Research Interests

Electric Vehicles, Machines & Drives, Renewable Energy, Power Electronics

Professor K.T. Chau received his B.Sc.(Eng.) degree with First Class Honours, M.Phil. degree, and Ph.D. degree all in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from The University of Hong Kong. He joined the alma mater in 1995, and currently serves as Professor in the Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Director of the International Research Centre for Electric Vehicles, and Co-Director of BEng degree in Electrical Engineering.

He is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the IET, Senior Member of the IEEE, and Member of the HKIE. He has served as chairs and organizing committee members for many international conferences, especially in the area of Electric Vehicles. Currently, he serves as Co-Editor of the Journal of Asian Electric Vehicles, and Associate Editor of the International Journal of Electrical Energy Systems. He has also been international consultants for electric light buses and electric motorcycles. Professor Chau has published about 300 refereed technical papers and many industrial reports. He also co-authored a monograph "Modern Electric Vehicle Technology" published by the Oxford University Press. His teaching philosophy follows the Confucian classic "Li Ji" - Teaching and learning are mutually motivating.

Professor Chau has received many awards: including the Chang Jiang Chair Professorship by the Ministry of Education, China; the National Overseas Young Researcher Award by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); the Environmental Excellence in Transportation Award for Education, Training and Public Awareness by the International Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE); the Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Technology at the International Conference on College Teaching and Learning; the University Teaching Fellow Award by The University of Hong Kong; and the Outstanding Young Researcher Award by The University of Hong Kong.

In community service, he currently serves as Member of Electrical Safety Advisory Committee for the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, as well as Member of the Accreditation Advisory Board (AAB) and Chairman of AAB Working Party on Electrical and Electronic Products for the Hong Kong Accreditation Service of Innovation and Technology Commission.

Selected Publications

• K.T. Chau and C.C. Chan
  “Emerging energy-efficient technologies for hybrid electric vehicles,” Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 95, No. 4, April 2007, pp. 821-835.
  
  
• S. Niu, K.T. Chau, J.Z. Jiang and C. Liu
  “Design and control of a new double-stator cup-rotor permanent-magnet machine for wind power generation,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 43, No. 6, June 2007, pp. 2501-2503.
  
  
• K.T. Chau, D. Zhang, J.Z. Jiang, C. Liu and Y.J. Zhang
  “Design of a magnetic-geared outer-rotor permanent-magnet brushless motor for electric vehicles,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 43, No. 6, June 2007, pp. 2504-2506.
  
  
• Z. Wang, K.T. Chau and C. Liu
  “Improvement of electromagnetic compatibility of motor drives using chaotic PWM,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 43, No. 6, June 2007, pp. 2612-2614.
  
  
• S. Ye and K.T. Chau
  “Chaoization of DC motors for industrial mixing,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 54, No. 4, August 2007, pp. 2024-2032.
  
  
• M.S.W. Chan and K.T. Chau
  “A switched-capacitor boost-multilevel inverter using partial charging,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, Vol. 54, No. 12, December 2007, pp. 1145-1149.
  
  
• S.W. Chung and K.T. Chau
  “A new compliance control approach for traveling-wave ultrasonic motors,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 55, No. 1, January 2008, pp. 302-311.
  
  
• K.T. Chau, D. Zhang, J.Z. Jiang and L. Jian
  “Transient analysis of coaxial magnetic gears using finite element comodeling,” AIP Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 103, No. 7, April 2008, pp. 07F101:1-3.
  
  
• C. Yu, K.T. Chau, X. Liu and J.Z. Jiang
  “A flux-mnemonic permanent magnet brushless motor for electric vehicles,” AIP Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 103, No. 7, April 2008, pp. 07F103:1-3.
  
  
• J. Wang, K.T. Chau, J.Z. Jiang and C. Yu
  “Design and analysis of a transverse flux permanent magnet machine using three dimensional scalar magnetic potential finite element method,” AIP Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 103, No. 7, April 2008, pp. 07F107:1-3.
  
  
• X. Zhu, K.T. Chau, M. Cheng and C. Yu
  “Design and control of a flux-controllable stator-PM brushless motor drive,” AIP Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 103, No. 7, April 2008, pp. 07F134:1-3.
  
  
• Z. Wang and K.T. Chau
  “Anti-control of chaos of a permanent magnet dc motor system for vibratory compactors,” Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, Vol. 36, No. 3, May 2008, pp. 694-708.
  
  
• Y. Fan and K.T. Chau
  “Design, modeling, and analysis of a brushless doubly fed doubly salient machine for electric vehicles,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 44, No. 3, May-June 2008, pp. 727-734.
  
  
• C. Liu, K.T. Chau, J.Z. Jiang and L. Jian
  “Design of a new outer-rotor permanent magnet hybrid machine for wind power generation,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 44, No. 6, June 2008, pp. 1494-1497.
  
  
• K.T. Chau, C.C. Chan and C. Liu
  “Overview of permanent magnet brushless drives for electric and hybrid electric vehicles,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 55, No. 6, June 2008, pp. 2246-2257.