People
Alexander E. Emanuel
Professor
Faculty Listing
Office: Atwater Kent Laboratories, 215
Phone: +1-508-831-5239
Fax: +1-508-831-5491
aemanuel@wpi.edu
aemanuel@ece.wpi.edu
Educational Background
- B.S., Technion, Israel Institute of Technology - Israel, 1963
- M.S., Technion, Israel Institute of Technology - Israel,1965
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D.Sc., Technion, Israel Institute of Technology - Israel, 1969
Research & Teaching Interests
Power electronics; high-voltage technology; electromechanical devices; power systems; electromagnetic design
IQP Advising Interests
Energy policy; energy polution; effect of technology on social systems; product liability; professional liability; scientists in court - the role of experts; scientific evidence and forensics
Recent Publications
Honors & Awards
- 1982: Board of Trustees Award for Outstanding Teaching.
- 1986: Board of Trustees Award for Outstanding Research.
- 1987 - 1990: George Ira Alden Professor of Engineering.
- 1990: Myron Zucker Student-Faculty Grant.
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1992: Power Systems Instrumentation and Measurement Award for ANSI/IEEE Std. 120
(Chairman Working Group). - 1996: IEEE Outstanding Working Group Chairman, "Nonsinusoidal Situations and Definitions of Power."
- 1996: Weston Hadden Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- 1997: Fellow IEEE
- 1999: John Mungenast International Power Quality Award
- 2001: Board of Trustess Award for Outstanding Advising
- Eight IEEE Prize Papers
Years of Service at WPI
- 1974 - 1978: Assistant Professor of EE
- 1978 - 1983: Associate Professor of EE
- 1983 - present: Professor of ECE
Professional Societies/Memberships
- Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Massachusetts
- IEEE
- Sigma Xi
- Eta Kappa Nu
- Tau Beta Pi