Dr Ian Laird
BE (Syd.), PhD (Syd.)
Expertise
- Holistic Design Optimisation of Power Electronics Converters - Application of Wide Bandgap Semiconductors (SiC, GaN) - Power Converters for Renewable Energy and Electric Vehicles - Automated Optimisation Design Tools
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Research interests
- Thermoelectrics
- Converter topologies
- Wide band-gap devices
- Design optimisation.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Multi-Domain Design Optimisation of Wide Band-gap Power Electronic Converters for Electric Vehicle (EV) Applications
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Electrical & Electronic EngineeringDates
21/03/2022 to 20/03/2023
Multi-Domain Design Optimisation of Wide Band-gap Power Electronic Converters for Electric Vehicle (EV) Applications
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Electrical & Electronic EngineeringDates
21/03/2022 to 20/03/2023
Multi-Domain Design Optimisation of Wide Band-gap Power Electronic Converters for Electric Vehicle (EV) Applications
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical EngineeringDates
21/03/2022 to 20/03/2023
8031 SUPERGEN Silicon Carbide in Energy Networks Outreach Program
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Electrical & Electronic EngineeringDates
01/10/2021 to 30/09/2022
8461 SUPERGEN Silicon Carbide in Energy Networks Outreach Program
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical EngineeringDates
01/10/2021 to 31/10/2022
Publications
Recent publications
04/07/2023Impact of Temperature and Base Bias Stress on the Static Characteristics of Silicon and 4H-SiC NPN Vertical Power BJTs
PCIM Europe 2023
Power Loss Calculation Tool for N-level Half-bridge Sub-module Modular Multilevel Converter used for Offshore Wind Energy
PCIM Europe 2023
A 1200V DC-link Hybrid Si/SiC Four-level ANPC Inverter with Balanced Loss Distribution, dv/dt and Cost
2022 International Power Electronics Conference, IPEC-Himeji 2022-ECCE Asia
Analysis of 1st & 3rd Quadrant Electrothermal Robustness of Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Double- Trench SiC Power MOSFETs Under UIS
2022 IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications in Europe (WiPDA Europe)
Device power loss calculation for a multi-level DC-AC converter design optimisation
Related people
Professor Xibo Yuan
Professor of Advanced Energy Conversion
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
Dr Jun Wang
Lecturer in Electrical Drives
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
Dr Saeed Jahdi
Senior Lecturer in Power Electronics
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
Dr Wenzhi Zhou
Research Associate
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
Ms Mana Hosseinzadehlish
Senior Resident
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