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