Dr Wen Soong

Biography/ Background

Education

• Ph.D. University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (Sep. 1990 - Oct. 1993). Title : "Design and Modelling of Axially-Laminated Interior Permanent Magnet Motors for Field-Weakening Applications".
• B.Eng. (Hons). University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia (Mar 1986 - Dec 1989). First class honours.

Academic Experience

• School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia (1998 to present). Courses taught include : Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1A (1st year), Circuit Analysis (2nd year), Project Management and Systems Engineering (3rd year), Electrical Energy Systems (3rd year), Power Electronics (4th year), Power Quality and Condition Monitoring (4th year)

Industrial Experience

• General Electric Corporate Research and Development Center, Schenectady, New York, United States (Dec 1993 to Jun 1998). Staff engineer in the Power Controls Program.
• AWA Defence Industries Pty. Ltd., DSTO, Adelaide, Australia. (Jan. 1990 - Aug. 1990), radio-frequency test engineer. Testing of military related communications equipment and design and development of test equipment.

Research Interests

• Electrical Machines
• Power Electronics
• Renewable Energy
• Condition Monitoring of Induction Machines

I have created a set of information sheets called "Power Engineering Briefing Notes" PEBN which presently cover a range of topics regarding testing electrical machines and doing a PhD. These are available at http://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/research/power/pebn/

Publications

A listing of ten recent journal papers.

1. S-H. Han, W.L. Soong, T.M. Jahns, M.K. Guven, M.S. Illindala, "Reducing Harmonic Eddy-Current Losses in the Stator Teeth of Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines during Flux Weakening", IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2010, pp. 441-449.
2. S-H. Han, T.M. Jahns, W.L. Soong, M.K. Guven, M.S. Illindala, "Torque Ripple Reduction in Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines Using Stators with Odd Number of Slots per Pole Pair," IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, Vol. 25, No. 1, 2010, pp. 118-127.
3. A.M. Gargoom, N. Ertugrul and W.L. Soong, "Power Quality Indices Measurement using the S-Transform," International Journal of Power and Energy Conversion, Vol. 1, No 1, 2009, pp. 31 – 48.
4. A.M. Gargoom, N. Ertugrul and W.L. Soong, "Automatic Classification and Characterization of Power Quality Events," Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 23, No. 4, Oct. 2008, pp. 2417 – 2425.
5. R. Supangat, N. Ertugrul, W.L. Soong, D.A. Gray, C. Hansen and J. Grieger, "Estimation of the Number of Rotor Slots and Rotor Speed in Induction Motors Using Current, Flux, or Vibration Signature Analysis", Journal Institution of Engineers Australia, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 259-268, 2008.
6. A. Gargoom, N. Ertugrul and W.L. Soong, "Investigation of Effective Automatic Recognition Systems of Power Quality Events", Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 22, No. 4, Oct. 2007, pp. 2319-2326.
7. G.S. Liew, N. Ertugrul, W.L. Soong and J. Gayler, "Investigation of Axial Field Permanent Magnet Motor Utilizing Amorphous Magnetic Material", Australian Journal of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2006, pp. 1 -10.
8. J.S. An, N. Ertugrul and W.L. Soong, "Sensorless Position Estimation in a Fault Tolerant Motor Drive with Redundancy", Australian Journal of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2006, pp. 27 - 35.
9. R. Supangat, N. Ertugrul, W.L. Soong, D.A. Gray, C. Hansen and J. Grieger, "Detection of Broken Rotor Bars in Induction Motor Using Starting Current Analysis and Effects of Loading", Electric Power Applications, IEE Proceedings, Vol. 153, Issue 6, Nov. 2006, pp. 848 - 855.
10. V. Zivotic-Kukolj, W.L. Soong and N. Ertugrul, "Iron Loss Reduction in an Interior PM Automotive Alternator," IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 42, Issue 6, Nov./Dec. 2006, pp. 1478 - 1486.

Entry last updated: Tuesday, 6 Dec 2011