Mehmet C Kulan, PhD

Multi-published researcher | Electromagnetic design engineer | Academic Reviewer & Editor

Ph.D. qualified Research Associate with 10+ years of expertise in electromagnetic and multi-physics design of electrical machines. Conducts in-depth research projects on electrical machines and drives. Identifies and applies optimal methodologies and analytical techniques to design and analyze different machine topologies. Highly proficient in computational tools (FEA and CAD software) in design of low frequency electromagnetic devices. Sound knowledge of engineering mathematics and computational design tools. Involved in design and testing of novel electric motor/generator prototypes for different applications including e-mobility and aerospace. Familiar with best laboratory practices and research project planning. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. Ability to follow latest literature to gain profound understanding on cutting-edge electrical machine prototypes. Easy going by nature and able to get along with both work colleagues and senior managers. Seeks out opportunities to learn new information and techniques from research teams in academia and industry.

• Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (MIET)
• The Chamber of Electrical Engineers (EMO) – Turkey (2011 – present)

• Dr Kulan acts as Guest Editor in a special edition of Energies “Electrical machines for Electric Vehicles and Renewable Energy Systems. (2022-present)
• Dr Kulan has presented as Invited Speaker at UK Magnetic Society in Hanau, Germany. (Magnetic Materials and Applications 2023, MMA23)
• Dr Kulan has presented as Keynote Speaker at 2nd Annual Conference, E-Motors Technology, Munich, Germany, October 2023.
• Dr Kulan is a member of Advisory Board in Power Electronics Driven Machines (PEDM) Ltd based in London, UK.
• Awarded 2nd place for Best Paper and Best Poster in Electrical Power Research Group, Annual Research Conferences (ARC) in 2015 and 2016.
• Graduated from Newcastle University, MSc Electrical Power with Distinction in 2013.

UG Supervisons:

• AC losses in permanent magnet electrical machines, Adam Skelly

PhD Supervisions:

• Linear generator for free piston engine, Ramin Moeini-Korbekandi
• Sustainable Electric Propulsion (Wave Energy Converters), Farrel Asker
• Magnetic Fluids in Electrochemistry, Mostafa Delpisheh

Lectures:

• EEE8155 - Thermal Design and Analysis in Electrical Machines (2022 Spring / Guest lecture)

Dr Kulan has worked on electrical machine design and testing for 10 years, including direct working for Rolls-Royce plc and various industrial led Innovate UK projects (113145, 007706, 76019). He has recently contributed to an application of an EPSRC Standard Grant for a project called Digital Thermal Prototypes (DTP). The research consortium from the Universities of Newcastle, Sheffield and Warwick brings together three research groups internationally renowned for the development of electrical machines, covering novel design, building, thermal modelling, manufacture and metrology.  Several industrial partners and an international university in Spain have also committed to the project. In the DTP project, Dr Kulan will be making the transition from Post Doctoral Research Associate to Research Co-Investigator, ready to Principal Investigator in a follow-on project. The research projects that Dr Kulan has involved are as follows:

• Novel Axial Flux Electrical Machines for Traction Applications, Consultancy project - NU-017426 (August 2023 - November 2023)
• E-Actuator Development for Aerospace (May 2023 - present)
• Active Magnetic Bearings for High Speed Industrial Motors (2021 - present)
• Automated Stator Assembly Platform for Lightweight Electric Motors (2022-2023)
• Improved Loss Modelling of Soft Magnetic Composite (SMC) Component (2020 - 2022)
• Rolls-Royce Plc UltraFan™ -The ENCASE Project (Enabling Novel Controls & Advanced Software for Engines) (2017-2021)
• Permanent Magnet Fault Tolerant Alternator Development for Aerospace (2014 -2016)

Journal Articles:

• M. C. Kulan, N. J. Baker, K. A. Liogas, O. Davis, J. Taylor and A. M. Korsunsky, "Empirical Implementation of the Steinmetz Equation to Compute Eddy Current Loss in Soft Magnetic Composite Components," in IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 14610-14623, 2022, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3148593.
• Kulan, M.C.; Baker, N.J.; Turvey, S. Impact of Manufacturing and Material Uncertainties in Performance of a Transverse Flux Machine for Aerospace. Energies 2022, 15, 7607. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15207607
• Moeini Korbekandi, R.; Baker, N.J.; Kulan, M.C.; Jalal, A.S.; Wu, D.; Li, M. Dynamic Characteristics and Demonstration of an Integrated Linear Engine Generator with Alternative Electrical Machines. Energies 2022, 15, 5295. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15145295
• M. C. Kulan, S. Sahin and N. J. Baker, "An Overview of Modern Thermo-conductive Materials for Heat Extraction in Electrical Machines," in IEEE Access, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3040045.
• Kulan, M.C.; Baker, N.J.; Turvey, S. Manufacturing Challenges of a Modular Transverse Flux Alternator for Aerospace. Energies 2020, 13, 4275.
• M. C. Kulan, N. J. Baker and J. D. Widmer, "Design and Analysis of Compressed Windings for a Permanent Magnet Integrated Starter Generator," in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 3371-3378, July-Aug. 2017, doi: 10.1109/TIA.2017.2681976.
• M. C. Kulan and N. J. Baker, "Development of a Thermal Equivalent Circuit to Quantify the Effect of Thermal Paste on Heat Flow Through a Permanent Magnet Alternator," in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 55, no. 2, pp. 1261-1271, March-April 2019, doi: 10.1109/TIA.2018.2873528.
• N. J. Baker, D. J. B. Smith, M. C. Kulan and S. Turvey, "Design and Performance of a Segmented Stator Permanent Magnet Alternator for Aerospace," in IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 40-48, March 2018, doi: 10.1109/TEC.2017.2739201.
• M. C. Kulan; N. J. Baker; "Life-time Characteristics of Random Wound Compressed Stator Windings under Thermal Stress", in IET Electric Power Applications 13 (9), 1287-1297, 2019.

International Conference Papers:

• V. Ballestín-Bernad, M.C. Kulan, N.J. Baker, J.S. Artal-Sevil "Loss Analysis of a Soft Magnetic Composite Transverse Flux Machine" 12th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives, IET conference in Brussels, Belgium
• Kulan MC, Baker NJ, Liogas K, Davis O, Taylor J. "Improved Core Loss Calculations in Soft Magnetic Composites Considering 3-D Magnetic Flux Density Vectors and Geometry Dependent Eddy Currents" In: IEEE IEMDC 2023. 2023, San Francisco, CA, USA.
• Kulan MC, Baker NJ. "Fast Analytical Force Estimation in Active Magnetic Bearings using a Magnetic Equivalent Circuit Model." In: IEEE IEMDC 2023. 2023, San Francisco, CA, USA.
• N. J. Baker, M. C. Kulan, D. Gumbleton-Wood, O. Davis, K. Liogas, "Practical loss prediction in soft magnetic composite components" In: 11th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2022). 2022, Newcastle
• M. C. Kulan, N. J. Baker, S. Turvey, “A mechanical flux weakening method via split rotor in permanent magnet aerospace alternators” In: 11th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2022). 2022, Newcastle
• R. M. Korbekandi, N. J. Baker, M. Kulan and D. Wu, "Modelling and build of an integrated linear engine generator designed for power density," 2021 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2021, pp. 4103-4110, doi: 10.1109/ECCE47101.2021.9595818.
• M. C. Kulan, N. J. Baker, S. Turvey, “A High Speed Fault Tolerant Transverse Flux Alternator For Aerospace” In: 10th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2020). 2020, Nottingham (Online): IET.
• M. C. Kulan, N. J. Baker, S. Turvey, “A Methodical Approach to Determine Important Thermal Parameters of a Permanent Magnet Alternator” In: 10th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2020). 2020, Nottingham (Online): IET.
• Kulan MC, Baker NJ. A Thermal Equivalent Circuit to Quantify the Effect of Thermal Paste on Heat Flow Through a PM Machine. In: IEEE IEMDC 2017. 2017, Miami, FL, USA.
• M. C. Kulan, N. J. Baker and J. D. Widmer, "Design of a high fill factor permanent magnet integrated starter generator with compressed stator windings," 2016 XXII International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM), Lausanne, 2016, pp. 1513-1519
• Kulan MC, Baker NJ. Thermal Aging Investigation of Random Wound Compressed Stator Windings. In: 9th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2018). 2018, Liverpool: IET.
• Kulan MC, Baker NJ, Turvey S. Design and Analysis of a Fault Tolerant Permanent Magnet Alternator for Aerospace. In: XXIIIrd International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM'2018). 2018, Alexandroupoli, Greece: IEEE.
• Gai Y, Kimiabeigi M, Chong YC, Goss J, Kulan MC, Widmer JD, Steven A, Staton DA. Pressure Loss Modelling in a Water-Cooled Hollow-Shaft Rotor for an Automotive Traction Motor. In: 2018 XIII International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM). 2018, Alexandroupoli, Greece: IEEE.
• Ayat S, Liu H, Kulan M, Wrobel R. Estimation of Equivalent Thermal Conductivity for Electrical Windings with High Conductor Fill Factor. In: 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE). 2018, Portland, OR, USA: IEEE.
• Kulan MC, Baker NJ, Turvey S. Split Rotor Concept for Permanent Magnet Electrical Machines. In: 2019 IEEE International Electric Machines & Drives Conference (IEMDC). 2019, San Diego, CA, USA: IEEE.
• M. C. Kulan, N. J. Baker, J. D. Widmer and S. M. Lambert, "Modelling the mechanical and thermal properties of compressed stator windings," 8th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2016), Glasgow, 2016, pp. 1-6.
• N. J. Baker, D. J. Smith, M. C. Kulan and S. Turvey, "Design and performance of a segmented stator permanent magnet alternator for aerospace," 8th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2016), Glasgow, 2016, pp. 1-6.

 Computing:

• PC Applications: Microsoft Windows OS, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio)
• Programming Languages: Java, Matlab, Python, Assembly for 8051 microcontroller, VBA (Microsoft Excel), VHDL
• Software Applications in Engineering: Proteus Design Suite, LTSpice, 5Spice, PSS®E, Matlab, Simulink, Altium, Xilinx, Adobe Dreamweaver, Minitab
• FEA & CAD Software Skills: Siemens Simcenter Magnet 2D/3D, MotorSolve, JMAG, Ansys Workbench, Ansys MotorCad, Autodesk Inventor

Hardware:

Oscilloscope, Network analyzer, Power analyzer, DC power supply, Signal generators, Data acquisition units, Dynamometer, Circuit (PCB) design, Electric motor analyzers, Environmental chambers 

• PLECS Workshop, Newcastle University, 2023
• Magnetic Materials and Applications 2023, UK Magnetic Society, Hanau, Germany
• Lightweight Electromagnetic Drives, UK Magnetic Society Seminar, University of Nottingham, UK, 2023
• Electric Machine Design for Manufacture, IET Seminar, Birmingham, UK, 2019
• Magnetics in Future Energy Systems, UK Magnetic Society Seminar, Durham University, 2019
• 31st Ewing Event, UK Magnetic Society Seminar, Manchester, UK, 2018
• Electro-Mechanical and Systems Integration in the Aero/Auto World, UK Magnetic Society Seminar, Nottingham, UK
• Innovative Electrical Machines, UK Magnetic Society Seminar, University of Sheffield
• Electromagnetics in Renewable Energy Generation, UK Magnetic Society Seminar, The University of Edinburgh, UK
• Webspace – Webpage Design using HTML and Adobe Dreamweaver, Newcastle University Workshop
• Scientific Writing for Researchers Intensive 2-day Training, Newcastle University Workshop
• Risk assessment – A practical guide, Newcastle University Workshop

• Introduction to Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (2015) – Newcastle University, UK
• Introduction to COMSOL Multiphysics - Training
• Equality and Diversity Essentials, Newcastle University, UK

• Reviewer for research articles in IEEE Access, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification and IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics in regards to Electrical Machine Design, Control and Drives.
• Session Chair in Rotating Electric Machines at 14th IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference (IEMDC 2023) in San Francisco, CA
• Reviewer Board Member in Electronics MDPI
• Reviewer in Higher Education division of John Wiley and Sons
• Reviewer in Applied Sciences MDPI
• PEMD 2023 (Brussels, Belgium) Technical Papers Reviewing Committee
• PEMD 2022 (Newcastle, UK) Technical Papers Reviewing Committee
• Granter for National Deaf Children's Society, UK