Shafigh Nategh received his Ph.D. degree in electric power engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. He was a Visiting Scholar with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA, from 2012 to 2013. From 2013 to 2015, he was a Lead Designer of PM machines for marine segment with the Rolls-Royce Group, Trondheim, Norway. He continued his career as a Designer of traction motors for railway applications with Bombardier Transportation, Västerås, Sweden, from 2015 to 2018. He was an R&D Senior Engineer with E-mobility Department, ABB AB, Västerås, Sweden, in 2018–2020, and Principal Engineer with Volvo Cars, Göteborg, Sweden, in 2020-2022. During this period, he held a position as Adjunct Associate Professor at Chalmers University of Technology. He was a Senior Principal Engineer and also Manager of Electric Drive Unit CAE and Electromagnetic Design with Polestar, Göteborg, Sweden. He is currently an Electric Motor Expert at Huawei Research Center. Dr. Nategh is a Chair of IEEE IES Electrical Machines Technical Committee, Associate Editor of IEEE Transaction on Industrial Electronics, and technical Chair/Co-chair of several electrical machine conferences. His research interests include different aspects of electrical machine design in consumer electronics, e-mobility, marine, aerospace and railway applications.
Case Study
Thursday, March 26
05:35 pm - 06:00 pm
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The transformation of the automotive industry requires not only technological innovation, but also strategic approaches to sustainability and resource efficiency. While permanent magnet machines have long been the dominant motor topology in e-mobility traction due to their strong performance, they present major challenges: dependence on rare-earth materials, cost volatility, environmental concerns, and risks to long-term supply security. During the last few years, innovative solutions are proposed enabling total removal or significant reduction of rare-earth elements in electrical machines. In this presentation, first strategic prospective of electrical machines supply chain is reviewed and then current and alternative solutions are comprehensively benchmarked and evaluated from performance, compactness, efficiency and sustainability points of view.
Therefore, this session will explore:
Panel Discussion
Thursday, March 26
06:00 pm - 06:45 pm
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