New
Epoch Speakers History
in the Making
Proudly Presents:
Dr. Mehrdad (Mark) Ehsani
Ph.D., P.E., F.IEEE, F.SAE
Mark Ehsani is one of the most recognized names in electronic
innovation within the transportation industry. He is a
consultant
to most major automotive corporations, and is a respected and
multiply-honored professor with numerous invitations to speak across
the globe. He has served as thesis advisor on more than fifty Ph.D. and
Masters’ theses. Mark thus offers a rare
combination of
up-to-the-second research expertise, broad corporate connection,
worldwide industry awareness, and captivating communications
skills. As an ongoing pioneer in future automotive systems,
Dr.
Ehsani continues to lead the industry in new directions. His
current research work is in power electronics, motor drives, hybrid
vehicles, and their control systems.
Dr. Ehsani has held numerous executive and guiding positions in the
Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and of the
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). He serves on the
editorial
board of several technical journals and is the associate editor of IEEE
Transactions on Industrial Electronics and IEEE Transactions on
Vehicular Technology. He is a Fellow of IEEE, an IEEE
Industrial
Electronics Society and Vehicular Technology Society Distinguished
Speaker, IEEE Industry Applications Society and Power Engineering
Society Distinguished Lecturer.
Dr. Ehsani received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of
Texas at Austin in 1973 and 1974, and his Ph.D. degree from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1981. All of his degrees
are
in electrical engineering. He has over 23 US and EC patents.
He
is also a registered professional engineer in the State of Texas.
From 1974 to 1977 he was with the Fusion Research Center, University of
Texas, as a Research Engineer. From 1977 to 1981 he was with
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, as a Resident Research
Associate, while simultaneously doing the doctoral work at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison in energy systems and control
systems. Since 1981 he has been at Texas A&M
University,
College Station, Texas where he is now a Professor of electrical
engineering and Director of Texas Applied Power Electronics Consortium
(TAPC). He is the author of over 300 publications in
pulsed-power
supplies, high-voltage engineering, power electronics and motor drives
and is the recipient of the Prize Paper Awards in Static Power
Converters and motor drives at the IEEE-Industry Applications Society
1985, 1987, and 1992 Annual Meetings, as well as numerous other honors
and recognitions. In 1984 he was named the Outstanding Young
Engineer of the Year by the Brazos chapter of Texas Society of
Professional Engineers. In 1992, he was named the Halliburton
Professor in the College of Engineering at A&M. In
1994, he
was also named the Dresser Industries Professor in the same college. In
2001 he was selected for Ruth & William Neely/ Dow Chemical
Faculty
Fellow of the College of Engineering for 2001-2002, for
“contributions to the Engineering Program at Texas
A&M,
including classroom instruction, scholarly activities, and professional
service”. In 2003 he was selected for BP Amoco Faculty Award
for
Teaching Excellence in the College of Engineering. He was
also
selected for the IEEE Vehicular Society 2001 Avant Garde Award for
“Contributions to the theory and design of hybrid electric
vehicles”. In 2003 he was selected for IEEE Undergraduate
Teaching Award “For outstanding contributions to advanced
curriculum development and teaching of power electronics and
drives.” In 2004 he was elected to the endowed Robert M.
Kennedy
Chair in Electrical Engineering at Texas A&M
University. In
2005 he was elected as the Fellow of Society of Automotive Engineers
(SAE). He is the co-author of twelve books on power electronics, motor
drives and advanced vehicle systems, including Vehicular Electric Power
Systems, Marcel Dekker, Inc. 2003 and “Modern Electric Hybrid
Vehicles and Fuel Cell Vehicles – Fundamentals, Theory, and
Design”, CRC Press, 2004.
