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doc. Ing. Karol Kyslan, PhD./

doc. Ing. Karol Kyslan, PhD.

doc. Ing. Karol Kyslan, PhD.

Vice-dean FEI for Research Activities and Doctoral Studies (3rd Level of Study), Assoc. professor


Contact details

  • Phone Number

    +421 55 602 2268+421 55 602 2024
  • Email

    karol.kyslan@tuke.sk

Office

Letná 9, main building, 2nd floor, B-wing, room L9‑B213

Education

  • 2020 – Associate Professor, Technical University of Košice, field: Theoretical Electrical Engineering
  • 2012 – PhD, Technical University of Košice, field: Power Electrical Engineering
  • 2009 – Ing. (MSc equivalent), Technical University of Košice, field: Electric Drives

Pedagogy

Lectures

Laboratory Exercises

Laboratory Supervision

Laboratory of controlled electric drives

The best diploma/bachelor theses under my supervision

  • 2025, Bc. Dominik Ivančo, Modeling and Control of a Hysteresis Brake, Master’s Thesis for BSH Drives and Pumps
  • 2022, Bc. Lukáš Pancurák, Control and Synchronization of a Three‑Motor Drive System, Master’s Thesis
  • 2021, Peter Čabra, Fixture for Demonstrating the Operation of a Position Servo System, Bachelor’s Thesis
  • 2020, Bc. Viktor Petro, Sensorless Control of a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor, Master’s Thesis
  • 2019, Bc. Dominik Rerko, Scalar Control of a Five‑Phase Induction Motor, Master’s Thesis
  • 2014, Bc. Emil Kušnír, Dynamic Emulation of Mechanical Loads, Master’s Thesis

Supervised PhD. students

  • 2026, Ing. Lukáš Pancurák, PhD dissertation topic: Predictive Control of a Synchronous Motor
  • 2023, Ing. Viktor Petro, PhD dissertation topic: Sensorless Control of a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor at Low Speeds

Research activities

Profiles in scientific databases

Web of Science

Scopus

Orcid

Current research grants

  • VEGA 1/0665/26 – Research of Advanced Control Algorithms for Electric Drives Using Artificial Intelligence and the Digital Twin Concept, 

    • role: principal investigator, 

    • duration: 2026–2028, 
    • requested budget: €60,000.
  • International Visegrad Fund, project ID 22420041 – PAEPEDE: Pathways to Excellence in Power Electronics and Electrical Drives Education, 

    • role: principal investigator, 

    • duration: 2024–2026, 
    • budget: approximately €22,000.
  • VEGA 1/0363/23 – Research of High‑Efficiency Electromechanical Systems with Applications in Electromobility, 

    • role: principal investigator, 

    • duration: 2023–2025, 
    • allocated budget: €35,000.
  • VEGA 1/0493/19 – Dynamic Emulation of Mechanical Loads, 

    • role: principal investigator, 

    • duration: 2019–2022, 
    • allocated budget: €24,000.

Recent publications

  • Pancurák, L., Horváth, K. & Kyslan, K., "Sequential model predictive direct speed control of PMSM," Scientific Reports, 16, 8226 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-39256-2
  • L. Pancurák and K. Kyslan: "Sensitivity Analysis of Sequential Direct Speed Predictive Control of PMSM," 2025 International Conference on Electrical Drives and Power Electronics (EDPE), Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2025, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/EDPE66853.2025.11224112.
  • V. Petro, K. Kyslan, K. Horváth, K. Wróbel and G. Tarchała: "HF Pulse Signal Injection Based Method for Sensorless Control of PMSM with Cogging Torque Compensation," 2025 7th Global Power, Energy and Communication Conference (GPECOM), Bochum, Germany, 2025, pp. 257-262, doi: 10.1109/GPECOM65896.2025.11061829.

Most significant publications

  • J. Bačík, F. Ďurovský, M. Biroš, K. Kyslan, D. Perduková and S. Padmanaban, "Pathfinder–Development of Automated Guided Vehicle for Hospital Logistics," in IEEE Access, vol. 5, pp. 26892-26900, 2017, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2017.2767899 , 100 citations
  • Kyslan, K.; Petro, V.; Bober, P.; Šlapák, V.; Ďurovský, F.; Dybkowski, M.; Hric, M. A Comparative Study and Optimization of Switching Functions for Sliding-Mode Observer in Sensorless Control of PMSM. Energies 2022, 15, 2689. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15072689, 30 citations
  • Kyslan, K., Rodič, M., Suchý, Ľ. et al. Industrial controller-based dynamometer with dynamic emulation of mechanical loads. Electrical Engineering,  99, 1245–1254 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00202-017-0626-z, 12 citations
  • K. Kyslan, V. Šlapák, V. Fedák, F. Ďurovský and K. Horváth, "Design of load torque and mechanical speed estimator of PMSM with unscented Kalman filter — An engineering guide," 2017 19th International Conference on Electrical Drives and Power Electronics (EDPE), Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2017, pp. 297-302, doi: 10.1109/EDPE.2017.8123249. 25 citations
  • K. Jankowska, V. Petro, M. Dybkowski and K. Kyslan, "The Application of a Sliding Mode Observer in a Speed Sensor Fault Tolerant PMSM Drive System," in IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 130899-130908, 2023, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3335121.  10 citations