Mahesh Krishnamurthy, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Office: Siegel Hall 335
Phone: 312.567.7232
Fax: 312.567.8976
Email: kmahesh@ece.iit.edu
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Expertise

Education

Ph.D., EE, University of Texas, 2008
M.S., EE, University of Missouri–Rolla, 2004
B.E., Industrial Electronics, Amrawati University, India, 2001

Research

Dr. Mahesh Krishnamurthy joined Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in August 2008. He received his Ph.D. from University of Texas- Arlington and his M.S. degrees from the University of Missouri- Rolla, all in electrical engineering. Before joining IIT, he worked as a Senior Design Engineer at EF technologies in Arlington, Texas. Krishnamurthy has over published over 20 refereed journal papers and conference articles. He holds one U.S. patent with several others pending. His research interests include the development of modern control/ hardware for renewable energy systems; application of power electronics and motor drives towards electric and hybrid vehicular applications; design, control & analysis of adjustable speed electronic drive systems, fault detection & just-in-time maintenance in adjustable speed drives and numerical analysis of energy conversion in electromechanical devices.

Current Projects

Awards/Honors

Patents

Books

Selected Publications

C. S. Edrington, B. Fahimi, M. Krishnamurthy, “An auto-calibrating inductance model for switched reluctance motor drives”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Volume 54, Issue 4, Aug. 2007, pp. 2165 - 2173.

M. Krishnamurthy, C. S. Edrington, A. Emadi, B. Fahimi, “Making the Case for Applications of Switched Reluctance Motor Technology in Automotive Products”, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 21, Issue 3, May 2006, pp. 659 - 675.

M. Krishnamurthy,C. S. Edrington, B. Fahimi,“Prediction of Rotor Position at Standstill and Rotating Shaft Conditions in Switched Reluctance Machines”,IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 21, Issue 1, Jan. 2006, pp. 225 - 233.

C. S. Edrington, M. Krishnamurthy, B. Fahimi, “Bipolar switched reluctance machines: A novel solution for automotive applications”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 54, Issue 3, May 2005, pp. 795 - 808.

M. Krishnamurthy, D. Kaluvagunta, B. Fahimi, “Effects of high frequency excitation on the behavior of a switched reluctance machine”, submitted to IEEE Transactions on Magnetics.

C. S. Edrington, M. Krishnamurthy, B. Fahimi, “Enhancement of torque pulsation and acoustic response in SRM drives via bipolar excitation”, submitted to IEEE transactions on Vehicular Technology.

M. Krishnamurthy, C. S. Edrington, B. Fahimi, R. B. Sepe, “Sensorless operation of a super-high speed switched reluctance generator for aircraft alternators”, submitted to IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.

M. Krishnamurthy, W. Jiang, B. Fahimi, M. Moallem, “An electromagnetic insight into energy conversion in electric machines”, submitted to IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.

M. Krishnamurthy, B. Fahimi, “On the Measurement of Mutual Inductance of a Switched Reluctance Machine”, submitted to Transactions on Industrial Electronics.