Flynn, Mark

Biography:

Dr. Mark M. Flynn received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin in 2003. He has been a member of the Center for Electromechanics at The University of Texas at Austin (UT-CEM) since 1998, with interests in power electronics, motor control, embedded programming, and circuit design.

During his employment at CEM, Dr. Flynn has developed a series of high-speed motor controllers for permanent magnet motors operating at speeds up to 53,000 rpm and power levels ranging from 3 to 300 kW. The controllers have been commercially licensed and installed in a transit bus, 40 and 60 ton rubber-tired gantry cranes, and uninterruptible power supply systems in various countries around the world including Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, China, and the United Kingdom among others.

Dr. Flynn's additional research accomplishments include the modeling and performance testing of a fuel cell powered hybrid shuttle bus–the first hydrogen fueled vehicle in the State of Texas–and the development of such systems as:

• A portable 6,500 ampere, 2,000 volt microprocessor controlled transcranial magnetic stimulator
• A 3.2 MVA single phase mobile inverter shaking system with 7,000 A currents
• A 20 MW multilevel 15-phase inverter design for a naval electric motor drive
• A high-speed motor controller for a NASA energy storage flywheel for use on the International Space Station.

Dr. Flynn's current research involves the development of high-performance induction motor drives for hybrid electric cars and the continued effort to reduce diesel fuel consumption and emissions output of heavy machinery used in shipping port operations via the use of advanced energy storage machines.