Philip T Krein

Endowed Chair · Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · United States

Computing-energy nexusEnergy efficient buildingsAlternative and renewable energy systemsTransportation electrificationElectric machinery and electromechanicsPower electronicsElectrical machines and drive systemsPower and Energy Systems

About

Philip T. Krein received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering and the A.B. degree in economics and business from Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana. He was an engineer with Tektronix in Beaverton, Oregon, and then returned to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. At present, he holds the Grainger Endowed Chair Emeritus in Electric Machinery and Electromechanics as Professor Emeritus and Director of the Grainger Center for Electric Machinery and Electromechanics. He was the founding Executive Dean of the Zhejiang University/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Institute, started in 2016. His research interests address all aspects of power electronics, machines, drives,

Education

Ph.D. Electrical Engineering University of Illinois 1982

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