Paul Evans

Contact

• workRoom A54 Coates Building
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• work01159 5 15572
• paul.evans@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

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

Recent Publications

• KE LI, PAUL LEONARD EVANS, CHRISTOPHER MARK JOHNSON, ARNAUD VIDET and NADIR IDIR, 2021. A GaN-HEMT Compact Model Including Dynamic RDSon Effect for Power Electronics Converters Energies. 14(8), 2092
• XINNING GAO, PAUL LEONARD EVANS, KE LI and MARK JOHNSON, 2021. Multi Expansion Point, Reduced Order Modelling for Electromagnetic Design of Power Electronics In: DMC 2021.
• K LI, A VIDET, N IDIR, P EVANS and C M JOHNSON, 2020. Accurate Measurement of Dynamic ON-state Resistance of GaN Devices under Reverse and Forward Conduction in High Frequency Power Converter IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.
• SUROJIT SEN, PAUL L EVANS and C MARK JOHNSON, 2020. Multi-frequency averaging (MFA) model of a generic electric vehicle powertrain suitable under variable frequency of averaging developed for remote operability IET Electrical Systems in Transportation.

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Future Research

I welcome enquiries from potential PhD candidates from Home, EU and international countries who are interested in the following research areas:

Computational modelling of power electronics, thermal management in power electronics, applications for wide-bandgap power semiconductor devices, simulation software development

• KE LI, PAUL LEONARD EVANS, CHRISTOPHER MARK JOHNSON, ARNAUD VIDET and NADIR IDIR, 2021. A GaN-HEMT Compact Model Including Dynamic RDSon Effect for Power Electronics Converters Energies. 14(8), 2092
• XINNING GAO, PAUL LEONARD EVANS, KE LI and MARK JOHNSON, 2021. Multi Expansion Point, Reduced Order Modelling for Electromagnetic Design of Power Electronics In: DMC 2021.
• K LI, A VIDET, N IDIR, P EVANS and C M JOHNSON, 2020. Accurate Measurement of Dynamic ON-state Resistance of GaN Devices under Reverse and Forward Conduction in High Frequency Power Converter IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.
• SUROJIT SEN, PAUL L EVANS and C MARK JOHNSON, 2020. Multi-frequency averaging (MFA) model of a generic electric vehicle powertrain suitable under variable frequency of averaging developed for remote operability IET Electrical Systems in Transportation.
• VIDET, A., LI, K., IDIR, N., EVANS, P. and JOHNSON, M., 2020. Analysis of GaN Converter Circuit Stability Influenced by Current Collapse Effect
• LI, K., VIDET, A., IDIR, N., EVANS, P. and JOHNSON, M., 2020. Modelling GaN-HEMT Dynamic ON-state Resistance in High Frequency Power Converter
• JALAL, B., GREEDY, S. and EVANS, P., 2020. Real-Time Thermal Imaging Using Augmented Reality and Accelerated 3D Models
• LI, K., VIDET, A., IDIR, N., EVANS, P. and JOHNSON, M., 2019. Experimental investigation of gan transistor current collapse on power converter efficiency for electrical vehicles
• LI, KE., EVANS, P. and JOHNSON, C.M., 2018. Characterisation and Modeling of Gallium Nitride Power Semiconductor Devices Dynamic On-State Resistance IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. 33(6), 5262 - 5273
• SEN, SUROJIT, EVANS, PAUL L. and JOHNSON, C. MARK, 2018. Multi-Frequency Averaging (MFA) Model of Electric-Hybrid Powertrain Suitable for Variable Frequency Operation Applied in Geographically-Distributed Power Hardware-in-the-Loop (GD-PHiL) Simulation 2018 IEEE VEHICLE POWER AND PROPULSION CONFERENCE (VPPC).
• LI, KE, EVANS, P. and JOHNSON, M., 2018. Novel GaN Power Transistor Substrate Connection to Minimize Common Mode Current In: WiPDA 2018 - IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications in Asia.
• LI, K, EVANS, P and JOHNSON, C M, 2017. SiC/GaN power semiconductor devices: a theoretical comparison and experimental evaluation under different switching conditions IET Electrical Systems in Transportation. In Press,
• LI, K, EVANS, P and JOHNSON, C M, 2017. Characterisation and modelling of gallium nitride power semiconductor devices dynamic on-state resistance IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. In Press,
• KE LI, PAUL EVANS and MARK JOHNSON, 2017. Using multi time-scale electro-thermal simulation approach to evaluate SiC-MOSFET power converter in virtual prototyping design tool In: Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), 2017 IEEE 18th Workshop on.
• WANG, W., YUAN, X., EVANS, P. and MELLOR, P.H., 2017. Mesh-based lumped parameter model with MOR for thermal analysis of virtual prototyping for power electronics systems with comparison to FDM In: 3rd International Future Energy Electronics Conference and ECCE Asia (IFEEC 2017 - ECCE Asia).
• AGYAKWA, P.A., YANG, L., ARJMAND, E., EVANS, P., CORFIELD, M. and JOHNSON, C.M., 2016. Damage Evolution in Al Wire Bonds Subjected to a Junction Temperature Fluctuation of 30 K Journal of Electronic Materials. 45(7), 3659–3672
• LI, K., EVANS, P. and JOHNSON, C.M., 2016. SiC/GaN Power Semiconductor Devices Theoretical Comparison and Experimental Evaluation In: Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC) 2016.
• LI, K., EVANS, P. and JOHNSON, C.M., 2016. SiC and GaN Power Transistors Switching Energy Evaluation in Hard and Soft Switching Conditions In: IEEE WIPDA 2016.
• LI, K., EVANS, P. and JOHNSON, C.M., 2016. Developing Power Semiconductor Device Model for Virtual Prototyping of Power Electronics Systems In: 13th IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference.
• LI, KE, EVANS, PAUL and JOHNSON, MARK, 2016. GaN-HEMT Dynamic ON-state Resistance characterisation and Modelling 2016 IEEE 17th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL).
• EVANS, PAUL L, CASTELLAZZI, A and JOHNSON, C M, 2015. Design Tools for Rapid, Multi-Domain Virtual Prototyping of Power Electronic Systems Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on. 31(3), 2443 - 2455
• EVANS, P., CASTELLAZZI, A. and JOHNSON, C.M., 2015. A design tool for rapid, multi-domain virtual prototyping of power electronic systems In: 2015 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE.
• EVANS, P., CASTELLAZZI, A. and JOHNSON, C.M., 2014. A Multi-Disciplinary Virtual Prototyping Design Tool for Power Electronics In: 8th International Conference on Integrated Power Electronics Systems, CIPS 2014.
• EVANS, P., CASTELLAZZI, A., JOHNSON, C.M., LU, H. and BAILEY, C., 2014. The optimization of thermal performance in power electronics modules In: Electronic Packaging Technology Conference, EPTC 2014.
• EVANS, P.L., CASTELLAZZI, A. and JOHNSON, C.M., 2013. Automated fast extraction of compact thermal models for power electronic modules IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. 28(10), 4791-4802
• SKURIAT, R., LI, J.F., AGYAKWA, P., MATTEY, N., EVANS, P. and JOHNSON, C.M., 2013. Degradation of thermal interface materials for high-temperature power electronics applications Microelectronics Reliability. (In Press.)
• EVANS, P., CASTELLAZZI, A., BOZHKO, S. and JOHNSON, C.M., 2013. Automatic Design Optimisation for Power Electronics Modules Based on Rapid Dynamic Thermal Analysis In: 15th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE-ECCE 2013).
• TEERAKAWANICH N., EVANS P., JOHNSON M., CASTELLAZZI A., EVANS, P., JOHNSON, C.M. and CASTELLAZZI, A., 2012. Oscillation Analysis of an Active Gate Control Circuit for Series Connected IGBT In: 2012 15th International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference (EPE/PEMC).
• JOHNSON, C.M., CASTELLAZZI, A., SKURIAT, R., EVANS, P., JIANFENG, LI. and AGYAKWA, P., 2012. Integrated high power modules In: 2012 7th International Conference on Integrated Power Electronics Systems (CIPS).
• EVANS, PAUL, TEERAKAWANICH, NITHIPHAT and JOHNSON, C MARK, 2011. Active control of series connected, voltage driven power devices using a single gate drive In: 14th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE 2011).
• MATTEY, N., SKURIAT, R., LI, J., AGYAKWA, P., EVANS, P. and JOHNSON, C.M., 2010. Thermal and mechanical design optimization of a pressure-mounted base-plate-less high temperature power module In: Electronic System-Integration Technology Conference (ESTC), 13-16 Sept. 2010.
• EVANS, P., CASTELLAZZI, A., CARASTRO, F. and JOHNSON, C.M., 2010. A computationally efficient electro-thermal modelling technique for coupled Multi-Disciplinary Analysis of Multi-Chip Power Modules In: 2010 22nd International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices & IC's (ISPSD), 6-10 June 2010. 297-300
• EVANS, P. and JOHNSON, M., 2010. Fast Extraction of Dynamic Thermal Impedance for Multi-Chip Power Modules In: 6th International Conference on Integrated Power Electronics Systems (CIPS), 2010.