M. Ehsani (S'70-M'81-SM'83-F’96-LF’15) is the Robert M. Kennedy Professor of Electrical Engineering at Texas A&M University. He is the co-author of more than 500 technical papers, 24 books, an IEEE standards book, and 30 US and EU patents. He has won over 130 prize papers and other awards in IEEE and elsewhere, including IEEE-VTS Avant Garde Award for his contributions to the hybrid electric vehicle technology and the 2003 IEEE Award for Undergraduate Teaching. Ehsani has founded and led several IEEE and other international conferences and has served on the governing bodies of IEEE Power Electronics Society, Industry Applications Society and Vehicular Technology Society. He is a Life Fellow of IEEE, a Fellow of SAE, a past and present Distinguished Lecturer of several IEEE societies, a consultant to over 60 US and international companies and government agencies and a registered Professional engineer in the state of Texas.

Educational Background Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison – 1981 M.S., University of Texas at Austin – 1974 B.S., University of Texas at Austin – 1973 Research Interests Sustainable Power and Energy Systems Power Electronics, Motor Drives Electric and Hybrid Vehicles Superconductive Magnetic Storage (SMES) Aerospace Power Systems, Specialized Power Systems Control Systems Energy Storage Systems High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Power Transmission Applications of Microcomputers to Power Control Pulsed Power Systems High Voltage Engineering and Electrical failures and Hazards Awards & Honors Life Fellow of IEEE, Halliburton(1992) and Dresser Industry (1994) Professorships at A&M Robert M. Kennedy Endowed Chair Professor of Electrical Engineering Prize paper awards from IEEE-IAS, 1985, 1987,1992 Who's Who in America, American Men & Women of Science, Who's Who in the South and Southwest, numerous invited papers and lectures, Distinguished Speaker, IEEE-Industrial Electronics Society. Chairman of IEEE's Vehicular Technology Society Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Committee Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Fellow