SHAILENDRA

KUMAR JAIN,
Ph.D.

Designation   Professor

Department of Electrical Engineering Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology

Address
(Deemed University) Bhopal (M.P.) – 462007, INDIA
phone numbers
+91 755 2670715, + 91 9406540720
fax and E-mail
Fax:-+91 755 2670562
address
[email protected] , [email protected]

• PDF (2007) Uni. Of Western Ontario, London, canada

Educational • Ph.D. (2003) Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India
Qualification • M.E. (Power Electronics)(1994) Devi Ahilya University, Indore
• B.E. (Electrical) (1990) Barkatullah University, Bhopal.

Power Electronics, Power Quality Improvement, Active Power Filter/ High Power
Specialization Factor Converters/ STATCOM/ Multilevel Inverters, Electrical Drives, Microprocessor
and Microcontrollers, Artificial Intelligence

• International Journals 14

Publication including • National Journals 08
writing of books • International/National Conferences 50
• International/National Conferences 50

Number of P.G.
35
Projects guided

No. of Ph.D. Thesis

02/08
Supervised

Administrative work • Coordinator MPSTEP,

• Dy. Supdt. (Exam) Electrical, Hostel Warden
done

AWARDS & RECOGNITION:-

1. Received “Career Award for Young Teachers” awarded by All India Council
of Technical Education, India to the technical teachers below 35 years for their
Special Achievements
significant research contribution.
2. Honored by Institution of Engineers, India IE(I) for significant contribution in the
field of Electrical Engineering on 39th Engineers Day, 15th Sep. 2006.
ARTICLES REVIEWED :-
Any other information
Reviewed the articles of following Journals - IEEE Transaction on Power Delivery,
 IEEE Transaction on Energy Conversion, Computer and Electrical Engineering and
Autosoft Journal on Soft Computing. In addition reviewed articles of many
International and National Conferences.

Agarwal, Pramod pramgfee[at]iitr.ac.in

Interests : Electrical Machines, Power Electronics, Microprocessors, Microcomputers Controlled

 
Electric Drives, Electrical Machines, Power Electronics, Microprocessors, Microcomputers Controlled
Electric Drives

Dr.H.M.Suryawanshi
 Faculty Detail:Professor, Email:[email protected]
 Qualification:M.E., PhD. (Electrical).
 Courses Taken:Power Electronics & Power Systems: Resonant converter, Power quality, Active filter, FACTs
devices, Multilevel Converters, Drives (AC & DC), Fault Diagnosis of Induction Motor, UPS etc.
 Subject Expertise:Power Electronics & Power Systems: Resonant converter, Power quality, Active filter, FACTs
devices, Multilevel Converters, Drives (AC & DC), Fault Diagnosis of Induction Motor, UPS etc.

Dr. Praveen Jain

Professor and Canada Research Chair

Director, ePOWER
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
108 Walter Light Hall
Queen's University
Kingston, ON K7L 3N6
Phone: (613) 328.4071
Fax: (613) 533.6615
[email protected]

Dr. Praveen Jain is Canada Research Chair in Power Electronics

and Director of the Queen's University Centre for Energy and Power
Electronics Research (ePOWER). Dr. Jain holds a PhD from the
University of Toronto and is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and
Electronic Engineers (IEEE), the Engineering Institute of Canada
(EIC) and the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE). He is the
recipient of the 2011 William E. Newell Award in Power Electronics
from IEEE. He is also a recipient of the Engineering Medal (R&D)
from the Professional Engineers of Ontario.

Dr. Praveen Jain holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Power

Electronics at Queen's University. His research contributions have
resulted in over 375 publications, including 38 patents. He has
secured over $15M in external research funding, and is active in most IEEE and major international
conferences in the power electronics field. He has supervised over 75 research engineers,
postdoctoral fellows and graduate students.

Dr. Jain has demonstrated experience in successfully transferring technology from university to
industry and concept to product. His industrial experience has included work as a power electronics
engineer for Canadian Aeronautics where he contributed to the design and development of high
frequency power conversion equipment for the International Space Station, as an advisor for Nortel
Networks, and as a consultant with Astec Advanced Power Systems, providing guidance for the
research and development of advanced power technologies for telecommunications. He has also
consulted with many organizations including Ballard Power, General Electric and Intel. In addition,
he established two new companies, CHiL Semiconductor and SPARQ Systems Inc., from research
innovation at Queen's University.
 DR. SOMASEKHAR V T

Associate Professor

Electrical Engineering. Department

National Institute of Technology, Warangal - 506004, A.P, INDIA

E-Mail : [email protected]

Phone No. :08702462231

Specializations

Message

Course Taught Previously

Academic Year Semester Classes Course ID Course Name

2010-11 3 B Tech Circuit Theory -1

2010-11 1 M Tech Advanced Digital Signal Processing

2010-11 5 B Tech Electrical Machines Lab -1 (Two sessions)

2010-11 6 B Tech Power Electronics

2010-11 2 M Tech Advanced Electric Drives

2010-11 6 B Tech Electrical Machines Lab -2

2010-11 2 M Tech Electrical Drives Lab (Two sessions)

Courses Currently Being Taught

Classes Department Semester Course ID Course Name

B Tech Electrical Engineering 7 Electrical Machine Modeling & Analysis

M Tech Power Electronics & Drives 1 Electrical Machine Modeling & Analysis

M Tech Power Electronics & Drives 1 DSP Laboratory

Journal Publication Details

Author Title Journal Name Vol. Page. Year.

Decoupled Space-vector PWM

Barry Venugopal Reddy, IEEE
Strategies for a Four-level VOL. 58, NO. 11,
Veeramraju Tirumala Transactions on
Asymmetrical Open-end Winding pp. 5130-5141,
Somasekhar, and Yenduri Industrial
Induction Motor Drive with November 2011
Kalyan Electronics
Waveform Symmetries

V.T. Somasekhar, Effect of Zero-Vector Placement in IEEE Vol.55, No.6, pp.

 a Dual-Inverter fed Open-end
Transactions
S.Srinivas, K. Kranti winding Induction Motor Drive with 2497-2505, June
Industrial
Kumar a Decoupled Space Vector PWM 2008
Electronics
Scheme

Effect of Zero-Vector Placement in

IEEE
V.T. Somasekhar, a Dual-Inverter fed Open-end Vol.23, No.3, pp.
Transactions on
S.Srinivas, K. Kranti winding Induction Motor Drive with 1584-1591, May
Power
Kumar Alternate Sub-hexagonal Centre 2008
Electronics
PWM Switching Scheme

V.T. Somasekhar, IEEE

A Multilevel Inverter System for an Vol.52, No.3, pp.
K.Gopakumar, M.R. Baiju, Transactions on
Induction Motor with open-end 824-836, June
K.K. Mohapatra and Industrial
windings 2005
L.Umanand Electronics

IEEE
Krushna K. Mohapatra, K. A Harmonic Elimination and Vol.50, No.6, pp.
Transactions on
Gopakumar, V. T. Suppression Scheme for an Open- 1187- 1198,
Industrial
Somasekhar, L. Umanand End Winding Induction Motor Drive December 2003
Electronics

Space-Vector- based PWM

switching strategies for a three-level IET proc. Electric Vol.2, No.1,
S. Srinivas, V.T.
dual-inverter-fed open-end winding Power pp.19-31, Jan.
Somasekhar
induction motor drive and their Applications 2008
comparative evaluation

PWM Switching Strategy for the

V.T. Somasekhar, S.
Dynamic-balancing of Zero- IET proc. Electric Vol.1, No.4,
Srinivas, B. Prakash
sequence Current for a Dual- Power pp.591– 600, July
Reddy, C. Nagarjuna
Inverter Fed Open-end Winding Applications 2007
Reddy, K. Sivakumar
Induction Motor Drive

V.T. Somasekhar, Dual Two-level inverter scheme for IEE Proceedings Vol.151, No.2,
M.R.Baiju and K. an open-end winding induction on Electric Power pp. 230-238,
Gopakumar motor drive with a single DC power
 supply and improved DC bus
Applications March 2004
Utilisation

IEE Proceedings Vol.150, No.3,

V.T. Somasekhar, K. Three-level inverter configuration
on Electric Power pp. 245-254, May
Gopakumar cascading two two-level inverters
Applications 2003

PWM inverter switching strategy for

V.T. Somasekhar, K. IEE proc. Electric Vol.149, No.2,
a dual two-level inverter fed open-
Gopakumar, A. Pittet, V.T. Power pp.152 – 160,
end winding induction motor drive
Ranganathan Applications Mar 2002
with a switched neutral

M.R.Baiju , K. Gopakumar,
Five-level inverter voltage space IEE Proceedings Vol.150, No.5,
K.K. Mohapatra , V.T.
phasor generation for an open-end on Electric Power pp. 531-538,
Somasekhar and
winding induction motor drive Applications September 2003
L.Umanand

A multilevel voltage space phasor

V.T. Somasekhar, K. generation for an open-end winding European Power
Vol.12, No.3,
Gopakumar, E.G. induction motor dive using a dual Electronic and
June 2002
Shivakumar, A. Pittet inverter scheme with asymmetrical Drives Journal
DC link voltages

A space vector modulation scheme

V.T. Somasekhar, K. for a dual two-level inverter fed European Power
Vol.12, No.2,
Gopakumar, E.G. open-end winding induction motor Electronic and
March 2002
Shivakumar, S.K. Sinha drive for the elimination of zero Drives Journal
sequence currents

M.R.Baiju , K. Gopakumar, A High Resolution Multilevel

European Power Vol.13, No.4, pp.
K.K. Mohapatra , V.T. Voltage Space Phasor Generation
Electronic and 29-37,
Somasekhar and for an Open-end Winding Induction
Drives Journal September 2003
L.Umanand Motor Drive

M.R.Baiju, K.Gopakumar, A Space Vector Based PWM European Power Vol.13,No.2, pp.
 Method using Only the
V.T.Somasekhar,
Instantaneous Amplitudes of Electronic and
K.K.Mohapatra and 35-45, May 2003
Reference Phase Voltages for Drives Journal
L.Umanand
Three Level Inverters

Switching Algorithms for the Dual

Asian Power Vol.1, No.1,
S. Srinivas, V.T. Inverter fed Open-end Winding
Electronics pp.96-110, Aug.
Somasekhar Induction Motor Drive for 3-level
Journal 2007
Voltage Space Phasor Generation

An efficient switching Algorithm for

K.A. Mallikarjun, Sunita the implementation of synchronous Asian Power Vol.2, No.2,
Nadampalli, V.T. Space Vector Modulation for an Electronics pp.83-90,
Somasekhar Induction Motor Drive with V/f Journal October 2008
control

V.T. Somasekhar, K.
A PWM Scheme for a 3-level Jl. of Indian Vol.82, No.1, pp.
Gopakumar, M.R. Baiju,
Inverter Circuit Topology Cascading Institute of 23-36, Jan-Feb
K.K. Mohapatra, L.
two 2- level Inverters Science 2002
Umanand

Conference Proceeding

Vol. Page.
Author Title Conference Name
Year.

A Decoupled SVPWM Technique for

a Dual Inverter Four-level Open-end
B.Venugopal Reddy, V.T. pp.1-6,Dec
Winding Induction Motor Drive with PEDES-2010,Delhi
Somasekhar 2010
Voltage Balancing of DC-link
Capacitors

P. Srinivasan, B. Venugopal PWM Switching Strategy for the PEDES-2010,Delhi pp.1-6,Dec

Reddy, V. T. Somasekhar Elimination of Common Mode
 Voltage of a Two-level Inverter Drive
with an Open-end Winding Induction 2010
Motor Configuration

A Space Vector based PWM for a

Four-level Dual Inverter fed Open-
B. Venugopal Reddy, V.T.
end Winding Induction Motor Drive IICPE-2010, Delhi 2010
Somasekhar
with Voltage Balancing of DC-link
Capacitors

A New Alternate- Inverter PWM

Switching Strategy for reducing the
pp.1460-
S. Srinivas, V.T. Somasekhar Common–Mode Voltages for a Proc. IPEC
1465, 2005
Dual-Inverter fed Open-end Winding
Induction Motor Drive

A Space Vector based PWM

Switching Scheme for the reduction Conf. Proc.IEEE-
V.T. Somasekhar, S. pp. 816-
of Common-Mode Voltages for a PESC-2005,Recife,
Srinivas, K. Gopakuamr 821,2005
Dual Inverter fed Open-end Winding Brazil,
Induction motor Drive

Switching Algorithms for a Dual

Proc. of IEEE-
V.T. Somasekhar, S. Srinivas Inverter fed Open-end Winding 2004
IICPE, 2004
Induction Motor Drive

V.T.Somasekhar, K. A New Five-level Inverter System vol.1,

Chandrasekhar, for an Induction Motor with Open- Proc. PEDS 2003 pp.199-204,
K.Gopakumar end Windings 2003

A constant Switching Decoupled

pp.280-
B.Venugopal Reddy, V.T. Space Vector PWM Scheme for a ICETECT-
284,March
Somsekhar Four-level Open-end Winding 2011,Nargercoil
2011
Induction Motor Drive
 Thermal Evaluation of Space Vector
B. Venugopal Reddy, V.T. PWM Based Four- level Dual ICETECT- pp.420-
Somasekhar Inverter Fed Open –End Winding 2011,Nargercoil 424,2011
Induction Motor Drive

A Novel PWM Inverter Switching

V. T. Soamsekahr, K.
Strategy for a Dual Two-Level PEDS- pp.196-
Gopalkumar, Andre Pitter, V.
Inverter Fed Open-end Winging 2001,Indonesia 202,2001
T. Ranganathan
Induction Motor Drive

A multi level space phasor based

E.G. Shivakumar, V. T.
PWM based strategy for an open-
Somasekhar, Krushna K. PEDS2001, pp.169-175,
end winding induction motor drive
Mohapatra, K. Gopakumar, Indonesia 2001
using two inverters with different DC
L. Umanand, S.
link voltages

M. R. Baiju, K. K. Mohapatra, A Five-Level Inverter Voltage Space

conf. proc. APEC- pp.826-832,
V. T. Somasekhar, K. Phasor Generation for an Open-end
03 2003
Gopakumar, L. Umanand Winding Induction Motor Drive

V. T. Somasekhar, M. R. A multilevel inverter system for an

conf. proc. pp 973 –
Baiju, K.K. Mohapatra, induction motor with open-end
IECON’02 978,2002
K.Gopakumar windings

K. K. Mohapatra, K. A novel modulation scheme for a six

conf. proc. pp. 810 –
Gopakumar, V.T. phase induction motor with open-
IECON’02 815,2002
Somasekhar, L. Umanand end windings

A Four-level Inverter with Open-end

Barry Venugopal Reddy, V.T. Winding Induction Motor Drive with NPEC-2010, IIT
2010
Somasekhar a Decoupled Space Vector PWM Roorkee
Scheme

Ph.D.'s Supervised
Candidat Award
Thesis
e Year

Investigations on Space Vector Modulation Schemes and Placement of Zero-

S. Srinivas Vector in a Three-level Dual-inverter fed Open-end Winding Induction Motor 2008
Drive

Workshop/SSTPs/Conference Organized

Title Coordinator Date

Digital Signal Processor Applications to Electric 29-2-08 to 2-

Dr. V.T. Somasekhar, Dr.B.K. Murthy
Drives 3-08

Digital Signal Processor Applications to Modern Dr. V.T. Somasekhar, Dr. S. Srinivas, 16-6-08 to
Industrial Drives Dr.B.K. Murthy 28-6-08

Infrastructural & Curricular Development of 24-9-09 to

Dr. V.T. Somasekhar
Electric Drives Laboratory 26-9-08

Workshop/SSTPs/Conference Attended

Title Date Workshop Organized At

17-30 PSG College of

Computer Simulation of Power
November STTP Technology,
Electronic Systems
1996 Coimbatore

New Trends in Active Filters for 22-12-97 to 3-

Improving Power Quality 1-98 STTP REC Rourkela

15-27
Real Time Energy Management
December STTP NIT Warangal
Systems
2003

Advances in Wind-Solar Energy 19-23 June

STTP MANIT, Bhopal
Technology 2006

26-6-06 to 1-
Analog Integrated Circuit Design STTP NIT Warangal
7-06

Perspectives in Modern Control 25-30 May

Workshop IIT Kanpur
Systems Engineering 1998

Digital Signal Processors: Architecture 24-29 April

Workshop KREC, Suratkal
& Applications 2000

25-29
TMS320C24x Digital Signal Processor
September Workshop IISc, Bangalore
Applications
2000

14-16
All India Seminar on Power Electronics Aligarh Muslim
November Seminar
& Applications (AISPEA) University
1995

National Conference on Electric Drives 16-18 Jan

National Conference SATI, Vidisha
& Control for Transport Systems 1997

17-19
National Power Electronics
December National Conference IISc, Bangalore
Conference
2007
Fifth IEEE International Conference on 17-20
International
Power Electronics & DRives Systems November Singapore
Conference
(IEEE-PEDS03) 2003

Faculty Training University of

20-10-08 to
Program under Technology, Belfort-
28-11-08
TEQIP Mobiliard, France

Student projects Supervised (in last 3 years)

Acd.
Project Name Student(s) Name
Year

Static Krammer Drive for Speed Control of Wound Rotor M.Tech.

Bindusri Battu
Induction Motor 2011

M.Tech.
IGBT Gate Driver for Static Krammer Drive Application Rajasekhar, K
2011

Design and Implementation of Dual-converter fed Four M.Tech.

Ravi choppa
Quadrant DC Motor Drive 2011

Designing & Implementation of 6-Pulse Hybrid 3-phase M.Tech.

Ravi Dhanavat
Rectifier 2011

Performance Evaluation of a Two-Quadrant Variable Speed M.Tech.

B. Srinivasa Rao
Induction Motor Drive with Scalar Control 2010
A Space Vector based PWM Scheme for a Dual Inverter fed
M.Tech.
Open-end Winding Induction Motor Drive using dSPACE J. Sravan Kumar
2010
Control Platform

A MOSFET based AC Chopper for Single Phase Motor Speed M.Tech.

G. Veda Prakash
Control Applications 2010

Evaluation of Spectral Performance of a 3-Phase Voltage M.Tech.

Prasanna Mangala
Source Inverter with Sine-Triangle Modulation 2010

Comparative Evaluation of the IZS suppression and the

M.Tech.
Sample Averaged Zero-sequence Elimination PWM schemes B. Dattadri
2009
for a 3-level Open-end winding Induction Motor Drive

Thermal Evaluation and Loss reduction in the Alternate

M.Tech.
Inverter PWM Switching Scheme for 3-Level Open-end P. Srinivas
2009
Winding Induction Motor Drive

Study on Thermal management and device temperature in an

M.Tech.
Open-end Winding Induction Motor Drive using Alternate Sub T. Suneel Kumar
2009
hexagonal Centre PWM Scheme

Implementation of Decoupled PWM Strategy for a Dual-

M.Tech.
Inverter fed Open-end Winding Induction Motor Drive using Y. Kalyan
2009
dSPACE Hardware Platform

Implementation of Synchronized Space Vector PWM for a

M.Tech.
Two-level Inverter using the Digital I/O pins of the dSPACE S. Vijay Kumar
2009
Platform

Synthesis and Design of Electronic Control Circuit for Single- M.Tech.

Vijayakrishna, R.
phase Thyristor Rectifier for Pedagogic Applications 2010
 M. Jayanth Krishna, MM
Speed Control of Induction Motor Drives through AC Voltage B Tech
Borah, M Nidhi, PK Sabar,
Control using MOSFET based AC Chopper 2011
SK Das

G. Manasa, G. Ashok,
Implementation of Synchronized SVPWM for a 3-Ph VSI with B.Tech.
Sanjeev, Rohith Kumar,
DSP TMS320LF2407A 2010
Vinay Kumar

Implementation of SVPWM for a 3-Ph VSI with Shiv Shankar, Dhruv B.Tech.
TMS320LF2407A Chabra 2009

DST/AICTE/MHRD or Other Sponsord R&D Projects

Dur. &
Authorit Project
Project Name Sanct.
y Cost
Year

Implementation of Efficient Switching Algorithms with Digital Signal

6.0 Two years
MHRD Processor for Multilevel Inverter Configuration with Open-end
Lakhs 2004
Winding Induction Motor

Awards And Honours

Additional Responsibility

Detail
Section Head, Power Electronics & Drives, Department of Electrical Engineering

Faculty Incharge, Power Electronics & Drives Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering

Faculty Advisor, Literary & Debating Club

Member of Editorial Board, Inderscience International Journal of Power Electronics

Member, Board of Studies for Osmania University, Kakatiya University, Vignan University, RGIT-
Nandyal, Gudlavalleru Engg College.

Prasad Enjeti
TI Professor III in Analog Engineering

Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs

Office: 129 ZEC

Phone: 979.845.7466

Fax: 979.845.6259

Email: [email protected]

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Research Interests
 Advanced power electronic converters for utility interface of solar-pv/wind/fuel-cell/battery-
energy storage power systems
 Development of smart solar pv-panels and systems
 New converter topologies for single/three phase solid state transformers (SSTs) with medium
frequency isolation
 Medium voltage power converters for mega-watt scale solar-pv/wind/fuel-cell energy
systems, adjustable speed drives with medium frequency transformer isolation
 Power quality enhancement for interconnected renewables
 Design of high temperature power conversion systems with wide band-gap semiconductor
devices
 Power Quality Issues, design & development of Active Power Filters
 Dynamic voltage restorer's (DVRs) and new & improved ride-through technologies
employing Flywheel and Supercapacitors
 Advancing switching power supply designs for portable power systems and modular fuel-cell
system
 He holds four US patent and has licensed two new technologies to the industry so far

Awards & Honors

 IEEE Fellow.
 Inaugural recipient of the R. David Middlebrook Technical Achievement Award from the IEEE
Power Electronics Society, 2012.
 Texas A&M University College of Engineering Charles W. Crawford Service Award. For
significant service contributions to College of Engineering & TAMU. Year 2010-2011.
 IEEE Industry Applications Society “Distinguished Lecturer”, Appointed 2006 to 2008.
 Texas Instruments Professor in Engineering, November 2004 to present.
 The Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching
(University Level), May 2004.
 IEEE IAS Industrial Power Converter Committee (IPCC) 2003 First Paper Award: for the
technical competence displayed in the paper entitled: “Analysis and design of a new voltage
sag compensator for critical loads in electric power distribution systems.”
 Ford Motor Company Fellow award for promoting design in engineering education, Sept.
2001.
 Recipient of the select title "Class of 2001 Texas A&M University Faculty Fellow" Award for
demonstrated achievement of excellence in research, scholarship and leadership in the field.
 IEEE IAS (IPCC) First Prize paper Award, 2002: E. Aeloiza, O. Montero, P. Enjeti and L.
Moran, "Analysis and design of a new voltage sag compensator for critical loads in electric
power distribution systems", in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications July/August
2003.
 IEEE IAS Industrial Power Converter Committee (IPCC) Prize Paper Award: for the technical
competence displayed in the paper entitled: Uffe Borup, F. Blaabjerg, P. Enjeti, "Time
sharing of nonlinear loads in parallel connected three-phase converters", Presented at 2001
IEEE-IAS Annual Meeting.
 IEEE Industry Application Society Industrial Drives Committee (IDC) Prize Paper Award (2nd
prize): for the technical competence displayed in the paper entitled: "A New Modular Motor -
Modular Inverter (MM-MI) Concept for Medium Voltage Adjustable Drive Systems",
Presented at 1999 IEEE-IAS Annual Meeting.
 Elected to fellow grade by the IEEE Fellow Committee for "Contributions to solutions of utility
interface problems in power electronic systems and harmonic mitigation," 2000.
 IEEE Industry Application Society Industrial Power Converter Committee (IPCC) Prize Paper
Award: for the technical competence displayed in the paper entitled: “A New Medium Voltage
PWM Inverter Topology for Adjustable Speed Drives”, Presented at 1998 IEEE-IAS Annual
Meeting.
 TAMU College of Engineering Faculty Fellow Award for year 1996-97 in recognition for
Overall Contributions to the Engineering Program including classroom instruction, scholarly
activities, and professional service.
 Developer of HARMONIXTM Active Harmonic Cancellation Filter, US Patent: 5,568,371;
1996.
 IEEE Industry Application Society Magazine Prize Article Award for the paper titled:
“Application issues for PWM adjustable speed ac motor drives”, 1996.
 IEEE Industry Application Society Industrial Power Converter Committee (IPCC) Prize Paper
Award: Third best paper for the technical competence displayed in the paper entitled: “A New
24 pulse diode rectifier system for ac motor drives provides clean power utility interface with
low kVA components” Presented at 1996 IEEE-IAS annual meeting.
 Second Prize Paper Award for the best paper published in IEEE Transactions on Industry
Application, during mid-year 1994 to mid-year 1995.
 IEEE Industry Application Society Industrial Power Converter Committee (IPCC) Prize Paper
Award: Second best paper for the technical competence displayed in the paper entitled: “A
new approach to improve power factor and reduce harmonics in three phase diode rectifier
type utility interface” Presented at 1993 IEEE-IAS annual meeting.
  TAMU College of Engineering Award -- TEES Select Young Fellow for Research
Contributions, year 1992.
 National Science Foundation Research Initiation Award, June 1990.
 Recipient of the E.t.a. Kappa Nu/Gamma Mu Award for Teaching excellence, year 1988-89

Education
 Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada 1988
 M. S., Electrical Engineering, I.I.T. Kanpur, India 1982
 B. S., Electrical Engineering, Osmania University, India 1980

Selected Publications

“A Modular Fuel Cell, Modular DC-DC Converter Concept”, TAMUS 2431 Invention disclosure

"Method and system for an improved converter output filter for an induction motor drive system",

United States Patent: 6,122,184 ; September 19, 2000

"Method and system for adjustable speed drive system under voltage sags and short-term power

interruptions" United States Patent: 6,005,362 ; December 21, 1999

"Active interphase reactor for 12-pulse rectifier", United States Patent: 5,903,066 ; May 11, 1999

"Active Harmonic Power Filter Apparatus and Methods", United States Patent: 5,568,371 ; October

22, 1996

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) – so far graduated 24 Ph.D.s. Eleven of them have joined major

Universities around the world as faculty members. Other occupy important positions in the industry.

Currently supervising six Ph.D students and five Ms. Students.

Master Degree (Thesis) – so far graduated over 40 Ms. Students. They occupy leading positions in

the power electronics industry, patents & intellectual property management.

Tutorial Co-Presenter "Design considerations of photovoltaic power systems installed on curved

surfaces" IEEE ECCE 2011 Conference, Phoenix, AZ, Sept 18, 2011; Lead presenter: Dr. Robert

Balog
Tutorial on “Power Conditioning Systems for Fuel Cells”, March 7,8,9, 2007, Tubitak Mam, Energy

Research Institute, Istanbul, Turkey

Tutorial on “Fuel Cell Power Conditioning”, Fuel Cell Seminar, 2005, November 2005, Palm Springs,

CA