Aranya Chakrabortty was honored with elevation to Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow in recognition of his outstanding contributions in the field of wide-area monitoring and control of electric power systems.
The IEEE Grade of Fellow honors individuals with an outstanding record of accomplishments; Fellows are recognized for their contributions to the advancement of engineering, science and technology for the benefit of society at large. IEEE Fellow is the highest grade of membership and is recognized by the engineering and scientific communities as an important career achievement.
“I am deeply honored by this recognition by my peers and my fellow researchers in the power systems and control systems research communities,” said Chakrabortty. “I am grateful to my wonderful Ph.D. students, postdocs and collaborators. Working with all of them has been a joy over the past fifteen years since I joined NC State. The most important aspect of this fellowship, in my opinion, is the fact that the work done by my research group over all these years has inspired many current-generation power engineers to work closely with control and optimization theorists, thereby bridging a long-standing gap between these two communities. I hope to continue to build on this marriage even more in the coming future, perhaps now also with the power electronics community.”
Chakrabortty has been with the NC State Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering since 2010 and currently serves as the Associate Department Head for Research. His interests span all branches of control system theory with applications to large-scale electric power systems. Chakrabortty is part of the FREEDM Systems Center, which works to develop a more secure, sustainable and environmentally friendly electric grid. His current research focuses on understanding the dynamics and stability challenges in the power grid with large penetration of wind, solar, energy storage and electric vehicles, and on designing appropriate control systems, including learning based controls, to stabilize the grid at both transmission and distribution levels.
Chakrabortty received his Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering from Jadavpur University, India in 2004, and his Master’s (‘05) and Ph.D. (‘08) in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY. He received an NSF CAREER Award in 2011, was named an NC State University Faculty Scholar in 2019 and currently serves as an NSF Program Director. Learn more about Chakrabortty, his research interests and his publications here.
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This post was originally published in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
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