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Kaushik Rajashekara

Kaushik Rajashekara

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
48
Citations
11481
World Ranking
3031
National Ranking
1138

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2013 - IEEE Richard Harold Kaufmann Award For contributions to the advancement of electrical systems in transportation for higher efficiency and lower emissions.
  • 2012 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to electric power conversion systems in transportation.
  • 1999 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to advancement of propulsion systems for electric and hybrid vehicles.
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Kaushik Rajashekara is affiliated with the University of Houston in the United States and has a significant body of work within the field of engineering, particularly focusing on electrical and electronic engineering. Their research extensively covers specialized subfields such as automotive engineering, control and systems engineering, ocean engineering, and aerospace engineering.

The scientist's major research topics include advanced DC-DC converters, multilevel inverters and converters, advanced battery technologies research, microgrid control and optimization, HVDC systems and fault protection, silicon carbide semiconductor technologies, and electric motor design and analysis.

Kaushik Rajashekara has published in several peer-reviewed venues, with notable frequency in:

  • IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
  • World Electric Vehicle Journal
  • 2022 International Power Electronics Conference (IPEC-Himeji 2022- ECCE Asia)
  • IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification
  • IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine

Recent publications include:

  • "Flying Cars and eVTOLs-Technology Advancements, Powertrain Architectures, and Design," 2022, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification
  • "Reinforcement Learning Energy Management for Fuel Cell Hybrid Systems: A Review," 2022, IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine
  • "An Isolated Multilevel DC-DC Converter Topology With Hybrid Resonant Switching for EV Fast Charging Application," 2022, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
  • "A Modular Bidirectional Solid-State DC Circuit Breaker for LV and MVDC Grid Applications," 2022, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
  • "Grid Inertia Support Enabled by Smart Loads," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Siddavatam Ravi Prakash Reddy
  • Harish S. Krishnamoorthy
  • Mriganka Ghosh Majumder
  • Krishna Raj Ramachandran Potti
  • Fred Wang

Kaushik Rajashekara has received multiple awards and recognitions such as:

  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2015
  • IEEE Richard Harold Kaufmann Award, 2013, for contributions to the advancement of electrical systems in transportation for higher efficiency and lower emissions
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 2012, for contributions to electric power conversion systems in transportation
  • IEEE Fellow, 1999, for contributions to advancement of propulsion systems for electric and hybrid vehicles
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Best Publications

  • Power Electronics and Motor Drives in Electric, Hybrid Electric, and Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles

    A. Emadi;Young Joo Lee;K. Rajashekara

  • Topological overview of hybrid electric and fuel cell vehicular power system architectures and configurations

    A. Emadi;K. Rajashekara;S.S. Williamson;S.M. Lukic

  • A High Power Density Single-Phase PWM Rectifier With Active Ripple Energy Storage

    Ruxi Wang;Fei Wang;D. Boroyevich;R. Burgos

  • Sensorless control of AC motor drives : speed and position sensorless operation

    Kaushik Rajashekara;篤男 河村;貢規 松瀬

  • Present Status and Future Trends in Electric Vehicle Propulsion Technologies

    Kaushik Rajashekara

  • Hybrid fuel cell strategies for clean power generation

    K. Rajashekara

  • A 1200-V, 60-A SiC MOSFET Multichip Phase-Leg Module for High-Temperature, High-Frequency Applications

    Zheng Chen;Yiying Yao;Dushan Boroyevich;Khai D. T. Ngo

  • Comprehensive Efficiency Modeling of Electric Traction Motor Drives for Hybrid Electric Vehicle Propulsion Applications

    S.S. Williamson;A. Emadi;K. Rajashekara

  • History of electric vehicles in General Motors

    K. Rajashekara

  • A neuro-fuzzy-based on-line efficiency optimization control of a stator flux-oriented direct vector-controlled induction motor drive

    B.K. Bose;N.R. Patel;K. Rajashekara

  • Novel Modular Multiple-Input Bidirectional DC–DC Power Converter (MIPC) for HEV/FCV Application

    Andrew Hintz;Udupi R. Prasanna;Kaushik Rajashekara

  • A High-Temperature SiC Three-Phase AC - DC Converter Design for > 100/spl deg/C Ambient Temperature

    Ruxi Wang;D. Boroyevich;Puqi Ning;Zhiqiang Wang

  • Hybrid fuel cell power in aircraft

    K. Rajashekara;J. Grieve;D. Daggett

  • Propulsion System Strategies for Fuel Cell Vehicles

    Kaushik Rajashekara

  • Power conversion and control strategies for fuel cell vehicles

    K. Rajashekara

  • Method and apparatus for a fuel cell propulsion system

    Kaushik Rajashekara

  • Novel Bidirectional Single-phase Single-Stage Isolated AC–DC Converter With PFC for Charging of Electric Vehicles

    Udupi R. Prasanna;Anant Kumar Singh;Kaushik Rajashekara

  • A Novel High-Temperature Planar Package for SiC Multichip Phase-Leg Power Module

    Puqi Ning;Thomas Guangyin Lei;Fei Wang;Guo-Quan Lu

  • AC to DC power converter with input current waveform control for buck-boost regulation of output

    Alex Severinsky;Kaushik Rajashekara

  • Electric Starter Generators: Their Integration into Gas Turbine Engines

    Bikramjit S. Bhangu;Kaushik Rajashekara

  • Speed sensorless hybrid vector controlled induction motor drive

    B.K. Bose;M. Godoy Simoes;D.R. Crecelius;K. Rajashekara

Frequent Co-Authors

Bilal Akin
Bilal Akin The University of Texas at Dallas
Serkan Dusmez
Serkan Dusmez The University of Texas at Dallas
Adel Gastli
Adel Gastli Qatar University
Kouki Matsuse
Kouki Matsuse Meiji University
Dushan Boroyevich
Dushan Boroyevich Virginia Tech
Ali Emadi
Ali Emadi McMaster University
Khai D. T. Ngo
Khai D. T. Ngo Virginia Tech
Bimal K. Bose
Bimal K. Bose University of Tennessee at Knoxville
K. Gopakumar
K. Gopakumar Indian Institute of Science
Paolo Mattavelli
Paolo Mattavelli University of Padua

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