| Meet the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Bulent Sarlioglu Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
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Research area Power electronics and electric machines. Power electronics research focuses on wide bandgap-based power electronics using silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductor devices, as well as the development of new topologies and the investigation of current source inverters for integrated motor drives. Electric machine research focuses on permanent magnet motors with high performance and efficiency, as well as cooling electric motors using additive manufacturing for heat exchangers.
What excites you about your work?
“We are in exciting times, where there are great opportunities for research to advance many emerging technologies, like electric vehicles and airplanes. Power electronics and electric machines are key enabling technologies with tremendous research opportunities in academia and industry. Cutting-edge research is needed to achieve low weight and volume, low cost, high reliability and fault-tolerant operation. Our students are in high demand for employment opportunities, due to the electrification of many systems.”
What do you hope to achieve?
“My current research involves the characterization and reduction of losses in electric machines and power electronic converters and achieving fault tolerant systems. I am interested in adapting new materials, topologies and techniques for electrical machine design and power electronics to further my research. The research results are targeted to benefit renewable energy, hybrid/electric vehicles, industrial, aerospace and naval applications.”
Bulent connects research with market needs very well. He is always in touch with what is important to industry.
– Michael Carey, WARF, Licensing Manager
Want to learn more?
Michael Carey, [email protected], 608.960.9867