Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Prof. Ajjarapu is Named IEEE Fellow

 

Contacts:
V. Ajjarapu, professor of electrical and computer engineering, (515) 294-7687, vajjarapiastate.edu
Dana Schmidt, communications specialist, (515) 294-3071, schmidtdiastate.edu

Ames, Iowa – Professor Venkataramana Ajjarapu recently was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). This honor recognizes outstanding IEEE members for their significant accomplishments in the advancement or application of engineering, science, or technology and for their contributions to the mission of IEEE.

Ajjarapu came to Iowa State University in 1986 after receiving his PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Waterloo in Canada. Throughout his career, he has won numerous awards, including the National Science Foundation Research Initiation Award, and has been invited to give lectures at many national and international conferences. He’s also served as the chair IEEE’s voltage stability focus group, a member of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineer’s editorial advisory board, editor for IEEE Power Engineering Letters, and faculty adviser for Iowa State’s IEEE student chapter.

Ajjarapu’s research focuses on power system security (with an emphasis on reactive power dispatch and voltage security), real-time control of power, and power electronics systems. His work has been published in more than 120 conference and journal publications. Additionally, he was on a team that wrote an IEEE Voltage Stability report, which received IEEE’s Outstanding Technical Report Award.

Ajjarapu joins the ranks of seven other current ECpE professors from Iowa State who have received this honor: Randall Geiger, Ratnesh Kumar, Mark J. Kushner, Chen-Ching Liu, James McCalley, Arun K. Somani, and Robert Weber.

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