Issa E. Batarseh is a Pegasus Professor[1] in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Central Florida (UCF) and an affiliated researcher at the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC).
Education and career
editBatarseh received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1990. Prior to that, he obtained his B.S. in computer engineering and M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1983 and 1985, respectively. Following graduation, from 1989 to 1990, Batarseh served as a visiting assistant professor at Purdue University in Hammond, Indiana. He was appointed to the University of Central Florida in 1991.[2]
From 2010 to 2014, he served as the president of Princess Sumaya University for Technology in Amman, Jordan, while on professional development leave from UCF.[3] Previously, he served as the associate dean for graduate affairs and the director of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UCF. In 1998, he established the Florida Power Electronics Center (FPEC) at UCF with an initial grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation.[4]
Awards and recognitions
edit- 2008, elected fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science,[5]
- 2014, became a fellow of the IEEE.[6]
- 2015, elected a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.[7]
- 2017 inducted into Florida Inventors Hall of Fame in 2017.[8]
- 2025 IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies[9]
Books
edit- Batarseh, Issa (2004). Power Electronic Circuits. John Wiley. ISBN 978-8126548453.
- Muhammad, Rashid H. (2006). Power Electronics Handbook: Devices, Circuits and Applications (Engineering). Academic Press. ISBN 978-0120884797.
References
edit- ↑ "Meet the 2021 Pegasus Professors". University of Central Florida. April 7, 2021. Retrieved June 1, 2026.
- ↑ "Issa Batarseh". University of Central Florida, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Retrieved June 1, 2026.
- ↑ "UCF Scientist Receives Florida and International Recognition". University of Central Florida. July 3, 2019. Retrieved June 1, 2026.
- ↑ "UCF's Issa Batarseh Joins National Academy of Inventors Ambassadors Program". UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science. October 28, 2024. Retrieved June 1, 2026.
- ↑ "AAAS Fellows" (PDF). American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
- ↑ "Active IEEE PES Fellows" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 31, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
- ↑ Barb Abney (December 21, 2015). "National Academy of Inventors Adds 2 Fellows from UCF". University of Central Florida. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
- ↑ "Issa Batarseh". Florida Inventors Hall of Fame. 16 March 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
- ↑ "IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies". IEEE. Retrieved January 19, 2026.
External links
edit- Issa Batarseh publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Florida Power Electronics Center https://fpec.ucf.edu
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