Jayant Baliga

About

Prof. Baliga is an internationally recognized expert on power semiconductor devices. He is a Member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the IEEE. He spent 15 years at the General Electric Research and Development Center, Schenectady, NY, leading their power device effort and was bestowed the highest scientific rank of Coolidge Fellow. He joined NC State in 1988 as a Full Professor and was promoted to the rank of 'Distinguished University Professor' in 1997. Among his many NC State honors, he was the recepient of the 1998 O. Max Gardner Award given by the North Carolina University Board of Governors to the one person within the 16 constituent universities who has made 'the greatest contribution to the welfare of the human race'; and the 2011 Alexander Quarles Holladay Med

Education

• Ph.D. 1974 Electrical EngineeringRensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY
• Master's 1971 Electrical EngineeringRensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY
• Bachelor's 1969 Electrical EngineeringIndian Institute of Technology, Madras