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Bimal K. Bose held the Condra Chair of Excellence (Endowed Chair Professor) in Power Electronics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville during 1987-2003, where he was responsible for teaching and research program in power electronics and motor drives. Concurrently, he served as Distinguished Scientist (1989-2000) and 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 R & D 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 for 11 years (1960-1971). He is specialized in power electronics and motor drives, specially including power converters, PWM techniques, microcomputer/DSP control, electric/hybrid vehicle drives, renewable energy systems, and artificial intelligence (expert system, fuzzy logic and neural network) applications in power electronics and motor drives. He has been a power electronics consultant in a large number of industries /agencies, i.e., National Science Foundation,Electric Power Research Institute, USDA, Research Triangle Institute, GE-CRD, Bendix Corporation, Fuji Electric, Ansaldo, General Dynamics, Lutron Electronics, PCI Ozone Corporation, American Superconductors, Emerson Electric, Kolmorgen Corporation, Delco Remy, etc.. He was a visiting professor in Aalborg University , Denmark (1997), University of Padova, Italy (2003), Savilla University, Spain (2008), and European Ph.D. School on Power Electronics, Italy (2010). He holds Honorary Professorship in Shanghai University (1991), China University of Mining and Technology (1995), X’ian Mining University (1998) (also Honorary Director of Elec. Engg. Inst.), Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2002), and Honorary Adviser of Beijing Power Electronics R & D Center (1990). He has authored more than 200 papers and holds 21 U.S. patents. He has authored/edited eight books in power electronics: (1) Power Electronics and Motor Drives – Advances and Trends (Elsevier/Academic Press, 1st Edition 2006 and 2nd Edition 2020), (2) Power Electronics in Renewable Energy Systems and Smart Grid (Wiley/IEEE Press, 2019), (3) Modern Power Electronics and AC Drives (Prentice-Hall, 2001), (4) Power Electronics and AC Drives (Prentice-Hall, 1986), (5) Power Electronics and Variable Frequency Drives (Wiley/IEEE Press, 1997), (6) Modern Power Electronics (IEEE Press, 1992), (7) Microcomputer Control of Power Electronics and Drives (IEEE Press, 1997), and (8) Adjustable Speed AC Drive Systems (IEEE Press, 1981). He has given tutorials, keynote addresses and invited seminars extensively throughout the world, particularly in IEEE sponsored programs and conferences.
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 Trans. 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, Member of IEEE-USA Energy Policy Committee, Member of the IEEE Fellow Committee, Member of Lamme Medal Committee, Member of Awards Planning and Policy Committee (APPC) of IEEE Awards Board, etc. He has been a Member of the Editorial Board of the Proceedings of the IEEE (1995-2000). He was the Guest Editor of the Proceedings of the IEEE Special Issues on "Power Electronics and Motion Control” (August 1994) and "Power Electronics in Smart Grid and Renewable Energy Systems" (Nov. 2017). He has served as a Distinguished Lecturer of both the IAS and IES.
Dr. Bose is an Elected Member of US National Academy of Engineering. He is a recipient of a number of awards, including IEEE Power Electronics Society Newell Award (2005), IEEE Millennium Medal (2000), IEEE Meritorius Achievement Award in Continuing Education (1997), IEEE Lamme Gold Medal (1996), IEEE-IES Eugene Mittelmann Award (for lifetime achievement in power electronics and motor drives) (1994), IEEE Region 3 Outstanding Engineer Award (1994), IEEE-IAS Outstanding Achievement Award (1993), IEEE Fellow (1989) (Life Fellow in 1996), Calcutta University Mouat Gold Medal (1970), GE Silver Patent Medal (1986), GE Publication Award (1985), and a number of IEEE prize paper awards. He also received Lifetime Achievement Award from Bengal Engineering College Alumni Association and Distinguished Alumnus Award (2006) from Bengal Engineering and Science University. He received the B.E. degree in 1956, the M.S. degree in 1960, and Ph.D. degree in 1966.
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