Professor Gianmario Pellegrino visited Texas A&M University, where he delivered a distinguished speech titled “Sustainable Electrical Motors for Traction” and toured the EMPE Lab.

Stephen Hurt successfully defended his master’s thesis on March 7, 2026. His thesis is titled “Design of a Single-Sided Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine: A Comparison of Neodymium, Ferrite, and Ferrite Flux Focusing for Power Tool Applications.”

We would like to congratulate Shrikesh on receiving the Third Prize Paper Award from the ECCE 2025 Electric Machines Committee for the paper titled “Design and Analysis of Double-Sided Axial Flux Coaxial Magnetic Gears.”   Paper Link

Professor Kiruba Haran visited Texas A&M University, where he delivered a special speech titled “On the path to ‘lossless’ electrical machines” and toured the EMPE Lab.

Professor Thomas Jahns visited Texas A&M University, where he delivered a special speech titled “Fulfilling the Promise of Embedded Power Electronics in Tomorrow’s Sustainable World” and toured the EMPE Lab.