Dr. AHMET M. HAVA
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TÜRKÇE SAYFA: TURKISH
RESEARCH GROUP: GEDAG
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Electrical &
Electronics Engineering Dept. Room # A 313
Balgat,
Tel
: +90 (312) 210 2377
Fax :
+90 (312) 210 1261
E-mail :
Internet: METU: http://www.metu.edu.tr Personal: http://www.eee.metu.edu.tr/~hava
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering; 1998,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.Sc., Electrical Engineering; 1991, University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.Sc., Electrical Engineering; 1987.
FIELDS OF INTEREST:
* Power Electronics
* Electric Power Quality
* Electric Machines
* Electric Motor Drives
* Clean Energy such as Wind Energy, Solar Energy, Fuel Cells, etc.
* Applications of Control Theory to Energy Systems and Industrial Processes
* Engineering Education
TEACHING:
Current Semester:
EE 464 Power
Electronics II
EE 569 Special
Topics in Power Electronics
On learning by doing: learning-cone
Past Years:
EE 569 Special Topics in Power
Electronics (Spring 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007)
EE 464 Power Electronics II (Spring 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008)
EE 463 Power Electronics I
(Fall 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007x2, 2008x2)
EE 362 Electromechanical
Energy Conversion II (Spring 2003, 2005, 2006)
EE 361 Electromechanical
Energy Conversion I (Fall
2005)
EE 282 Introduction to Digital
Electronics (Spring 2008)
EE 281 Electrical Circuits (Fall 2002, 2003, 2004x2, 2006)
EXPERIENCE:
Middle East Technical
University, Assistant Professor, 9/2002 - Present
Yaskawa Electric
America, Inc., Senior R&D Engineer, 11/1997-5/2002
University of
Wisconsin-Madison, Graduate Student, Research/Teaching Assistant 1988-1997
Rockwell Automation-Allen Bradley Co.
Temp. Engineer 1994-1995
Istanbul Technical University, Teaching
Assistant 3/1987-11/1987
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
12) O.S. Şentürk and A. M. Hava, High Performance Harmonic Isolation and Load
Voltage Regulation of The Three-phase Series Active Filter Utilizing The
Waveform Reconstruction Method, to appear in IEEE Transactions on Industry
Applications, Vol. IA-xx, No. x, pp. xxx-xxx, June/July. 2009.
11)
A.M. Hava and E. Ün, Performance Characteristics Of The Reduced Common
Mode Voltage Near State PWM Method, to appear in EPE Journal, 2009 (Vol 19 no
3, September 2009).
10) E. Demirkutlu and A.M. Hava, A Scalar
Resonant Filter Bank Based Output Voltage Control Method and a Scalar Minimum
Switching Loss Discontinuous PWM Method for the Four-leg Inverter Based
Three-phase Four-wire Power Supply, IEEE Transactions on Industry
Applications, Vol. IA-45, No. 3, pp. 982-991, May/June 2009.
9) E. Ün and A.M. Hava, A Near State PWM
Method with Reduced Switching Losses and Reduced Common Mode Voltage for
Three-Phase Voltage Source Inverters, IEEE Transactions on Industry
Applications, Vol. IA-45, No. 2, pp. 782-793, March/April. 2009.
8) A.M. Hava and E. Ün, Performance
Analysis of Reduced Common Mode Voltage PWM Methods and Comparison with
Standard PWM Methods for Three-phase Voltage Source Inverters, IEEE
Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol.24, No. 1, pp. 241-252, January 2009.
7) K. Yamanaka, A.M. Hava, H. Kirino, Y.
Tanaka, N. Koga, T.J. Kume, A Novel Neutral Potential Stabilization Technique
Using The Information Of Output Current Polarities and Voltage Vector, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications,
Vol. IA-38, No. 6, pp. 1572-1580, Nov/Dec. 2002. JP7
6) J.K. Kang, H. Hara, E. Yamamoto, E.
Watanabe, A.M. Hava, T.J. Kume, The Matrix Converter Drive Performance Under
Abnormal Input Voltage Conditions, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics,
Vol.17, pp. 721-730, September 2002. JP6
5) A. M. Hava, S. K. Sul, R. J. Kerkman,
T. A. Lipo, Dynamic Overmodulation Characteristics of Triangle Intersection
PWM Methods, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. IA-35, pp.
896-907, July/Aug. 1999. (Presented at IEEE-IAS97 Conference, New Orleans,
Louisiana, Oct 1997, pp. 1520-1528) JP5
4) A. M. Hava, R. J. Kerkman, T. A. Lipo, A High Performance Generalized
Discontinuous PWM Algorithm, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol.
IA-34, pp. 1059-1071, Sept./Oct. 1998. (Presented
at IEEE-APEC97 Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, February 1997, pp. 886-891) JP4
3) A. M. Hava, R. J. Kerkman, T. A. Lipo,
Simple Analytical And Graphical Methods For Carrier Based PWM-VSI Drives,
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol.14, pp. 49-61, January 1999.
(Presented at IEEE-PESC97 Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, June 1997, pp.
1462-1471) JP3 Errata
sheet JP3errata
2) A. M. Hava, R. J. Kerkman, T. A. Lipo,
Carrier Based PWM-VSI Overmodulation Strategies: Analysis, Comparison, and
Design, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol.13, pp. 674-689, July
1998. JP2
1) A. M. Hava, V. Blasko, T. A. Lipo, A
Modified C-Dump Converter for Switched Reluctance Machine Drives, IEEE
Transactions on IndustryApplications, Vol. IA-28, No. 5, September/October
1992, pp. 1017-1022. JP1
FULL LIST OF PUBLICATIONS: publications
PATENTS (All available in PDF format):
1)
R. J.
Kerkman, D. Leggate, G. Skibinski, A. M. Hava, US Patent, # USP 5,912,813,
Method and apparatus for controlling reflected voltage using a motor
controller, June 15, 1999. PAT1
2)
A. M.
Hava and R. J. Kerkman, US Patent, # USP 6,023,417 Generalized Discontinuous
Pulse Width Modulator, February 8, 2000. PAT2
COMPLETED FUNDED RESEARCH
PROJECTS:
5)
TÜBİTAK EEEAG-104E141 Üç Fazlı 10 kVA Birleşik Güç Kalitesi
Düzelticisinin Geliştirilmesi 01/07/2005-01/03/2008.
4) TÜBİTAK
EEEAG-104E009 Kesintisiz güç kaynağı güç elektroniği
devrelerinin ayrık zamanlı denetimi ve bu denetim sistemlerinin
ayrık zamanlı denetim platformunun geliştirilmesi, 01/07/2004 -
30/06/2007.
3)
ODTÜ BAP-2004-07-02-00-120, Güç
doğrultucuları için geniş bantlı harmonik filtrelerinin
tasarımı, 01/01/2004-30/06/2005.
2) A. M. Hava, T. A. Lipo, Utility Interface
Selection Issues for a Variable Speed Wind Turbine Generator System,
US-Windpower/Kenetch Co., Livermore, California,
January, 1994.
1) A. M. Hava, T. A.
Lipo, Simulation and Control Algorithm Development of a Double Stator Winding
Induction Machine Drive, Sundstrand Co., Rockford, Illinois, September, 1993.
THESES:
Ph.D. Thesis: December 1998, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison,
Wisconsin, U.S.A
Thesis Title: Carrier Based PWM-VSI Drives In The Overmodulation Region
M.Sc. Thesis: May 1991, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin,
U.S.A
Thesis Title: A Modified C-Dump Converter For Switched Reluctance Machines
B.S. Thesis: February 1987, İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, İstanbul,
Türkiye
Thesis Title: Hysteresis Motors (In Turkish, Histerezis Motorları)
AWARDS:
The Turkish Ministry of Education (MEGSB) graduate scholarship for MSc
and PhD Studies, from 1988-1993.
Second prize paper award of the IEEE-IAS Industrial Power Converter
Committee for the paper A Modified C-Dump Converter for Switched Reluctance
Machine Drives, at the IAS'91 annual meeting, Dearborn, Michigan, Oct. 1991.
IEEE Power Electronics Society, 1999 Transactions Prize Paper Award for
the journal publication Simple Analytical And Graphical Methods For Carrier
Based PWM-VSI Drives, published in IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, Vol. 14,
No. 1, January 1999. prize
AFFILIATIONS:
IEEE Power Electronics Society
IEEE Industry Applications
Society
IEEE Industrial Electronics
Society
EMO Elektrik Mühendisleri Odası
PERSONAL LINKS:
I obtained my Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and
I was a member of WEMPEC.
You can download my PhD Thesis in PDF format:
P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6
I was employed at Rockwell
Automation-Allen Bradley Inc. and later at Yaskawa Electric America Inc. and collaborated
with Yaskawa Electric Co. of
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Power Quality
Power Electronics Technology Magazine: PET
MY POWER ELECTRONICS HOMEPAGE
Here you will find some information and link to resources on power electronics.
GOOD THINGS ON POWER ELECTRONICS
Turkish companies involved in manufacturing electric power engineering
products
My Graduate Students and Their Theses, Suggestions for Prospect Thesis
Students
PROSPECT GRADUATE STUDENTS:
For ambitious students I will supervise Msc/PhD Theses in a wide
research area.
For comprehensive information on my masters thesis supervision visit the
following link: Yüksek lisans
For PhD candidates: PhD
PRESENT:
Nebi Onur Çetin (MSc, continuing): Common Mode Currents in AC Motor
Drives
Hasan Hüseyin Eroğlu (MSc, continuing): Power Electronics
Ufuk Ayhan (MSc, continuing): Motor Control
İbrahim Alişar (MSc, continuing): Motor Control
PAST:
12) Mehmet Can Kaya: (MSc, graduated in September 2008) Title: Design, Implementation, and Control of a Twostage
AC/DC Isolated Power Supply with High Input Power Factor and High Efficiency
11) Fuat Onur Bağlan: (MSc, graduated in August 2008) Title: Design of an
Educational Purpose Multifunctional DC/DC Converter Board
10) Ömer Göksu (MSc,
graduated in May 2008) Title: Shaft Transducerless Vector Control of The
Interıor Permanent Magnet Motor
with Speed and Position Estimation Using
High Frequency Signal Injection and Flux Observer Methods
9) Emre Ün (MSc, graduated in
November 2007) Title: Common Mode Voltage and Current Reduction in Voltage
Source Inverter Driven Three Phase AC Motors (METU Best Thesis Award Winner,
8) Osman Selçuk Şentürk
(MSc,
graduated in September 2007) Title: Series Active Fılter Design, Control,
and Implementation with a Novel Load Voltage Harmonic Extraction Method Now at Aalborg University (IET)
7) Hasan Özkaya (MSc, graduated in
June 2007) Title: Parallel Active Filter Design, Control, and
Implementation
6) Eyyüp Demirkutlu: (MSc,
graduated in 2006) Title: Output Voltage
Control of a Four-leg Inverter Based Three-phase UPS By Means of Stationary
Frame Resonant Filter Bank
5) Süleyman
Çetinkaya: (MSc, graduated in 2006) Title: Repetitive Control of a Three Phase Uninterruptible Power Supply With
Isolation Transformer
4) Mutlu Uslu: (MSc, graduated in 2006) Title: Analysis, Design, and Implementation of a 5 kW Zero
Voltage Switching Phase-shifted Full-bridge DC/DC Converter Based Power Supply
for Arc Welding Machines
3)
Bülent Üstüntepe: (MSc, graduated in 2005), Title: A
Novel Two-Parameter Modulation and Neutral Point Potential
Control Method For The Three-Level Neutral Point Clamped Inverter
2) Hazem Zubi: (MSc,
graduated in 2005), Title: Broadband Harmonic Filter Design for Rectifiers
1) Bilge Şimşir:
(MSc, graduated in 2005), Title: Analysis, Design and Implementation a
Two-switch Single-phase Electronic Line Voltage Regulator
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