Arun Phadke is a University Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at

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. Along with fellow Virginia Tech professor

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, Dr. Phadke received

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's 2008 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering for their contributions to the power industry, particularly microprocessor controllers and

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(PMU) technology in electric power systems.

Biography

Phadke received his Bachelor of Science degree from Agra University in 1955. He received the B. Tech. (Honors) degree from the

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in 1959. He then joined the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago where he received the Master of Science degree in 1961. He joined the University of Wisconsin in Madison for his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (1964). He joined the University of Wisconsin as a faculty member after graduation, and later started working in

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company in Milwaukee, where he worked on developing software for HVDC and HVAC system analysis. In 1969 he joined

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Service Corporation in New York city in their Computer Applications Department. Here he led a team of researchers to develop digital computer based relaying systems. Dr. Phadke's work on Distance Relaying using the Discrete Fourier Transformer is the basis of most commercial computer based relays now in existence. Dr. Phadke remained active in education of practicing engineers. He taught various courses at the summer institute in University of Wisconsin - Madison for more than 50 years. Dr. Phadke became a Professor at Virginia Tech in 1982, where he founded the Power Engineering Center. He was the first American Electric Power Chair holder at Virginia Tech, and later was appointed a University Distinguished Professor. He retired from active teaching in Virginia Tech in 2003, and was appointed a University Distinguished Research Professor, a position he holds at present. Dr. Phadke and his team invented the Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU) at Virginia Tech, a technology which is now in use by almost all electric utility companies around the world. He is also an accomplished artist. See, e.g., his pencil drawing of

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, done while teaching at the University of Wisconsin. Aphrodite of Melos (Venus de Milo)

. Awards and Recognition * 1980: IEEE Fellow, for "contributions to the application of digital computers to power systems." *1986: Power Engineering Educator Award of the Edison Electric Institute. *1991: IEEE Power Engineering Society Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award. *1991: Centennial Medal, University of Wisconsin, Madison. * 1993:

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, for "contributions to the field of digital control, protection, and monitoring of power electrical systems." *2000: IEEE Herman Halperin Award. *2000: IEEE Third Millennium Medal. * 2006: “Doctor Honoris Causa” awarded by the Institute National Polytechnic de Grenoble (INPG). *2006 IEEE Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award. * 2007: Along with Stanley Horowitz, the Vladimir Karapetoff Award by

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, for "their technical contributions to the field of power system protection and control." * 2008: Along with

, head of the Bradley Department of Electrical Engineering at Virginia Tech,

's 2008 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering for their contributions to the power industry, particularly microprocessor controllers in electric power systems that have significantly decreased the occurrence and duration of power blackouts. * 2016: IEEE Medal in Power Engineering, for "contributions to synchrophasor technology for monitoring, control, and protection of electric power systems.”

Selected publications

* Textbook:
Computer Relaying for Power Systems
' (Arun G. Phadke and J. S. Thorp (Research Studies Press)) *Research monograph : ''Synchronized Phasor Measurements and Their Applications'', (Arun G. Phadke and J.S. Thorp (Springer)) * Textbook: ''Handbook of Electrical Engineering Calculations'' (ed. Arun G. Phadke (Marcel Dekker)) * Textbook:

' (Arun G. Phadke and Stanley H. Horowitz (John Wiley & Sons)) *Dr. Phadke with his students and colleagues have published more than 200 papers in various national and international journals.

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