Bilal Akin is an electrical engineer and faculty member of

The University of Texas at Dallas The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD or UT Dallas) is a public research university in Richardson, Texas, United States. It is the northernmost institution of the University of Texas System. It was initially founded in 1961 as a private resea ...

. He is the recipient of a

National Science Foundation CAREER Award The National Science Foundation CAREER award is the most prestigious award presented by the National Science Foundation (NSF) of the United States Federal Government to support junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through rese ...

and is a fellow of the

IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an American 501(c)(3) organization, 501(c)(3) public charity professional organization for electrical engineering, electronics engineering, and other related disciplines. The IEEE ...

Education

Akin studied at the

Middle East Technical University Middle East Technical University (commonly referred to as METU; in Turkish language, Turkish, ''Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi'', ODTÜ) is a prestigious public university, public Institute of technology, technical university located in Ankara, ...

in Turkey, where he obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees in science. In 2007, he received his PhD in electrical engineering from

Texas A&M University Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, TA&M, or TAMU) is a public university, public, Land-grant university, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas, United States. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of ...

Career

Akin has been a faculty member of

since 2012, serving as director of their Power Electronics and Drives Lab. He is a vehicular electronics and systems area editor for the IEEE journal ''Transactions on Vehicular Technology''. Akin previously worked in research and development with Toshiba (2005–2008) and Texas Instruments (2008–2012).

Honours

no.1454311 (2015) * Jonsson School Faculty Research Award (2015) * ''Transactions on Vehicular Technology'' Top Editor Award (2016) * IEEE Industry Applications Society Society Prize Paper Award (2018) * Jonsson School Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award (2019) * Fellow of the

"for contributions to control, diagnosis and condition monitoring of AC drives" (2023)

References

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