Uwe Schäfer


received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Institute of Electrical Machines, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, in 1984 and 1989, respectively. He was with the Institute of Electrical Machines, RWTH Aachen University, as a Scientific Assistant from 1985 to 1990. From 1990 to 1994, he was with AEG as a Development Engineer. From 1994 to 2003, he was with Daimler Chrysler, last holding a research manager position for electrical drives. During this industrial phase, he was involved in innovative projects like the Ruegen EV test, transverse flux motor development for rail vehicles, and advanced hybrid-vehicle development. He joined Stuttgart University, Sttutgart, Germany, in 2004 as a Professor of electrical energy conversion and then moved to Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany, in 2006 as a Professor of electrical drives. His current research interests include electric propulsion systems for surface transport, small electric drives, and small generators.