Eric Severson
Associate Professor
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEric Severson is an associate professor and electromechanical systems engineer who translates deep research into disruptive, highly efficient motor and power-electronics technologies. With 11+ years of experience spanning academia, industry R&D, and entrepreneurship, he has advanced bearingless machines, magnetic bearings, high-speed flywheel energy storage, and SiC-based drive systems from prototypes to patentable designs. His background blends hands-on prototype construction and control firmware development (ARM/FPGA/Zynq) with analytic and 3D FEA machine design, enabling unusually high power density and reliability trade-offs. Notably, he has demonstrated a bearingless AC homopolar prototype that levitates and spins using a single stator winding—an approach that reduces components and supply-chain exposure compared with magnetic-bearing systems. Based in Minneapolis, he leads research at the intersection of motor drives, prognostics, and Industry 4.0, often pushing solutions aimed at real-world grid and turbomachinery applications.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Electrical Engineering, PhD, Electrical Engineering at University of Minnesota
Github Skills (35)
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Severson-Group/severson_group_git
Oct 2018 - Mar 2025
This is a demonstration repository.
Contributions:58 reviews, 51 PRs, 50 pushes in 6 years 5 months
Severson-Group/BM_Modeling
Aug 2021 - Apr 2025
Modeling of bearingless motors via simulation
Contributions:2 reviews, 1 PR in 3 years 8 months
modelingpythonmotorssimulation
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