Syed Abu Nasar (December 25, 1932 – January 29, 2012) was a James R. Boyd Professor of Electrical Engineering (Emeritus) at the

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. He was born in India and got his doctorate in electrical engineering at the

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in 196

His research concerned electric motors. He served as the chair of the Electrical Engineering department at the University of Kentucky from 1989 to 1997. He was a Life Fellow of the

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and the recipient of the 2000

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Syed Abu Nasar's websiteQuadrangle - University of Kentucky, College of Engineering
1932 births 2012 deaths Fellows of the IEEE American academics of Indian descent {{US-electrical-engineer-stub