The paper entitled: “A Novel Harmonic Isolation Method for the Reliable Detection of Rotor Breakages in Induction Motors” has been selected for the 3rd best paper award by the Electrical Machines Committee of the IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications for 2026.

The authors' team represents 6 Universities across 4 countries and consists of P. A. Panagiotou (University of Sheffield, UK), Z. Song (University of Sheffield, UK), J. C. Mayo-Maldonado (University of Southampton, UK), I. Arvanitakis (Coventry University, UK), G. Escobar (Technological Institute of Monterrey, Mexico), J. A. Antonino-Daviu (Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain), and K. N. Gyftakis (Technical University of Crete, Greece).

Greece and the Technical University of Crete are represented by Prof. Konstantinos Gyftakis of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Leader of the Electrical Machines Laboratory (EMLab), who was the coordinator of the research team.

The awarded paper proposes a novel method to detect rotor electrical faults in induction motors, and that can be applied independently from the loading and the speed of the motor. The method is based on the isolation of harmoincs from the stator current spectrum and is a reliable solution for industrial applications, especially when traditional and commercial methods fail to provide a reliable diagnosis. The paper develops the theoretical background of the newly proposed method, presents electromagnetic simulations results from different motors and closes with experimental verification on a real electromechanical system.