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Jon Clare

Professor of Power Electronics, Faculty of Engineering

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Biography

Prof. Jon Clare was born in Bristol, England. He received the BSc and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from The University of Bristol, UK. From 1984 to 1990 he worked as a Research Assistant and Lecturer at The University of Bristol involved in teaching and research in power electronic systems.

Since 1990 he has been with the Power Electronics, Machines and Control Group (PEMC) at the University of Nottingham as a Lecturer, Senior Lecturer (1999) and currently as Professor in Power Electronics and Head of Research Group (2004). His research interests are in power electronic systems and applications, power electronic converter topologies and their control, aerospace electrical systems and variable speed drive systems.

Prof. Clare is a Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers and a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. He is a Member of the Editorial Board of IEE Proceedings EPA and an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. Since 2004, Prof. Clare has been a member of the Executive Council of the European Power Electronics Association.

Prof. Clare received a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award for 2016-2021.

Expertise Summary

Power electronic systems and applications, power electronic converter topologies and their control, aerospace electrical systems and variable speed drive systems.

Teaching Summary

Teaching (2014)

  • Power Supply Electronics (H62PSE) Level 2
  • Power Electonic Design (H63PED/H54PE2) Level 3/4

Research Summary

Control and modulation strategies for power converters VSC-HVDC power electronic converter topologies matrix and other direct converters high power converters power conversion in… read more

Recent Publications

Current Research

  • Control and modulation strategies for power converters
  • VSC-HVDC
  • power electronic converter topologies
  • matrix and other direct converters
  • high power converters
  • power conversion in aerospace systems
  • power converters in power systems
  • power converters for high power RF systems
  • variable speed drive systems and electromagnetic compatibility

Faculty of Engineering

The University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham, NG7 2RD



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