Abstract
High integrity, high performance, highly efficient operation in inhospitable environments with minimum mass and lowest cost are familiar challenges to those designing motors and drives. This timely one day seminar brings together speakers with an interest in the underlying motor drive technology, taking inspiration from aerospace and automotive applications. Through exploring these safety critical, demanding applications, where electrical power must either be carried or generated on-board, common issues to many motor drives systems will be discussed, along with some of the approaches used to address them in these transport applications. The morning, afternoon, and relatively long lunch break all provide ample opportunity to talk with the speakers and colleagues from the across the power electronics machines and drives community.
