SPECS Lab

Publications

Journal articles, conference papers, and technical reports.

Journal articles

2026

2026

Rising natural gas and electricity prices: Longitudinal evidence on physical health and socioeconomic vulnerability

S. E. Cha, S. Lee, B. D. Douglas, C. D. Ryff

Energy Research & Social Science, 137, 104758

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2026Accepted / in press

Design and Comparison of Power-Dense Surface Inset Permanent Magnet Machine and Surface Permanent Magnet Machine without Heavy Rare Earth Magnets for Traction Applications

W. Feng, F. Chen, S. Lee, K. Chen, J. Paddock, T. M. Jahns, B. Sarlioglu

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

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2026

Power-Dense Integrated Motor Drive Using a WBG-Enabled Current-Source Inverter for EV Traction Applications

F. Chen, S. Lee, W. Feng, K. Chen, J. Paddock, T. M. Jahns, B. Sarlioglu

IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 12(1), 542–555

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2025

2025

Analysis of Pulsating High-Frequency Injection Self-Sensing Control for CSI PM Motor Drives

R. A. Torres, S. Lee, H. Dai, W. Lee, T. M. Jahns, B. Sarlioglu

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 40(3), 4345–4357

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2025

High-Frequency Motor Impedance Analysis and CM Current Estimation of Electric Motors With Concentrated and Toroidal Windings

S. Lee, W. Lee, M. Liu, B. Sarlioglu

IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 11(1), 880–890

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2025

Universally Applicable DC-Link RC Snubber Design Method for Switching Voltage Overshoot Reduction

S. Lee, F. Chen, B. Sarlioglu

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 72(2), 1249–1260

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2024

2024

PWM for Simultaneous Minimization of Switching Losses and CM Voltage in Current Source Inverters

S. Lee, F. Chen, T. M. Jahns, B. Sarlioglu

IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 10(4), 9788–9802

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2024

Topological Equivalence of VSI and CSI Commutation Cells and Its Application to Switching Resonance Analysis and Damper Design

S. Lee, F. Chen, T. M. Jahns, B. Sarlioglu

IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 10(1), 1363–1376

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Conference papers

2026

2026

A dual-active-bridge converter employing a variable inductor without an auxiliary circuit

C.-H. Jo, S. Lee, S. Mukherjee, O. Onar, M. Mohammad

IEEE ITEC+EATS, Novi, pp. 1–6

2026

An integrated physics-based reliability modeling of power converters with degradation feedback

M. Lopes, M. M. Fahimul Islam, S. Lee, W. Lee, M. A. Alam

IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), pp. 3568–3574

2025

2025

LAREL: A Reliability-Aware Framework for Power Module Layout Optimization Under Dynamic Drive Cycle Stress

D. Agogo-Mawuli, S. Lee, H. Barua, S. Chowdhury, B. Ozpineci, H. A. Mantooth

IEEE Design Methodologies Conference (DMC), pp. 1–6

2025Best conference paper

Inverse segmented motor drive using dual ANPC inverters for common-mode voltage and neutral-point current cancellation

S. Lee, V. Rallabandi, G. J. Su, S. Chowdhury, B. Ozpineci

IEEE/AIAA ITEC+EATS

2025

Design and Analysis of Current-Source Inverter Based Integrated-Motor Drive for EV Traction Applications

F. Chen, S. Lee, W. Feng, K. Chen, J. Paddock, T. M. Jahns, B. Sarlioglu

IEEE/AIAA ITEC+EATS

2024

2024

Impact of current sensor system dynamics on current measurements and novel compensation scheme on dq-reference frame

S. Lee, F. Chen, B. Sarlioglu

27th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS), pp. 1–7

2024

A comprehensive and comparative study of different motor drive topologies based on 1.2 kV- and 1.7 kV-SiC MOSFETs for off-highway EV applications

F. Chen, S. Lee, W. Feng, T. M. Jahns, B. Sarlioglu

IEEE 21st International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference (PEMC)

2024

Comprehensive comparative analysis: VSI-based vs. CSI-based motor drive systems with sinusoidal output voltage

F. Chen, S. Lee, T. M. Jahns, B. Sarlioglu

IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), pp. 1021–1027

2023

2023

Alternative vector PWM for CSI common-mode voltage reduction during voltage-boost operation with low modulation index

S. Lee, F. Chen, T. M. Jahns, B. Sarlioglu

IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), pp. 2796–2801

2023

Comprehensive efficiency analysis of seven-switch current-source inverter based on voltage-boost function and genetic algorithm

F. Chen, S. Lee, T. M. Jahns, B. Sarlioglu

IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), pp. 5200–5205

2023

Thermal analysis of liquid and air cooling of high-power-density integrated motor drives

K. Chen, W. Feng, F. Chen, S. Lee, J. Paddock, T. M. Jahns, B. Sarlioglu

IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), pp. 4487–4493

2023

Alternating sequence and zero vector modulation with reduced switching losses and common-mode voltage in current source inverters

S. Lee, F. Chen, T. M. Jahns, B. Sarlioglu

IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), pp. 2613–2619

2022

2022

Thermal stress reduction in power switching devices using distributed loss PWM concept for current source inverters

S. Lee, R. A. Torres, F. Chen, T. M. Jahns, B. Sarlioglu

IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), pp. 1–7

2022

Modeling of RMS current in CSI filter capacitor and minimum conduction loss operation of CSI-fed PMSM drives for traction applications

S. Lee, W. Feng, F. Chen, K. Chen, T. M. Jahns, B. Sarlioglu

IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC), pp. 720–726

2022

Comparative investigation of current-source inverters using SiC discrete devices and power modules

F. Chen, S. Lee, T. M. Jahns, B. Sarlioglu

IEEE 9th Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications (WiPDA), pp. 215–220

2022

A high-accuracy power loss model of SiC MOSFETs in current source inverter considering current commutation and parasitic parameters

F. Chen, S. Lee, T. M. Jahns, B. Sarlioglu

IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), pp. 1–8

2021

2021

Comprehensive efficiency analysis of current source inverter based on CSI-type double pulse test and genetic algorithm

F. Chen, S. Lee, T. M. Jahns, B. Sarlioglu

IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), pp. 4940–4947

2021

Review on switching device fault, protection, and fault-tolerant topologies of current source inverter

S. Lee, F. Chen, T. M. Jahns, B. Sarlioglu

IEEE 13th International Symposium on Diagnostics for Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and Drives (SDEMPED), pp. 489–495

2021

Performance evaluation and loss modeling of WBG devices based on a novel double-pulse test method for current source inverter

F. Chen, S. Lee, R. A. Torres, T. M. Jahns, B. Sarlioglu

IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC), pp. 219–224

2021

Design of high power density 100 kW surface permanent magnet machine with no heavy rare earth material using current source inverter for traction application

W. Feng, H. Ding, F. Chen, S. Lee, K. Chen, T. Jahns, B. Sarlioglu

IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC), pp. 1–6

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2020

2020

Comparison of high-frequency impedance of AC machines with circumferential and toroidal winding topologies for SiC MOSFET machine drives

S. Lee, M. Liu, W. Lee, B. Sarlioglu

IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), pp. 3572–3579

2020

Comprehensive efficiency analysis of current source inverter based SPM machine drive system for traction applications

F. Chen, W. Feng, H. Ding, S. Lee, T. M. Jahns, B. Sarlioglu

IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), pp. 3002–3009

2020

Current source inverter based large constant power speed ratio SPM machine drive for traction applications

F. Chen, H. Ding, S. Lee, W. Feng, T. M. Jahns, B. Sarlioglu

IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC), pp. 216–221

2020

Design of a 100 kW surface permanent magnet machine with wide constant power speed ratio for traction applications

W. Feng, H. Ding, S. Lee, F. Chen, T. M. Jahns, B. Sarlioglu

IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC), pp. 456–461

Technical reports

2024

2024

Integrated Motor and Drive (IMD) for Traction Applications Project (Final Technical Report)

B. Sarlioglu, T. M. Jahns, S. Lee, F. Chen

University of Wisconsin–Madison · DOE-WISCONSIN-0008704-2

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