Hongwei Tao is the Deputy Director of the Automation Department，received the B.Eng. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering and the Ph.D. degree in control science and engineering from Central South University, Changsha, China, in 2010, 2015 and 2018, respectively. From 2014 to 2015, he was an Assistant Engineer at CRRC Zhuzhou Institute Company Ltd, Zhuzhou, China. From 2019 to 2021, he was a Visiting Doctoral Student with the University Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany. He is currently with Nanchang University, Nanchang, China. His research interests include health monitoring and control of traction control systems.

• 2019-2021 University of Duisburg-Essen
• 2018-2022 Central South University
• 2015-2018 Central South University
• 2010-2014 Central South University

• [1] 2022- Nanchang University Nanchang University
• [2] 2014-2015 CRRC Zhuzhou Institute Company Ltd CRRC Zhuzhou Institute Company Ltd

• [1]Transient Process Modeling and Temperature Equalization Control for Converters
• [2]Performance degradation detection and active diagnosis of traction converter based on small signal analysis and performance enhancement

• [1]T. Peng et al., A Uniform Modeling Method Based on Open-Circuit Faults Analysis for NPC-Three-Level Converter, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, vol. 66, no. 3, pp. 457-461, March 2019.
• [2]Y. Yu et al., A Real-Time Bent Cable Detection Method for Fatigue Testing in Fast Drag Chain Machines, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 74, pp. 1-11, 2025.
• [3]Y. Yu, Y. He, H. Tao and Y. Song, An Open-Circuit Fault Diagnosis Method for Traction Inverter Based on Zero-Shot Learning, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 74, pp. 1-9, 2025.
• [4]Z. Huang, Q. Wei, H. Tao, T. Wu, Y. Xia and M. Rivera, A Cost Function-Free Modulated Model Predictive Control Technique for PMSM by the Geometric Derivations, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 12, no. 5, pp. 4865-4875, Oct. 2024.
• [5]H. Tao, Y. Song, Z. Huang and Y. Yu, An FCS-MPC-Based Threshold-Free Diagnosis Method for Open-Circuit Faults in Traction Inverters, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 1758-1768, April 2025