LIST OF IEEE IAS DISTINGUISHED LECTURERS FOR PERIOD

1 JANUARY 2008 TO 31 DECEMBER 2009 (rev 12/16)

IAS Distinguished and Regional Speakers’ Program Chair: Ron Harley at rharley@ee.gatech.edu

NO.	CANDIDATE	TECHNICAL AREA	IEEE REGION	E-MAIL
1	Hiroaki Ikeda	High frequency RF MOSFETS	10	h.ikeda@eagle.ocn.ne.jp
2	Luis Morán	Power quality and drives in mining	9	luis.moran@udek.d
3	Ion Boldea, Romania	Linear and rotary electric machines, drives, and power electronics	8	ionboldea@yahoo.com
4	William Greason	Electrostatic Discharge and Industrial Applications of Electrostatics	7	wgreason@uwo.ca
5	John Holmquist	Power generation and efficient utilization	1-6	john.holmquist@comcast.net
6	Tomy Sebastian	Trends in automotive drives and steering systems	1-6	tomy.sebastian@delphi.com
7	Farrokh Shokooh	Power system dynamics and analysis	1-6	farrokh@etap.com

RESUMES AND E-MAIL ADDRESSES

The bio-sketches are of different length and detail, since they were prepared and submitted by different nominators.

1. Hiroaki Ikeda, Japan, (Fellow 2003)

Dr. Ikeda holds a BS in electronic engineering from Shizuoka University, Japan, in 1957, and a PhD. in electronic engineering from the University of Tokyo, in 1975.

Professional history: President, IKEDA Technologies Inc. (2000-present). Consultant 1998-2000. Professor at Shizuoka University in 1987-1998. Engineer and Scientist, Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) in 1957-1987.

IEEE Activities: 1) Member, Richard Harold Kauffman Award Committee, 2005-2006, 2) Chair, Inter-Society Cooperation Committee Member (2007), 3) IAS Executive Board Member (2006), in 2000-2005. Vice Chairman for Transactions papers, MSDAD, IEEE IAS (2000-2005, 1998-1999).

Awards: Leadership and Service award from IACC, IEEE IAS in 2005. The ’93 First Prize Paper Award in Best Paper Competition, IEEE IECON 93, as a co-author in 1993. The 36th OHM Award, Tokyo, due to MOS-FET AM radio transmitter design and fabrication in 1988. Invention and Research award from the Governor of Metropolis of Tokyo in 1982.

Technical accomplishments: More than 200 papers, published in the IEEE Transactions and international conferences. More than 10 Japanese patents and 2 US patents issued.

Major technical accomplishments include the following two proposals: The first one is to apply MOS-FET devices to the design and fabrication of RF power inverters and applied systems in 1974-1998, which brought us a break-through to the inherent limit of bipolar RF power inverter technology, leading to the current advancement of the MOS-FET power inverter technologies at both low and high frequencies. The second one is to apply flat panel display devices to the color video reproduction with grayscales in 1970s (only in the early stage of the research and development at NHK).

Name, nationality, residential address, and home phone/FAX: Hiroaki Ikeda, born in Japan in March 21, 1935, Japanese, 2157-26, Naruse, Machida, Tokyo 194-0044, Japan

Phone/FAX +81-42-725-3522 /+81-42732-2226.

Affiliation: President of IKEDA Technologies, Inc., HI-Cube 110, 3-1-7 Wajiyama, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu 432-8003 Japan. Phone/FAX: +81-53-401-7335/+81-53-401-7336.

Email: h.ikeda@eagle.ocn.ne.jp

Topics for Distinguished Lectures:

(1) Application of MOS-FETs to power inverters operating at high frequencies and RF.

Inherent characteristics of MOS-FETs, from the viewpoints of thermal properties (ASO), current stabilities, power gain and so on, were compared to be superior to those of bipolar devices. Basic concept of high power generation at high frequencies and RF using MOS-FETs was established by means of direct connection of MOS-FETs in parallel. High power at high frequencies and RF was generated combining small power of MOS-FETs operated exceeding the temperature limit of bipolar devices. High efficiency at high frequencies and RF due to over-drives, was realized to improve the device and system reliability, eliminating the issues caused by carrier storage in the active region of the device. The accomplishments were published in the IEEJ Transactions (in Japanese), IEEE international conferences, and IEEE Trans. IE, BTR and ED in the 1970s-2000s.

(2) Application of still images/video technologies into industry fields

(a) History of flat panel displays for analog color video images.

Concept of displaying analogy color video images on a matrix display in place of CRTs was proposed in the 1970s in order to reduce the weight and depth of the CRTs. There were many issues: Allocation of pixels in video images to the cross points on the matrix display. Processing of video images within each frame time, and reproduction of 256(8 bits) grayscales on the cross points on the matrix displays. These were issues in the earlier stages of the research and development. The MOS-FETs were used both for panel drives and for video processing at that time, which played an important role in the design and fabrication of high voltage MOS-FETs. Many issues were discussed in the 1970s at NHK and manufacturers. Among the new technologies at that time, the light intensity modulation was based on different type of concept as compared with CRT drive.

The accomplishments were published in the IEEE Trans. ED and IEDM in the 70s.

(b) Optical fiber transmission of video and control signals.

Although coaxial cables were used to distribute image information, including still images and video, as well as control signals, optical fibers were found to be effective to distribute the image information and control signals without degradation of signal quality, even though under strong EM fields. This technology was used to send video images and control signals and the applications were for surgery operations (at the hospital of Hamamatsu University, Medicine), industrial plant operations (at the radio transmitting station at NHK), and facilities operations at laboratories (at a public institute in Hamamatsu) in the 1990s-2000s.

The academic records of the accomplishments were published in IEEE Trans. IE and CE and IEEE IA Magazine in the 1990s-2000s.

(3) Still/video image retrieval utilizing database systems in the 2000s.

The still/video image retrieval was carried out using the image/video database systems, for the purpose of picking up the desired images at art museums and on merchandise catalogs. The accomplishments were published in IEEE Trans. IA and CE, and IEEE IA Magazine, and other academic journals (published by publishing companies with review in English) in the 2000s.

2. Luis Morán, Chile. (Fellow, 2005) Citation: “For contributions to reactive power and harmonic compensation methods”.

He was born in Concepción, Chile and received the Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile, in 1982, and the Ph.D. degree from Concordia University, Montreal, PQ, Canada in 1990. Since 1990, he has been with the Electrical Engineering Department, University of Concepción, where he is a Professor. He has written and published more than 50 papers in the design of power converters for power system dynamic compensation in IEEE Transactions. He is the principal author of the paper that received the IEEE Outstanding Paper Award from the Industrial Electronics Society for the best paper published in the Transaction on Industrial Electronics during 1995, and the co-author of the paper that was awarded in 2002 by the IAS Static Power Converter Committee. From 1997 until 2001 he was Associate Editor of the IEEE Transaction on Power Electronics. In 1998, he received the City of Concepción Medal of Honor for achievement in applied research. He has been invited to give tutorials in Active Power Filters and Reactive Power Compensation in many IEEE Conferences, such as Industry Applications Annual Meeting (1997 – 1998), PESC (2003), IECON (2003), COPEB (1999). He also has been invited to give lecturers in many countries such as Brasil, Venezuela, Guatemala, México, USA and Spain. He has extensive consulting experience in the mining industry, especially in the application of medium voltage ac drives, large power cycloconverter drives for SAG mills, and power quality issues. His main areas of interests are in Medium Voltage AC drives, Power Quality, Active Power Filters, FACTS and Power Protection Systems.

Topics for DL lectures:

a) Power quality

b) Application of drives and electrical systems in the mining industry

E-mail: luis.moran@udek.d

3. Ion Boldea, (Romania, Europe) (M’77-SM’81-F’96) received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University Politehnica of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania, in 1967 and 1973, respectively. He is currently a full Professor at the University Politehnica of Timisoara. He has visited universities in the U.S. and the U.K. repeatedly and has published extensively on linear and rotary electric machines, drives, and power electronics.

His latest books (with S.A. Nasar) are Electric Drives (Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1998), Induction Machine Handbook (Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2001), and Linear Motion Electromagnetic Devices (New York: Taylor & Francis, 2001). He is an Associate Editor of Electric Power Components and Systems and Director of www.jee.ro - Journal of Electric Engineering on Internet-only. Prof. Boldea is a member of the Industrial Drives and the Electric Machines Committees of the IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS) and was Co-Chairman of the OPTIM International Conference (IAS sponsored) in 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002.

Topics for distinguished lectures

1. Progress in FOC and DTC control of ac drives with and without motion sensors

2. Design with optimisation of PMSMs for adjustable speed drives

3. Advanced Starter alternators and their control

4. Variable speed generators and their control

5. Automotive electric actuators design and control

6. Low power single phase brushless motor drives for automotive and home applications

7. Induction motor design for variable speed

8. Linear electric motors design and control in selected applications in industry and people movers

E-mail: ionboldea@yahoo.com

4. William D. Greason (Canada) (M’71-SM’83-F’2002) received the B.E.Sc., M.E.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in engineering science from the University of Western Ontario.

After working with Applitech Research and Development Limited on the design and development of electrostatic displays, he was employed as a Senior Electrical Engineer with Sparton of Canada and was involved in the design of sonar system electronics. In 1979, he joined Northern Telecom Canada Ltd. and later became Manager of the Transducer Research and Development Group where he was responsible for the design of microphones, receivers, alerters and telephone handsets. He is presently a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Western Ontario. His research interests include electrostatic discharge (ESD) and microcomputer applications. Publications include over 100 technical papers and two books entitled "Electrostatic Damage in Electronics: Devices and Systems" (1987) and "Electrostatic Discharge in Electronics" (1992). He has presented 17 tutorials on the subject of electrostatic discharge at the annual Symposia of the ESD Association.

Awards include the IEEE Central Canada Council Merit Award and Medal in 1986, the Engineering Medal for Research and Development from the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario in 1989, the award of Merit, Industrial Utilization Department, Industry Applications Society,IEEE, 1991 and IEEE Industry Applications Society Prize Paper Awards in 1984 and 1997. Dr. Greason is a Registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario and a member of the Applied Electrostatics Research Centre at the University of Western Ontario. He has served as the Chair, Paper Review Committee, Electrostatics Processes Committee, Industry Applications Society, IEEE since 1983 to present.

Distinguished Lecturer seminars:

(1) Electrostatic Discharge (ESD): A major reliability issue in electronic devices and systems

(2) Industrial Applications of Electrostatics

E-Mail: wgreason@uwo.ca

5. John R. Holmquist, USA (Life Fellow ???) Citation: ???

John obtained his BS in Electrical Engineering from Oregon State University in 1951 then joined Weyerhaeuser Company at their Longview, Washington operations. He held numerous engineering and managerial positions within Weyerhaeuser including that of Senior Scientist. Throughout his career he has been active in IAS, primarily through Pulp and Paper Industry.

He has an outstanding career record in the areas of electrical and steam power utilization and generation, having developed project concepts and systems designs for diverse projects such as greenfield Pulp/Paper Mills, many sawmills, a 425 MW gas turbine cogeneration facility, a major power generation project in Springfield Oregon, and a laser guidance system for loading newsprint. One of the projects he managed was a separate company within Weyerhaeuser that generated 25 MW of electrical energy from wood waste. He has been a pioneer in energy conservation, especially in the use of higher efficiency electric motors and adjustable speed drives. Through the Corporate Electrical Engineering Department which he started and managed, he introduced one of the early CAD systems, a model shop, and a large number of standards and specifications.

Mr. Holmquist holds patents for “Heating of Motors and Like Devices” and “Laser Loading of Newsprint Rolls into Ocean Going Vessel Holds.”

In addition to being recognized by IEEE as Fellow, Mr. Holmquist was recognized by being one of the inaugural inductees into the Oregon State University Engineering Hall of Fame in 1998. He also received the Industry Engineer of the Year Award in 2003 from the Puget Sound Engineering Council.

His hobby is Amateur Radio, Station W7WAY.

Topics for DL seminars:

· Energy conservation, especially in the use of higher efficiency electric motors and adjustable speed drives

· Electrical and steam power utilization and generation

Address:

32229 24^th SW

Federal Way, WA 98023

Phone: 253 927-3623

Email: john.holmquist@comcast.net

6. Tomy Sebastian, USA, (Fellow )

Tomy received the B.Sc.Eng. degree from Regional Engineering College Calicut, India in 1979; the MS from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India., M.A.Sc and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Toronto, Canada 1982, 1984, and in 1986 respectively all in Electrical Engineering. From 1979 to 1980, he was with the Research & Development Center of KELTRON, Kerala, India. From 1987 to 1992, he worked at the Research & Development Center of Black & Decker Corporation in Baltimore, MD. In 1992 he joined the Delphi Steering Systems in Saginaw Michigan, USA where he is currently a Chief Scientist.

At Black&Decker, Dr. Sebastian was instrumental in initiating the research in employing brushless motors in the power tool applications. During this period, he has given invited lectures at several workshops and conferences on topics related to the application of permanent magnet motors in power tools. He was also an Adjunct Faculty at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, where he taught courses on Power Electronics and on Motor Drives.

At Delphi, Dr. Sebastian has initiated the work on the application of Brushless motors in the Steering Applications. This resulted in the first ever brushless motor based electric power steering system in the market. Currently, several million such systems are being manufactured around the world every year. These systems provide higher fuel economy for the vehicles and result in the elimination of environmentally unfriendly power steering fluid. He has given invited speeches at various Universities, and in International conferences.

Dr. Sebastian has published more than 40 papers in the areas of motors and drives and their application in automotive components in IEEE Transactions, Conferences, and other International Journals. He is a member of the editorial board for the International Journal of Vehicle Autonomous Systems, and KIEE (The Korea Institute of Electrical Engineers) International Transactions on Electrical Machinery and Energy Conversion Systems. He holds eighteen US patents and several pending. He was inducted to the Delphi Inventors Hall of fame in 2006. He is also a recipient of the General Motors Presidents Council Award for contributions in the development of Electric power Steering and a member of the team that resulted in the Automotive PACE (Premier Automotive Suppliers’ Contributions to Excellence) award. He contributed a chapter on Automotive Steering Systems to “Hand Book on Automotive Power Electronics and Motor Drives” CRC Press, May 2005; a chapter on "Design of Variable Speed Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines", for the book on "Design and Performance of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors", tutorial proceedings at the 1989 IEEE IAS Annual meeting. During 1998-2005, Dr. Sebastian was also an Adjunct faculty member at the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, where he taught graduate courses on motor design and motor drives and advised Graduate students.

Dr. Sebastian was a member of Technical Program Committee, session Chair, and session organizer for several IEEE conferences. He held positions of Secretary, Vice Chair for Programs, Vice Chair for paper reviews and Chairman of the IEEE IAS Industrial Drives Committee. He was also the Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Industrial Power Conversion Systems Department of the IEEE IAS. He is a member of the Board of Directors for the IGATECH Pvt. Ltd, Kerala, India

Distinguished lecturer topics:

· New trends in automotive Steering Systems

· Electric Drives in Automotive Applications.

Chief Scientist and Principal Technical Fellow

Delphi Steering Systems

APC-4

3900 E. Holland Road

Saginaw, MI 48601

USA

Phone: 989-757-3053

e-mail: tomy.sebastian@delphi.com

1. Farrokh Shokooh, USA (Fellow)

Years Experience: Thirty (30) Years

Education: BS, Electrical Engineering, Louisiana State University, 1972

MS, Electrical Engineering, Louisiana State University, 1975

PhD, Electrical Engineering, Louisiana State University, 1979

Registration: Professional Engineer, California

Summary of Experience and Qualifications

Dr. Shokooh was associated with Barbay Engineers, Inc. for five years; has served on the faculty at Louisiana State University as an associate Professor; and was a visiting lecturer at the University of California, Irvine. He was a staff engineer for Fluor Corporation for six years before founding Operation Technology, Inc. in 1986.

His teaching and research interests include mathematical modeling and dynamic analysis of electrical machines and power systems. His industrial experience ranges from conceptual design, control and operation of power systems to computer software design and development. His areas of expertise include cable systems, grounding, short-circuit, transient stability, and protective device coordination.

Dr. Shokooh is active member of a number of the IEEE subcommittees and Working Groups. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of California.

Distinguished Lecturer Topics:

1. Basic Concepts of Power System Modeling, Simulation and Analysis

2. Power Flow Analysis and Optimization

3. Short Circuit Analysis

4. Motor Acceleration Analysis

5. Protective Device Coordination

6. Cable Ampacity and Sizing

7. Power System Conceptual Design

8. Professional Electrical Engineering Preparation   

9. Machine Dynamics and Power System Operation

10. Advanced Transient Stability Analysis

11. Parameter Tuning based on System Dynamic Response

12. Energy Management System

E-MAIL: Not yet available on Oct 1, 2007