President & Chief Technology Officer: Kalyan
K. Sen, PhD-EE, PE, MBA, IEEE Fellow
Responsible for directing all aspects of the
company including, R&D/Engineering, Sales and Marketing,
Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, and Finance.
email: senkk@sentransformer.com or
senkk@ieee.org
BEE (first class honors, 1982) Jadavpur
University (India)
MSEE (1983) Tuskegee University
(USA)
PhD-EE (1987) Worcester Polytechnic Institute
(USA)
MBA (2012) Robert Morris University
(USA)
1987 to 1990: Assistant Professor of Electrical
Engineering, Prairie View A&M University (USA)
1990 to 2020, Senior Engineer/Fellow
Engineer/Advisor Engineer, Westinghouse and its successor companies
(USA)
1999-2001: Product Development Engineer, ABB
(Sweden)
⦁ key member of the Flexible Alternating Current
Transmission Systems (FACTS) development team at Westinghouse
Science & Technology Center; contribution in the concept
development, simulation, design, and commissioning of FACTS
projects at Westinghouse since their inception in the 1990s;
conceived some of the basic concepts in power flow control
technology for which he was elevated to the Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow grade with the citation:
for the development and application of power flow control
technology.
⦁ authored or coauthored more than 25
peer-reviewed publications, 8 issued patents, 2 books, and 3 book
chapters in the areas of power flow control and power
electronics.
⦁ coauthor of the book titled, Introduction to
FACTS Controllers: Theory, Modeling, and Applications, IEEE Press
and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2009, which is also published in
Chinese and Indian (English) paperback editions.
⦁ licensed Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania
and New York.
⦁ Fulbright Specialist (sponsored by the U.S.
Government): 2017-2022; Global Initiative of Academic Networks
(GIAN) Scholar (sponsored by the Government of India):
2017.
⦁ IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES)
Distinguished Lecturer (2002-); presented on power flow control
technology more than 150 times in 15 countries.
⦁ AdCom Member of the IEEE Power Electronics
Society (PELS): PELS Regions 4-6 Chair (2020-); R2-3 Chair
(2016-2021); R1 Chair (2018-2021); R7 Chair
(2018-2019).
⦁ IEEE Division II Representative to the Board of
Governors of Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT):
Chapters Committee Chair (2020-2021).
⦁ Chair of IEEE Pittsburgh SSIT Chapter
(2018-2021).
⦁ reestablished the IEEE Pittsburgh Chapters of
the PES and the Industry Applications Society (IAS) in 2003; both
Chapters received the “Outstanding Large Chapter” awards for their
activities in 2004.
⦁ Founding Chair of IEEE Pittsburgh PELS Chapter
that received the Best Chapter Award in 2015.
⦁ Chair of IEEE Pittsburgh Section that received
the “Outstanding Large Section” award for its activities in
2005.
⦁ Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Power
Delivery (2002-2007).
⦁ Technical Program Chair: 2008 PES General
Meeting in Pittsburgh.
⦁ Chapters and Sections Activities Track Chair:
2008 IEEE Sections Congress.
⦁ Special Events Chair of the IEEE Pittsburgh
Section (2010-).
⦁ received the IEEE Pittsburgh Section
Outstanding Volunteer Service Award and Power & Energy Society
Outstanding Engineer Award (2004).
⦁ Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM); led District
13 of Toastmasters International (TI) as its Governor to be the
10th-ranking District in the world in 2007-8.
⦁ Boy Scouts of America Leader
(2012-).
Chief Operating Officer: Mey Ling Sen, MEE, IEEE
Member
Responsible for performing everyday operations of
the company.
email: senml@sentransformer.com or
senml@ieee.org
BSEE (high distinction, 1988) Worcester
Polytechnic Institute (USA)
MEE (1990) Rice University (USA)
2000 to 2002: Engineering Consultant, ABB
(Sweden) and Westinghouse/Curtiss Wright (USA)
2002 to 2020: President of Sen Engineering
Solutions, Inc. (USA)
⦁ authored or coauthored 7 peer-reviewed
publications, 5 issued patents, and 2 books in the areas of power
flow control.
⦁ member of IEEE
⦁ served the Pittsburgh Chapters of PES and IAS
in various positions, including Chapter Chair; both Chapters
received the “Outstanding Large Chapter” awards for their
activities in 2008 and 2009, respectively.
⦁ IEEE Pittsburgh Section as the Treasurer (2012)
and Chair of Women In Engineering (2016 and
2018-2019).
⦁ Special Events Chair of the IEEE Pittsburgh
Section (2020-).
⦁ Boy Scouts of America Leader
(2012-).
⦁ IEEE Pittsburgh Section Power & Energy
Society Outstanding Engineer Award (2018).
⦁ Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM); served as the
Toastmasters International’s President’s Distinguished Area
Governor in 2007-8.