Sen Engineering Solutions, Inc.


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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.