Burak of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)

Dr. Ozpineci has been with Oak Ridge National Laboratory for more than 20 years where he started working as a graduate student and is now a Corporate Fellow. He has followed research and management career paths in parallel and is now leading a section on Vehicle and Mobility Systems. Like most people, he had to go through ups and downs and has navigated the  uncertainties, and challenges  successfully through his career. In this talk, Dr. Ozpineci will provide insights into his experiences, offering a narrative of resilience and achievement in the realms of research, management within the national laboratory system.

Biography:

Burak Ozpineci received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Orta Dogu Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, in 1994, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA, in 1998 and 2002, respectively. In 2001, he joined the Post-Master's Program with Power Electronics and Electric Machinery Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Knoxville, TN, USA. He became a Full Time Research and Development Staff Member in 2002, the Group Leader of the Power and Energy Systems Group in 2008, and Power Electronics and Electric Machinery Group in 2011. Presently, he is a Corporate Fellow at ORNL serving as the Section Head for the Vehicle and Mobility System Research Section. He is also a Joint Faculty with the Bredesen Center, The University of Tennessee. Dr. Ozpineci is a Fellow of IEEE and AAIA.