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Associate Professor
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Overview
“Electric motor drives play a critical role in the growing market for electrification, as they are the largest consumer of electrical energy. Around 46% of the global electricity demand is from electric motors. There is an increasing demand for high-efficiency, high-performance, and low-cost electric motor drives for various applications in the transportation, industrial, commercial, and residential sectors. This also brings up the necessity for a sustainable supply chain.
My research focuses on developing next-generation electric motor drive technologies. I work on the design and development of novel electric motor technologies, power converter solutions, and control techniques to improve the performance and reduce the cost of electric motor drives. I also work on acoustic noise modeling and reduction in electric motor drives, which is vital in high power density applications, such as traction motor drives. My research will enable the use of high performance and efficient motor drive technologies in a wide variety of applications and will contribute more broadly to sustainability and energy efficiency.”
Did you know?
Dr. Bilgin leads the electric motor and power converter designs as a part of a large research project sponsored by Stellantis.
Dr. Bilgin is the lead editor and author of a comprehensive textbook titled Switched Reluctance Motor Drives: Fundamentals to Applications
Dr. Bilgin is the co-founder of a McMaster University spin-off company called Enedym.
Dr. Bilgin has 12 patents and pending patent applications on electric motor drives.”
Berker Bilgin (IEEE S’09-M’11-SM’16) received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA, in 2011, and the MBA degree from DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, in 2018.
Dr. Bilgin is an Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), McMaster University. He is the Co-Founder and the Vice President of Engineering of Enedym Inc., Hamilton, ON, Canada, which is a spin-off company of McMaster University. Enedym specializes in electric machines, electric motor drives (EMDs), advanced controls and software, and virtual engineering. Dr. Bilgin has authored and co-authored over 150 journals and conference papers and 3 book chapters. He is the Principal Inventor/Co-Inventor of twelve patents and pending patent applications. His current research interests include electric machines, switched reluctance motor (SRM) drives, acoustic noise and vibration analysis and reduction, and power electronics and EMDs. He is the lead editor and author of the textbook titled SRM Drives: Fundamentals to Applications.
Dr. Bilgin was the Elected General Chair of the 2016 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC). He also serves as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification.
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance, 2018
DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Doctor of Philosophy, Electrical Engineering, 2011
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA
Master of Science, Mechatronics Engineering, 2008
Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, 2004
Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
- “Co-recipient Ontario Centers of Excellence (OCE) Mind to Market Award, 2016. Project title: Advanced Light Electric Vehicle Drivetrain Development.
- Co-recipient Chrysler Innovation Award, 2014. Project title: Next Generation Affordable Electrified Powertrains with Superior Energy Efficiency and Performance-Leadership in Automotive Powertrain (LEAP)
- First Place Prize Paper Award for 2021 in the IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification: A. Callegaro, J. Liang, J. Jiang, B. Bilgin, and A. Emadi, “Radial force density analysis of switched reluctance machines: the source of acoustic noise.””
B. Bilgin, J. W. Jiang, and A. Emadi, Switched Reluctance Motor Drives: Fundamentals to Applications, CRC Press, 2018, ISBN: 9878-1138304598
S. V. Pathirannahalage, L. Mierczak, and B. Bilgin, “Pre-assembly core loss measurement of electric motor cores: a review of conventional and advanced technologies,” IEEE ACCESS, vol. 13, pp. 59130-59145, Apr. 2025.
M. Masoumi, A. Selliah, and B. Bilgin, “Development of an experimental acoustic noise characterization setup for electric motor drive applications,” Energies, vol. 17, no. 5371, 2024. DOI: https://doi/org/10.3390/en17215371.
D. Meanti, D. Parati, A. Allca-Pekarovic, M. Masoumi, K. Rajasekhara, and B. Bilgin, “A high-efficiency propulsion motor with distributed high-density winding technology,” IEEE Open Journal of Industry Applications, vol. 5, pp. 391-404, 2024.
A. Sahu, R. Z. Haddad, D. Al-Ani, and B. Bilgin, “Rotor fatigue life calculation using constant-amplitude load cycles for an interior permanent magnet synchronous motor,” IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 74197-74210, 2024.
A. Abdelrahman and B. Bilgin, “Computationally efficient surrogate-based magneto-fluid-thermal numerical coupling approach for a water-cooled IPM traction motor,” IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 83692-83704, Aug. 2022.
