SSHMC × Amorphous Motors — Same-day exchange ignites a new alliance for high-efficiency electric drives

Amorphous Motor Engineering Center, Songshan Lake — Prof. Bassir (centre) stands with Amorphous Motors leadership after discussions on amorphous-alloy drive technology.

On 11 June 2025, Professor David Bassir, director of the Smart Structural Health Monitoring & Control (SSHMC) Lab at Dongguan University of Technology, and the leadership of Amorphous Motors met twice in one day. First at the company’s Amorphous Motor Engineering Center inside the Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory (SLAB), and later at the Institute of Science & Technology Innovation (ISTI) on the DGUT campus.

During the morning session in Songshan Lake, Prof. Bassir toured pilot lines that are already producing amorphous-alloy motor cores, high-speed spindle motors and related components. The two sides held an in-depth conversation on how such low-loss, high-frequency machines could boost the endurance of UAVs and other light aircraft, ultimately agreeing to pursue a formal collaboration on flight applications. 

DGUT-ISTI foyer — Prof. David Bassir (centre) greets two senior engineers from Amorphous Motors at the Smart Structural Health Monitoring & Control Lab.

That afternoon the Amorphous Motors delegation visited SSHMC’s labs in Dongguan, where researchers demonstrated digital-twin control rigs and structural-health-monitoring platforms. Integrating real-time motor telemetry with these models emerged as an immediate next step toward a jointly built prototype. Because amorphous metals cut core losses to roughly one-third of those in conventional silicon-steel designs, pairing them with closed-loop digital control promises quieter, cooler and more efficient electric propulsion. 

Both meetings concluded with a shared intention to draft a memorandum of understanding and to fast-track joint funding proposals under Guangdong’s advanced-materials programs.

(Written by Anicet Barrios, first reviewer: Lara Nizet, second reviewer: Li Qianqian)