RESUME
RADHE S. L. DAS, Ph.D.,
P.E.
EXPERIENCE
CHAIRMAN, Department
of Electrical Engineering, California State University , Long
Beach, 1988-1997.
PROFESSOR (Tenured),
Department of Electrical Engineering, California State University
, Long Beach , California . Fall 1982-Present.
GRADUATE PROGRAM ADVISOR,
Spring 2006.
Areas of
Interest: Electric Power Systems
for Spacecraft, Aircraft, and Terrestrial Systems; Power Converters
and Electronics; Smart Power Systems (Power Integrated Circuits);
Electrochemical and other Energy Storage Systems for Space
and Terrestrial Applications; Conventional and Alternative
(Renewable) Energy Conversion Systems; Electronic Control
of Electric Drives; Electric Vehicles and Transportation Systems;
Instrumentation, Dynamics and Control of Nuclear Reactors;
and Analysis and Design of Utility Power and Control Systems.
Current
and Past Research Activities: Power Conditioning
Subsystems for Space and Terrestrial Systems; Power Processing
and Control of Spacecraft Systems including Space Station;
Cost model of Spacecraft Power Systems; Selection and Evaluation
of Batteries for Space and Terrestrial Applications; Innovative
Space Power Systems; Pulse Power; and Application of Power
Integrated Circuits (Smart Power Systems). Preparation and
Presentation of Proposals for External and Internal Research
Funds; Modernizing Research Facilities; Supervision of Research
by Students; and Coordination of all Curricular Activities
of Power and Energy Programs of the Department.
University
Services: Member, University Academic
Senate; Member, University Planning and Educational Policies
Council; Member, University Personnel Policies Council; Member,
College Faculty Council; Coordinator for Accreditation Board
for Engineering and Technology (ABET) Activities; Faculty
Advisor, Electrical Engineering Industrial and Advisory Council;
Member of Faculty Retention, Tenure and Promotion Committee;
Member, Select Committees for the Dean and Associate Deans;
and Chair, Department of Electrical Engineering (elected three
times).
Other Activities
: Organizer of Annual Battery Conferences on
Applications and Advances since 1985; Organizer of National
Workshop on Smart Power at Caltech in 1986 and 1993; Securing
Equipment from Industries for Laboratories; Securing Scholarships
and Jobs for Students from Industries; Publications; Writing
Books and Reviewing Books for Publishers; and Evaluation of
Papers of Others for Publications.
MEMBER OF TECHNICAL
STAFF AND TECHNICAL GROUP LEADER , Avionic Equipment Section
(344), Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of
Technology, Pasadena, California. July '78 - Retired, 2003.
Areas of
Activities: Systems Engineering and Design of
Space and Terrestrial Power Systems; Power Electronics; Instrumentation;
and Control Systems Design and Analysis.
Space Program:
Design of Space Power Systems, Power Conditioning
for Electric Propulsion Systems, Pulse Power Systems; Cost
Models for Spacecraft Power Systems; Selection and Analysis
of Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems; Correlation Between
State-of-Charge and AC Impedance of Cells; Evaluation of and
Countermeasures Against Effects of Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP)
due to Nuclear Explosions in Space; Selection and Analysis
of Power Supplies and Converters; Power Processing, Power
Distribution and Power Management in Unmanned and Manned Space
Missions including Space Station; and Power, Instrumentation,
and Control Systems for Deep Space Network.
Civil/Energy
Programs: Power Conditioning for Photovoltaic
Systems; Power and Control Systems for Solar Thermal Electric
Generation Options; Optimal Power Collection and Transport
Network Design; and Power Systems Design and Analysis for
Large Industrial Plants; Load and Energy Management Systems;
Energy Conservation; MHD Generation; Solar and Wind Generations;
Cogeneration; Fuel Cells; Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion;
Utility Interface Issues and Related Control Problems; and
Power Systems Analyses for Electric Vehicles.
Electrochemical Storage;
Superconductive Material Energy Storage; and Flywheel, Thermal,
and Compressed Air Energy Storage.
Communication and Control
in Utility-Interactive Dispersed Energy Generation Sources;
Energy Management Systems; Emergency Control; VAR Control;
Effects of EMP on Electric Power System and its Components;
Reliability, Availability and Maintainability of Systems;
Development of Optical Sensors for Utility Applications; and
Application of Neural Networks in Utility Power Systems.
Defense
Program: Mobile Automated Field Implementation
System (MAFIS - Simulated Warfare System) Instrumentation
Identification and Power System Requirements; Battery Selection
Based on Technical Trade-Off Analyses; and System Integration
in terms of Circuit and Protection Design for Given Load Requirements.
Management
Program: Completed all JPL Management Seminars,
Courses, and Training.
SENIOR ELECTRICAL
CONTROL SYSTEMS ENGINEER , C.F. Braun & Co., Alhambra
, California . September, 1974 - July, 1978.
Nature of
Systems: GE Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) Nuclear
Power Plant; Condensate Demineralizers; Diamond Shamrock Petrochemical
Plant; and Energy Conservation Projects for Heavy Industries.
Nature of
Activities: Interdisciplinary Co-Ordination;
External Interface; Preparation and Presentation of Reports
and Documents; Identification and Implementation of Control
Requirements; Design of Electrical Control Systems; and Scheduling.
Control and Instrumentation
Systems Design; Control Systems and Equipment Specification;
Hardware and Software Control Logic Design; Reliability Analysis;
Stability Analysis; Load-Flow Studies; Short-Circuit and Set
Point Calculations; Dynamic System Modelling; System Testing;
Coordination of Hierarchy of Process Computers; Electric Drive
Selections; Plant Protection Systems; Load Shedding; Load
Sequencing; Emergency Controls; Shutdown Systems Design; Electrical
Single-Line and Wiring Diagrams; Protection System Design;
and Plant Grounding.
CONTROL SYSTEMS
ENGINEER , Bechtel Power Corporation, Los Angeles, California.
September, 1973 - September, 1974.
Nature of
Systems: PWR Nuclear Power Plant;
Navajo Fossil Power Plant; and Southern California Edison
SO 2 Removal Plant.
Nature of
Activities: Technical and Economic
Trade-Off Analyses for S0 2 Removal Alternatives; Logic
Diagrams; Elementary
Diagram, Short Circuit Calculations; Equipment Sizing and
Selections; Combustion Control Systems; Plant Protection System;
Mathematical Simulation on Digital Computer to Analyze Voltage
and Frequency Fluctuations in Industrial Plant Dynamics Following
Abnormal Conditions; and Environmental Considerations for
Nuclear, Coal, and Industrial Plants.
PREDOCTORAL TEACHING
ASSOCIATE, Electrical Engineering Department, University
of Washington , Seattle , Washington . September, 1968 - August,
1973.
Research in Control
of Electric Power System Dynamics and Teaching and Laboratory
Instructions in Energy Conversion, Analog and Digital Electronics,
Digital Computer Hardware Logic and Programming, Control Theory,
Power Systems and Instrumentation in both Graduate and Undergraduate
Programs.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
, Electrical Engineering Department, Bihar Institute of
Technology, Sindri, Bihar, India . September, 1966 - September,
1968.
Teaching and Laboratory
Instructions in Control Theory, Network Theory and Electrical
Machinery in Undergraduate Program and Instrumentation and
Control Systems in Postgraduate Program.
SENIOR FELLOW
, Electrical Engineering Department, September, 1963 -
September, 1966. Ministry of Education and Scientific Research,
Government of India Placed at Bengal Engineering College ,
Sibpur, W.B., India ).
Research in Predictor-Controlled
Feedback Control System and Teaching and Laboratory Instructions
in Electrical Machine Theory and Design, Circuit Theory and
Electronics.
LECTURER , Electrical
Engineering Department, Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology,
Muzaffarpur, Bihar , India . June, 1963 - September, 1963.
Teaching and Laboratory
Instructions in Electric Traction and Machine Theory.
ASSOCIATE LECTURER
, Electrical Engineering Department, Regional Institute
of Technology, Jamsedpur, Bihar , India . July, 1962 - June,
1963.
Teaching and Laboratory
Instructions in Electric Field and Circuit Theory and Electrical
Machine Theory.
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy
in Electrical Engineering: University of Washington, Seattle,
Washington, 1973.
Dissertation: Supplementary
Controls for Frequency Stabilization in Multimachine Electric
Power Systems.
Subjects: Electric
Power Systems (Modelling, Stability, Optimization, Controls
and Protection), Control Systems (Linear, Non-Linear,
Optimal, Adaptive, Stochastic, Discrete and Computer-Control),
Electronics (Digital, Analog and Physical), and Network
Theory (Analysis, Synthesis, Active and Topology).
Master of Electrical
Engineering: University of Calcutta, India, 1965. Second
Rank in the University Final Examination (Unfortunately received
one point less out of 1000).
Thesis: Predictor-Controlled
Feedback Control Systems.
Bachelor of Science
in Electrical Engineering: University of Ranchi, Bihar
Institute of Technology, Sindri, India, 1962. First Class
with Distinction.
Intermediate of
Science: University of Patna, Patna Science College, Patna,
India, 1958. First Division with Distinctions in Physics and
Mathematics.
High School: Bihar
State School of Examination Board, Patna, India, 1956. First
Division with the Second Rank in the entire State of Bihar
(94,000 examinees).
AFFILIATIONS
Nominated for IEEE
Fellow .
Registered Professional
Electrical Engineer in California (by examination in 1974
- 95% score).
Chairman and Organizer,
Annual Battery Conference on Applications and Advances
co-sponsored by Jet Propulsion Lab., California Institute
of Technology; Dept. of Electrical Engineering, CSULB: and
IEEE, ECS, AIAA, SCE, LA DWP and other organizations. 1986
- present.
Senior Member,
IEEE. Member of AES, PEL, Power and Magnetics Societies.
Member, IEEE
Sponsored IECEC '96 Conference.
Member, IEEE
Committee on Standards for Spacecraft Power Systems.
Senior Member,
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
Member, Eta
Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi Honor Societies.
U.S. DOE and NASA SBIR
Proposal Evaluator.
Member, IEEE
Photovoltaic Subsystems Committee.
Member, University
Academic Senate, Policy and Educational Planning Council,
Financial Affairs Council and Faculty Personnel Policies Committee.
Member, IEEE
Power Conditioning Subcommittee.
Member, Jet
Propulsion Laboratory University Recruitment Committee for
Employment of Engineers.
Coordinator, U.S.
Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology, CSU, Long
Beach.
AWARDS
AND CONTRACTS
University Outstanding
Professor Award, California State University , Long Beach
, 1987.
Nomination for Trustee
Outstanding Professor Award, State of California , 1987.
University Distinguished
Faculty Award 1986-87.
Meritorious Performance
and Promise Awards, CSU, Long Beach , 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989.
TRW Award for Excellence
in Teaching, 1986-87.
NASA Award on a paper
on Applications of Electrochemical Energy Storage in Solar
Thermal Systems.
Contracts from DWP,
JPL, SCE and Teledyne.
NASA Certificate
of Excellence on Solar Thermal Project.
Government of India,
Council of Scientific Research and Development, Senior Fellowship,
1963 - 1966.
Government of India,
Ministry of Education Merit Scholarship, 1956 - 1962.
Government of India
Award of Technical Teachers' Training Program Certificate
for Teaching at Institute of Higher Learning.
PUBLICATIONS
Over seventy publications
including technical papers and reports. Furnished upon request.
