Rik W. De Doncker is Professor of Electrical Engineering at Aachen University of Technology, Aachen, Germany, where he leads the Institute for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives. In Oct. 2006 he was also appointed director of the E.ON Energy Research Center at RWTH Aachen University, where he leads the Institute for Power Generation and Storage Systems. He has published over 170 technical papers and is holder of 25 patents, with several pending. He is past president of the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) and was founding Chairman of the German IEEE IAS-PELS Joint Chapter. Dr. De Doncker is recipient of the IAS Outstanding Achievements Award and the IEEE Power Engineering Custom Power Award.Prof. Dr. ir. Duco Pulle is Founder and CEO of EMsynergy, and University Guest Professor at The Institute for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives (ISEA) at RWTH Aachen University. He is the author of previous Springer titles in the Power Systems Series, Fundamentals of Electrical Drives, Advanced Electrical Drives and Applied Control of Electrical Drives. Dr. ir. André Veltman is director of Piak Electronic Design B.V. in the Netherlands and (co-)author of two other Springer titles on electrical drives.

• Chapter 1. Modern electrical drives: an overview.- Chapter 2. Modulation techniques for power electronic converters.- Chapter 3. Current control of generalized load.- Chapter 4. Drive principles.- Chapter 5. Modeling and control of DC machines.- Chapter 6. Synchronous machine modeling concepts.- Chapter 7. Control of synchronous machine drives.- Chapter 8. Induction machine modeling concepts.- Chapter 9. Control of induction machine drives.- Chapter 10. Switched reluctance drive systems.

Rik W. De Doncker is Professor of Electrical Engineering at Aachen University of Technology, Aachen, Germany, where he leads the Institute for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives. In Oct. 2006 he was also appointed director of the E.ON Energy Research Center at RWTH Aachen University, where he leads the Institute for Power Generation and Storage Systems. He has published over 170 technical papers and is holder of 25 patents, with several pending. He is past president of the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) and was founding Chairman of the German IEEE IAS-PELS Joint Chapter. Dr. De Doncker is recipient of the IAS Outstanding Achievements Award and the IEEE Power Engineering Custom Power Award.Prof. Dr. ir. Duco Pulle is Founder and CEO of EMsynergy, and University Guest Professor at The Institute for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives (ISEA) at RWTH Aachen University. He is the author of previous Springer titles in the Power Systems Series, Fundamentals of Electrical Drives, Advanced Electrical Drives and Applied Control of Electrical Drives. Dr. ir. André Veltman is director of Piak Electronic Design B.V. in the Netherlands and (co-)author of two other Springer titles on electrical drives.

• Chapter 1. Modern electrical drives: an overview.- Chapter 2. Modulation techniques for power electronic converters.- Chapter 3. Current control of generalized load.- Chapter 4. Drive principles.- Chapter 5. Modeling and control of DC machines.- Chapter 6. Synchronous machine modeling concepts.- Chapter 7. Control of synchronous machine drives.- Chapter 8. Induction machine modeling concepts.- Chapter 9. Control of induction machine drives.- Chapter 10. Switched reluctance drive systems.

Rik W. De Doncker is Professor of Electrical Engineering at Aachen University of Technology, Aachen, Germany, where he leads the Institute for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives. In Oct. 2006 he was also appointed director of the E.ON Energy Research Center at RWTH Aachen University, where he leads the Institute for Power Generation and Storage Systems. He has published over 170 technical papers and is holder of 25 patents, with several pending. He is past president of the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) and was founding Chairman of the German IEEE IAS-PELS Joint Chapter. Dr. De Doncker is recipient of the IAS Outstanding Achievements Award and the IEEE Power Engineering Custom Power Award.Prof. Dr. ir. Duco Pulle is Founder and CEO of EMsynergy, and University Guest Professor at The Institute for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives (ISEA) at RWTH Aachen University. He is the author of previous Springer titles in the Power Systems Series, Fundamentals of Electrical Drives, Advanced Electrical Drives and Applied Control of Electrical Drives. Dr. ir. André Veltman is director of Piak Electronic Design B.V. in the Netherlands and (co-)author of two other Springer titles on electrical drives.

• Chapter 1. Modern electrical drives: an overview.- Chapter 2. Modulation techniques for power electronic converters.- Chapter 3. Current control of generalized load.- Chapter 4. Drive principles.- Chapter 5. Modeling and control of DC machines.- Chapter 6. Synchronous machine modeling concepts.- Chapter 7. Control of synchronous machine drives.- Chapter 8. Induction machine modeling concepts.- Chapter 9. Control of induction machine drives.- Chapter 10. Switched reluctance drive systems.