PROFESSOR MUKUND R.

PATEL, PhD, PE Home: 1199 Cobblestone Court

patelm@usmma.edu, W: 516-773-5670, H: 215-321-0899 Yardley, PA 19067-4751

EDUCATION: PhD (Electrical Power), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 1972
MS (Industrial Engineering/Management), University of Pittsburgh, 1983
ME (Electrical Machine Design), Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India, 1965

RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS: Two books by CRC Press: (1) Wind and Solar Power Systems, and (2)
Spacecraft Power Systems; plus over 50 papers in national and international journal and conference
proceedings; several patents and NASA recognition for exceptional power system design for UAR satellite.
Nominated by NASA for IR-100 award for developing one of the 100 top technological products in 1987.
Associate Editor of Solar Energy, journal of the International Solar Energy Society (Elsevier Science
Publishers, UK), Review Renewable Energy Research Grant Proposals for the State of California.

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE: Designed, developed and tested complete power and distribution systems,
power electronics, magnetics (high voltage, high power, high frequency), wind and spacecraft power
systems, solar arrays, batteries, generators, motors, renewable power systems, advanced energy storage,
design optimization for minimum cost and/or weight, modeling and simulation, performance analyses
(capability, stability, worst case, switching, transients, protection, ripples, power quality, etc), energy
balance analysis, thermal cooling design, reliability and availability estimates, design reviews, teaching.

REGISTRATIONS: Professional Electrical Engineer (PA), Chartered Mechanical Engineer (UK)

MEMEBRSHIPS: Fellow, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (UK); Associate Fellow of the
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Senior Member, IEEE; Member of the Honor
Societies Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi and Omega Rho.

RECENT RESEARCH AND CONSULTING WORK

Wind and Spacecraft power systems, Ocean wave energy cropping, Electromagnetic wave propagation in
advance submarine power system, Flywheel energy storage with magnetic bearings. Taught renewable (PV and
wind) power technologies as the 3M Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Minnesota, Duluth.
Teach continuing education courses to professionals.

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

U.S. MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY, Kings Point, NY July 97 – Present
Professor, teaching electrical courses, such as electrical power, machines, electronics and circuits.
LOCKHEED MARTIN - ASTRO SPACE DIVISION, Princeton, NJ 1993 - 95
Sr. Staff Engineer - Electrical Power. Designed and developed complete power systems for satellites.
GENERAL ELECTRIC - SPACE DIVISION, Valley Forge, PA 1986 - 93
Principal Engineer, Electrical Power Systems. Designed high power, high voltage power systems for space
defense programs using solar arrays, rotating machines, batteries, superconducting magnets, power electronics
INDUCTION GENERAL INC, Pittsburgh, PA 1985 - 86
Project Manager, New Products. Designed, built and tested a prototype power distribution system for NASA.
WESTINGHOUSE - RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTER, Pittsburgh, PA 1980 - 85
Fellow Engineer / Project Leader, Electrotechnolgy Division. Led several engineers in design and
demonstration of new products and improvements in large generators, motor and power electronics drives.
SIEMENS LIMITED, Bombay, India 1976 - 80
Development Manager. Led 15 electrical and mechanical engineers improving electrical power products.
GENERAL ELECTRIC - POWER TRANSFORMER DIVISION, Pittsfield, MA 1967 - 76
Sr. Development Engineer / Technical Leader. Led development and testing of advance electromechanical
designs of large high voltage power transformers to improve field reliability.