Kiruba Sivasubramaniam Haran

Professor
Grainger Chair and Director of CEME

(217) 244-1838

kharan@illinois.edu

4048 Electrical & Computer Eng Bldg

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Education

Ph.D., Electric Power Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
B.Sc., Electronic and Electrical Engineering, OAU, Nigeria

Biography

Kiruba Haran is a Professor and the Grainger Endowed Director's Chair in Electric Machinery and Electromechanics in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Haran moved to Illinois after spending 13 years at GE Research in Niskayuna, NY. At GE, he led the research group working on advanced electrical machines for the various GE businesses. In this role he was responsible for a broad set of technology development activities, including projects on novel machines for aviation, renewable energy, defense, appliances, EV’s, locomotives, and mining equipment. At Illinois, Dr. Haran's research has focused on high specific power cryogenic and non-cryo machines for electrified transportation and renewable energy applications. He also serves as the Director of the NSF funded POETS Engineering Research Center, and the Grainger Center for Electric Machinery and Electromechanics.

Dr. Haran obtained his BS in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from OAU in Nigeria, and his PhD in Electric Power Engineering from RPI in Troy, NY. He is a registered PE in New York and a Fellow of the IEEE.

Research Areas

Electric transportation
Electrical machines and drive systems
Power and Energy Systems

Research Topics

Electric transportation
Energy
Solar and renewable technology
Storage and conversion

Journal Editorships

Guest Editor, Special Issue on Electrified Aircraft Technologies, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification (2021/22)
Guest Editor, Special Issue on: Electric and Hybrid Electric Propulsion for Aviation, IET Electric Power Applications Journal
Editor, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 2015 -2020