Awards and Recognitions
- 2014 Elected to National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
- 2014 IEEE Nari Hingorani FACTS Award - IEEE Power & Energy Society
- 2014 Outstanding Contributions to Postbaccalaureate, Graduate, Professional Education Award - University of Minnesota
- 2013 Innovative Program Award - U.S. ECE Department Heads Association
- 2012 IEEE Power & Energy Society Ramakumar Family Renewable Energy Excellence Award
- Distinguished Alumnus Award for 2011 from IIT-Kharagpur, India (http://www.iitkgp.org/news/111)
- UWIG Achievement Award from the Utility Wind Integration Group for "sustained leadership in Power Engineering curriculum development and revitalization in support of renewable energy integration (http://www.uwig.org/2010awards.htm)
- 2010 IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award (http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/bios/undergraduate_recipients.html#sect2)
- 2008 IEEE-PES Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award
- Life Fellow of the IEEE; became a Fellow in 1996 for "Contributions to power electronics education and applications in power systems"
- Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teaching Award – University of Minnesota, 2007 and a member of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers at the University of Minnesota (http://www.minnesotaalumni.org/s/1118/content.aspx?sid=1118&gid=1&pgid=906)
- IT George Taylor Teaching Award – University of Minnesota, 1998
- Oscar A. Schott Professorship in Power Electronics and Systems, 1993 – present
- Visiting Erskine Fellowship, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 1991
- IEEE Twin Cities Section Young Engineer of the Year – 1982