Future Generation Electric Machines and Drives

Dear Colleagues,

The amount of interest in electrical machines and drives with higher specific power and efficiency means this field is a constant challenge among the research and industrial communities. This challenge has been enhanced with the emergent and increasingly critical electrification of modern transportation systems, for example, in the aircraft and automobile industries, thus creating the need for new designs of electrical machines and drives and the extension of their current electromagnetic, thermal, and mechanical limits. The emergence of new advanced electromagnetic materials, new design topologies, and cooling techniques have been key aspects that have contributed to overcoming this challenge and unlocking future generation applications. We invite submissions to this Topic regarding the latest developments in and applications of future-generation electrical machines and drives. Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Electrical machines’ design and optimization;
• Multiphysics coupled simulation and optimization;
• Electromagnetic, thermal, and mechanical simulations;
• Application of new electromagnetic material to electrical machines and drives;
• Novel machine configurations and topologies;
• Electrical machines designed for aircraft and automotive applications;
• Alternatives to rare-earth electrical machines;
• High-specific-power electrical machines;
• Advanced cooling techniques;
• Cryogenic/superconducting electrical machines;
• All-cryogenic power train technology;
• Electrical drive systems;
• Control strategies for different types of electrical motors;
• Cryogenic power electronics; 
• Specific designs for low-pressure environments.

Dr. Antonio Morandi
Dr. João Filipe Pereira Fernandes
Dr. Jordi-Roger Riba Ruiz
Dr. Paulo José da Costa Branco
Dr. Silvio Vaschetto
Topic Editors