June 2020 -- Multiple papers authored or co-authored by Dr. He have been published in IEEE journals on the development of lightweight high-efficiency electric aircraft propulsion drives, which is an emerging technology to enable next-generation aircraft cleaner, quieter, cheapter, and more energy saving. These papers are listed below (available in IEEE Xplore):
PWM Strategy: J. He, D. Zhang and D. Pan, "PWM Strategy for MW-Scale “SiC+Si” Active NPC Converter in Electric Aircraft Propulsion Applications," IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, doi: 10.1109/TIA.2020.3001880, June 2020.
Power Converter: D. Zhang, J. He and D. Pan, "A Megawatt-Scale Medium-Voltage High-Efficiency High Power Density “SiC+Si” Hybrid Three-Level ANPC Inverter for Aircraft Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Systems," IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 55, no. 6, pp. 5971-5980, Nov.-Dec. 2019.
Filter Design: J. He et al., "Multi-Domain Design Optimization of dv/dt Filter for SiC-Based Three-Phase Inverters in High-Frequency Motor-Drive Applications," IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 55, no. 5, pp. 5214-5222, Sept.-Oct. 2019
Control and Testing: D. Pan, D. Zhang, J. He, C. Immer and M. Dame, "Control of MW-Scale High-Frequency “SiC+Si” Multilevel ANPC Inverter in Pump-Back Test for Aircraft Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Applications," IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, doi: 10.1109/JESTPE.2020.2963890, Jan 2020.
(Photo Courtesy of NASA: X-57 'Maxwell' electric airplane)