Dr Xiao Chen

PhD, MSc, BEng

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Senior Lecturer in Electrical Machines

Xiao Chen
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xiao.chen@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Xiao Chen
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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I received my BEng and MSc degrees in electrical engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology, China, in 2009 and 2011, respectively, and PhD degree in electrical machines from ±¬ÁÏTV, in 2015. My PhD research was mainly concerned with multiple three-phase machines for electric vehicles. From Jan 2016 to May 2018, I was a research associate at ±¬ÁÏTV, working on thermal modelling of direct-cooled electrical machines with hollow conductors and electro-thermally coupled models for electric vehicle powertrain. From July 2018 to Sep 2019, I was an advanced motor drives engineer in Dyson Technology Limited.

In Sep 2019, I came back to ±¬ÁÏTV as a lecturer in electrical machines and was promoted to senior lecturer in Jan 2024. I received an EPSRC New Investigator Award to address the challenges in bearing currents caused by high frequency switching in power converters, particularly for the applications in which insulated bearings or shafting grounding is not viable. Meanwhile, I am leading a work package in EPSRC Future Electrical Machine Manufacturing Hub to investigate the manufacturing effects on core losses in electrical machines, including the edge damage effects caused by laser cut and the mechanical stress effects due to shrink fit.

I have also led or co-led various industry funded projects, including investigations on Litz wire AC losses in electrical machines, high frequency behaviours in electrical machines, advanced SiC inverter driven permanent magnet synchronous machine systems for electric vehicles, and flux switching machines in power tool applications.

I am actively involved in the investigations of neural network-based methods for high-fidelity and computationally efficient machine modelling, fault diagnosis, and condition monitoring of electrical machines.

I am also interested in high-speed electrical machines for traction and fuel cell applications, and development of rare-earth free electrical machines for electric vehicles.

Research interests
  • Bearing currents in electrical machines
  • High frequency effects in electrical machines
  • Manufacturing effects on core losses in electrical machines
  • Neural network-based methods for high-fidelity and computationally efficient machine modelling, fault diagnosis, and condition monitoring of electrical machines
  • High-speed electrical machines for traction and fuel cell
  • Rare-earth free electrical machines for electric vehicles
  • Multi-phase fault tolerant electrical machines for more electric aircraft
  • Digital twin of electrical machines and drives
Publications

Journal articles

  • Tokgoz F, Zhu ZQ, Chen X, Yang H, Yang L & Liu C (2026) . IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 1-1.
  • Li H, Chen X & Zhu ZQ (2026) . IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 1-1.
  • Li W, Li H, Chen X, Griffo A & Sun X (2025) . IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications.
  • Li W, Gaetano DD, Zhu W, Chen X & Sun X (2025) . IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, 1-1.
  • Zhu W, Sun Y, Chen X, Wang J, Jewell GW, Chong E & Reeh A (2025) . IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 1-1.
  • Zhu W, Sun Y, Chen X & Jewell GW (2025) . IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 1-1.
  • De Gaetano D, Winter A, Tinkler L & Chen X (2025) . IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 61(10), 1-7.
  • Tokgoz F, Zhu ZQ, Chen X, Liu C, Yang L, Yuan Y, Yang H & Huang Y (2025) . IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 61(6), 9216-9231.
  • Zhu W, De Gaetano D, Sun X, Li H, Chen X, Griffo A & Jewell GW (2025) . IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 1-11.
  • Liu C, Chen X, Zhang Y, Shi S, Meng Z, Li Z & Su W (2025) . IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 61(1), 560-571.
  • Wang B, Wei Z, Yu H, Chen X, Cheng M & Hua W (2024) . Electrical Engineering, 106(5), 5473-5484.
  • Chen X, Wu H, Ede JD, Jewell GW, Jones LM & Ghadbeigi H (2023) . Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 584.
  • De Gaetano D, Zhu W, Sun X, Chen X, Griffo A & Jewell GW (2023) . IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 59(11).
  • Gaetano DD, Zhu W, Sun X, Chen X, Griffo A & Jewell GW (2023) . IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, 30(3), 1312-1321.

Book chapters

  • Hu Y & Chen X (2024) , Green Energy and Technology (pp. 83-114). Springer Nature Singapore

Conference proceedings

  • Li W, Li H, Sun X, Chen X & Griffo A (2025) . 2025 IEEE Energy Conversion Conference Congress and Exposition (ECCE) (pp 1-6), 19 October 2025 - 23 October 2025.
  • Sun X, Zhu W, Chen X, Griffo A & Jewell G (2024) . 2024 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) (pp 3895-3901), 20 October 2024 - 24 October 2024.
  • Li W, Li H, Chen X, Griffo A & Sun X (2024) . 2024 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) (pp 6478-6483), 20 October 2024 - 24 October 2024.
  • Elkington H, Mason B, Leering M, Chen X, Winter A, Tinkler L, Sezer K & Marimuthu S (2024) . Procedia CIRP, Vol. 124 (pp 505-508)
  • Ward MJ, Tinkler L, Chen X, Atkinson G, Paterson L, Miscandlon J, Jewell GW & O'Keefe L (2023) . IET Conference Proceedings, Vol. 2023(29) (pp 15-19)
  • Sun Y, Chen X, Zhu W & Jewell GW (2023) . 2023 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, Asia-Pacific (ITEC Asia-Pacific) (pp 1-8), 28 November 2023 - 1 December 2023.
  • Li H, Zhu W, Liu C, Sun X, De Gaetano D, Chen X, Griffo A, Zhu ZQ, Jewell GW, Yang L , Yuan Y et al (2023) . 2023 26th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS) (pp 1364-1369), 5 November 2023 - 8 November 2023.
  • Zhu W, Gaetano DD, Sun X, Li H, Chen X, Griffo A, Jewell GW, Zhu ZQ, Liu C, Yang L , Yuan Y et al (2023) . 2023 26th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS) (pp 952-957), 5 November 2023 - 8 November 2023.
  • Tokgoz F, Zhu ZQ, Chen X, Liu C, Yang L, Yuan Y, Yang H & Huang Y (2023) . 2023 26th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS) (pp 377-382), 5 November 2023 - 8 November 2023.
  • Tokgoz F, Zhu ZQ, Chen X, Liu C, Yang L, Yuan Y, Yang H & Huang Y (2023) . 2023 26th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS) (pp 383-388), 5 November 2023 - 8 November 2023.
  • Liu C, Chen X, Zhang Y, Shi S, Meng Z, Li Z & Su W (2023) . 2023 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) (pp 2783-2788), 29 October 2023 - 2 November 2023.
  • Liu H, Jewell GW & Chen X (2023) . 2023 IEEE International Electric Machines & Drives Conference (IEMDC) (pp 1-7), 15 May 2023 - 18 May 2023.
Teaching activities
  • EEE301 - Power Systems Engineering
  • EEE338 - Power Engineering
  • EEE341 - Electrical Power Systems
Professional activities and memberships
  • Senior Member, IEEE
Other responsibilities
  • Processes and Policies Lead
  • Counsellor of IEEE Student Branch at ±¬ÁÏTV

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Electrical Machines and Power