New LDRD funding (~US$ 700k) to develop sustainable multi-harmonic electric machines.

Nishanth will receive Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) funding from ORNL under the Weinberg initiative for three years. This project will investigate the potential of multi-harmonic technology (controlling multiple spatial harmonic magnetic fields) to enhance the performance of rare-earth free electric machines.

This project applies the multi-harmonic winding analysis and design theory developed in Nishanth’s Ph.D. research.