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Magnomatics Ltd was established in 2006 as a spin-out from the University of Sheffield to commercialise results from research on magnetic transmission systems, electromechanical actuators and direct-drive electrical machines which is being undertaken from the Electrical Machines and Drives laboratories at the University.

The company maintains a strong link with the University in order to take full advantage of its technical expertise and state-of-the-art research facilities.
  
 
 

Chris Kirby : Managing Director

 

Chris is a Chartered Electrical Engineer who graduated from Keele University in 1995. After conducting research into ultrasonic instrumentation, he co-founded NDT Solutions Ltd in 1997 and as Managing Director, grew the Company into a world leader in its field.  Chris left NDT Solutions in 2005 to take up a position as a Business Manager at the University of Sheffield where he identified the opportunity to form Magnomatics Ltd based around the ground-breaking scientific breakthroughs which emanate from the Electrical Machines and Drives Group.

 

 

Dr Kais Atallah : Technical Director

 

Kais Atallah studied Electrical Power Engineering at Ecole Nationale Polytechnique in Algeria (Ingenieur d’Etat) and in 1993 he received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Sheffield, England. Currently he is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Sheffield, as well as the Technical Director of Magnomatics Limited. His research interests embrace high-performance permanent magnet drives for safety-critical applications, magnetic gearing and ‘pseudo’ direct drive electrical machines.

 

 

Dr Stuart Calverley : Director of Electromechanical Systems

 

Stuart Calverley studied at Loughborough University where he obtained a first class degree in Mechanical Engineering. He received a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Sheffield in 2001 for his thesis entitled “Design of a high speed switched reluctance machine for automotive turbogenerator applications”. He has worked on a wide range of projects including electromagnetic valve actuators for compression therapy devices in the healthcare sector and he designed and built the first prototype magnetic gear system which led to the formation of Magnomatics Ltd. Following a fixed term contract as a lecturer in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Sheffield, his most recent research activity as an EPSRC/Royal Academy of Engineering Fellow is centred around  multi-physics modelling of highly embedded electrical machines for use in gas turbine applications.

 

 

Dr Jan Rens : Director of Electromagnetics

 

Jan Rens studied at the KUL, Leuven, and the UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium for the degree of MSc in electromechanical power engineering, which he obtained in 1999. He received his PhD degree in electrical engineering from the University of Sheffield in 2003 for research on linear actuation systems.

Since then, Jan has been a post-doctoral Research Associate at the University of Sheffield. His recent research includes electromechanical valve actuators for internal combustion engines and the design of novel magnetic transmission systems.

 

 

Professor David Howe : Non-Executive Director

 

David Howe received B.Tech and M.Sc degrees in electrical power engineering from the University of Bradford in 1966 and 1967, respectively, and was awarded a PhD in electrical power engineering by the University of Southampton in 1975.

Currently, he is Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Sheffield, where he heads the Electrical Machines and Drives Research Group, in which capacity he has pursued research on a wide range of issues related to electromagnetic devices, power electronic converters and control systems. He has also held academic posts at Brunel University, and Southampton University, and spent a period in industry with NEI Parsons Ltd., working on electromagnetic problems related to turbogenerators. David is a fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, UK, and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.  He was the first Director of the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre in Advanced Electrical Machines and Drives.