Published Technical Papers

• Gary L. Skibinski, Russel J. Kerkman, and Dave Schlegel, "EMI Emissions of Modern PWM AC Drives(text),  graphics" IEEE Industry Applications Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 6, November/December 1999, pp. 47-81. (Requires Adobe Acrobat 4.0 or higher). WINNER OF: IEEE IAS magazine prize article for 2000. Russel and Gary will accept the award at the IEEE IAS conference in Rome.

• A. M. Hava, R. J. Kerkman, T. A. Lipo, "Simple Analytical and Graphical Methods for Carrier Based PWM VSI Drives," IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 14, No. 1, January 1999.

• Doyle Busse, Jay Erdman, Russel J. Kerkman, Dave Schlegel, and Gary Skibinski, An Evaluation of the Electrostatic Shielded Induction Motor: A Solution for Rotor Shaft Voltage Buildup and Bearing Current, IEEE Industry Application Society Conference, San Diego, CA, October 6-10, 1996, pp. 610-617 and IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 33, No. 6, November/December 1997, pp. 1563-1570.

• G. Skibinski, D. Dahl, K. Pierce, R. Freed, and D. Gilbert, Installation Considerations for Multi-Motor AC Drives and Filters Used in Metal Industry Applications, IEEE Industry Application Society Conference, St. Louis, MO, October 12-16, 1998, pp. 2270-2280.

• Doyle Busse, Jay Erdman, Russel J. Kerkman, Dave Schlegel, and Gary Skibinski, The Effects of PWM Voltage Source Inverters on the Mechanical Performance of Rolling Bearings,  IEEE - Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), San Jose, CA, March 3-7, 1996, pp. 561-569 and IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 33, No. 2, March/April 1997, pp. 567-576.

• Doyle Busse, Jay Erdman, Russel J. Kerkman, Dave Schlegel, and Gary Skibinski, System Electrical Parameters and Their Effects on Bearing Currents,   IEEE - Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), San Jose, CA, March 3-7, 1996, pp. 570-578 and IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 33, No. 2, March/April 1997, pp. 577-584.

• R. Kerkman, G. Skibinski, and D. Schlegel, AC Drives: Year 2000 (Y2K) and Beyond, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, Dallas, TX, March 14-18, 1999, pp. 28-39.

• J. Pankau, D. Leggate, D. Schlegel, R. Kerkman, and G. Skibinski, High Frequency Modeling of Current Sensors, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, Dallas, TX, March 14-18, 1999, pp. 788-794 and IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 35, No. 6, pp. 1374-1382, November/December 1999.

• D. Leggate, J. Pankau, D. Schlegel, R. Kerkman, and G. Skibinski, Reflected Waves and Their Associated Current, IEEE Industry Application Society Conference, St. Louis, MO, October 12-16, 1998, pp. 789-798 and IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 35, No. 6, pp.1383-1392, November/December 1999.

• G. Skibinski, R. Kerkman, D. Leggate, J. Pankau, and D. Schlegel, Reflected Wave Modeling Techniques for PWM AC Motor Drives, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, Anaheim, CA, February 15-19, 1998, pp. 1021 - 1029.

• D. Schlegel, G. Wrate, R. Kerkman, and G. Skibinski, Resonant Tank Motor Model For Voltage Reflection Simulations With PWM Drives, IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference, Seattle, WA, May 9-12, 1999, pp. 463-465.

• Doyle Busse, Jay Erdman, Russel J. Kerkman, Dave Schlegel, and Gary Skibinski, Bearing Currents and Their Relationship to PWM Drives, IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference (IECON), Orlando, FL, Nov. 6-10, 1995, pp. 698-705 and IEEE - Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 12, No. 2, March 1997, pp. 243-252.

• Jay M. Erdman, Russel J. Kerkman, David W. Schlegel, and Gary L. Skibinski, Effect of PWM Inverters on AC Motor Bearing Currents and Shaft Voltages. IEEE - Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), Dallas, TX, March 6-9, 1995, pp. 24-33 and IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 32, No. 2, March/April 1996, pp. 250-259.

• Ray Sladky, Supervisor Development Programs - Tom Gilmore, Principal Engineer - Glenn Frazier, Development Engineer - Dan Jaszkowski, Senior Laboratory Technician, Distribution System Disturbances and  its Effects on Voltage  Source Inverter Drives. 7/18/95

• R. Kerkman, D. Leggate, G. Skibinski, "Interaction of Drive Modulation & Cable Parameters on AC Motor Transients,"  IEEE Industry Application Society Conference, San Diego, CA, October 6-10, 1996, pp. 143-152 and IEEE - Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 33, No. 3, May/June 1997, pp.722-731.

• B. J. Seibel, T. M. Rowan, R. J. Kerkman, "Field Oriented Control of an Induction Machine with DC Link and Load Disturbance Rejection," IEEE - Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), San Jose, CA, March 3-7, 1996, pp. 387-393 and IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 33, No. 6, November/December 1997, pp. 1578-1584.

• L. A. Saunders, G. L. Skibinski, S. T. Evon, D. L. Kempkes, "IGBT Drive Technology Demands New Motor and Cable Considerations," IEEE-IAS-Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference (PCIC), Philadelphia, PA, Sept. 23-25, 1996, pp. 75-84.

• R. J. Kerkman, J. D. Thunes, T. M. Rowan, D. Schlegel, "A Frequency Based Determination Of The Transient Inductance And Rotor Resistance of Field Commissioning Purposes," IEEE Industry Application Society Conference, Orlando, FL, October 8-12, 1995, pp. 359-66 and IEEE - Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 32, No. 3, May/June 1996, pp. 577-584

• R. J. Kerkman, B. J. Seibel, T. M. Rowan, D. Schlegel, "A New Flux and Stator Resistance Identifier For AC Drive Systems," IEEE Industry Application Society Conference, Orlando, FL, October 8-12, 1995 pp. 310-318 and IEEE - Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 32, No. 3, May/June 1996, pp. 585-593.

• D. Leggate, R. J. Kerkman, "Pulse Based Dead Time Compensator For PWM Voltage Inverter," IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference (IECON), Orlando, FL, Nov. 6-10, 1995, pp. 474-481 and IEEE - Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 44, No. 2, April 1997, pp. 191-197

• G. Skibinski, R. Kerkman, D. Leggate, J, Pankau, and D. Schlegel, "Reflected Wave Modeling Techniques for PWM AC Motor Drives,"  IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, Anaheim, CA, February 15-19, 1998, pp. 1021 - 1029.

• A. M. Hava, S. Sul, R. J. Kerkman, T. A. Lipo, "Dynamic Overmodulation Characteristics of Triangle Intersection PWM Methods," IEEE Industry Application Society Conference, New Orleans, LA, October 2-6, 1997, pp. 1520-1528.

• Luis Garces, Russel J. Kerkman, Timothy M. Rowan, Dave Schlegel, Brian J. Seibel and Kevin Stachowiak, "Operation of Induction Machines with Electromagnetic Irregularities," IEEE Industry Application Society Conference, New Orleans, LA, October 2-6, 1997, pp. 151-159.

• M. Melfi, J. Sung, S. Bell, G. Skibinski, "Effect Of Surge Voltage Risetime On The Insulation Of Low Voltage Machines Fed By PWM Converters," IEEE Industry Application Society Conference, New Orleans, LA, October 2-6, 1997, pp. 239-246.

• Peter B. Schmidt, Michael L. Gasperi, Glen, Ray, and Ajith H. Wijenayake, "Initial Rotor Angle Detection of a Non-Salient Pole Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine," IEEE Industry Application Society Conference, New Orleans, LA, October 2-6, 1997, pp. 459-463.

• A. H. Wijenayake, T. Gilmore, R. Lukaszewski, D. Anderson, and G. Waltersdorf, "Modeling and Analysis of Shared/Common DC Bus Operation of AC Drives," IEEE Industry Application Society Conference, New Orleans, LA, October 2-6, 1997, pp. 599-604.

• Vlad Blasko, Vikram Kaura, and Walter Niewiadomski, "Sampling of Discontinuous Voltage and Current Signals in Electrical Drives," IEEE Industry Application Society Conference, New Orleans, LA, October 2-6, 1997, pp. 682-689.

• J. Thunes, R. Kerkman, D. Schlegel, and T. Rowan, "Current Regulator Instabilities on Parallel Voltage Source Inverters," IEEE Industry Application Society Conference, New Orleans, LA, October 2-6, 1997, pp. 730-737.

• Michael L. Gasperi, "A Method for Predicting the Expected Life of Bus Capacitors," IEEE Industry Application Society Conference, New Orleans, LA, October 2-6, 1997, pp. 1042-1047.

• A. H. Wijenayake, M. Gasperi, D. Braun, T. Gilmore, and D. Pixler, "Modeling and Analysis of DC Link Bus Capacitor and Inductor Heating Effect on AC Drives - part 1," IEEE Industry Application Society Conference, New Orleans, LA, October 2-6, 1997, pp. 1052-1057.

• Vlad Blasko and Rich Lukaszewski, "On the Loading of Power Modules in a Three Phase Power Source Converter," IEEE Industry Application Society Conference, New Orleans, LA, October 2-6, 1997, pp. 1241-1247

• D. H. Braun, D. C. Pixler, and P. LeMay, "IGBT Module Rupture Categorization and Testing," IEEE Industry Application Society Conference, New Orleans, LA, October 2-6, 1997, pp. 1259-1266.

• G. Skibinski, J. Pankau, R. Sladky, and J. Campbell, "Generation, Control and Regulation of EMI from AC Drives," IEEE Industry Application Society Conference, New Orleans, LA, October 2-6, 1997, pp. 1571-1583.

• B. T. Boulter, "The Effect of Speed Loop Bandwidths on System Natural Frequencies in Multi- Zone Strip Processing Lines," IEEE Industry Application Society Conference, New Orleans, LA, October 2-6, 1997, pp. 2156-2164.