Distinguished Professor of Engineering, University of Houston
Dr. Kaushik Rajashekara received his BE, ME, and PhD from Indian Institute of Science. He
joined Delphi division of General Motors Corporation in Indianapolis, IN, USA as a staff project
engineer in 1989. In Delphi and General Motors, he held various lead technical and managerial
positions, and was a Technical Fellow and the Chief Scientist for developing electric machines,
controllers, and power electronics systems for electric, hybrid, and fuel cell vehicle systems. In
2006, he joined Rolls-Royce Corporation as a Chief Technologist for More Electric Architectures
and power conversion/control technologies for Electric, More Electric, and Hybrid Electric
Aircrafts. In August 2012, he joined as a Distinguished Professor of Engineering at the
University of Texas at Dallas. Since September 2016, he is a Distinguished Professor of
Engineering in University of Houston.
Prof. Rajashekara was elected as a Member of the US
National Academy of Engineering in 2012 and as Fellow of US National Academy of Inventors
in 20215. He is also a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering. He is a recipient of
2021 IEEE Medal on Environmental and Safety Technologies, and 2013 Distinguished Alumnus
Award of the Indian Institute of Science. He is a Fellow of IEEE (1999) and a Fellow of SAE
International (2006) for contributions to the advancement of power conversion and propulsion
systems. He has published more than 250 papers in international journals and conferences,
has 35 U.S. and 15 foreign patents; and has written one book, and contributed individual
chapters to 8 books. His research interests are in the area of power/energy conversion,
Transportation Electrification, Renewable Energy, and Subsea Electrification
Professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Professor Brad Lehman is presently a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering at Northeastern University (Boston, MA) and previously was a Hearin Hess
Distinguished Assistant Professor at Mississippi State University. Dr. Lehman was Editor-in-
Chief of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER ELECTRONICS from 2013-2018 and
previously has been the recipient of the 2015 IEEE (PELS) Power Electronics Society Modeling
and Control Technical Achievement Award, a 2016 IEEE Standards Medallion, the 2018 IEEE
Award for Achievement in Power Electronics Standards, and the 2019 IEEE PELS Harry A.
Owen, Jr. Distinguished Service Award.
He has been listed in the inaugural edition of the book
The 300 Best Professors, Princeton Review, 2012. Dr. Lehman performs research in power
electronics and controls, with applications to solar energy, LED lighting, battery energy
management systems, and reliability. Before becoming a professor, Brad was the head swimming
and diving coach at Georgia Institute of Technology.
MPP Consult, Germany
IAS Director of Chapter & Membership Development
Dr. Peter Magyar received the Dipl. eng. and the Dr. tech. degrees from the Budapest University of Technology,
Hungary, in 1967 and 1975, respectively. From 1967 to 1991, he was with Department of Automation of the same
university as an assistant professor and a research associate.
In 1981, he was recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt fellowship, Bonn, Germany, and spent a research year
at the Braunschweig University of Technology, Germany. From 1991 to 2009, he was with industrial companies
in Germany in different positions. His working field has been control of electrical drives, car steering
control and automatic car parking manoeuvre systems. He is retired (2009) and working as consultant in
the field of transportation electrification, electric cars and renewable energy. He has been expert
evaluator of the European Commission since 2001.
Dr. Magyar has been IEEE member since 1991 and served as a volunteer in various positions in the
Germany Section, R8 Committee, at IEEE TAB and in the Industry Applications Society since 1998.
Currently, he is chapter coordinator of the Germany Section, life members coordinator of the R8
Committee and director of chapter development of the IA-Society.
Dr. Magyar is recipient of the IAS Distinguished Service Award 2006 and has been elected to the
grade of IEEE Fellow for contributions to digital control of electrical drive systems in 2007.