Paul Evans

Contact

• workRoom B20 PEMC Centre
  Jubilee Campus
  Wollaton Road
  Nottingham
  NG8 1BB
  UK
• paul.evans@nottingham.ac.uk
• https://teams.microsoft.com/l/chat/0/0?users=paul.evans@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

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

Recent Publications

• ALMPANIS, IOANNIS, EVANS, PAUL, ANTONIOU, MARINA, GAMMON, PETER, EMPRINGHAM, LEE, UDREA, FLORIN, MAWBY, PHILLIP and LOPHITHIS, NEOPHYTOS, 2023. 10kV+ Rated SiC n-IGBTs: Novel Collector-Side Design Approach Breaking the Trade-Off between dV/dt and Device Efficiency Key Engineering Materials. 946, 125-133
• JALAL, BAWAR, BLAKAJ, VALON, GREEDY, STEVE and EVANS, PAUL, 2022. Real-Time Electromagnetic Visualisation for Large 3D Accelerated Models In: 2022 IEEE 23rd Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL). 1-7
• BLAKAJ, VALON, JALAL, BAWAR and EVANS, PAUL L., 2022. Implementation of Multi-Expansion Point Model Order Reduction for Coupled PEEC-Semiconductor Simulations In: 2022 IEEE Design Methodologies Conference (DMC). 1-6
• BLAKAJ, VALON, JALAL, BAWAR and EVANS, PAUL, 2022. Magnetic material modelling using the PEEC method and linear basis functions In: 2022 IEEE Design Methodologies Conference (DMC). 1-6

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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

• ALMPANIS, IOANNIS, EVANS, PAUL, ANTONIOU, MARINA, GAMMON, PETER, EMPRINGHAM, LEE, UDREA, FLORIN, MAWBY, PHILLIP and LOPHITHIS, NEOPHYTOS, 2023. 10kV+ Rated SiC n-IGBTs: Novel Collector-Side Design Approach Breaking the Trade-Off between dV/dt and Device Efficiency Key Engineering Materials. 946, 125-133
• JALAL, BAWAR, BLAKAJ, VALON, GREEDY, STEVE and EVANS, PAUL, 2022. Real-Time Electromagnetic Visualisation for Large 3D Accelerated Models In: 2022 IEEE 23rd Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL). 1-7
• BLAKAJ, VALON, JALAL, BAWAR and EVANS, PAUL L., 2022. Implementation of Multi-Expansion Point Model Order Reduction for Coupled PEEC-Semiconductor Simulations In: 2022 IEEE Design Methodologies Conference (DMC). 1-6
• BLAKAJ, VALON, JALAL, BAWAR and EVANS, PAUL, 2022. Magnetic material modelling using the PEEC method and linear basis functions In: 2022 IEEE Design Methodologies Conference (DMC). 1-6
• ALMPANIS, IOANNIS, ANTONIOU, MARINA, EVANS, PAUL, EMPRINGHAM, LEE, GAMMON, PETER, UDREA, FLORIN, MAWBY, PHILIP and LOPHITIS, NEOPHYTOS, 2022. Influence of Emitter Side Design on the Unintentional Turn-on of 10kV+ SiC n-IGBTs In: 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE). 1-6
• ALMPANIS, IOANNIS, EVANS, PAUL, ANTONIOU, MARINA, GAMMON, PETER, EMPRINGHAM, LEE, UDREA, FLORIN, MAWBY, PHILIP and LOPHITIS, NEOPHYTOS, 2022. Short-Circuit Performance Investigation of 10kV+ Rated SiC n-IGBT In: 2022 IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications in Europe (WiPDA Europe). 1-6
• JEFFREY, ALEXANDER J., CONNOR, PETER H., VAKIL, GAURANG, EVANS, PAUL, WHEELER, PAT and HART, SIMON, 2022. Cooling System Sizing using LPTN Analysis and Multiphysics Modelling for an Axial Flux Machine and Integrated Drive In: 2022 International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM). 1376-1382
• ALMPANIS, IOANNIS, EVANS, PAUL, ANTONIOU, MARINA, GAMMON, PETER, LEE, EMPRINGHAM, UNDREA, FLORIN, MAWBY, PHILIP and LOPHITIS, NEOPHYTOS, 2022. 10kV+ rated SiC n-IGBTs: novel collector side design approach breaking the trade-off between dV/dt and device efficiency In:
• 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.
• JALAL, BAWAR, BLAKAJ, VALON, GREEDY, STEVE and EVANS, PAUL, 2021. Real-Time Electromagnetic Visualisation using Augmented Reality and Accelerated 3D Models In: 2021 IEEE 22nd Workshop on Control and Modelling of Power Electronics (COMPEL). 1-6
• CAIRNIE, MARK, DIMARINO, CHRISTINA, EVANS, PAUL and LOPHITIS, NEOPHYTOS, 2021. Reduce-Order Analysis and Circuit-Level Cost Function for the Numerical Optimization of Power Electronics Modules In: 2021 IEEE 22nd Workshop on Control and Modelling of Power Electronics (COMPEL). 1-7
• GAO, XINNING, EVANS, PAUL, JOHNSON, MARK and LI, KE, 2021. Multi Expansion Point Reduced Order Modelling for Electromagnetic Design of Power Electronics In: 2021 IEEE Design Methodologies Conference (DMC). 1-6
• 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, KE, VIDET, ARNAUD, IDIR, NADIR, EVANS, PAUL LEONARD and JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER MARK, 2020. Accurate Measurement of Dynamic ON-State Resistances of GaN Devices Under Reverse and Forward Conduction in High Frequency Power Converter IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER ELECTRONICS. 35(9), 9650-9660
• JALAL, BAWAR, GREEDY, STEVE and EVANS, PAUL, 2020. Real-Time Thermal Imaging Using Augmented Reality and Accelerated 3D Models In: 2020 IEEE 21st Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL). 1-6
• 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.