Host: South Danish University, Odense, Denmark
Co-supervisor/mentors: R. Maheshwari (SDU, DK), B. Minnaert (UAntwerp, BE), C. Kjeldsen (CON,DK)
Required profile: Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Power Electronic Engineering, Mechatronics, or equivalent.
Desirable skills/interests: Simulation engineering and modelling; Electrical and electronic engineering; Embedded systems; Control engineering.
Objectives: Designing, modeling, and prototyping an integrated magnetic coupler that maintains high efficiency and constant output characteristics under significant lateral and longitudinal misalignments. The DC will develop hybrid compensation topologies that ensure passive stability without active control. A digital twin will be built to simulate electromagnetic, circuit, and thermal behavior, combining simulation programs as CST Studio and circuit simulator LTspice. The optimized coupler will be fabricated and experimentally validated in a bidirectional EV wireless charging demonstrator, proving >90% efficiency under realistic misalignment conditions.
Project: Misalignment-tolerant magnetic coupler for dynamic WPT (WP1)
