Dr David Drury
M.Eng., Ph.D.(Bristol)
Current positions
Senior Lecturer in Electrical Engineering
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
Contact
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Research interests
- Hardware-in-the-Loop and real-time substructuring (hybrid dynamic) testing methods
- Aircraft generation and power management systems
- Hybrid automative vehicle traction and generation systems
- Efficient control of electric machines
- Distributed control methods, using industrial purpose built networks and standard ethernet.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Post Graduate Diploma in Power Electronics Development at University of KwaZulu-Natal
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Electrical & Electronic EngineeringDates
01/03/2017 to 31/07/2021
Myorobotics
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Electrical & Electronic EngineeringDates
01/03/2012 to 28/02/2015
Real-time dynamic substructure testing applied to a weight optimised synchronous power conversion system
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Electrical & Electronic EngineeringDates
01/10/2010 to 01/01/2012
Thesis supervisions
Sub-ns Shaping of Switching Transients in GaN HEMT Bridge-legs
Supervisors
An Experiment-Informed Methodology for the Thermal Design of Permanent Magnet Electrical Machines
Supervisors
Impact of a Variable Turns Ratio Transformer on Zero Voltage Switching of the Dual Active Bridge with Dual Phase Shift Control
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
01/02/2019Stretching in Time of GaN Active Gate Driving Profiles to Adapt to Changing Load Current
2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2018)
Sub-assembly experiments to determine PWM supply-induced losses in electric machines
9th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2018)
Design and Physical Prototyping of a Novel Braking System for a Helicopter Rotor
Designs
Universal Neutral Point Balancing Algorithm for Three-phase Three-level Converters with Hybrid of Zero-sequence Signal Injection and Virtual Zero-level Modulation
IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) Conference
A comparative study between aluminium and copper windings for a modular-wound IPM electric machine
2017 IEEE International Electric Machines & Drives Conference (IEMDC 2017)
Thesis
Process modelling and adaptive control of a metal machining process
Supervisors
Award date
01/01/2006
Related people
Professor Simon Neild
Professor in Nonlinear Structural Dynamics
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Professor Julian Booker
Professor of Mechanical Design Engineering
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
Professor Phil Mellor
Professor of Electrical Engineering
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
Professor Colin Taylor
Emeritus Professor
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Professor David Stoten
Emeritus Professor of Dynamics and Control
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering