Prof. Zhiping DONG

Education
PhD, City University of Hong Kong
Staff title
Research Assistant Professor

Dr. DONG Zhiping received his B.Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering at Wuhan University of Technology in 2017, followed by an M.Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering from Chongqing University in 2020, and a PhD degree from School of Energy and Environment at City University of Hong Kong in 2024. He is currently a Research Assistant Professor in the School of Energy and Environment at CityU. He has published more than 15 peer-reviewed papers in leading journals and international conferences, all as the first author, one of which was selected as “the ESI highly-cited paper” in 2024. He has also co-authored one book in Wiley-IEEE Press. He has been honored with the Gold Medal at the 50th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva in 2025 and the Outstanding Academic Performance Award at CityU many times. He has been invited as the tutorial session speaker, session chair, and special session organizer of international conferences. He is currently the Editorial Board Member, Guest Editor, and long-term Reviewer of many well-known SCI journals.

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Research Interests

Dr. DONG Zhiping’s research work mainly focuses on energy conversion technologies in transportation electrification and robotics, including advanced control of electric machines, multi-phase machines and drives, high-power converters, multi-level converters, and hetero-topology converters.

Selected Publications

Papers:

[1]     Z. Dong, R. Huang, S. Liu et al., “Analysis of Winding-Connection Sequence in Multiphase Series-End Winding Motor Drives for Leg-Current Stress Reduction,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 1635-1644, 2025.

[2]     Z. Dong, and C. Liu, “Three-Dimension Space Vector Modulation for Three-Phase Series-End Winding Voltage-Source Inverters,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 71, no. 1, pp. 82-92, 2024. (ESI Highly Cited Paper)

[3]     Z. Dong, Z. Song, W. Wang et al., “Improved Zero-Sequence Current Hysteresis Control-Based Space Vector Modulation for Open-End Winding PMSM Drives With Common DC Bus,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 70, no. 10, pp. 10755-10760, 2023.

[4]     Z. Dong, Y. Liu, B. Zhang et al., “Half Open-End Winding Topology Based Nine-Leg VSI for Asymmetrical Six-Phase PMSM Drives,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 38, no. 9, pp. 11399-11410, 2023.

[5]     Z. Dong, H. Wen, Z. Song et al., “3-D SVM for Three-Phase Open-End Winding Drives With Common DC Bus,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 38, no. 8, pp. 9340-9346, 2023.

[6]     Z. Dong, C. Liu, Z. Song et al., “Suppression of Dual-Harmonic Components for Five-Phase Series-Winding PMSM,” IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 121-134, 2022.

[7]     Z. Dong, Y. Chen, K. Feng et al., “Multivector-Based Model Predictive Current Control With Zero-Sequence Current Suppression for Three-Phase Series-End Winding Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drives,” IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 3282-3294, 2023.

[8]     Z. Dong, Y. Liu, H. Wen et al., “A Novel Winding Connection Sequence of Dual Three-Phase Series-End Winding PMSM Drive for Speed Range Extension,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 59, no. 11, pp. 1-5, 2023.

[9]     Z. Dong, R. Huang, Y. Liu, G. Zhao, and C. Liu, “Emerging Electric Machines and Drives for Wind Power Generation (Invited),” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, early access, 2025.

[10]  Z. Dong, C. Liu et al., “Deadbeat predictive current control for series-winding PMSM drive with half-bridge power module-based inverter,” Energies, vol. 14, no. 15, pp. 4620, 2021.

[11]   Z. Dong, S. Liu, R. Huang, B. Zhang, T. Wang and C. Liu, "Dual Series-End Unit-Based Eight-Leg VSI for Dual Three-Phase Machine Drives," 2024 IEEE 10th International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference (IPEMC-ECCE Asia), Chengdu, China, 2024, pp. 3095-3100. (Oral)

[12]  Z. Dong, H. Wen, T. Wang, et al., “Common-Mode Voltage Reduction-Based Space Vector Modulation Strategy for Three-Phase Two-Level Inverter with Delta-Connected Loads,” in 2023 IEEE 32nd International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE), 2023, pp. 1-6. (Oral)

[13]  Z. Dong, R. Huang, Z. Chen et al., “Active Zero-Sequence Current Suppression-Based Model Predictive Current Control for Series-End Winding PMSM Drives,” in 2023 IEEE International Conference on Predictive Control of Electrical Drives and Power Electronics (PRECEDE), 2023, pp. 1-6.

[14]  Z. Dong, H. Zhao, R. Huang et al., “A Virtual Voltage Vector-Based Space Vector Modulation Scheme for Three-Phase Open-Winding Motor Drive with Five-Leg Converter,” in 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2022, pp. 1-6. (Oral)

[15]  Z. Dong, H. Zhao, H. Wen et al., “Direct Torque Control in Series-End Winding PMSM Drives,” in 48th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), 2022, pp. 1-6.

[16]  Z. Dong, Y. Liu, R. Huang et al., “Comparative Study on Topologies of Three-Level and Open-Winding Converters for PMSM Drives,” in 2021 IEEE 1st International Power Electronics and Application Symposium (PEAS), 2021, pp. 1-5.

Book:

[1]   S. Liu, Z. Dong, C. Liu, “Advanced Multiphase Motor Drives: Design, Control, and Fault Management with Diverse Topologies,” Wiley-IEEE Press, 2026.

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Prof. Zhiping DONG
Contact Information
Office: TBA
Phone: TBA
Fax: +(852)-3442-0688
Email: Zhiping.Dong@cityu.edu.hk
Research Interests
  • Advanced Control of Electric Machines
  • Multi-phase Machines and Drives
  • High-power Converters
  • Multi-level Converters
  • Hetero-topology Converters