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Robert D. Lorenz
1946 - 2019
Robert D. LorenzBorn March 31, 1946, in Sheboygan, WI1965 – 1969 BS, Mech. Engr., University of Wisconsin – Madison
Junior spent at Monterrey Institute of Technology, Mexico1969 – 1970 MS, Mech. Engr., University of Wisconsin – Madison
Spent year as NSF Fellow at Technical Univ. in Aachen, Germany1970 – 1972 US Army Material Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD1972 – 1982 Gleason Works, Rochester, NY1982 – 1984 PhD, Mech. Engr., University of Wisconsin – Madison1984 – 2019 Faculty Member, ME Department, Univ. of Wisconsin – Madison
Asst. Professor, 1984 – 1988Assoc. Professor, 1989 – 1993Full Professor, 1993 – 2019 Held 2 named Professorship Chairs
1984 – 1997 Assoc. Director, WEMPEC1997 – 2019 Co-Director, WEMPECDied January 28, 2019, in Madison, WI
Early Years
Robert D. LorenzMajor Technical Contributions
• Observer-basedmachinecontrol– 1988• Adaptivetuningoffieldorienteddrives– 1988• LossminimizingcontrolofIMdrives– 1989• DSPfield-orientedcontrol– 1990• Accuratefluxobservers- 1992• Self-sensingfield-orientedcontrol– 1993• Estimationofflux,position,andvelocityinACmachines– 1997• Self-sensingcontrolofswitchedreluctancemachines– 1998• Self-sensingcontrolofACmachines– 1993-2019• Deadbeat-DirectTorqueandFluxControl– 2001-2019• Fluxintensifying(FI)IPMmachines– 2008• Wirelesspowertransfer– 2010• VariableleakagefluxPMmachines– 2012• VariablemagnetizationstatePMmachines- 2013
>160ArchivalTransactionsandJournalPapers
>240ConferencePapers
32PrizePaperAwards
>45PatentAwardsandApplications
1Bookand6BookChapter/SectionContributions
29ConferenceKeynotePresentations
Robert D. LorenzAcademic Metrics
InternationalScholar
1996
2006
Germany
India
Korea
Elected,USNationalAcademyofEngineering,2019HonoraryDoctorate,RigaTech.University,Riga,Latvia,2017IEEERichardH.KaufmannTechnicalFieldAward,2014OutstandingAchievementAward,EuropeanPowerElectronics(EPE),2014DistinguishedServiceAward,IEEEIndustryApplicationsSoc.,2011WilliamPortnoyAward,IEEE-IASPowerElectronicsandComponentsCommittee,2011HonoraryDoctorate,Univ.ofStefantheGreat,Suceava,Romania,2010
OutstandingAchievementAward,IEEEInd.ApplicationsSoc.,2003
Robert D. LorenzMajor Awards
2014EPEOutstandingAchievementAward
2010HonoraryDoctorateUniv.ofStefantheGreat
Suceava,Romania
Robert D. LorenzNumber of Supervised Students
TotalNo.ofGraduateStudentswhoearneddegrees: >200NumberofMSdegreesearned: >185NumberofPhDdegreesearned: >40
LorenzCASTGroup- 2016
LorenzCASTGroupStudentsandAlumni
2018
May2018Commencement
December2018Commencement
20052007
2005 WEMPEC Seminar andSymposium
WEMPEC Picnic
1998
GuatemalaMission
Trips
Habitat for Humanity
The Lorenz Family
Sally and Bob
3 Children6 Grandchildren
Robert D. Lorenz
Bob’s Spirit Lives On in WEMPEC!
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2000
2016
1997
2011