Dr.-Ing. Zhixun Ma is an Associate Professor and PhD Supervisor at the College of Transportation, Tongji University, and Director of the Traction Power Supply Research Group at the National Maglev Transportation Engineering R&D Center. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, a member of the Transportation Electrification Committee of the China Power Supply Society, and a member of the High-Speed Maglev Committee of the China Railway Society. He has led more than 10 projects, including the General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, sub-tasks under the National Key Research and Development Program, as well as industry–university–research initiatives. He has published over 60 high-level journal and conference papers, authored two monographs, and holds more than 10 invention patents. His research interests cover maglev and rail transit traction control, electrical machines and electromagnetic control, and power-electronic converter control.
Education
2009/09 -2014/01: Technical University of Munich, Power Electronics and Electrical Drives, Dr.-Ing.
2006/09 -2009/06: China University of Mining and Technology, Power Electronics and Electrical Drives, Master of Engineering
2002/09 -2006/07: China University of Mining and Technology, Electrical Engineering and Automation, Bachelor
Experience
Aug 2017 – present: Associate Professor & Director, Traction Power Supply Research Group, College of Transportation (National Maglev Transportation Engineering R&D Center), Tongji University
Mar 2018 – Oct 2018: Research Fellow, School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Feb 2014 – Jun 2017: Senior Engineer & R&D Department Manager, Sinocon GmbH, Germany
Research Projects
1.National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program), “Traction-force fluctuation suppression for high-speed maglev transportation via mixed-frequency predictive control,” Jan 2024 – Dec 2027, Principal Investigator.
2.National Key R&D Program of China (14th Five-Year Plan) – Sub-task, “Optimization of high-speed maglev traction-control technology,” Jan 2024 – Dec 2027, Principal Investigator.
3.CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd., “Digital-twin construction of permanent-magnet traction systems based on multi-scale simulation for autonomous transportation equipment,” Jul 2025 – Jul 2027, Principal Investigator.
4.Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province – Government-issued “Open Competition & Top-Tier Selection” Project, “Development of power-electronic units for in-wheel motors,” Jul 2023 – Dec 2025, Principal Investigator.
5.BYD Auto Industry Co., Ltd., “High-performance electrically excited machines and their control technologies,” Nov 2023 – Oct 2025, Principal Investigator.
Honors & Awards
·Supervised one undergraduate whose thesis was awarded the 2024 University-level Outstanding Graduation Project.
·Supervised one master student who won 1st place in the 2025 IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS) Thesis Competition(Non-PhD).
·Recipient of the Zhang Si-ying (CCDC) Outstanding Youth Paper Award at the 30th Chinese Control and Decision Conference.
Publications
(1)Z. Shao,Z. Ma*, J. Gong and Y. Peng, "Torque Ripple Suppression Synchronous Optimal PWM for IPMSMs by Reallocating Current Harmonics in Multiple Synchronous Reference Frame,"IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2025.3557690, 2025.
(2) X. Zhang,Z. Ma*, X. Cai, X. Wu, Y. Han and G. Lin, "Enhanced Accuracy Finite-Control-Set Model-Predictive Control for Three-Phase Three-level NPC Inverter,"IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2025.3551455, 2025.
(3)Z. Ma, H. Niu, X. Zhang, X. Wu and X. Cai, "Virtual Space Vector Overmodulation Strategy for NPC Three-Level Inverters With Common-Mode Voltage Suppression,"IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 39, no. 6, pp. 6877-6888, June 2024.
(4) X. Zhang,Z. Ma*, H. Niu, J. Huang and G. Lin, "Finite-Control-Set Model-Predictive Control With Data-Driven Switching Frequency Control for Single-Phase Three-Level NPC Rectifiers,"IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 71, no. 7, pp. 7180-7189, July 2024.
(5)Z. Ma, X. Zhang, J. Huang and B. Zhao, "Stability Constraining Dichotomy Solution Based Model Predictive Control to Improve the Stability of Power Conversion System in the MEA,"IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 66, no. 7, pp. 5696-5706, July 2019.