Below, you will find the titles of the approved Tutorials for ICEM 2026 along with links to their corresponding description.

Please note that tutorials will take place on September 6 and that registration is mandatory for participation.

LIST OF TUTORIALS

• Rare-Earth Minimized High-Speed Electric Machine and Wide Bandgap Drive Designs and Trends for Electric Transportation - Iqbal Husain and Junyeong Jung
• Insulation Friendly Drives for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines - Jianning Dong, Fei Peng and Yu Yao
• Direct Flux Control: Emerging Torque Controllers for Traction and Propulsion Motors - Sandro Rubino and Radu Bojoi
• Hands-on Design and Optimization of IPM Traction Motors with SyR-e - Simone Ferrari and Gianmario Pellegrino
• Thermal Management of Electrical Machines - Fundamentals and Advancements - Rafal Wrobel
• Material Tradeoff for Sustainable Electrical Machines in Demanding Applications - Ahmed Selema, Nick Simpson and Ayman El-Refaie
• Variable Flux Synchronous Machines: Design Compromises and State-of-the-Art Machine Topologies - Gerd Bramerdorfer, Gabriel Weissitsch and David Klink
• State-of-the-Art Assessment of Additive Manufactured Soft Magnetic Materials for Electrical Machines through Comprehensive Characterization - Stefano Nuzzo, Lukasz Mierczak and Paolo Bolognesi
• High-Speed PMSM Design and Drive: Sizing and Feasibility, Multiphysics Optimisation, and Minimum Loss Control - Rukmi Dutta, Guoyu Chu and Faz Rahman

Call for Tutorials

Tutorials are high-quality training sessions provided by recognized experts from academia and/or industry. During these sessions, fundamentals and state-of-the-art on emerging topics in electrical machines will be introduced.

ICEM 2026 Tutorials will be held on September 6, 2026, and will be free-of-charge for all registered participants.

Each accepted tutorial will receive one free full registration, applicable to one of the tutorial presenters.

Guidelines for Tutorial Proposals

Potential tutorial organizers should submit their tutorial proposals in .doc format. The tutorial proposals should include the following information (also reflected in the Tutorial Proposal Template):

• Title of the Tutorial;
• Names, affiliations and email addresses of the tutorial organizers;
• Biographies and photos of the presenters;
• Abstract (up to 300 words);
• List of contents.

Recommendations for Tutorial Organizers

The tutorial organizers should take into account the following:

• Duration of the tutorial: 2h 30 min, including Q&A;
• Number of presenters: up to 3;
• The inclusion of practical case-studies, real-world applications, and experimentally validated results is highly appreciated;
• A clear description of the content and objectives of the lecture is highly recommended;
• Presenters are encouraged to prepare various materials, such as handouts or electronic resources, available for distribution before or during the tutorials.

Deadline for Tutorial Proposals: February 1, 2026 (CLOSED)

Templates

Tutorial Proposal Template: Download | Tutorial Presentation Template: Available soon

Please send your proposal in .doc format to icem2026@ubi.pt and to the three Tutorial Co-Chairs:

• Ayman El-Refaie (ayman.el-refaie@marquette.edu)
• Davide Fonseca (davide.fonseca@ieee.org)
• Fabrizio Marignetti (marignetti@unicas.it)