Wu Xiang, who obtained a doctoral degree in engineering, is currently an associate professor and master's supervisor at the School of Transportation, Tongji University. He is an IEEE Member, Deputy Director of Science and Technology of Jiangsu Province (2020-2021), and a member of the 2nd Youth Academic Committee on Power System Protection and Control. He has presided over or participated in 2 National Natural Science Foundation projects, 3 provincial and ministerial level projects, and more than 10 enterprise cooperation projects. He has published over 60 high-level papers both domestically and internationally, and has been granted more than 10 invention patents. His research interests include maglev and rail transit traction converters and control, advanced control strategies for motors in transportation vehicles, new wide bandgap power electronic converters, and grid based energy storage technology.
Educational background
Sep. 2013 - Jun. 2019, China University of Mining and Technology, Ph.D. Candidate in Power Electronics and Electric Drives
Sep. 2009 - Jun. 2013, China University of Mining and Technology, Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering and Automation
Work Experience
Dec. 2025 - Present, Associate Professor, College of Transportation, Tongji University.
Jan. 2024 - Nov. 2025, Associate Professor, School of Electrical Engineering，China University of Mining and Technology.
Jul. 2019 - Dec. 2023, lecturer,School of Electrical Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology.
Projects Hosted
National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Program), "Research on Adjacent Four-Vector SVPWM and Multi-objective Optimization for Silicon Carbide-Based Three-Level Inverters", project host, 2021-2023
Jiangsu Provincial Natural Science Foundation (Youth Program), "Research on Common-Mode Voltage Suppression Strategies for Hybrid-Power-Device Three-Level Inverters Based on Hybrid and Spread-Spectrum PWM", project host, 2021-2023
Shanxi Provincial Science and Technology Department Innovation Ecosystem Support Project, "Common Key Technologies and Applications for High-Performance High-Power-Density Inverters", project host, 2023-2026
Central Universities Fundamental Research Funds for Young Scholars, "Common-Mode Voltage Effects and Suppression PWM Strategies for Electric Vehicle Inverters", project host, 2020-2021
Industrial Project: Sensorless Full-Speed-Range Control for Permanent Magnet Motors in Electric Compressors, project host, collaborated with a leading company; successfully achieved mass production
Industrial Project: Development of Electric Drive System for Heavy-Duty Mining Trucks, project host
Industrial Project: High-Power Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Speed Control System for Belt Conveyors, project host; successfully applied to multiple coal mine belt conveyor systems
Industrial Project: Medium-Voltage High-Power Three-Level Explosion-Proof Inverter, project host; successfully applied to multiple coal mine belt conveyor systems
Industrial Project: Medium-Voltage High-Power Three-Level Permanent Magnet Hoist Speed Control System, project host; successfully applied to multiple mine hoist systems
Industrial Project: Development of High-Power Energy Storage Converter System, project host
Honors & Awards
Domestically developed megawatt-level high-performance four-quadrant DC PWM speed control system, the Second Prize of the 2022 China Coal Industry Science and Technology Award.
Publications
Ⅰ.Representative Papers in the Field of AC Motor Control
[1] New Adjacent Four-Vector Synthesis Principle-Based Phase Current Reconstruction for PMSMs, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2025.（First Author）
[2] A Unified Demodulation Method for High-Frequency Signal Injection-Based IPMSM Sensorless Control , IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2025.（First Author）
[3] Random Dual-Interval High-Frequency Square-Wave Voltage Injection Based Sensorless Control of IPMSM Drives for Noise Reduction, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2025.（First Author）
[4] Sensorless Control of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Based on Double- Cost-Function Finite-Position-Set Phase-Locked Loop, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics,2024（First Author）
[5] Maximum Torque per Ampere Control for IPMSM based on Sliding Mode Extremum Seeking Control without Steady-state Oscillation, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics,2025（Corresponding Author）
[6] Review and New Expansion of the Active Damping Strategy of the PMSM Drive System with LC Sine Wave Filter, CES Transactions on Electrical Machines and Systems,2025（First Author）
[7] An Anti-DC Offset Interference Sensorless Control Method for PMSM Based on Improved SMO and MDCF-FPS-PLL, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics,2025（First Author）
[8] Sensorless Control of IPMSM Equipped With LC Sinusoidal Filter Based on Full-Order Sliding Mode Observer and Feedforward QPLL,IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2024.（First Author）
[9] Sensorless Control of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Based on Improved Orthogonal Phase-Locked Loop, Transactions of China Electrotechnical Society, 2023 (First Author)
[10] Resonance Suppression Parameter Design for Current Controller of Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor with LC Sine Wave Filter, Transactions of China Electrotechnical Society, 2023 (First Author)
[11] A Comparative Study of Sensorless Control of PMSM Realized by SMO, IET Power Electronics, 2020,（Corresponding Author）.
[12] Second-Order Lead Compensator-Based Quadrature PLL for Sensorless Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Control, IET Power Electronics, 2020, 13(3): 568-575.（Corresponding Author）
[13] Sensorless flux adaption DTFC of an IPMSM based on an active flux-based MTPA and an adaptive second-order sliding mode observer, IET Power Electronics, 2020（Corresponding Author）
[14] Finite Position Set-Phase Locked Loop with Low Computational Burden for Sensorless Control of PMSM Drives, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics,2022.
[15] Sensorless Control of PMSM Drives Using Reduced Order Quasi Resonant-Based ESO and Newton–Raphson Method-Based PLL,IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2022.
[16] Optimization Design of PMSM Sensorless Control Using Generalized Integrator, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2023
[17] Sensorless Control of IPMSM Drives Using High-Frequency Pulse Voltage Injection With Random Pulse Sequence for Audible Noise Reduction, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics,2023
[18] Novel Random High-Frequency Square-Wave and Pulse Voltage Injection Scheme-Based Sensorless Control of IPMSM Drives, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, 2023
[19] Design of Double-LCC-Compensated Wireless PMSM System With Variable DC-Link Voltage Considering Efficiency Optimization and Dynamic Improvement, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics,2024
[20] A Novel Computationally Efficient Finite Position Set-Phase Locked Loop for Low-Speed Sensorless IPMSM Control, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics,2025,（Corresponding Author）
Ⅱ. Representative Research Papers on Topology Optimization, Design, and Modulation Techniques of Traction Converters
[1] Optimized Common-Mode Voltage Reduction PWM for Three-Phase Voltage-Source Inverters, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2016, 31(4): 2959-2969.（First Author）
[2] Virtual-Space-Vector PWM for A Three-Level Neutral-Point-Clamped Inverter With Unbalanced DC-links, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2018, 33(3):2630-2642.（First Author）
[3] Fast-Processing Implementation of Current-Ripple-Losses-Optimized Common-mode Voltage Reduction PWM, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2019, 34(4):3860-3870.（First Author）
[4] A Hybrid PWM for Three-Level Inverter With Unbalanced DC-links, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, 2018, 6(1):1-15.（First Author）
[5] Multi-Objective Satisfactory Optimization PWM Strategy for Three-Phase Voltage-Source Inverters, Proceedings of the CSEE, 2016, 36(6): 1674-1685. (First Author)
[6] A Generalized Algorithm to Eliminate Spikes of Common-Mode Voltages for CMVRPWM, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2016, 31(9): 6698-6709.（Corresponding Author）
[7] An Improved Simplified PWM for Three-Level Neutral Point Clamped Inverter Based on Two-Level Common-mode Voltage Reduction PWM, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2020,（Corresponding Author）.
[8] A Simplified PWM Strategy for a Neutral-Point-Clamped (NPC) Three-Level Converter With Unbalanced DC links, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2016, 31(4): 3227-3238.
[9] Optimized Switching Finite Control Set Model Predictive Control of NPC Single-Phase Three-Level Rectifiers, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2020.
[10] A Dual-Vector Model Predictive Control Method With Minimum Current THD，IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2021.（Corresponding Author）
[11] An optimal zero-sequence voltage injection-based common-mode voltage reduction pulse-width modulation for the reduction of common-mode voltages in both amplitude and third-order component, IET Power Electronics, 2022,（First Author）
[12] Neutral-point voltage control of the three-level inverter in permanent magnet synchronous motor based direct-drive belt conveyor , Computers and Electrical Engineering,2023,（First Author）
[13] Dynamic Improvement and Efficiency Optimization of Wireless Power Transfer Systems Using Improved FCS-MPC and P&O Methods,IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics,2023
[14] Virtual space vector PWM with reduced CMV for three-level inverters under unbalanced DC-links, Journal of power electronics, 2024（First Author）
[15] Virtual Space Vector Overmodulation Strategy for NPC Three-Level Inverters With Common-Mode Voltage Suppression,IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics,2024
[16] Optimized Asymmetrical Switching Sequences-Based Model-Predictive Control for Three-Level T-Type Inverters, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics,2023
[17] Enhancing the Neutral Point Potential Balance Capability Based on Zero Sequence Voltage Range Expansion for Seven-Segment RCMV-PWM of Three-level Inverter, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics,2025（First Author）
[18] Improved Model-Free Predictive Current Control With Forgetting Factor, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics,2025.
[19] Enhanced Accuracy Finite-Control-Set Model-Predictive Control for Three-Phase Three-Level NPC Inverter, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics,2025.
[20] Virtual space vector PWM with reduced CMV for three-level inverters under unbalanced DC-links, J. Power Electron.，2025（First Author）