Research | Dr. Shanelle Foster

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

O. Madovi and S. N. Foster, "A review of subdomain models for design of electric machines: Opportunities and challenges," Energies, vol. 19, no. 1, 2026. [Online]. Available: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/19/1/222

P. Kühn, Y. Yang, G. Chen, S. N. Foster, H. Egger, and B.-X. Xu, "Microstructural influence on hysteresis and eddy-current losses of additively manufactured electrical steel: A multiphysical approach," Computational Materials Science, vol. 263, p. 114408, 2026. [Online]. Available: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927025625007517

B. Khoshoo, A. Aggarwal, and S. N. Foster, "A review of segmented stator and rotor designs in AC electric machines: Opportunities and challenges," Eng, vol. 6, no. 1, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4117/6/1/7

B. Khoshoo, J. Blank, T. Q. Pham, K. Deb, and S. N. Foster, "Optimal design of electric machine with efficient handling of constraints and surrogate assistance," Engineering Optimization, vol. 56, no. 2, pp. 274 - 292, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.doi.org/10.1080/0305215X.2022.2152805

I. M. Allafi and S. N. Foster, "Analysis of direct torque control response to stator and rotor faults in permanent magnet synchronous machines," Energies, vol. 16, no. 19, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/19/6940

M. C. Muteba, S. N. Foster, D. Raheem, and A. E. Agwu, "Micro-hydropower systems for smallholder farmers in rural communities of Taraba State, Nigeria: Feasibility study, system analysis, design and performance evaluation (Part II)," Energy Nexus, vol 11, p 100228, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S277242712300058X

A. E. Agwu, D. Raheem, M. C. Muteba, and S. N. Foster, "Micro-hydropower systems for smallholder farmers in rural communities of Taraba State, Nigeria: Socioeconomic assessment of needs and perceptions (Part I)," Energy Nexus, vol. 10, p. 100191, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S772427123000219

I. Allafi and S. N. Foster, "Condition Monitoring Accuracy in Inverter-Driven Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines based on Motor Voltage Signature Analysis," Energies, vol. 16, no.3, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/3/1477

G. Kumari, T. Q. Pham, H. Suen, T. Rahman, P. Kwon, S. N. Foster, C. J. Boehlert, "Improving the soft magnetic properties of binder jet printed iron-silicon alloy through boron addition," Materials Chemistry and Physics, vol. 296, p. 127181, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science//article/pii/S0254058422014870

T. Q. Pham, H. Suen, P. Kwon, G. Kumari, C. J. Boehlert, and S. N. Foster, “Reduction in hysteresis loss of binder jet printed iron silicon with boron,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 57, no. 5, pp. 4864–4873, 2021.
O. Madovi, A. Hoffrichter, N. Little, S. Foster, and R. Isaac, “Feasibility of hydrogen fuel cell technology for railway intercity services: a case study for the Piedmont in North Carolina,” Railway Engineering Science, pp. 1–13, 2021.
T. Pham, P. Kwon, and S. Foster, “Additive manufacturing and topology optimization of magnetic materials for electrical machines—a review,” Energies, vol. 14, no. 2, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/2/283
W. R. Jensen and S. N. Foster, “Online detection of mosfet gate oxide degradation in a three-phase inverter-drive application,” IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 50-57, 2021.
Y. Zhang, L. Poli, E. Garratt, S. Foster, and A. Roch, “Utilizing fused filament fabrication for printing iron cores for electrical devices,” 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 279–287, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1089/3dp.2020.0136

B. Khoshoo, A. Aggarwal, J. Agapiou, and S. N. Foster, "Experimental technique for evaluating impact of cut edges in manufactured segmented stators," in 2025 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2025, pp. 1-8.

M. Allen and S. N. Foster, "Inductance polynomial fits in sequential quadratic programming for maximum torque per ampere," in IECON 2024 - 50th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 2024, pp. 1-6.

B. Khoshoo, A. Aggarwal, M. Barron, and S. N. Foster, "Analysis of segmented stator and rotor design in PMSM using a physics-based MEC model," in 2024 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2024, pp. 5240-5246

A. Aggarwal, B. Khoshoo, J. Agapiou, and S. N. Foster, "A more accurate FEA model for machines with segmented stators manufactured using oriented steel," in 2024 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2024, pp. 5247-5254.

B. Khoshoo, A. Aggarwal, J. Agapiou, and S. N. Foster, "Experimental evaluation of the impact of using oriented steel in proportion to segmentation on core loss of AC electric machine stator," in 2024 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2024, pp. 5868-5874.

O. Madovi, B. Khoshoo, and S. N. Foster, "Harmonic utilization permanent magnet topology design considerations," in 2023 International Conference on Electrical, Computer, and Energy Technology (ICECET), 2023, pp. 1-6.

B. Khoshoo, O. Madovi, A. Aggarwal, and S. N. Foster, "Impact of rotor segmentation on electromagnetic performance of PM machine," in 2022 International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Energy Technology (ICECET), 2022, pp. 1-7.

I. M. Allafi and S. N. Foster, "On the accuracy of frequency based fault diagnosis for DTC-driven PMSM," in 2022 International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM), 2022, pp. 1628-1634.

B. Khoshoo, K. J. Islam, H. Suen, P. Kwon, J. Pena Lozano, and S. N. Foster, "Eddy current loss reduction in binder jet printed iron silicon cores," in 2022 International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM), 2022, pp. 558-564.

I. M. Allafi and S. N. Foster, "Condition monitoring of direct torque controlled permanent magnet synchronous machines," in 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2022, pp. 1-7.

K.J. Islam, T. Q. Pham, H. Suen, T. Rahman, G. Kumari, P. Kwon, C. J. Boehlert, and S. N. Foster, "Eddy current loss reduction in binder jet printed iron silicon," in 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2022, pp. 1-7.

M. C. Muteba and S. N. Foster, "Dual-stator five-phase permanent magnet synchronous machine with hybrid spoke-venier type rotor for electric vehicles," in 2022 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC), 2022, pp. 778-783.

B. Khoshoo, J. Blank, T. Pham, K. Deb, and S. Foster, “Optimized electric machine design solutions with efficient handling of constraints,” in 2021 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI), 2021, pp. 1–8.

T. Q. Pham and S. N. Foster, “Multi-permeability optimization approach for the iron core of a synchronous reluctance machine - an application of additive manufacturing,” in 2021 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2021, pp. 3852–3859.
I. M. Allafi and S. N. Foster, “Fault detection and identification for inverter-driven permanent magnet synchronous machines,” in 2021 IEEE 13th International Symposium on Diagnostics for Electrical Machines, Power Electronics, and Drives (SDEMPED), vol. 1, 2021, pp. 358–364.
T. Q. Pham and S. N. Foster, “Additive manufacturing of non-homogeneous magnetic cores for electrical machines opportunities and challenges,” in 2020 International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM), vol. 1, 2020, pp. 1623–1629.
T. Q. Pham, H. Suen, P. Kwon, and S. N. Foster, “Reduction in hysteresis loss of binder jet printed iron silicon,” in 2020 International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM), vol. 1, 2020, pp. 1669–1675.