Biography

Dr. Ian Brown is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology. He holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He also received a B.S. in engineering from Swarthmore College. Prior to joining the Illinois Institute of Technology in 2012, Dr. Brown was with A.O. Smith’s Corporate Technology Center as a principal engineer. Among his responsibilities were the design and testing of interior permanent magnet motors and the control system design of inverters to operate the interior permanent magnet motors sensorlessly. While working at A.O. Smith’s Corporate Technology Center, he was appointed the co-industrial P.I. on an NSF GOALI grant. The main product from the GOALI grant was the creation of a rapid electromagnetic design optimization tool for synchronous machines. Dr. Brown’s main research interests are in the areas of high performance electrical machines, electric drives, and power electronics. Currently his research focus is on the design of wound field synchronous machines for EV traction, advanced drive control techniques, and rapid electromagnetic and thermal design optimization techniques.