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Upcoming Publications


Upcoming Publications (soonest to be published first)

A. G. Simpson and S. D. Andrews, “Future Directions for the Sustainability of the Australian Automobile”, to be presented at the 6th Annual Environmental Engineering Research Event 2002, Blackheath, NSW, Dec 3-6, 2002.

J.T. Bray, G.R. Walker, A.G. Simpson, M.C. Greaves and B.D. Guymer, “Brake system performance requirements of a lightweight electric/hybrid rear wheel drive vehicle”, submitted to the International Journal of Vehicle Design.

A. G. Simpson and G. R. Walker, “A Parametric Analysis Technique for Design of Fuel Cell and Hybrid-Electric Vehicles”, to be presented at the 2003 SAE International Future Transportation Technology Conference, Costa Mesa, California, USA, Jun 23-25, 2003.


Publications (most recent first)

A. Simpson, G. Walker, M. Greaves, D. Finn and B. Guymer, “The UltraCommuter: A Viable and Desirable Solar-Powered Commuter Vehicle”, Presented at the Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC’02, Melbourne, Sep 29 – Oct 2, 2002.

A. G. Simpson and G. R. Walker (2002) “Lifecycle costs of Ultracapacitors in Electric Vehicle Applications”, Proceedings of the 2002 Power Electronics Specialists Conference, PESC’02, Cairns, Australia.

G. R. Walker (2002) “Cascaded DC-DC converter connection of photovoltaic modules”, Proceedings of the 2002 Power Electronics Specialists Conference, PESC’02, Cairns, Australia.

A. G. Simpson, M. C. Greaves and G. R. Walker (2001) “Migrating to a sustainable energy system: distributed generation and storage, fuel cells and hypercars,” International Journal of Renewable Energy Engineering, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 360-366.

M. C. Greaves, G. R. Walker and B. B. Walsh (2001) “Design optimisation of ironless motors based on magnet selection,” Journal of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Australia, IEAust, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 49-56.

G. R. Walker (2001) "Evaluating MPPT converter topologies using a MATLAB PV model," Journal of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Australia, IEAust, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 49-56.

A. G. Simpson (2001) “Practical solar cars for the future,” Solar Progress, vol. 22, no. 4, p. 7, Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society, Maroubra.

A. G. Simpson, P. C. Sernia and G. R. Walker (2001) "Simulated lifecycle costs of ultracapacitors in battery electric vehicles," Proceedings of the Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC'01, Perth, pp. 176-181.

M. C. Greaves, G. R. Walker and B. B. Walsh (2001) "Design optimisation of ironless motors based on magnet selection," Proceedings of the Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC'01, Perth, pp. 216-220.

D. A. Finn and G. R. Walker (2001) "A method of switch selection for an electric vehicle drive," Proceedings of the Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC'01, Perth, pp. 287-291.

G. R. Walker (2001) "Using projects instead of pracs for hands on learning," Proceedings of the Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC'01, Perth, pp.390-395.

P. Sernia and G. Walker (2001) "Multi-converter topology evaluation for connection of low voltage DC sources," Proceedings of the Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC'01, Perth, pp. 495-500.

A. G. Simpson, M. C. Greaves and G. R. Walker (2000) "Migrating to a sustainable energy system: distributed generation and storage, fuel cells and hypercars," Proceedings of the Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC'00, Brisbane.

G. R. Walker (2000) "Evaluating MPPT converter topologies using a MATLAB PV model," Proceedings of the Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC'00, Brisbane.

G. R. Walker (1999) "Modulation and Control of Multilevel Converters," PhD dissertation, Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

G. Walker and G. Ledwich (1999) "Bandwidth considerations for multilevel converters," IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 14, pp. 74-81, 1999.

G. Walker (1999) "High Efficiency Auxiliary Power Converters," Proceedings of the Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC'99, Darwin.

G. Walker (1999) "A DC Circuit Breaker for an Electric Vehicle Battery Pack," Proceedings of the Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC'99, Darwin.

G. Walker and G. Ledwich (1996) "Implementing Natural PWM Digitally," Proceedings of the Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC'96, Melbourne.

G. Walker and G. Ledwich (1996) "An Isolated MOSFET Gate Driver," Proceedings of the Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC'96, Melbourne.

G. Walker and G. Ledwich (1994) "Bandwidth Considerations for Multiple Modulator Converters," Proceedings of the Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC'94, Adelaide.


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