doc. Ing. Miroslav Chomát, CSc.


Position:  Director of the Institute
Department:  Director's Secretariat
Phone: (+420) 266053146
Location:  Main Building, Dolejškova 1402/5, Praha
E-mail:
Publications: Search in ASEP Database
WoS Researcher ID: I-1842-2013
ORCID: http://www.orcid.org/0000-0001-7418-8227
LinkedIn: Linkedin
ResearchGate: www.researchgate.net/profile/Miroslav_Chomat

EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • 2015: Assoc. Prof. Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University of Prague
  • 2007: Certificate – Training Innovative Academics course, Masaryk Institute of Advanced Studies, Czech Technical University of Prague
  • 2007: Certificate in Management, Masaryk Institute of Advanced Studies, Czech Technical University of Prague
  • 1994: Ph.D. Electrical Machines and Apparatus, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague
  • 1988: M.Sc. Electrical Power Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Prague

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 2006 - present: Institute of Thermomechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague
    director (since 2021), interim director (2021), deputy director (2013 - 2021), head of department (2008 - 2021), senior researcher (since 2006)
  • 2003 - present: Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Prague
    associate professor (since 2015), assistant professor (2003 - 2015)
  • 1988 - 2005: Institute of Electrical Engineering, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague
    deputy director (2002 - 2005), senior researcher (2003 - 2005), researcher (1994 - 2003), assistant researcher (1988 - 1994)

STAYS ABROAD

  • 1999 - 2000: University of Wisconsin – Madison, USA (1 year)
  • 1996: Oxford University, United Kingdom (1 month)
  • 1996: Universität Hannover, Germany (1 month)
  • short-term visits: Texas A&M University, USA (2000); University of Sheffield and University of Nottingham, UK (1999); Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway (1997); Chalmers University, Sweden (1996); Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden (1995); Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, and Universiteit Ghent, Belgium (1994)

MEMBERSHIP IN COMMITTEES

  • 2023 - present: Supervisory board of Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Czech Academy of Sciences
  • 2022 - present: Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Czech Republic Local Network committee (chairman)
  • 2020 - present: Think Tank of National Action Plan on Smart Grids
  • 2017 - present: EASAC Energy Steering Panel
  • 2016 - 2021: Supervisory board of CARDAM, s.r.o. (chairman)
  • 2009 - 2019: Supervisory board of Institute of Thermomechanics, Czech Academy of Sciences (vice-chairman)

MEMBERSHIP IN DOCTORAL STUDY BOARDS

  • 2019 - present: Electrical Engineering and Communication, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2019 - present: Electrical Engineering Science, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
  • 2021 - 2024: Military Technology – Electrical Engineering, University of Defence, Brno, Czech Republic
  • 2017 - 2024: Electrical Machines, Apparatus, and Drives, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic (chairman 2018 - 2024)

RESEARCH INTEREST

  • Control of electrical drives (control methods, numerical simulations, sliding mode control)
  • Electric machinery (mathematical modeling, FEM modeling, simulation)
  • Power electronics (control, numerical modeling)
  • Renewable energy (wind and hydro power, microgrids)

HONORS AND SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS

  • SMIEEE - Senior Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, USA (IEEE)
  • FIET - Fellow of Institution of Engineering and Technology, UK (IET)
  • CEng. - Chartered Engineer, Engineering Council, UK
  • Premium of Otto Wichterle for young scientists of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (2002)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Stejskal, J., Chomát, M. Feed-Forward Method for Increasing Efficiency of BLDC Motors by Injection of Higher Time-Harmonic Components. IEEE Access, 2026, 14, pp. 8598 – 8609, ISSN 2169-3536.
  • Ul Hassan, S., Shah, M. H., Pešek, L., Chomát, M. Material Characterization and Strategies for Optimization of Additively Manufactured Electric Machines-A Review. Electronics. 2025, 14(4), 729. ISSN 2079-9292. E-ISSN 2079-9292.
  • Bejvl, M., Chomát, M., Šimek, P., Valouch, V. Generalized Predictive Current Control for Grid-Connected Converter with LCL Filter. Renewable Energy and Power Quality Journal. 2025, 23(1), pp. 130 ‑ 135. E-ISSN 2172-038X.
  • Hassan, S. U., Shah, M. M. H., Gruber, P., Chomát, M. Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces Structure for Efficient Heat Dissipation in Motor Housings: A Convective Potential Analysis. In: International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM 2024). Torino, Italy, 2024, pp. 1 ‑ 7. ISBN 979-83-503-7060-7.
  • Bejvl, M., Chomát, M., Šimek, P., Čerňan, M., Valouch, V. Emulation of Electrical Arc Furnace in Laboratory Conditions using Measured Data from Real Furnace Operation. In: Proc. of International Conference on Electrical Drives and Power Electronics, 2023, ISBN 979-8-3503-2275-0, E-ISSN 2770-7652.
  • Schreier, L., Bendl, J., Chomát, M. Analysis of Stator and Rotor Currents and Torque of Induction Machine with Rotor-Bar Faults. Electrical Engineering. 2021, 103(1), 519-528. ISSN 0948-7921. E-ISSN 1432-0487.
  • Chomát, M., Schreier, L., Bendl, J. Analysis of Magnetic Field Distribution in Induction Machine with Combined Star-Delta Stator Winding. The Journal of Engineering. 2019, June(17), 4369-4374. ISSN 2051-3305.
  • Schreier, L., Bendl, J., Chomát, M. Analysis of Influence of Third Spatial Harmonic on Currents and Torque of Multi-Phase Synchronous Machine with Permanent Magnets. Electrical Engineering. 2018, 100(3), 2095-2102. ISSN 0948-7921.
  • Schreier, L., Bendl, J., Chomát, M. Comparison of Properties of Two Basic Variants of Combined Star-Delta Stator Winding of Induction Machines. Electrical Engineering. 2018, 100(3), 2155-2164. ISSN 0948-7921.
  • Schreier, L., Bendl, J., Chomát, M. Effect of Combined Stator Winding on Reduction of Higher Spatial Harmonics in Induction Machine. Electrical Engineering. 2017, 99(1), 161-169. ISSN 0948-7921.
  • Schreier, L., Bendl, J., Chomát, M. Operation of Five-Phase Induction Motor after Loss of One Phase of Feeding Source. Electrical Engineering. 2017, 99(1), 9-18. ISSN 0948-7921.
  • Chomát, M., ed. New Applications of Electric Drives. Rijeka: InTech, 2015. ISBN 978-953-51-2233-3.
  • Schreier, L., Bendl, J., Chomát, M. Effect of Higher Spatial Harmonics on Properties of Six-Phase Induction Machine Fed by Unbalanced Voltages. Electrical Engineering. 2015, 97(2), 155-164. ISSN 0948-7921.
  • Chomát, M., ed. Electric Machines and Drives. Rijeka: INTECHWEB.ORG, 2011. ISBN 978-953-307-548-8.
  • Chomát, M. Operation of Active Front-End Rectifier in Electric Drive under Unbalanced Voltage Supply. In: Chomát, M., ed. Electric Machines and Drives. Rijeka: INTECHWEB.ORG, 2011, 195-216. ISBN 978-953-307-548-8.

TEACHING

Lectures (Czech Technical University in Prague)

  • Dynamics of Electrical Machines (doctoral study)
  • Electrical Machines and Apparatus (in English)

Course Guarantee (Czech Technical University in Prague)

  • Electrical Systems in Smart Buildings
  • Algorithms—Course Coordinator for the course taught in Sezimovo Ústí

Supervision of Students

  • Ph.D.: 5 (studying), 2 (graduated)
  • B.Sc.: 2 (graduated)
  • M.Sc.: 2 (graduated)

HODNOCENÍ VÝZKUMNÝCH PROJEKTŮ

  • Member of evaluation panels of Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (Théta, Zéta)
  • Member of evaluation panel Electrical and Electronic Engineering of Czech Science Foundation (2009–2013)
  • External evaluator: EC, TAČR, MPO ČR, MŠMT ČR, Vedecká grantová agentura MŠVVŠ SR a SAV, Agentúra na podporu výskumu a vývoja, Latvian Council of Science, Central Finance and Contracting Agency, Narodowe Centrum Nauki, ERANETMED, Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, Fraunhofer‑Gesellschaft, Jihomoravské centrum pro mezinárodní mobilitu

Grants

2019–2022TN01000024National Competence Center - Cybernetics and Artifical Intelligence 1
2019–2022TK02010187Research on the potential of hydrogen technologies for transformation of energy mix of Moravian-silesian region (MSK), low-carbon energy and development of low-emission mobility
2017–2017ISR 17-14
2017–2017ISR 17-15
2016–2018GA16-07795SAnalysis of Systems Employing Induction machines vith Combined Star-Delta Windings in Regard to Performance and Energy Efficiency Improvement
2013–2015GA13-35370SAdvanced control methods of multi-phase electric machines
2009–2011GA102/09/1273Effect of DC-Link Voltage Variations in Voltage Source Inverter on Electric Drive Operation
2006–2008GA102/06/0215Control of electromechanical energy conversion systems in non-standard operating conditions