuhai, China, 2023, pp. 4060-4064.

[2] Y. Ma, L. Sun, Y. Xiao, J. Wang, J. Liu and L. Zhou, "Analytical Model of Doubly-fed Induction Generator-motors for Full-region Operation Analysis," 2023 26th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS), Zhuhai, China, 2023, pp. 4472-4476.

[3] Y. Xiao, Y. Xiao*, Y. Ma, R. Wang, J. Wang and L. Zhou, "Comparison between Surface-mounted and Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines for Low Voltage Regulation Applications," 2023 26th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS), Zhuhai, China, 2023, pp. 4081-4086.

2022

[1] Y. Xiao, Z. Q. Zhu, G. W. Jewell, J. T. Chen, D. Wu and L. M. Gong, "Influence of Armature Reaction on Magnetic-Field-Shifting Effect in Asymmetric Interior Permanent Magnet Machines," in IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 1475-1488, June 2022.

[2] Y. Xiao, Z. Q. Zhu, G. W. Jewell, J. T. Chen, D. Wu and L. M. Gong, "A Novel Asymmetric Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine," in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 58, no. 3, pp. 3370-3382, May-June 2022.

[3] Y. Ma, J. Wang, Y. Xiao*, L. Zhou and Z. Q. Zhu, "Two-Level Surrogate-Assisted Transient Parameters Design Optimization of a Wound-Field Synchronous Machine," in IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 737-747, March 2022.

[4] Y. Ma, Y. Xiao*, J. Wang and L. Zhou, "Multicriteria Optimal Latin Hypercube Design-Based Surrogate-Assisted Design Optimization for a Permanent-Magnet Vernier Machine," in IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 1-5, Feb. 2022.

[5] Z. Q. Zhu and Y. Xiao, "Novel Magnetic-Field-Shifting Techniques in Asymmetric Rotor Pole Interior PM Machines With Enhanced Torque Density," in IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 1-10, Feb. 2022.

[6] Feng J, Xu P, Zhu Z, Wang S, Shao B, Xiao Y, Guo S, Li Y, Feng S. Comparative study of dual 3‐phase permanent magnet machines with coil span of two slot‐pitches. IET Electric Power Applications. 2022 Dec;16(12):1426-38.

2021

[1] Y. Xiao, Z. Q. Zhu, G. W. Jewell, J. Chen, D. Wu and L. Gong, "A Novel Spoke-Type Asymmetric Rotor Interior Permanent Magnet Machine," in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 57, no. 5, pp. 4840-4851, Sept.-Oct. 2021.

[2] Y. Xiao, Z. Q. Zhu, S. S. Wang, G. W. Jewell, J. Chen, D. Wu and L. Gong, "A Novel Asymmetric Interior Permanent Magnet Machine for Electric Vehicles," in IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 2404-2415, Sept. 2021.

[3] Ma Y, Wang J, Xiao Y*, Zhou L, Kang H. Transfer learning‐based surrogate‐assisted design optimisation of a five‐phase magnet‐shaping PMSM. IET Electric Power Applications. 2021 Oct;15(10):1281-99.

[4] Y. Xiao, Z. Q. Zhu, G. W. Jewell, J. Chen, D. Wu and L. Gong, "A Novel Asymmetric Rotor Interior Permanent Magnet Machine With Hybrid-Layer Permanent Magnets," in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 57, no. 6, pp. 5993-6006, Nov.-Dec. 2021.

2020

[1] Y. Xiao, Z. -Q. Zhu, J. -T. Chen, D. Wu and L. -M. Gong, "A Novel Asymmetric Rotor Interior PM Machine with Hybrid-layer PMs," 2020 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Detroit, MI, USA, 2020, pp. 4029-4035.

[2] Y. Xiao, Z. -Q. Zhu, J. -T. Chen, D. Wu and L. -M. Gong, "A Novel Spoke-type Asymmetric Rotor Interior PM Machine," 2020 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Detroit, MI, USA, 2020, pp. 4050-4057.

[3] Y. Xiao, Z. Q. Zhu, J. T. Chen, D. Wu and L. M. Gong, "A Novel Asymmetric Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine," 2020 International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM), Gothenburg, Sweden, 2020, pp. 26-32.

[4] Y. Xiao, Z. Q. Zhu, J. T. Chen, D. Wu and L. M. Gong, "A Novel V-shape Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine with Asymmetric Spoke-type Flux Barrier," 2020 International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM), Gothenburg, Sweden, 2020, pp. 382-388.

Prior to 2020

[1] Xiao Y, Zhou L, Wang J, Liu J. Design and performance analysis of magnetic slot wedge application in double‐fed asynchronous motor‐generator by finite‐element method. IET Electric Power Applications. 2018 Aug;12(7):1040-7.

[2] Y. Ma, L. Zhou, J. Wang, J. Zhao, L. Shentu and Y. Xiao, "A New Parameters Identification Method for Novel Synchronous Condenser Based on Particle Swarm Algorithm and Wavelet Transform," 2018 21st International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS), Jeju, Korea (South), 2018, pp. 593-597.

[3] F. Wang, L. Zhou, J. Wang, Y. Xiao, J. Zhou and L. Shentu, "A Novel Dual-Stator Permanent Magnet Vernier Machine with Magnets in Rotor and Both Stators," 2018 21st International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS), Jeju, Korea (South), 2018, pp. 197-201.

[4] R. Yang, L. Zhou, J. Wang, Y. Xiao and Z. Ling, "Performance calculation for a canned solid-rotor induction motor with squirrel-cage," 2017 20th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS), Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2017, pp. 1-5.

[5] Xiao, Y.; Zhou, L.; Wang, J.; Yang, R. Finite Element Computation of Transient Parameters of a Salient-Pole Synchronous Machine. Energies2017, 10, 1015.

[6] K. Tang, L. Zhou, J. Wang, Y. Xiao and S. Wang, "Rotor design and optimization of the single-phase line-start synchronous reluctance motor," 2017 20th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS), Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2017, pp. 1-4.

[7] Y. Xiao, L. Zhou, J. Wang and R. Yang, "Transient parameters calculation of salient-pole synchronous machine by finite element analysis," 2016 IEEE Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation (CEFC), Miami, FL, USA, 2016, pp. 1-1.

I warmly welcome PhD students, Postdocs, and Visiting Researchers on topics falling within my current research interests.

(1) Data-driven and Physics-informed Artificial Intelligence Technology for the Design and Optimization of Electrical Machine Systems

(2) Advanced Electrical Machine Design and Control for Electrified Transportation: All-Electric Planes & Electrical Vehicle

(3) Design and Manufacturing Techniques of Ultra-High Speed Electrical Machine in Intelligent Energy Storage

(4) Development and Application of Novel Electromagnetic Materials in Electrical Machines

For applicants requiring a scholarship to fund their research and support their living in the UK, I would be happy to support the application.