Dr. Toliyat received the B.S, degree from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran in 1982, the M.S. degree from West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV in 1986, and the Ph.D. degree from University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI in 1991, all in electrical engineering. Following receipt of the Ph.D. degree, he joined the faculty of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran as an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering. In March 1994 he joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University where he is currently Raytheon endowed professor of electrical engineering.
Dr. Toliyat has received the prestigious Cyrill Veinott Award in Electromechanical Energy Conversion from the IEEE Power Engineering Society in 2004, Patent and Innovation Award from Texas A&M University System Office of Technology Commercialization’s in 2007, TEES Faculty Fellow Award in 2006, distinguished Teaching Award in 2003, E.D. Brockett Professorship Award in 2002, Eugene Webb Faculty Fellow Award in 2000, and Texas A&M Select Young Investigator Award in 1999 from Texas A&M University. He has also received the Space Act Award from NASA in 1999, and the Schlumberger Foundation Technical Awards in 2001 and 2000.
Dr. Toliyat is an Editor of IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion. He was Chair of the IEEE-IAS Industrial Power Conversion Systems Department of IEEE-IAS, and is a member of Sigma Xi. He is a fellow of the Power Engineering, Industrial Applications, Industrial Electronics, Power Electronics Societies of the IEEE, and the recipient of the 2008 Industrial Electronics Society Electric Machines Committee Second Best Paper Award, 1996 and 2006 IEEE Power Engineering Society Prize Paper Awards and 2006 IEEE Industry Applications Society Transactions Third Prize Paper Award. His main research interests and experience include analysis and design of electrical machines, variable speed drives for traction and propulsion applications, fault diagnosis of electric machinery, and sensorless variable speed drives. Prof. Toliyat has supervised more than 35 graduate students, published over 350 technical papers where over 100 papers are in IEEE Transactions, presented more than 70 invited lectures all over the world, and has 10 issued and pending US patents. He is the author of DSP-Based Electromechanical Motion Control, CRC Press, 2003, and the Co-Editor of Handbook of Electric Motors - 2nd Edition, Marcel Dekker, 2004. He was the General Chair of the 2005 IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Toliyat is a Professional Engineer in the State of Texas. |
