Mahesh Krishnamurthy, Ph.D.

Krishnamurthy

Mahesh Krishnamurthy, Ph.D.

Vin and Caren Prothro Department Chair of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Co-Executive Director of Hart Institute for Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship 

Office Location: Junkins Building 311

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Education

  • PhD, University of Texas at Arlington
  • MS, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Biography

 

Dr. Mahesh Krishnamurthy is currently the Vin and Caren Endowed Department Chair and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Co-Executive Director of the Hart Institute for Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He is also the Director of the Laboratory for Energy storage, Automotive and Power Systems (LEAPS). Since 2021, he has been serving as a Program Manager (Expert) with the US National Science Foundation, where he manages the EPCN core portfolio in Power electronics and Motor drives. He served as a Distinguished Lecturer with the IEEE-Vehicular Technology Society from 2011-2013 and 2013-2015 and Distinguished Speaker from 2015-2018 and 2018-2021.

Dr. Krishnamurthy has co-authored over 175 scientific articles, book chapters and technical reports and has 24 issued US patents. He has been awarded several teaching and research awards. He was the founding Deputy Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification from 2014 to 2020 and the Editor-in-Chief from 2020 to 2023. He currently serves as the Chair of the Steering Committee for the journal. He also serves as the Chair for the Technical Committee on Electrified Transportation (TC4) and Vice Chair for the Energy Access and Off-Grid Systems (TC12) in IEEE Power Electronics Society. Dr. Krishnamurthy co-founded the IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo in 2012 and served as the General Chair in 2014. He has served on the organizing committee for several other IEEE conferences

 

Honors and Awards

  • Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (2011 - 2013,  2013 - 2015)
  • Inter-professional Project: Social Innovation Award (Team award) at IIT (2016)
  • Best Paper Prize at 2016 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo held in Dearborn, MI (2016)
  • Armour Teaching Excellence Award (Single award) at IIT (2017)
  • Bauer Family University Excellence Award in Undergraduate Education (Single University-level award) at IIT (2017)
  • Best Inter-professional Project Award (Team award) at IIT (2017 & 2018)
  • Thomas Jacobius Excellence in Inter-professional Education Award (Single University-level award) at IIT (2019)
  • Inter-professional Project Dean’s Choice Award (Team award) at IIT (2019)
  • Distinguished Speaker for the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (2015 - 2018,  2018 - 2021)
  • Distinguished Speaker for the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (2015 - 2018,  2018 - 2021)
  • Carl and Paul Bodine Endowed Chair Professor at IIT (2023 - 2024)
  • Vin and Karen Prothro Department Chair of ECE at 91³Ô¹ÏÍø (2023 - 2024)

Research

  • Li-ion batteries: Modeling, analysis, power electronic management, and safety
  • Electric machines and motor/generator control for transportation and renewable energy systems
  • Multi-physics (structural, thermal and NVH) modeling and analysis of electric machines
  • Power electronic converters: Design, analysis and control for electrified transportation and microgrid systems
  • Drivetrain design, analysis and optimization for EVs, HEVs and PHEVs 

Recent Publications

  • M. Qasem, S. Stoyanov, S. Ratrout, M. Haddadin, Y. Yassin, C. Chen, S. Al-Hallaj, M. Krishnamurthy, "Synthetic Data-Integrated Li-Ion Battery Modeling for eVTOL Energy Systems," IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 76329-76343, 2024
  • S. Xu, X. Xu, J. Wang, H. Wang, Y. Chai, H. Chen, M. Krishnamurthy, "A Simultaneous Diagnosis Approach for Power Switch, Grid-side Current Sensor, and DC-link Voltage Sensor Faults in Single-Phase Three-Level Rectifiers”, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 73, pp. 1-16, 2024
  • Z. Jin, Y. Cao, S. Li, W. Ying, M. Krishnamurthy, “Analytical Approach for Sharp Corner Reconstruction in the Kernel Free Boundary Integral Method during Magnetostatic Analysis for Inductor Design,” Energies, vol. 16, no. 14, pp. 5420, Jul. 2023 (Featured article).
  • M. R. Khalid, M. S. Alam, M. Krishnamurthy, E. A. Al-Ammar, H. Alrajhi and M. S. J. Asghar, "A Multiphase AC–DC Converter with Improved Power Quality for EV Charging Station," IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 909-924, March 2022.
  • S. T. Plunkett, C. Chen, R. Rojaee, P. Doherty, Y. S. Oh, Y. Galazutdinova, S. Al-Hallaj, M. Krishnamurthy, “Enhancing Thermal Safety in Lithium-Ion Battery Packs Through Parallel Cell ‘Current Dumping’ Mitigation”, Journal of Applied Energy (Elsevier), Volume 286, March 2021.