Chunting Chris Mi, Ph.D, Fellow IEEE

Associate Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Director, DOE GATE Center for Electric Drive Transportation
Director, DTE Power Electronics Laboratory
University of Michigan-Dearborn
Dearborn, MI  48128, USA
Office: 226 ELB
Phone: (313)583-6434 Fax: (313) 583-6336
chrismi(at)umich(dot)edu

Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics - Letters
Guest Editor, International Journal of Power Electronics
Editor Board, International Journal of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles
Editor Board, IET Electrical Systems in Transportation

Office Hours: WINTER 2012: By Appointment only

In the News:

GATE Center will offer 3-day training on electric drive vehicles, $99/person for GATE Industry partners, and $1395/person for the general public, click here for course description and registration information.

Professor Chris Mi elevated to IEEE Fellow. Read the full story http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/fellows/index.html

The GATE award Professor Mi received from DoE is featured in UM Record update. Read the full story
http://www.ur.umich.edu/update/archives/111102/gatecenter

Visit the GATE Center Website here

US Department of Energy Awards Will Promote Electric Vehicles in 24 States and Train a Workforce for Advanced Vehicle Development. The University of Michigan-Dearborn GATE Center for Electric Drive Transportation is one of seven recipients.
Read the full story here.

DOE Announces $2.4 Billion in Grants to Accelerate the Manufacturing and Deployment of the Next Generation of U.S. Batteries, Electric Vehicles, and PHEVs. The University of Michigan-Dearborn is part of this historic effort.
See full story here.

University of Michigan-Dearborn receives $2.3 million from Chrysler to work on the Ram Truck PHEV program. Read full story "Plugged In", news story from the Report.

U-M to receive funds to prepare workforce for green technology. Read full story here.

New books

Chris Mi, Abul Masrur, and Wenzhong Gao, Modern Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Wiley, 2011, ISBN 978-0-470-74773-5. Order from Wiley or Amazon. Errata of the book can be found here

Hua Bai, Transients in Modern Power Electronics, Wiley, 2011,ISBN 978-0-470-68664-5. Order from Wiley or Amazon. Errata of the book can be found here

Xi Zhang, Chris Mi, Vehicular Power Management, Springer, 2011, Order from Springer or Amazon. Errata of the book can be found here

The Authors appreciate your feedback. Please send your comments/corrections of the above books to Prof. Chris Mi chrismi(at)umich(dot)edu.

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Honors and Awards

The Fifth IEEE International Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (General Chair)

 

Power Group Summer 2010.
Left to right: Joseop Kim, Bingzhan Zhang, Yan Yang, Zhiguang Zhou, Chen Luo, Prof. Chris Mi, Chris Semanson, Ranran Liu, Zheng Chen, Xianzhi Gong, Jing Li (Xiaofeng's wife), Xiaofeng Ding, and Jeongho Yu
(Missing from Photo: Kevin Bai, Mariano Filippa, Sekhar Mohanty and Prasanna Srisailan)

Plugin Hybrid Electric vehicle Research at the Power Electronics Laboratory.

Courses taught: course material is available on vlt: vlt.engin.umd.umich.edu

ECE210    Electric Circuits   Syllabus

ECE311    Electronic Circuits  Syllabus  

ECE414    Electronics Design  Syllabus 

ECE415    Power Electronics  Syllabus   

AE  510    Vehicle Electronics I  Syllabus 

ECE515    Vehicle Electronics II Syllabus

ECE517    Advanced Industrial Electronics and Motor Controls  Syllabus  

ECE546    Electrical Vehicles  Syllabus  

ECE5462   Hybrid Electric Vehicles  Syllabus

ECE646    Advanced Electric Drive Transportation

ECE615    Advanced Power Electronics

ECE436    Electric Machines and Hybrid Drives (DOE Sponsored)

ECE4431  Vehicular Power Systems and Loads (DOE Sponsored)

Professional development courses:

C1045      Power Electronics for Electrified Vehicles

C0511      Hybrid Electrical Vehicles (Register through sae.org) Syllabus 

ECExxx     Battery Management Systems

ECExxx     Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Other courses of interest:

ECE425 Introduction to Electric Drive Systems

ECE443 Intro to Electric Power Engineering

ECE446 Electromechanical Energy Conversion

ECE5XX  Power Systems I

ECE5XX  Advanced Power System Analysis

CEE2024 Planetary Gear Based Hybrid Electric Vehicle Powertrain and e-CVT

CEE2026 Advanced HEV Power Electronics

CEE2025 Electrical Engineering Fundamentals

Research Interests:

Renewable and distributed energy systems; power electronics;  electric and hybrid vehicles; plug-in HEV; electric power systems; speed-variable drives; permanent magnet machines; power systems; digital and analog electronics; finite element and analytical methods of electromagnetic fields; design, modeling, simulation and optimization of electrical machines; special electrical motors and generators for land, sea, air, and other industrial applications. Please refer to the list of research projects or visit the DTE Power Electronics and Electric Drives Laboratory for more information.

Short Biography:

Dr. Mi obtained his Ph.D from the University of Toronto in 2001. Prior to joining the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Michigan - Dearborn , Dr. Mi worked for General Electric Canada in Peterborough from 2000 to 2001, designing large electrical motors and generators. Dr. Mi has a B.Sc and M.Sc from Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China in 1985 and 1988, respectively. He taught at Northwestern Polytechnic University from 1988 to 1994. He then joined Xi'an Petroleum Institute as Associate Department Chair and Associate Professor from 1994 to 1996. He worked at the University of Toronto as a visiting scientist from July 1996 to August 1997. He pursued his Ph.D degree at the University of Toronto from September 1997 to August 2000. During his past career, Dr. Mi has designed electrical motors and generators ranged from a few Watts to 40,000 kilowatts.

 

Dr. Mi is the past-Chair of the IEEE Southeast Michigan Section of IEEE Region 4. Dr. Mi has won top awards, including the the 2005 Distinguished Teaching Award, the 2009 Distinguished Research Award, National Innovation Award and Government Special Allowance, Science and Technology Awards, Gold Medal Patent Award, SAE Environmental Excellence in Transportation (E2T) Award, IEEE Southeastern Michigan Section Outstanding Professional Award, IEEE Region 4 Outstanding Engineer Award, and is a member of the Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) Honor Society. He has published 100 technical papers.

 

Dr. Mi is originally from China, a country with the largest population in the world. If you ever visit China, do not forget to see the greatest terracotta warriors and horses in the city of Xi'an. He would be glad to give you some advices on your personal or business tour!

 

Dr. Mi is the associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (2009-2011). He was the Associate editor of Journal of Computers, Circuits, and Systems (2007-2009).

 

 

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Still accept post-doctoral fellow, doctoral students, graduate students, exchange students, in the research areas of power electronics, alternative energy, electric and hybrid vehicles, PM machines and variable speed drives. Qualified candidates are encouraged to submit their resume via email to Prof. Mi. For a list of projects visit the DTE Power Electronics and Electric Drives Laboratory.


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