Pragasen Pillay

14.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
475 papers, 11.7k citations indexed

About

Pragasen Pillay is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Pragasen Pillay has authored 475 papers receiving a total of 11.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 416 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 218 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 170 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Pragasen Pillay's work include Electric Motor Design and Analysis (263 papers), Magnetic Properties and Applications (163 papers) and Magnetic Bearings and Levitation Dynamics (103 papers). Pragasen Pillay is often cited by papers focused on Electric Motor Design and Analysis (263 papers), Magnetic Properties and Applications (163 papers) and Magnetic Bearings and Levitation Dynamics (103 papers). Pragasen Pillay collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and South Africa. Pragasen Pillay's co-authors include R. Krishnan, M. Manyage, Abhijit Choudhury, Maged Ibrahim, H. Douglas, Azeem Khan, Sheldon S. Williamson, Luke Dosiek, Wei Cai and Paul Barendse and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, Proceedings of the IEEE and Journal of The Electrochemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Pragasen Pillay

454 papers receiving 10.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Modeling, simulation, and analysis of permanent-magnet motor drives. I. The permanent-magnet synchronous motor drive

1989 682 citations Pragasen Pillay et al. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications profile →
Modeling, simulation, and analysis of permanent-magnet motor drives. II. The brushless DC motor drive

1989 538 citations Pragasen Pillay et al. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications profile →
Modeling of permanent magnet motor drives

1988 436 citations Pragasen Pillay et al. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics profile →
A Comprehensive Review on Signal-Based and Model-Based Condition Monitoring of Wind Turbines: Fault Diagnosis and Lifetime Prognosis

2022 150 citations Hamed Badihi, Youmin Zhang et al. Proceedings of the IEEE profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pragasen Pillay Canada	51	9.5k	5.6k	2.6k	2.1k	737	475	11.7k
David G. Dorrell Australia	54	9.1k 1.0×	6.3k 1.1×	3.0k 1.1×	2.0k 0.9×	2.5k 3.4×	372	11.7k
Wei Hua China	54	9.6k 1.0×	6.9k 1.2×	3.6k 1.4×	1.9k 0.9×	469 0.6×	634	10.9k
Sanjib Kumar Panda Singapore	50	7.4k 0.8×	4.3k 0.8×	522 0.2×	1.5k 0.7×	756 1.0×	502	9.7k
T.G. Habetler United States	74	13.8k 1.4×	12.4k 2.2×	2.4k 0.9×	6.2k 2.9×	1.0k 1.4×	381	20.7k
Rik W. De Doncker Germany	61	16.9k 1.8×	6.3k 1.1×	2.0k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	3.2k 4.3×	755	18.4k
Dan M. Ionel United States	38	5.1k 0.5×	2.8k 0.5×	2.0k 0.8×	1.9k 0.9×	537 0.7×	295	5.9k
Gang Lei Australia	48	6.1k 0.6×	3.6k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	2.1k 1.0×	733 1.0×	317	7.7k
António J. Marques Cardoso Portugal	52	7.3k 0.8×	5.7k 1.0×	920 0.4×	2.4k 1.1×	1.1k 1.4×	435	10.3k
Juha Pyrhönen Finland	46	8.3k 0.9×	4.8k 0.9×	3.4k 1.3×	3.2k 1.5×	803 1.1×	434	9.6k
Xiaodong Sun China	53	6.8k 0.7×	4.9k 0.9×	753 0.3×	2.6k 1.2×	1.3k 1.7×	379	9.1k

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Bernier, Fabrice, et al.. (2025). Impact of Soft Magnetic Composite Materials for Traction Applications. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. 61(3). 3737–3752.

Pillay, Pragasen, et al.. (2025). Comparison Between a Series-Hybrid Variable-Flux Memory Motor and a Rare-Earth IPMSM. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. 61(4). 6747–6764.

Lai, Chunyan, et al.. (2025). Harmonic Compensation of a Power-Hardware-in-the-Loop Based Emulator for Induction Machines. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 72(9). 8810–8822.

Pillay, Pragasen, et al.. (2024). Modifying the Properties of Low Coercive Field Magnets for Improved Performance of Variable Flux Motors. 5880–5885.

Pillay, Pragasen, et al.. (2024). Transformer Application for Power Hardware-In-The-Loop Emulation. 7440–7445.

Pillay, Pragasen, et al.. (2024). Modeling and Remedies for Rare-Earth Permanent Magnet Demagnetization Effects in Hybrid Permanent Magnet Variable Flux Motors. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion. 40(1). 490–504.

Ibrahim, Maged Hamada, et al.. (2023). Design of an Iron Loss Tester for the Evaluation of Assembled Stator Cores of Electric Machines. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. 59(3). 3278–3290. 1 indexed citations

Badihi, Hamed, Youmin Zhang, Bin Jiang, Pragasen Pillay, & Subhash Rakheja. (2022). A Comprehensive Review on Signal-Based and Model-Based Condition Monitoring of Wind Turbines: Fault Diagnosis and Lifetime Prognosis. Proceedings of the IEEE. 110(6). 754–806. 150 indexed citations breakdown →

Pillay, Pragasen, et al.. (2019). Back EMF, Torque–Angle, and Core Loss Characterization of a Variable-Flux Permanent-Magnet Machine. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification. 5(2). 371–384. 11 indexed citations

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Kaarthik, R. Sudharshan, et al.. (2018). A Versatile Power-Hardware-in-the-Loop-Based Emulator for Rapid Testing of Transportation Electric Drives. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification. 4(4). 901–911. 71 indexed citations

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Pillay, Pragasen, et al.. (2018). Rotational Core Loss Magnetizer: Design and Measurements. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. 54(5). 4355–4364. 12 indexed citations

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Kaarthik, R. Sudharshan, et al.. (2018). Closed-Loop Control for a Rotational Core Loss Tester. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. 54(6). 5888–5896. 1 indexed citations

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Pillay, Pragasen, et al.. (2018). Fabrication and Assembly Method for Synchronous Reluctance Machines. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. 54(5). 4227–4235. 7 indexed citations

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Pillay, Pragasen, et al.. (2017). Challenges in Modeling of Large Synchronous Machines. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. 54(2). 1652–1662. 4 indexed citations

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Kaarthik, R. Sudharshan, et al.. (2017). A versatile power-hardware-in-the-loop based emulator for rapid testing of electric drives. 5468–5474. 10 indexed citations

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Kaarthik, R. Sudharshan, et al.. (2017). Emulation of a Permanent-Magnet Synchronous Generator in Real-Time Using Power Hardware-in-the-Loop. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification. 4(2). 474–482. 38 indexed citations

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Ibrahim, Maged & Pragasen Pillay. (2015). Hysteresis-Dependent Model for the Brushless Exciter of Synchronous Generators. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion. 30(4). 1321–1328. 11 indexed citations

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Choudhury, Abhijit, Pragasen Pillay, & Sheldon S. Williamson. (2012). Modified stator flux estimation based direct torque controlled PMSM drive for hybrid electric vehicle. 2965–2970. 11 indexed citations

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Jaumard, Brigitte, et al.. (2012). Adaptation of Tabu Search for Optimisation of Biomass Waste to Energy Conversion Systems. Les Cahiers du GERAD. 1–32. 1 indexed citations

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Pillay, Pragasen. (1989). Vector control of AC permanent magnet machines. 293–297. 1 indexed citations

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