• Instructional Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Matthew Johnson

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University – 2017
  • B.S., Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University – 2011

Research Interests

    • Magnetic gears
    • Magnetically geared machines
    • Electric motors and generators
    • Power electronics

Certifications & Memberships

  • Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • Member, Tau Beta Pi
  • Member, Eta Kappa Nu

Awards & Honors

  • Prize Paper (2nd Place), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Industrial Applications Society Electric Machines Committee – 2016
  • Thomas Powell ’62 Fellowship, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University – 2015
  • Fellow, Tau Beta Pi – 2011

Selected Publications

  • B. Praslicka, M. C. Gardner, M. Johnson, and H. A. Toliyat, "Review and Analysis of Coaxial Magnetic Gear Pole Pair Count Selection Effects," IEEE J. Emerg. Sel. Topics Power Electron., vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 1813-1822, April 2022.
  • M. Johnson, M. Gardner, and H. A. Toliyat, “A Parameterized Linear 3D Magnetic Equivalent Circuit for Analysis and Design of Radial Flux Magnetic Gears—Part I: Implementation,” IEEE Trans. Energy Convers., vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 2894-2902, Dec. 2021.
  • M. C. Gardner, B. E. Jack, M. Johnson, and H. A. Toliyat, "Comparison of Surface Mounted Permanent Magnet Coaxial Radial Flux Magnetic Gears Independently Optimized for Volume, Cost, and Mass," IEEE Trans. Ind. Appl., vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 2237-2245, May/June 2018.
  • M. Johnson, M. C. Gardner, H. A. Toliyat, S. Englebretson, W. Ouyang, and C. Tschida, “Design, construction, and analysis of a large scale inner stator radial flux magnetically geared generator for wave energy conversion,” IEEE Trans. Ind. Appl., vol. 54, no. 4, pp. 3305-3314 Jul.-Aug. 2018.
  • M. Johnson, M. C. Gardner, and H. A. Toliyat, “Design and Analysis of an Axial Flux Magnetically Geared Generator,” IEEE Trans. Ind. Appl., vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 97-105, Jan.-Feb. 2017.