General

Dr. Tianfu Sun received B.Eng. degree in mechanical engineering, M.Sc. degree in mechanics from Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China, in 2009 and 2012, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and electronic engineering from the University of Sheffield, Sheffield, U.K., in 2016. 

From 2016 to 2017, he was with the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK., where he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. 

He is currently working as an Associate Professor and a Senior Engineer in electric drives at Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China. He is also the director of the Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Electric Vehicle Powertrain Platform and Safety Technology. Dr. Tianfu Sun was the recipient of the Overseas High-Caliber Personnel Award issued by Shenzhen government in 2017 and was selected as a member of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2020. 

Dr. Tianfu Sun’s research interests include power electronics and motor drives. His current research interests include power electronics and motor drives.

Dr. Tianfu Sun has published more than 40 papers in recognized journals and conferences and has obtained seven patents. Many techniques developed by him has been adopted by industry. He has served as a reviewer for the journals of IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Applications, etc. for more than four years, and willing to do more work for the IEEE community.


Education

2016-07   The University of Sheffield, Ph.D in Electronic and Electrical Engineering

2012-07   Dalian University of Technology, MSc(Eng.) in Mechanics

2009-07   Dalian University of Technology, BSc(Eng.) in Mechanical Engineering

Experience

   
Work Experience

2017-present, Associate Professor, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2021-present, Doctoral supervisor

2020-presnet, Technical expert, National innovation center for advanced medical devices

2016-2017, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.

Publications

   
Papers

(1) Extended Virtual Signal Injection Control for MTPA Operation of IPMSM Drives with Online Derivative Term Estimation, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2021

(2) Improved modulated model-predictive control for PMSM drives with reduced computational burden, IET Power Electronics, 2020

(3) Active Motor Rotor Temperature Management Based on One-node Thermal Network Model Predictive Control, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2020

(4) Integration of FOC with DFVC for Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine Drives, IEEE Access, 2020

(5) Stepwise Design Methodology and Heterogeneous Integration Routine of Air-Cooled SiC Inverter for Electric Vehicle, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

(6) Data Redundancy Mitigation in V2X based Collective Perceptions, IEEE Access, 2019

(7) Active Thermal Management for Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine (IPMSM) Drives Based on Model Predictive Control, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 2018

(8) MTPA Control of IPMSM Drives Based on Virtual Signal Injection Considering Machine Parameter Variations, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2018

(9) Experimental Validation of 3-D Magnet Eddy Current Loss Prediction in Surface-Mounted Permanent Magnet Machines, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 2017

(10) Analytical Prediction of 3-D Magnet Eddy Current Losses in Surface Mounted PM Machines Accounting Slotting Effect, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 2017

(11) On Accuracy of Virtual Signal Injection based MTPA Operation of Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine Drives, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2017

(12) Self-Learning Direct Flux Vector Control of Interior Permanent-Magnet Machine Drives, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2017

(13) Virtual Signal Injection-Based Direct Flux Vector Control of IPMSM Drives, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2016

(14) Self-Learning MTPA Control of Interior Permanent-Magnet Synchronous Machine Drives Based on Virtual Signal Injection, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 2016

(15) Extension of Virtual-Signal-Injection-Based MTPA Control for Interior Permanent-Magnet Synchronous Machine Drives Into the Field-Weakening Region, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2015

(16) Maximum Torque Per Ampere (MTPA) Control for Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine Drives Based on Virtual Signal Injection, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2015


Conferences

(1)Online Parameter Identification of IPMSM Under Low-Speed Operation Based on NLMS Algorithm   2020-12-07

(2)Five phase permanent magnet synchronous motor decoupled model with dual frame frequency adaptive flux observer   2020-09-20

(3)MTPA Control of IPMSM Drives Assisted by Deep Neural Network   2020-04-26

(4)High-Fidelity Model for Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines Considering the Magnet Saturation and Spatial Harmonics Based on Deep Neural Network   2019-08-11

(5)A Torque Observer for IPMSM Drives Based on Deep Neural Network   Yaqiang Li, Tianfu Sun, Wentao Zhang, Shechuan Li, Jianing Liang, Zheng Wang   2019-06-19


Students

已指导学生

杨小育  硕士研究生  085211-计算机技术  

李攀伟  硕士研究生  085211-计算机技术  

龙凌辉  硕士研究生  085210-控制工程  

张世天  硕士研究生  085208-电子与通信工程  

江负成  硕士研究生  085400-电子信息  

朱松龄  硕士研究生  085400-电子信息  

现指导学生

赵子昊  硕士研究生  085400-电子信息  

缪祖佳  硕士研究生  085404-计算机技术  

黄倩  硕士研究生  085404-计算机技术  

张驰  博士研究生  081104-模式识别与智能系统  

张皓然  硕士研究生  085400-电子信息  

宋娇  硕士研究生  085404-计算机技术