Staff Profile

Dr Shafiq Odhano is a Lecturer in Electric Drives at the School of Engineering. He is a member of the Electrical Power research group. His research expertise are in the field of power electronics, electrical machines and control of electric drives.

Qualifications

• BEng, MSc, PhD, FHEA

Memberships

• Senior Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Paper review co-chair IEEE Industry Applications Society

Shafiq's research focuses on control of electric drives and he is a member of the Electrical Power Group. His research publications can be found in IEEEXplore.

Research interests

• Modelling and control of electrical machines
• Control of high-performance servomotor drives
• Self-commissioning and parameter estimation of electrical machines
• Control of power electronics based systems
• Advanced control techniques in electric drives
• Sensorless control of electrical machines

Publications

As of April 2020, Shafiq has authored or co-authored more than 15 international journal publications and about 30 conference papers. The publications can be viewed on the Publications tab above or can be looked up at IEEEXplore.

Postgraduate supervision

Shafiq has supervised or co-supervised more than 10 MSc and 15 PhD students so far (April 2024).

Current students include: Zaynah Ahmad, Yohannes Tecklehaimanot, Erfan Lessan, Abdulrahman Alharbi, Kieran Burrows, Yuan (Ray) Huang, Simon Goodwin

Research Leadership Roles: Shafiq is a member of Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) management team where he oversees engagement and impact activities.

Editorial roles

Shafiq serves in various roles such as associate editor, topic chair, session chair and reviewer for the following international journals and conferences

• IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications (paper review co-chair, associate editor)
• IEEE Open Journal of Industry Applications (associate editor since October 2019)
• IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications (reviewer since 2015)
• IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (reviewer since 2013)
• IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (reviewer since 2016)
• IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics (reviewer since 2017 and guest associate editor since March 2020)
• IET Electric Power Applications (reviewer since 2017)
• IET Power Electronics (reviewer since 2017)
• IEEE International Electrical Machines and Drives Conference (topic chair for electric drives)
• IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (topic chair for electric drives and power converter topologies)
• IEEE International Conference on Electrical Machines (topic chair for electric drives)

Stage 2 Tutor from September 2022

Current teaching:

EEE8154 - Control of Electric Drives (taken by MSc Electrical Power and MSc Automation and Control students)

EEE8097 - Individual Project (MSc)

EEE8113 - Group Design Project (MEng)

EEE8114 - Industrial Project

EEE3028 - Electrical Machines and Drives (stage 3 BEng/MEng module)

EEE2008 - Project and Professional Issues (assessor)

Past:

EEE3011 Electric Drives (not active)

EEE8084 - Individual Project

ENG2029 - AC Electrical Power and Conversion

• Articles

  • Odhano SA, Bojoi R, Rosu SG, Tenconi A. Identification of the Magnetic Model of Permanent-Magnet Synchronous Machines Using DC-Biased Low-Frequency AC Signal Injection. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications 2015, 51(4), 3208-3215.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Ahmad Z, Wrobel R, Werner TC, Odhano S, Pickert V. An Accurate Experimental Approach for Deriving Equivalent Thermal Conductivity of Impregnated Electrical Windings. In: 2023 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE). 2023, Nashville, Tennessee: IEEE.
  • Vodola V, Odhano S, Norambuena M, Garcia C, Vaschetto S, Zanchetta P, Rodriguez J, Bojoi R. Sequential MPC Strategy for High Performance Induction Motor Drives: A detailed analysis. In: IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2019). 2019, Baltimore, MD: IEEE.
  • Riccio J, Odhano SA, Zanchetta P. Sensorless and modulated model-predictive control for a doubly fed induction machine. In: 21st European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE 2019 ECCE Europe). 2019, Genova, Italy: IEEE.
  • Tang M, Odhano S, Formentini A, Zanchetta P. Reuse of a damaged permanent magnet synchronous motor for torque ripple and acoustic noise elimination using a novel repetitive observer. In: IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2019). 2019, Baltimore, MD: IEEE.
  • Vodola V, Odhano S, Garcia C, Norambuena M, Vaschetto S, Zanchetta P, Rodriguez J, Bojoi R. Modulated Model Predictive Control for Induction Motor Drives with Sequential Cost Function Evaluation. In: IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2019). 2019, Baltimore, MD: IEEE.
  • Hunter N, Cox T, Zanchetta P, Odhano SA, Rovere L. Torque Quality Improvement of an Open-End Winding PMSM. In: IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2018). 2018, Portland, OR, USA: IEEE.
  • Hunter N, Cox T, Zanchetta P, Odhano SA, Rovere L. Non-Intrusive Online Stator Temperature Estimation for Open-End Winding PMSM. In: IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2018). 2018, Portland, OR, USA: IEEE.
  • Odhano S, Zanchetta P, Tang M, Silva CA. MPC Using Modulated Optimal Voltage Vector for Voltage Source Inverter with LC Output Filter. In: IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2018). 2018, Portland, OR, USA: IEEE.
  • Bigarelli L, Lidozzi A, Di Benedetto M, Solero L, Odhano S, Zanchetta P. Modulated Optimal Model Predictive Control for Variable Speed Gen-Sets. In: IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2018). 2018, Portland, OR, USA: IEEE.
  • Garcia C, Rodriguez J, Odhano S, Zanchetta P, Davari SA. Modulated Model Predictive Speed Control for PMSM Drives. In: IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles and International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC 2018). 2018, Nottingham, UK: IEEE.
  • Odhano S, Zanchetta P, Rubino S, Bojoi R. Modulated Model Predictive Direct Power Control of DFIM Considering Magnetic Saturation Effects. In: IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2018). 2018, Portland, OR, USA: IEEE.
  • Odhano S, Tang M, Formentini A, Zanchetta P, Bojoi R. Identification of Linear Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Parameters and Inverter Non-Linearity Effects. In: International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion (SPEEDAM 2018). 2018, Amalfi, Italy: IEEE.
  • Ni O, Yang M, Odhano SA, Zanchetta P, Liu X, Xu D. Analysis and Design of Position and Velocity Estimation Scheme for PM Servo Motor Drive with Binary Hall Sensors. In: IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2018). 2018, Portland, OR, USA: IEEE.
  • Tang M, Bifaretti S, Pipolo S, Odhano S, Zanchetta P. A Novel Phase-lock Loop with Feed-back Repetitive Controller for Robustness to Periodic Disturbance in Three-phase Systems. In: IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2018). 2018, Portland, OR, USA: IEEE.
  • Tang M, Formentini A, Odhano S, Zanchetta P. The design of a position-based repetitive control for speed ripple reduction in PMLSMs. In: 43rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2017). 2017, Beijing, China: IEEE.
  • Yousefi-Talouki A, Stella F, Odhano S, De Lilo L, Trentin A, Pellegrino G, Zanchetta P. Sensorless control of matrix converter-fed synchronous reluctance motor drives. In: 8th International Symposium on Sensorless Control for Electrical Drives (SLED 2017). 2017, Catania, Italy: IEEE.
  • Rubino S, Bojoi R, Odhano SA, Zanchetta P. Model predictive Direct Flux Vector Control of multi three-phase induction motor drives. In: IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2017). 2017, Cincinnati, OH, USA: IEEE.
  • Odhano S, Cavagnino A, Bojoi R. Theoretical analysis of the synchronous reactance influence on the speed regulation of PM motors. In: IEEE 25th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE 2016). 2016, Santa Clara, CA, USA: IEEE.
  • Odhano SA, Formentini A, Zanchetta P, Bojoi R, Tenconi A. Finite control set and modulated model predictive flux and current control for induction motor drives. In: 42nd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2016). 2016, Florence, Italy: IEEE.
  • Tang M, Formentini A, Odhano S, Zanchetta P. Design of a repetitive controller as a feed-forward disturbance observer. In: 42nd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2016). 2016, Florence, Italy: IEEE.
  • Odhano SA, Bojoi R, Popescu M, Tenconi A. Parameter identification and self-commissioning of AC permanent magnet machines - A review. In: IEEE Workshop on Electrical Machines Design, Control and Diagnosis (WEMDCD 2015). 2015, Torino, Italy: IEEE.
  • Odhano SA, Bojoi R, Armando E, Homrich G, Filho AFF, Popescu M, Dorrell DG. Parameter extraction for three phase IPM machines through simple torque tests. In: IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2015). 2015, Montreal, QC, Canada: IEEE.
  • Odhano SA, Cavagnino A, Bojoi R, Tenconi A. Induction motor magnetizing characteristic identification at standstill with single-phase tests conducted through the inverter. In: IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference (IEMDC 2015). 2015, Coeur d'Alene, ID, USA: IEEE.
  • Bojoi R, Cavagnino A, Odhano SA, Tenconi A, Vaschetto S. Experimental fault assessment on multiphase PM generators with fractional-slot concentrated windings. In: 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2015). 2015, Yokohama, Japan: IEEE.
  • Bojoi R, Armando E, Mariut F, Odhano S. Assessment method of dead-time compensation schemes of three-phase inverters using a hardware-in-the-loop configuration. In: IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2015). 2015, Montreal, QC, Canada: IEEE.
  • Odhano SA, Bojoi R, Boglietti A, Griva G, Rosu SG. Maximum efficiency per torque direct flux vector control of induction motor drives. In: IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2014). 2014, Pittsburgh, PA, USA: IEEE.
  • Rosu SG, Florescu A, Odhano SA, Bojoi RI, Tenconi A. Implementation of frequency-modulated triangular carrier and slope PWM strategies for three-level NPC inverters. In: International Conference on Optimization of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (OPTIM 2014). 2014, Bran, Romania: IEEE.
  • Odhano SA, Boglietti A, Bojoi R, Armando E. Unified direct-flux vector control of induction motor self-commissioning drive with analysis of parameter detuning effects. In: IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2013). 2013, Denver, CO, USA: IEEE.
  • Bojoi R, Li Z, Odhano SA, Griva G, Tenconi A. Unified direct-flux vector control of induction motor drives with maximum torque per ampere operation. In: IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2013). 2013, Denver, CO, USA: IEEE.
  • Odhano SA, Giangrande P, Bojoi R, Gerada C. Self-commissioning of interior permanent magnet synchronous motor drives with high-frequency current injection. In: IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2013). 2013, Denver, CO, USA: IEEE.

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