Gaoliang Fang received his B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering from Northwestern Polytechnical University (NWPU), Xi’an, Shaanxi, China, in 2015 and 2018, respectively. He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from McMaster University, Canada, in 2021.
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When Gaoliang was a second-year undergraduate student, his participation in the National Intelligent Car Racing Competition inspired his interests in the field of EVs. During the intelligent car designing process, he enjoyed the feeling of burying himself into his work and felt satisfied when his work made a impactful contribution to the team. After years of hard work, he won the national first prize in the 11th National Students’ NXP Cup Intelligent Car Competition. He also ranked 2nd out of all the teams from China. Following these accomplishments, and with his realization that fossil fuels would be depleted in the not-too-distant future, he focused mainly on the propulsion motor in EVs, especially the type of permanent-magnet-free switched reluctance machines.
After completing his bachelor program, and due to his high ranks in academic performance during his undergraduate studies, Gaoliang was admitted as a master’s student at Northwestern Polytechnical University, without requiring the entrance examination. During his master’s research, his research focus was mainly on SRM drive systems with high performance on output torque, but equipped with low-cost sensors and requiring less parameter characterizing time. Gaoliang also worked on sensorless control, and the converter topologies of SRM. He also participated in applying a project, approved by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), about switched reluctance starter/generators.
