Professional Experience

Professor, Dept. of Elect. and Comp. Engineering, NCSU, Jul 1999 — Present.
Distinguished Consultant, SAS Institute, August 16 – December 31, 2016.
Associate Professor, Dept. of Elect. and Comp. Engineering, NCSU, Jul 1993 — Jun 1999.
Visiting Scientist, Automation Distribution Division, ABB, Jun– Dec 1996.
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Elect. and Comp. Engineering, NCSU, Jul 1987— Jun 1993.

Qiushi Chair Professor (求是讲座教授), Zhejiang University, China, January 1, 2015 – Present
Chang Jiang Visiting Chair Professor (长江讲座教授), Zhejiang University, China, March 1, 2010 – Feb 28, 2013

Core Technology

Micro/Smart Grids Energy Management, Collaborative Distributed Control, Battery Modeling and SoC/SoH/SoF Estimation, Mechatronics and Automation, Computational Intelligence, Energy Systems, Mobile Robots and Unmanned Vehicles.

Education

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Cornell University, August 1987
M. Eng., Electrical Engineering, Cornell University, August 1983
B.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, June 1982

Awards and Recognition 

IEEE IES Dr.-Ing. Eugene Mittelmann Achievement Award (2020)

IEEE IES Distinguish Lecturer (2014 – present)

IEEE IES Anthony J. Hornfeck Service Award (2013)

IEEE Fellow (2007)

IEEE Eastern North Carolina Outstanding Service Award (2007)

IEEE Region 3 Joseph M. Biedenbach Outstanding Engineering Educator Award (2005)

IEEE Eastern North Carolina Outstanding Engineering Educator Award (2004)

Senior Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2003)

IEEE ICMC’2014 Best Paper Award: N. Otero, H. Rahimi-Eichi, J. J. Rodriguez-Andina, and M.-Y. Chow, “FPGA Implementation of an Observer for State of Charge Estimation in Lithium-Polymer Batteries,” in IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Control, Jinzhou, China, July 3-5, 2014.

Best Paper Award for the IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine: H. R. Eichi, U. Ojha, F. Baronti, and M.-Y. Chow, “Battery Management System: An Overview of Its Application in the Smart Grid and Electric Vehicles,” Industrial Electronics Magazine, vol.7, no.2, pp.4-16, June 2013.

IEEE IES Student Best Paper Award, Wencong Su, Habiballah Rahimi-Eichi, Wente Zeng, Mo-Yuen Chow, “A Survey on The Electrification of Transportation in A Smart Grid Environment,” IEEE Trans. on Industrial Informatics, vol.8, no.1, pp.1-10, Feb. 2012