Adam Walker

Contact

• workRoom B19 PEMC Building
  Jubilee Campus
  Wollaton Road
  Nottingham
  NG8 1BB
  UK
• work0115 74 86686
• Adam.WalkerEEE@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Adam Walker received his PhD in electrical machine design from the University of Nottingham, after which he spent time in several research positions at the university. Adam has been in an academic role since 2018 and in 2025 was promoted to Associate Professor andof Electrical Machines and Drives in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Adam is a member of the Power Electronics, Machines and Control research group.

Expertise Summary

Automotive traction, High power density machines, thermal management of electrical machines, passive magnetic components

Teaching Summary

Currently Teaching:

• EEEE4114 - Advanced AC Drives
• EEEE4124 - Sustainable Energy Futures
• EEEE3019 - Renewable Energy Technologies

Research Summary

Adam is currently researching into two areas:

• Electrical machines for high power automotive applications
• Minimising passive magnetic components

Recent Publications

• CONNOR, PETER. H., KHOWJA, MUHAMMAD., ROCCA, ANTONINO. LA, LA ROCCA, SALVATORE., ZOU, TIANJIE, VAKIL, GAURANG., WALKER, ADAM., GERADA, CHRIS. and PACIURA, KRZYSZTOF, 2022. Investigating Synchronous Reluctance Rotor Performance for Traction Applications against a Permanent Magnet Benchmark In: 2022 International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM). 42-48
• CHOY, WEI JUIN, COSTABEBER, ALESSANDRO, BUTICCHI, GIAMPAOLO, TRENTIN, ANDREW, WALKER, ADAM, GALEA, MICHAEL, PACIURA, KRZYSZTOF, O'BRIEN, JOHN and PALMER, BRADFORD, 2021. A Multiport Power Electronics Converter for Hybrid Traction Applications IEEE ACCESS. 9, 99181-99192
• KHOWJA, M., GERADA, C., VAKIL, G., PATEL, C., ODHANO, S., WALKER, A. and WHEELER, P., 2020. Novel Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor with Integrated Filter Inductor Using Motor’s Inherent Magnetics IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.
• AL-ANI, M., LA ROCCA, S., LA ROCCA, A., WALKER, A., RAMANATHAN, R., ZOU, T., VAKIL, G., GERADA, D., GERADA, C., PACIURA, K. and MCQUEEN, A., 2020. Design of Rare-Earth-Free PM-assisted Synchronous Reluctance Machine for Heavy-duty Automotive Application In: The 10th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2020). 796-802

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Future Research

I welcome enquiries from potential PhD candidates who are interested in the following research areas:

Design, analysis and manufacture of electrical machines and magnetic components for electric vehicle, areospace and renewable applications

• CONNOR, PETER. H., KHOWJA, MUHAMMAD., ROCCA, ANTONINO. LA, LA ROCCA, SALVATORE., ZOU, TIANJIE, VAKIL, GAURANG., WALKER, ADAM., GERADA, CHRIS. and PACIURA, KRZYSZTOF, 2022. Investigating Synchronous Reluctance Rotor Performance for Traction Applications against a Permanent Magnet Benchmark In: 2022 International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM). 42-48
• CHOY, WEI JUIN, COSTABEBER, ALESSANDRO, BUTICCHI, GIAMPAOLO, TRENTIN, ANDREW, WALKER, ADAM, GALEA, MICHAEL, PACIURA, KRZYSZTOF, O'BRIEN, JOHN and PALMER, BRADFORD, 2021. A Multiport Power Electronics Converter for Hybrid Traction Applications IEEE ACCESS. 9, 99181-99192
• KHOWJA, M., GERADA, C., VAKIL, G., PATEL, C., ODHANO, S., WALKER, A. and WHEELER, P., 2020. Novel Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor with Integrated Filter Inductor Using Motor’s Inherent Magnetics IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.
• AL-ANI, M., LA ROCCA, S., LA ROCCA, A., WALKER, A., RAMANATHAN, R., ZOU, T., VAKIL, G., GERADA, D., GERADA, C., PACIURA, K. and MCQUEEN, A., 2020. Design of Rare-Earth-Free PM-assisted Synchronous Reluctance Machine for Heavy-duty Automotive Application In: The 10th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2020). 796-802
• ZOU, TIANJIE, GERADA, DAVID, WALKER, ADAM, VAKIL, GAURANG, LA ROCCA, SALVATORE, LA ROCCA, ANTONINO, PACIURA, KRZYSZTOF, BARDEN, RICHARD, ERNEST, EMIL, ZHU, SHAOHONG, QAYYUM, NAILA, MCQUEEN, ALASTAIR, BARDALAI, ANUVAV, RAM KUMAR, R. M., MARFOLI, ALESSANDRO and GERADA, CHRIS, 2020. Influence of Airgap Length on Performance of High Power PM-Assisted Syn-Rel Machines In: 2020 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE). 1357-1363
• AL-ANI, M., WALKER, A., VAKIL, G., RAMANATHAN, R., ZOU, T., LA ROCCA, S., LA ROCCA, A., GERADA, D., GERADA, C., PACIURA, K. and MCQUEEN, A., 2019. Multi-physics Design Optimisation of PMassisted Synchronous Reluctance Motor for Traction Application In: IECON 2019 - 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.
• VINCENZO MADONNA, ADAM WALKER, PAOLO GIANGRANDE, CHRIS GERADA, GIOVANNI SERRA and MICHAEL GALEA, 2018. Improved thermal management and analysis for stator end-windings of electrical machines IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.
• WALKER, A., VAKIL, G. and GERADA, C., 2018. Novel Core Designs to Miniaturise Passive Magnetic Components In: ITEC 2018.
• VINCENZO MADONNA, PAOLO GIANGRANDE, ADAM WALKER and MICHAEL GALEA, 2018. On the Effects of Advanced End-Winding Cooling on the Design and Performance of Electrical Machines In: 2018 XXIII International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM).
• TARISCOTTI, L., COSTABEBER, A., CHEN, L., WALKER, A. and GALEA, M., 2018. Current fed isolated DC/DC converter for future aerospace microgrids IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. 55(3),
• KHOWJA, M.R., ABEBE, R., VAKIL, G., WALKER, A., PATEL, CHINTAN, GERADA, C., BOBBA, P.B. and CASCELLA, G.L., Review on the traditional and integrated passives: State-of-the-art design and technologies Energies.