Prasad of Texas A&M University, Texas, USA

Biography:

Prof. Prasad N. Enjeti (Fellow, IEEE) received the B.E. degree from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India, in 1980, the M.Tech. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Kanpur, India, in 1982, and the Ph.D. degree from Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada, in 1988, all in electrical engineering. He has been a Member of Texas A&M University faculty since 1988 and is widely acknowledged to be a Distinguished Teacher, Scholar, and Researcher. He currently holds the Texas Instruments Professorship in Analog Engineering. To date, he has graduated 35 Ph.D. and 53 M.S. students. He along with his students has authored more than 100 journal publications and 200 conferences. His primary research interests include advancing power electronic converter designs to address complex power management issues. His recent research focus has been on innovative power electronic solutions to interface renewable energy sources to electric utility. Dr. Enjeti was the recipient of many honors, including the E.t.a. Kappa Nu/Gamma Mu Award for Teaching excellence, year 1988-89, National Science Foundation Research Initiation Award 1990, IEEE Fellow Award in 2000 for "Contributions to solutions of utility interface problems in power electronic systems and harmonic mitigation”, Ford Motor Company Fellow award for promoting design in engineering education 2001, Class of 2001 Texas A&M University Faculty Fellow Award, Texas A&M University Association of Former Students University Level Teaching Award in 2004, IEEE Industry Applications Society “Distinguished Lecturer”, Appointed 2006 to 2008, Texas A&M University College of Engineering Charles W. Crawford Service Award 2010, , and the R. David Middlebrook Technical Achievement Award from the IEEE Power Electronics Society 2012.

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