Condra Chair of Excellence/Emeritus in Power Electronics

Office Address:

505-A Ferris Hall
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-2100
USA
Phone: (865) 974-8398
Fax: (865) 974-5483
E-mail: bbose@utk.edu
           b.bose@ieee.org

 
Home Address:

404 Dixie View Road
Knoxville, TN 37934
USA
Phone: (865) 966-2593

 
 Short Biography:
 
Dr. Bose has held the Condra Chair of Excellence (Endowed Chair) in Power Electronics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, since 1987, where he was responsible for teaching and the research program in power electronics and motor drives. Concurrently, he was the Distinguished Scientist (1989-2000) and the Chief Scientist (1987-1989) of EPRI-Power Electronics Applications Center, Knoxville, TN. Prior to this, he was a Research Engineer in the General Electric Corporate Research and Development Center (now GE Global Research Center), Schenectady, NY, for 11 years (1976-1987), an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY for five years (1971-1976), and a faculty member at Bengal Engineering  and Science University (BESU) for 11 years (1960-1971). He is specialized in power electronics and motor drives area, and has given extensive contributions in power converters, PWM techniques, electric/hybrid vehicle drives, microprocessor/DSP control, simulation, renewable energy systems, and  application of artificial intelligence techniques (expert system, fuzzy logic and neural network) in power electronic systems. He has been power electronics consultant in a large number of industries.  Dr. Bose has authored more than 200 papers and holds 21 U.S. patents. He has authored/edited seven books in power electronics: Power Electronics and Motor Drives – Advances and Trends (Elsevier/Academic Press, 2006), Modern Power Electronics and AC Drives (Prentice-Hall, 2001), Power Electronics and AC Drives (Prentice-Hall, 1986), Power Electronics and Variable Frequency Drives (Wiley/IEEE Press, 1997), Modern Power Electronics (IEEE Press, 1992), Microcomputer Control of Power Electronics and Drives (IEEE Press, 1987), and Adjustable Speed AC Drive Systems (IEEE Press, 1981). He has given invited seminars, tutorials and keynote addresses extensively throughout the world, particularly in IEEE sponsored programs and conferences. “Bimal Bose Award in Power Electronics” has been established by IETE, India to recognize outstanding contribution in the field.

     Dr. Bose has served the IEEE in various capacities, including Chairman of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES) Power Electronics Council, Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE IECON Power Electronics Chairman, Chairman of the IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS) Industrial Power Converter Committee, IAS Member of the Neural Network Council, Vice-Chair of the IEEE Medals Council, Vice-Chair of the IAS Distinguished Lecture Program,  Member of IEEE-USA Energy Policy Committee, Member of the IEEE Fellow Committee, Member of IEEE Lamme Medal Committee, Member of the Editorial Board of the Proceedings of the IEEE, and Member of IEEE Spectrum Advisory Board. He was the Guest Editor of the Proceedings of the IEEE (Special Issue of Power Electronics and Motion Control, August 1994), and Special Section Editor of IEEE Transactions of Industrial Electronics (Neural Network Applications in Power Electronics and Motor Drives, February 2006). Dr. Bose has B.E. degree in 1956, M.S. degree in 1960 and Ph.D. degree in 1966.

      He is a recipient of a number of honors/awards  that include:

• IEEE Power Electronics Society William W. Newell Award (2005)

    “for Outstanding Achievements in the Interdisciplinary Field of Power  

     Electronics”  

• IEEE Millennium Medal (2000) “for Outstanding Contributions in Power Electronics” 

• IEEE Meritorious Achievement Award in Continuing Education (1997) “for Exemplary and Sustained Contributions to Continuing Education”

• IEEE Lamme Gold Medal (1996) “for Contributions in Power Electronics and Drives”

• IEEE Industrial Electronics Society  Dr. Eugene Mittelmann Award (1994) “in Recognition of Outstanding Contributions to Research and Development in the Field of Power Electronics and Life Time Achievement in the Area of Motor Drives”

• IEEE Region 3 Outstanding Engineer Award (1994) “for Outstanding Achievements in Power Electronics and Drives Technology “

• IEEE Industry Applications Society Outstanding Achievement Award (1993) “for Outstanding Contributions in the Applications of Electricity to Industry”

• IEEE Life Fellow (1996) (Fellow in 1989) “for Contributions in Power Electronics and Drives Technology”

• BESU Distinguished Alumnus Award (2006) “for Outstanding Contribution to the Profession and the Alma Mater”

• Honorary Professor of Shanghai University, China (1991)

• Honorary Professor of China University of Mining and Technology, China (1996)

• Honorary Professor  (and Honorary Director of Elec. Engg. Inst.) of X’ian Mining Institute, China (1998) 

• Guest Professor of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China (2003)

• Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE – Industry Applications Society

• Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE - Industrial Electronics Society

• GE Silver Patent Medal (1986)

• GE Publications Award (1985)

• Calcutta University Mouat Gold Medal (1970) “for Research Contribution in Magnetic Amplifiers and Industrial Electronics

• Prize paper awards -4

Bose Books:

 
Some Recent Presentations:

1. Keynote Address in joint WSEAS Int’l. Conferences on Electric Power Systems, High Voltages, Electric Machines + System Science and Simulation in Engineering, Venice, Italy, November 21, 2007,  “Power Electronics –Its Impact on Energy and Environment” 

2. Guest Lecture in 20^th Symposium of Static Induction Devices (SSID), Tokyo, Japan, June 29, 2007, “Power Electronics – Progress and Perspective”

3. Keynote Address in Int’l. Conf. on Power Engineering, Energy and Electrical Drives (POWERENG), Setubal, Portugal, April 13, 2007, “Energy, Environment and Importance of Power Electronics”

4. Keynote Address in IEEE Int’l. Power Electronics Congress (CIEP), Puebla, Mexico, October 16, 2006, “Intelligent Control and Estimation in Power Electronics”

5. Plenary Address in IEEE Int’l. Symposium in Alternate Sources of Energy and Energy Quality, Bogota, Columbia, May 2, 2007, “Fuzzy Logic and Neural Network Techniques in Power Electronics and Motor Drives”

Some Recent Publications:

1. “Neural Network Applications in Power Electronics and Motor Drives”, B.K.Bose, IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, vol. 54, pp. 14-33, 2007.
2. “Eleven Years in Corporate Environment – My Experience”,  B.K. Bose, IEEE IES  Newsletter, June 2006.
3. “Artificial Intelligence Techniques – A New and Advancing Frontier in Power Electronics”, B. K. Bose, Conf. Rec. Int’l. Power Electronics Conference, Niigata, Japan, April 2005.
4.  “Auto-Associative Neural Network Based Sensor Drift Compensation in Indirect Vector Controlled Drive System”, L.Galotto, B.K.Bose, L.C.Leite, J.O.P. Pinto, L.E.B.daSilva, and G.L.Torres, IEEE IECON Conf. Rec., November 2007.
5. “A Simple Full Digital Adaptive Current Hysteresis Control with Constant Modulation Frequency for Active Power Filters”, R.R.Pereira, C.H.daSilva, L.E.M. Cavalcanti, L.E.B. daSilva, G.L.Torres, J.O.P. Pinto, and B.K.Bose, IEEE Industry Appl. Society Conf. Rec., September 2007.

Some Photos:

September 12, 2007