Dean: Professor Wang Xuefan
Dean of Academic Committee:
Pprofessor Shao Keran
Tel: (027) 87542626
E-mail: wwhl@mail.hust.edu.cn

Research fields and research foundation of the laboratory

The national specialized laboratory for new type electrical machinery was founded on the base of the School of Energy Resource Science and Engineering and the National Leading Subject of Electrical Machinery and Electric Appliance (1987) with a loan from the World Bank. The major task of the laboratory is to undertake basic research on new type electrical machinery and controlling systems, as well as to cultivate high level specialists as post-doctors, doctors, and masters in the field of electrical machinery and controll. Now it provides two programs for Master's degrees in "electrical machinery and electric appliance" and electrodynamic electronics. It is one of the first labs in China to provide Master's degrees, Doctoral degree (1981), and postdoctoral research centers in the field of electrical machinery and electric appliance. It was also honored as a first level subject.

   I.  Research fields

After years of hard work in the laboratory, a large number of influential and famous specialists and professors emerged. In China, they are the strongest teaching and research group in the field of electrical machinery. Following their guidance, a stable teaching and research team was formed, with unique research fields that covered and crossed fields and subjects:

1. the theory and application of electromagnetic field engineering;

2. the research of electrical machinery noise and vibration;

3. the theory and application of electrical machinery winding;

4. the research of important key techniques of large scale electric power generation equipment;

5. new types of special electrical machinery and their controlling systems;

6. the research of the running of electrical equipment and their controlling system;

7. the monitoring, protection, fault diagnosis, and reliability of electrical machinery and their systems;

8. the on-line monitoring and phase inspection and repair of electrical equipment and their systems;

9. electric power driving and its automatic control system;

10. the research of new resources and new types of electric power generation technology;

11. the basic theories, computer analysis, and emulation of electrical machinery;

12. the research of theories and technology of newtype energy storage;

13. the CAD/CAM technology of electrical machinery design and manufacture, intelligent technology, and expert system;

14. magnetic materials;

15. new concept and intelligent electrical machinery.

    II.  Research Foundation

After the foundation of the laboratory, both the government and the university attached much importance to it, and provided financial support. Especially with the 600,000 $ loan from the World Bank, through the hard work of all the stuff, the laboratory became the most famous one in the subject of electrotechnics in China. Its specific conditions are listed below:

1. good equipment condition
   
   The space of the laboratory is 2850m2, and its fixed assets are worth more than 18,000,000 yuan. There are a lot of mid- and mini-sized electrical experimental stimulation machine sets. The equipment and the experimental research ability of the laboratory is much higher than in most other major universities in China. At the same time, the advanced equipment bought by the "newtype electrical machinery" specialized laboratory with the 500,000 $ WB loan, such as the high precision torque transducer the on-line realtime survey of electrical machinery and its system; the large scale analysis and calculation computer software, EDA (electrical design automation), and I-DEAS (machinery CAD), has made the research approach more modernized and international.
   

2. tidy lineup
   
   Among the 24 researchers in the laboratory, 2 have a postdoctoral degree, 7 a doctoral degree, and 11 a master degree. 18 researchers have visited foreign countries for study and research. There are 14 professors working in the laboratory, 7 of them are doctoral supervisors. The lab cooperates with Liverpool University, Manchester University, Sydney University of Science and Technology, and Singapore National University. There are 14 professors working in the laboratory, 7 of them are doctoral supervisors.
   

3. outstanding research achievements
   
   The laboratory has been successful in the field of traditional electrical machinery research, such as electrical machinery winding theories, electrical machinery magneticfield theories, and magneticfield optimizing designing and its running control.
   
   Besides except the traditional research in electrical machinery winding theories, engineering magneticfield theories and calculation, electrical machinery fault diagnosis and realtime monitoring, and electric power driving and controlling, as the most challenging and the most dynamic subject in the international research of electrical machinery, the subject has a strong developing force and shows high research strength in the field of new types of electrical machinery. Based on the laboratory, actually this subject has become the base of the newtype electrical machinery research in China. It has absolute advantages. Some research has received support from Ford, the national 863 project, the state defense new concept weapon research, and the national natural science fund.