Prof. Tomy Sebastian (Fellow, IEEE) of Director of Motor Drive Systems, HL Mechatronics, Auburn, Michigan, USA

Biography:

Tomy Sebastian (Fellow, IEEE) received the B.Sc. (Eng.) degree from Regional Engineering College Calicut, Kozhikode, India, in 1979, the M.S. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India, in 1982, and the MA.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, in 1984 and 1986, respectively, all in electrical engineering.,From 1979 to 1980, he was with the Research Development Center of KELTRON, Trivandrum, India. From 1987 to 1992, he was with the Research and Applied Technology Division, Black and Decker Corporation, Towson, MD, USA. From 1992 to 2013, he was with Delphi Saginaw Steering Systems and Nexteer Automotive, Saginaw, MI, USA, where his last responsibility was as the Chief Scientist with the Innovation Center. He is currently the Director of Motor Drive Systems with Halla Mechatronics, Bay City, MI. He has more than 50 technical publications and holds 31 U.S. patents. His research interests include electrical machines and variable-speed drives.,Dr. Sebastian is the co-recipient of an IEEE Industry Application Society Transactions First-Prize Paper Award. He is the recipient of the 2010 IEEE Industry Applications Society Outstanding Achievement Award. He was the General Chair of the first IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, San Jose, CA, USA, Sep. 20–24, 2009 and the Co-General Chair of 2012 IEEE Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems, Bengaluru, India. He was the President of the IEEE Industry Applications Society from 2017 to 2018.