Resume

Michael Hartmann received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees (both with hons.) in electrical engineering from the Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria, in 2005 and 2006, respectively. In course of his master thesis he dealt with high bandwidth multi-cell amplifiers and corresponding control based on FPGA technology.

In 2007 he joined the Power Electronic Systems Laboratory (PES), ETH Zürich where his research focus was on ultra-compact und ultra-efficient active three-phase rectifier systems for more electric aircraft applications. Research highlights have been the research and development of a 10 kHz three-phase Vienna Rectifier with a switching frequency of 1 MHz in order to achieve highest possible power density (nearly 15 kW/liter!). Also the invention of Swiss Rectifier topology, a high-performance three-phase buck-type rectifier system, was done during this time. In 2011 he received the Ph.D. degree from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich and moved to industry. 

In 2011 he joined Schneider Electric Power Drives in Vienna where he was involved in the research on high efficiency and compact three-phase power converter systems for low- and medium-voltage power drives from 1 KW up to 2 MW. Research focus was on the development of an active front end including novel CM filter with a power level of 160 kW, alternative three-phase rectifier systems (Flying Converter Cell) and development of novel methods for life time prediction of key components of a variable speed drive (capacitors, semiconductors, etc.). Next to his research he was member of the power electronics domain board of Schneider Electric, local patent coordinator of the site Vienna and active in several standardization groups on national and IEC level with focus on low-frequency EMC (2kHz – 150 kHz, IEC SC77A WG8, CISPR-H/JWG6), energy efficiency of variable speed drives (IEC SC22G WG18) and active infeed converters (IEC TC22 MT8).

Since 2021 he is appointed as full professor for power electronics at the Electric Drives and Power Electronic Systems Institute of Graz University of Technology (TU-Graz), Graz, Austria where he is heading the power electronic systems research group of the institute.

Research Interests

His research interest includes three-phase power conversion, high-frequency switched converters, switched mode power amplifiers, MV connected converters, solid state transformers, optimal design of highly- efficient and highly compact power converters based on novel power semiconductor technologies, converter monitoring and life time prediction, converter modelling, optimization and design automation.

Dr. Hartmann has published more than 70 papers on international conferences and journals, and holds more than 9 patents. He is a member of the IEEE, serves as associate editor for the IEEE transaction on power electronics and acts as reviewer for all leading power electronic journals and conferences. 

Awards

In 2012 he received the IEEE Transaction Prize Paper award of Transactions on Power Electronics and in 2023 the 2nd Transaction on Industrial Applications (TIA) Award 2022. In 2016 he was member of the Schneider Electric team attending the Google Little Box Challenge where the team achieved 2nd place.