Emerging Technologies for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles

Christopher H. T. Lee received his B.Eng. (First Class Honours) degree, and Ph.D. degree both in electrical engineering from Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and Honorary Assistant Professor at The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow and then a Visiting Assistant Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States. He is an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, IEEE Access and IET Renewable Power Generation. He is a Chartered Engineer in Hong Kong. His research interests include Electric Machines and Drives, Renewable Energies, and Electromechanical Propulsion Technologies. In these areas, he has published 1 book, 3 books chapters, and over 160 referred papers. Dr. Lee has received many awards, including the First Place Best Paper Award in IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, JSPS Fellowship, MDPI Energies Young Investigator Award, NRF Fellowship, Nanyang Assistant Professorship, Li Ka Shing Prize (the best Ph.D. thesis prize) and Croucher Foundation Fellowship.

History and development of electric and hybrid vehicles.- Design considerations of electric and hybrid vehicles.- Topologies and designs of electric motor drives.- Control strategies for electric motor drives.- Topologies and designs of power converters.- Electrochemical energy sources for electric and hybrid vehicles.- Energy storages for electric and hybrid vehicles.- Power monitoring and management in electric and hybrid vehicles.- Charging infrastructures of electric and hybrid vehicles.- Wireless power transfer technologies for electric and hybrid vehicles.- Optimal charging scheduling between electric vehicles and power grid.- Integration of energy and information between electric vehicles and power grid.- Government policies for electric and hybrid vehicles.