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). He is the Deputy Director of the Electrical and Electronic Engineering discipline at the University of Leicester. Prior to his current position, he worked as lecturer in School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology and 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 20 granted US/EU/China patents. He has also published more than 25 papers, and many of them in leading IEEE Transaction/IET Proceeding Journals. He has received several Best Paper/Best Presentation Awards from international conferences including ISEEIE 24 ICPRE 23 and CEFC 16.

He participated in 2 invited keynote speeches in Intermag 21 and CIEEC 21 and a tutorial in ISEEIE 24. He serves as Session Chair in ICEMS 23, Special Session Chair in ICEM 24, and local Chair in ISEEIE 24. He serves as Reviewer of leading IEEE Trans. & IET Proc. journals including IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., IEEE Trans. Energy Convers., and IEEE Trans. Power Electron, and also seves as Leading Guest Editors in Special issues of Energies and Electronics.

He actively engages with learned society and undertakes several roles:

• Deputy Director of MEng/BEng Electrical & Electronic Engineering Programme at UoL
• Associate Editor of IEEE Trans. Energy Conversion (2024-present)

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 Aircrafts & Electrical Vehicle

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

(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.

For PhD students

I am recruiting talented PhD students who have interests in electrical machine, power electronics and power systems. A candidate is expected to have a master's degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Control (Automation), Computer Science, Physics, and other related disciplines.

The research topics for potential PhD students include but are not limited to:

(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 Aircrafts & Electrical Vehicle

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

(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.  

I plan to recruit several PhD students with potential fundings in topics as follows, plesae reach out for more details. 

(1) Advanced electrical machine design for electrified aircrafts (University scholarship/External scholarships)

(2) Data-driven design methodology considering multi-physics for electrical machine drives (University scholarship/External scholarships)

(3) Ultra-high speed machine design (Industry sponsership)  

(4) Ultra-high speed machine modelling and control (Industry fully-funded).This position is opened in IC London and co-supervised by Dr. Yunjie Gu and me.

For Postdoctoral researchers  

I am very happy to host Postdocs researchers to apply for Postdocs followships. The next available opportunity is Newton International Fellowship that will be opened on Jan. 25 (estimated). Please reach out for discussion if you are interested.

EG4211-EG7034 Advanced Electrical Machine

EG4231-EG7231 Real-time Simulation for Industry 4.0

EG4221-EG7035 Advanced Electronically Controlled Drives

EG3005 Third Year Project

EG7020 MSc Project

EG7302 Engineering Management Project