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Tao Yang

Professor of Aerospace Electrical Systems, Industrial Fellow of RAEng, Faculty of Engineering

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Biography

After studying at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, Prof. Tao Yang joined the Power Electronics, Machines and Control (PEMC) Group at the 糖心原创 as a PhD candidate in 2009 fully funded by "Dean of Engineering Scholarship". His PhD research on "Dynamic Phasor modelling of more-electric aircraft electrical power systems" has resulted his winning the inaugural "EU CleanSky Best PhD award" in 2016 (First Winner of this prize in history) and interviewed by AeronewsTV during the ILA Airshow 2016 to prompt his research ( (56''-1'21") . The proposed dynamic phasor modelling technique has been included in the SAE Aerospace Information Report AIR6326 "Aircraft Electric Power System Modelling and Simulation".

After gaining his PhD in 2013, Prof. Yang has been a researcher within the EU CleanSky JTI funded AEGART project (1.6M Euros, 2011-2015, ,), a project to develop an innovative electrical starter/generator systems, where Dr. Yang is leading the control design of such a system.

Prof. Yang was appointed as an Assistant Professor in 2016 and then as an Associate Professor in 2019 and A full Professor in Aug 2024. He is currently leading a team with 6 PhD students and 20 Postdocs investigating key electrical technologies including power electronic systems, high-speed drive systems, micro-grid electrical systems and digital twin for aviation electrification applications with vast collaboration with many industrial partners across the Europe including Rolls-Royce, Safran, Dassault Aviation, GKN Aerospace, Leonardo Aircraft etc. Especially, Prof Yang is holding an RAEng Industrial Fellowship with NEMA Ltd and has recently formed a partnership with Altair to develop "Digital Twin Development for New Aircraft and Advanced Air Mobility Vehicles".

Over the past 11 years' professional life, Prof. Yang developed his research interest and expertise on power electronics dominated on-board electrical systems for future aerospace and aeronautic application, especially for more-electric/hybrid/all-electric aircraft.

Prof. Yang is the Chair of the Technical Committee of Aerospace Power within IEEE Power Electronics Society, https://www.ieee-pels.org/technical-activities/tc-11/leaders

Prof. Yang is an Industrial Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering, Fellow of IET, IEEE Senior member and an SAE AE-7M standard committee member.

Prof. Yang serves as Associate Editors of several Top Journals including IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification (JCR Q1), Chinese Journal of Aeronautics (JCR Q1)

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

Expertise Summary

Prof. Yang's research interests focus on Power Electronic Systems for Aerospace Electrification Applications, which include:

- High-speed high-power electrical drives control - Power electronics and motor drives development using Artificial Intelligent - Digital Twin technology for advanced air mobility - Electrical system analysis and control

Teaching Summary

I am currently convening several modules including

EEEE1006- Aerospace Electrical & Electronic Engineering

H43EE3 - More-Electric Aircraft

EEEE4112 - Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Marine and Automotive

Research Summary

In the Flightpath 2050, the ACARE sets out some very tough long-term environmental goals for the industry. Compared to a new aircraft in 2000, by 2050 the aim is to reduce CO2 emissions per passenger… read more

Recent Publications

  • FAN, LINHUI, YANG, TAO, CHEN, YUZHENG and BOZHKO, SERHIY, 2023. In: 850-854
  • FAN, LINHUI, YANG, TAO, CHEN, YUZHENG and BOZHKO, SERHIY, 2023. In: 850-854
  • BAI, GE, YANG, TAO, YEOH, SEANG SHEN, BOZHKO, SERHIY and WHEELER, PATRICK, 2023. In: 2023 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC). 1-6
  • YAN, XINGYU, ZHU, YIREN, WANG, ZHENYU, YANG, TAO, BOZHKO, SERHIY and WHEELER, PATRICK, 2023. In: 2023 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC). 1-6

Current Research

In the Flightpath 2050, the ACARE sets out some very tough long-term environmental goals for the industry. Compared to a new aircraft in 2000, by 2050 the aim is to reduce CO2 emissions per passenger Kilometre by 75%, emissions of Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx) by 90% and the perceived noise emission of flying aircraft by 65%. The only way to achieve this goal is ELECTRIFICATION. Indeed, many functions, which conventionally were driven by pneumatic, hydraulic or mechanical power, are now being replaced by electrical subsystems to improve the overall aircraft efficiency, reliabilities and flexibilities. The EU has launched a 4 billion EURO (2015 - 2022) research programme "Clean Sky" aiming to develop novel aircraft technologies to achieve goals set by the ACARE.

I am currently involved in several exciting projects within the Clean Sky programme, looking into the more-electric aircraft technologies, including:

Nov 2018 - Nov 2022 IGNITE project - (Within EU H2020 CleanSky II program) Project lead and principle investigator. The IGNITE project aims to develop a high-power DC generation channel for future aircraft applications. The project will provides an environmental test platform for power generation technologies, power conversion technologies and disconnect actuation systems

Feb. 2017 - July 2021 ACHIEVE project - (Within EU H2020 CleanSky II program) Project lead and principle investigator. The ACHIEVE system will deliver a high-speed integrated electrical drive for turboprop applications. The ACHIEVE system will enable mild hybridisation of turboprop engines.

July 2017 - 2022 INSTEP - (Within EU H2020 CleanSky II program) Project deputy lead. The INSTEP project aims to develop an innovative aircraft electrical power distribution system based on recently developed solid-state semiconductor technologies. The projects cover from components level, such as solid-state circuit breakers and DC/DC converters to system level integration and demonstration.

June 2019 - Dec 2022 MISSION project- (Within EU H2020 CleanSky II program) Project deputy lead. The MISSION project aims to develop a demonstration power distribution system via a combined power and data network. In this project, a TRL4-level DC power distribution system will be developed and integrated to an A320-type fuselage. The distribution system will implement power line communication technology which is used to control solid-state circuit breakers.

July 2017 - 2022 GAINS project WP4 (part of EU H2020 CleanSky II program) The Green Airframe Icing Novel Systems (GAINS) project aims to develop a new optimised mixed strategy Wing Ice Protection System (WIPS) for the next generation aircraft. My role on this project is to lead the development of novel electrical system design and new electro-mechanical actuation system development Main duties: 鈥� Development of models enabling optimisation of electrical system architecture design 鈥� Optimisation of electrical WIPS design and its integration at aircraft electrical system level 鈥� Control system design for the electro-mechanical actuation system 鈥� Model development, stability and reliability analysis of the aircraft electrical system

Past Research

During my PhD studies, I focused on developing functional models for electrical power system studies. The developed models include functional models in the dq0 frame as well as models based on the dynamic phasor concept. These models allow engineers to study the electrical power system of aircraft in a more efficient way.

Future Research

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

- High-speed motor drives

- Power electronics for Aerospace Applications

- Electrical system analysis and control

- Digital Twin Technologies

  • FAN, LINHUI, YANG, TAO, CHEN, YUZHENG and BOZHKO, SERHIY, 2023. In: 850-854
  • FAN, LINHUI, YANG, TAO, CHEN, YUZHENG and BOZHKO, SERHIY, 2023. In: 850-854
  • BAI, GE, YANG, TAO, YEOH, SEANG SHEN, BOZHKO, SERHIY and WHEELER, PATRICK, 2023. In: 2023 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC). 1-6
  • YAN, XINGYU, ZHU, YIREN, WANG, ZHENYU, YANG, TAO, BOZHKO, SERHIY and WHEELER, PATRICK, 2023. In: 2023 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC). 1-6
  • HUSSAINI, HABIBU, YANG, TAO, GAO, YUAN, WANG, CHENG, URRUTIA, MAT脥AS and BOZHKO, SERHIY, 2023. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification. 1-1
  • ZHANG, WEI, YANG, YONG, FAN, MINGDI, HE, LIQUN, JI, AIMING, XIAO, YANG, WEN, HUIQING, ZHANG, XINAN, YANG, TAO, MEKHILEF, SAAD and RODRIGUEZ, JOSE, 2023. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. 38(6), 7535-7545
  • HUSSAINI, HABIBU, YANG, TAO, GAO, YUAN, WANG, CHENG, BAI, GE and BOZHKO, SERHIY, 2022. In: IECON 2022 鈥� 48th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. 1-6
  • ZHU, YIREN, YAN, XINGYU, WANG, ZHENYU, YANG, TAO, BOZHKO, SERHIY and WHEELER, PATRICK, 2022. In: IECON 2022 鈥� 48th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. 1-6
  • HUSSAINI, HABIBU, YANG, TAO, MOHAMED, MOHAMED A. A., BAI, GE, GAO, YUAN, CHEN, YUZHENG and BOZHKO, SERHIY, 2022. In: 2022 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC). 1254-1258
  • FAYYAZ, ASAD, ORTIZ, MATIAS URRUTIA, WANG, ZHENYU, YANG, TAO and WHEELER, PATRICK, 2022. In: 2022 IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications in Europe (WiPDA Europe). 1-6
  • ZHEN HUANG, TAO YANG, PAOLO GIANGRANDE, MICHAEL GALEA and PATRICK WHEELER, 2021. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification.
  • XIAOYU LANG, TAO YANG, ZHENYU WANG, SERHIY BOZHKO and PATRICK WHEELER, 2021. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification.
  • DAN ZHAO, KE SHEN, LINGLIN CHEN, ZHENYU WANG, WEIGUO LIU, TAO YANG and PATRICK WHEELER, 2021. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification.
  • XIAOYU LANG, TAO YANG, ZHEN HUANG, CHENG WANG, ZHENYU WANG, SERHIY BOZHKO and PATRICK WHEELER, 2021. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification.
  • FENG GUO, TAO YANG, CHEN LI, SERHIY BOZHKO and PATRICK WHEELER, 2021. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.
  • GUO, FENG, YANG, TAO, DIAB, AHMED M., YEOH, SEANG SHEN, BOZHKO, SERHIY and WHEELER, PATRICK, 2021. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS. 57(5), 5239-5251
  • HUANG, ZHEN, YANG, TAO, ADHIKARI, JEEVAN, WANG, CHENG, WANG, ZHENYU, BOZHKO, SERHIY and WHEELER, PATRICK, 2021. IEEE ACCESS. 9, 105048-105059
  • WANG, CHENG, YANG, T., HUSSAINI, H. and BOZHKO, S., 2021. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.
  • WANG, CHENG, YANG, TAO, KULSANGCHAROEN, PONGGORN and BOZHKO, SERHIY, 2021. An Enhanced Second Carrier Harmonic Cancellation Technique for Dual-Channel Enhanced Power Generation Centre Applications in More-Electric Aircraft IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS. 68(7), 5683-5692
  • GUO, FENG, YANG, TAO, YEOH, SEANG SHEN, BOZHKO, SERHIY, WHEELER, PATRICK and DIAB, AHMED M., 2021. In: 2021 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE). 4854-4858
  • FAYYAZ, ASAD, WANG, ZHENYU, ORTIZ, MATIAS URRUTIA, YANG, TAO and WHEELER, PATRICK, 2021. In: 2021 23rd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'21 ECCE Europe). P.1-P.10
  • HUSSAINI, HABIBU, YANG, TAO, GAO, YUAN, WANG, CHENG, MOHAMED, MOHAMED A. A. and BOZHKO, SERHIY, 2021. In: IECON 2021 鈥� 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. 1-7
  • HUSSAINI, HABIBU, YANG, TAO, GAO, YUAN, WANG, CHENG, DRAGICEVIC, TOMISLAV and BOZHKO, SERHIY, 2021. In: 2021 IEEE 30th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE). 1-6
  • ZHU, YIREN, WANG, ZHENYU, YANG, TAO, DRAGICEVIC, TOMISLAV, BOZHKO, SERHIY and WHEELER, PATRICK, 2021. In: 2021 IEEE 30th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE). 1-6
  • HUSSAINI, HABIBU, YANG, TAO, WANG, CHENG and BOZHKO, SERHIY, 2021. In: 2021 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC). 84-89
  • TANG, MI, HUANG, ZHEN, WANG, BO, LANG, XIAOYU, VELMURUGAN, GANEISH, YANG, TAO, GERADA, CHRIS and ZANCHETTA, PERICLE, 2021. In: 2021 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC). 665-671
  • WANG, QI, YU, HAITAO, LI, CHEN, LANG, XIAOYU, YEOH, S.S., YANG, T., RIVERA, M., BOZHKO, S. and WHEELER, P., 2020. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification.
  • Y. GAO, T. YANG, T. DRAGICEVIC, S. BOZHKO, P. WHEELER AND C. ZHENG, 2020. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.
  • WANG, BO, LIU, YE, VAKIL, GAURANG, YANG, TAO and ZHANG, ZHUORAN, 2020. In: 2020 International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM). 2104-2110
  • GAO, YUAN, YANG, TAO, WANG, XIN, BOZHKO, SERHIY and WHEELER, PAT, 2020. In: 2020 23rd International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS). 1940-1944
  • CHEN, Y., YANG, T., BOZHKO, S., NASIR, U., RODRIGUEZ, J. R. and GARCIA, C. F., 2020. In: The 10th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2020). 581-585
  • NASIR, U., CHOWDHURY, S., LA ROCCA, A., CHEN, Y., YANG, T., WHEELER, P., GERADA, C. and BOZHKO, S., 2019. In: IEEE PEDS 2019.
  • CHEN, Y., BOZHKO, S., FAN, L. and YANG, T., 2019. In: IEMDC 2019 - International Electric Machines & Drives Conference.
  • HUANG, ZHEN, YANG, T., GIANGRANDE, P., WHEELER, P. and GALEA, M., 2019. In: ECCE 2019 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition.
  • HUANG, ZHEN, YANG, T., GIANGRANDE, P., WHEELER, P. and GALEA, M., 2019. In: IECON 2019 - 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.
  • KHOWJA, M., VAKIL, G., GERADA, C., YANG, T., BOZHKO, S. and WHEELER, P., 2019. In: IECON 2019 - 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.
  • GUO, F., YANG, T., BOZHKO, S. and WHEELER, P., 2019. In: SDEMPED 2019 - Symposium on Diagnostics for Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and Drives.
  • HUANG, ZHEN, GALEA, M., GIANGRANDE, P., WHEELER, P. and YANG, T., 2019. Application of a MILP-based Algorithm for Power Flow Optimisation within More-Electric Aircraft Electrical Power Systems In: EPE 2019 21st European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications.
  • LANG, X., YANG, T., ENALOU, H.B., WHEELER, P. and BOZHKO, S., 2019. In:
  • LI, C., BOZHKO, S., GERADA, C., YANG, T., WHEELER, P. and CALZO, G., 2018. In: 9th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives, PEMD 2018.
  • YANG, T., BOZHKO, S., WHEELER, P., WANG, S. and WU, S., 2018. Chinese Journal of Aeronautics. 31(15),
  • LI, CHEN, YANG, T., KULSANGCHAROEN, P., LO CALZO, G., BOZHKO, S. and GERADA, C., 2018. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.
  • HUANG, ZHEN, YANG, T., WHEELER, P., GALEA, M., GIANGRANDE, P. and CHOWDHURY, S., 2018. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS.
  • FAN, L., YANG, T., RASHED, M. and BOZHKO, S., 2018. Sensorless control of dual-three phase PMSM based aircraft electric starter/generator system using model reference adaptive system method In: Sensorless control of dual-three phase PMSM based aircraft electric starter/generator system using model reference adaptive system method.
  • VELMURUGAN, G., BOZHKO, S. and YANG, T., 2018. A Review of Torque Ripple Minimization Techniques in Switched Reluctance Machine In: ESARS 2018 - Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles.
  • GUO, F., YANG, T., BOZHKO, S. and WHEELER, P., 2018. 3L-NPC AC-DC Power Converter Using Virtual Space Vector PWM with Optimal Switching Sequence Based on g-h Coordinate In: ESARS 2018 - Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles.
  • LANG, X., YANG, T., ENALOU, H.B., BOZHKO, S. and WHEELER, P., 2018. An Enhanced Power Generation Centre for More Electric Aircraft Applications In: ESARS 2018 - Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles.
  • ADHIKARI, J., YANG, T., ZHANG, J., RASHED, M., BOZHKO, S. and WHEELER, P., 2018. Thermal Analysis of High Power High Voltage DC Solid State Power Controller (SSPC) for Next Generation Civil Tilt Rotor-craft In: ESARS 2018 - Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles.
  • FAN, L., YANG, T., RASHED, M. and BOZHKO, S., 2018. Comparative 糖心原创 Of Back EMF Based Sensorless Control Methods For Dual Three-Phase PMSM In: ESARS 2018 - Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles.
  • LI, CHEN, YANG, TAO, BOZHKO, SERHIY and WHEELER, PATRICK, 2018. Neutral Point Voltage Control Method for Three-Level Diode-Clamped Converter based on Fourth Harmonic Current Injection 2018 IEEE ENERGY CONVERSION CONGRESS AND EXPOSITION (ECCE). 6996-7002
  • COX, T., YANG, T. and GERADA, C., 2017. In: IMarEST Engine as a Weapon VII.
  • YEOH, S., YANG, T., TARISCOTTI, L., HILL, C., BOZHKO, S. and ZANCHETTA, P., 2017. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification. 3(4), 878 - 890
  • YANG, TAO, BOZHKO, SERHIY, LE-PEUVEDIC, JEAN-MARK, ASHER, GREG and HILL, CHRISTOPHER IAN, 2016. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. 31(1), 563-571
  • YEOH, S., YANG, T., TARISCIOTTI, L., HILL, C.I., BOZHKO, S. and ZANCHETTA, P., 2016. More electric aircraft starter-generator system with utilization of hybrid modulated model predictive control In: ESARS 2016.
  • BOZHKO, S, RASHED, M, YEOH, SS, YANG, T and HILL, C, 2016. In: 8th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2016).
  • AHUMADA, C., GARVEY, S., YANG, T., KULSANGCHAROEN, P., WHEELER, P. and MORVAN, H., 2016.
  • WU. S., C. LI, X. ZHAO and Z. JIAO, 2016. Preliminary design and simulation of electro-hydrostatic actuator with modelica In: 2016 IEEE International Conference on Aircraft Utility Systems.
  • GAO, FEI, YEOH, SEANG SHEN, HILL, CHRISTOPHER IAN, YANG, TAO and BOZHKO, SERHIY, 2016. Stability assessment of a high speed permanent magnet machine based aircraft electrical power system In:
  • TAO YANG, TOM COX, MICHEL DEGANO and SERHIY BOZHKO, 2016. History and Recent Advancements of Electric Propulsion and Integrated Electrical Power Systems for Commercial & Naval Vessels In: NAVALEXPO.
  • TAO, YANG, BOZHKO, S. and ASHER, G., 2015. Power Electronics, IET. 8(6), 947-956
  • TAO, YANG, BOZHKO, S. and ASHER, G., 2015. Electrical Systems in Transportation, IET. 5(2), 77-87
  • TAO, YANG, BOZHKO, S. and ASHER, G., 2015. Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on. 30(9), 4704-4713
  • SEANG SHEN, YEOH, TAO, YANG, TARISCIOTTI, L., BOZHKO, S. and ZANCHETTA, P., 2015.
  • HILL, C. I., AREERAK, K., TAO, YANG, BOZHKO, S. and ODAVIC, M., 2015.
  • AHUMADA, C., GARVEY, S., YANG, T., WHEELER, P. and MORVAN, H., 2015. In: SAE AeroTech Congress and Exhibition, AEROTECH 2015.
  • YANG, T., BOZHKO, S. and ASHER, G, 2015. In: SAE AeroTech Congress & Exhibition.
  • T. YANG, C. HILL, P. ARUMUGAN, M. DEGANO, S. BOZHKO, C.GERADA, 2015. Power Loss Analysis of a Permanent-Magnet Machine Based Starter/Generator Fed by an Active-Front End Rectifier: MEA Conference In:
  • T. YANG, S. BOZHKO, G. ASHER, 2014. Development of Dynamic Phasors for the Modelling of Aircraft Electrical Power Systems: Greener Aviation: Clean Sky Breakthroughs and worldwide status In:
  • S.BOZHKO, T.YANG, F. GAO, 2014. Control Design for Electric Starter-Generator Based on a High-Speed Permanent-Magnet Machine Fed by an Active Front-End Rectifier: SAE Power system In:
  • YANG, T., BOZHKO, S. and ASHER, G, 2013. SAE International Journal of Aerospace. 6, 38-48
  • TAO, YANG, BOZHKO, S. and ASHER, G., 2013.
  • T. YANG, S. V. BOZHKO, AND G. M. ASHER, 2013. Application of Dynamic Phasor Concept in Modeling Aircraft Electrical Power Systems: SAE Power System In:
  • YANG, T., BOZHKO, S. V. and ASHER, G. M., 2012.
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  • TAO YANG, SERHIY BOZHKO and PATRICK WHEELER, Accelerated Modelling of Aircraft Electrical Power Systems Using Dynamic Phasors In: 3AF Greener Aviation Conference.
  • GUO, F., YANG, T., BOZHKO, S. and WHEELER, P., In: ECCE 2019 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition.
  • ADHIKARI, J., YANG, T., BOZHKO, S. and WHEELER, P., In: IECON 2019 - 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.

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