• Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Texas Instruments Jack Kilby Chair
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Prasad Enjeti

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada – 1988
  • M. S., Electrical Engineering, I.I.T. Kanpur, India – 1982
  • B. S., Electrical Engineering, Osmania University, India – 1980

Research Interests

    • Advanced power electronic converters for the utility interface of solar-PV/wind/fuel-cell/battery-energy storage power systems
    • Integrated solid state transformer concepts for grid-connected renewables and adjustable speed drive systems
    • Design of high-temperature power conversion systems with wide band-gap semiconductor devices.
    • Power electronic intelligence at the grid edge
    • AC/DC microgrids; angle droop control; converters to enable peer-to-peer energy transactions
    • Medium voltage power converters for mega-watt scale solar-PV/wind/fuel-cell energy systems, adjustable speed drives with medium frequency transformer isolation
    • Power quality enhancement for interconnected renewables
    • Power quality issues: design and development of active power filters; dynamic voltage restorers (DVRs) and new and improved ride-through technologies employing flywheel and supercapacitors.
    • Advancing switching power supply designs for portable power systems and modular fuel-cell systems

Certifications & Memberships

  • Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) – 2000

Awards & Honors

  • Best Paper Award, Power Conversion Intelligent Motion (PCIM) conference in Shanghai, China – 2014
  • R. David Middlebrook Technical Achievement Award Inaugural recipient, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Power Electronics Society – 2012
  • Texas A&M University College of Engineering Charles W. Crawford Service Award – 2011.
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Industry Applications Society “Distinguished Lecturer – 2006-2008
  • Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching (University Level), The Association of Former Students – 2004.
  • IEEE IAS Industrial Power Converter Committee (IPCC) First Paper Award – 2003
  • Ford Motor Company Fellow award for promoting design in engineering education, Sept. 2001.
  • IEEE IAS (IPCC) First Prize paper Award – 2002
  • IEEE IAS Industrial Power Converter Committee (IPCC) Prize Paper Award – 2001
  • Faculty Fellow Award, Texas A&M University College of Engineering – 1997
  • Developer of HARMONIXTM Active Harmonic Cancellation Filter, US Patent: 5,568,371; 1996.
  • National Science Foundation Research Initiation Award – 1990

Selected Publications

  • "Method and system for an improved converter output filter for an induction motor drive system", United States Patent: 6,122,184 ; September 19, 2000
  • "Method and system for adjustable speed drive system under voltage sags and short-term power interruptions" United States Patent: 6,005,362 ; December 21, 1999
  • "Active interphase reactor for 12-pulse rectifier", United States Patent: 5,903,066 ; May 11, 1999
  • "Active Harmonic Power Filter Apparatus and Methods", United States Patent: 5,568,371 ; October 22, 1996
  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) – so far graduated 29 Ph.D.s. Eleven of them have joined major Universities around the world as faculty members. Other occupy important positions in the industry. Currently supervising six Ph.D students and five Ms. Students.
  • Master Degree (Thesis) – so far graduated over 50 MS. Students. They occupy leading positions in the power electronics industry, patents & intellectual property management.
  • Tutorial Co-Presenter "Design considerations of photovoltaic power systems installed on curved surfaces" IEEE ECCE 2011 Conference, Phoenix, AZ, Sept 18, 2011; Lead presenter: Dr. Robert Balog
  • Tutorial on “Power Conditioning Systems for Fuel Cells”, March 7,8,9, 2007, Tubitak Mam, Energy Research Institute, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Tutorial on “Fuel Cell Power Conditioning”, Fuel Cell Seminar, 2005, November 2005, Palm Springs, CA
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