3月4-6日，英国Cranfield大学电气工程首席教授Patrick Luk应我院张卓然教授邀请访问365best体育官网入口电气工程系。
期间，Luk教授在张卓然的陪同下，参观了航空电源重点实验室，充分交流、了解了重点实验室在航空电机及功率变换方面的研究成果。Luk教授充分肯定了南航在该领域的研究成果，表示Cranfield大学作为英国航空航天技术研究的知名高校，和南航在该领域有着共同的研究兴趣，有很多合作机会。
Luk教授3月4日下午在智能楼四楼报告厅做了题为“Electric Machines � The enabling technology for a new wave of electrification”的学术报告。报告会由电气系主任黄文新教授主持，电气系老师和研究生积极参加了报告会。Luk教授详细介绍了航空电气、新能源汽车等发展过程中的电气化趋势，以及电机与控制技术对电气化发展的重要作用。特别介绍了Cranfield大学在新型电机如超导电机等领域的研究进展。报告会上研究生和Luk教授进行了热烈交流。
访问期间，国际交流合作处金泉元处长、365best体育官网入口阮新波副院长热情接待了Luk教授。金处长和Luk教授就双方进一步合作和联合培养研究生等问题进行了深入的讨论。Luk教授的来访对于促进电气系科学研究与学生培养的国际合作与交流具有积极作用。
Prof. Patrick Luk简介：
Patrick Luk is the Chair Professor in Electrical Engineering and Head of Electric Power and Drives Group in the School of Engineering at Cranfield University.
He engages in fundamental and applied research in electric machines and power electronic drives, renewable energy systems, and more-electric architectures in electric vehicles and aircraft. He is the Motor Theme leader within two UK consortia with a collective funding of over £4.5M to help develop a UK-based capability for next-generation sustainable electric traction machines for transportation. He also leads the development of a novel drive system for future vehicle-to-smartgrid systems within a £1.2M UK-China consortium that involves leading academic groups, research institutions and utility companies from both countries.
He is the recipient of a number of prestigious awards He is the co-holder of 10 GB and US patents and applications on electric drives, and has over 140 publications and several book chapters. He is an associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, and IET Journal for Renewable Power Generation.
