Kiruba Sivasubramaniam Haran

Professor
Biomedical and Translational Sciences

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Education

Ph.D., Electric Power Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
B.Sc., Electronic and Electrical Engineering, OAU, Nigeria

Biography

Kiruba Haran is the Grainger Endowed Director's Chair in Electric Machinery and Electromechanics in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Haran moved to Illinois after spending thirteen years at GE Research working on electrical machines for applications ranging from power generation to aviation. At Illinois, his work has focused on high specific power machines for electrified transportation and renewable energy. Dr. Haran is a Fellow of the IEEE and member of the National Academy of Engineering.

Research Honors

IEEE Nikola Tesla Award (2023)
IEEE PES Cyril Veinott Electromechanical Energy Conversion Award (2019)
IEEE PES Distinguished Lecturer (2017 -)

Recent Courses Taught

ECE 431 - Electric Machinery
ECE 445 - Senior Design Project Lab
ECE 598 KSH - Topics in Electromechanics