Dr.

Adil Usman
Senior Member, IEEE(US), MIE (I), MIETE (I)
Board of Directors, IEEE IAS (US) 2021-2022 |Chair, IEEE MGA- SPAx (US) 2019-2022
Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
University of California Santa Cruz, CA-95064, US
adilusman@ieee.org | Mob: +1 (831) 621-7111 |Skype: adilusman009

Academic Qualification (Undergraduate Degree Onwards)

Degree University / Year of Specialization Percentage or Awards/Recognitions
Institution Passing CGPA/Division
Doctor of Indian Institute of 2020 Electrical Machines &
Philosophy Technology Mandi, Drives 8.75/10 Best PhD Thesis
(Ph.D) India (CGPA) Award

International (US): 3rd

Rank
National (India):
1st Rank
Master of Visvesvaraya
Technology Technological 2013 Power Electronics 81.70 % Excellent Student
(M.Tech) University, Belagavi, Award (2013)
Karnataka, India/ First Class with
Reva Institute of Distinction (FCD) On Convocation Day
Technology & from Institute
Management,
Bangalore
Bachelor of Visvesvaraya 2011 Electrical and Electronics
Engineering Technological Engineering 75.76% Chairman’s Best
(B.E) University, Belagavi, Leadership Award
Karnataka, India/ First Class with (2011)
Reva Institute of Distinction (FCD)
Technology & On Convocation Day
Management, from Institute
Bangalore

Indian School English, Physics,

12TH
Certificate (ISC) / City Chemistry, Mathematics,
(Higher 2007 75 %
Montessori School, Economics,
Secondary)
Lucknow, India Environmental Science

English, Hindi,
Indian Certificate of Mathematics, Science
10TH
Secondary Education (Physics-Chemistry-
(Secondary 2005 77.33 %
(ICSE) / City Biology),
School)
Montessori School, History/Civics/Geography,
Lucknow, India Computer Applications
Additional Technical Certification

Diploma/Degree Awarded Specialization Institute

Master Diploma Electronic Design Automation CADD Centre, (No.1 in Asia)
(Computer Aided Drafting and Design)

Member of Professional Organizations

1. Senior Member, of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (USA), (SMIEEE) (90729114) :(13 Years)
2. Member of The Institution of Engineers (India), (MIEI), (M-1739527) (Life Member)
3. Member of The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, (MIETE) (M-500933) (Life Member)

Experience Details (In reverse chronological order)

Institute / Organization Type Post Held From (date) Nature of Job
(Academic Inst./ Industry / To (date)
Self-employed)

Design and
University of California Academic and Research Postdoctoral 22-07-2021 To Development of High
Santa Cruz, California, Institute, Public University, Research 21-07-2022 Flux Switching
United States US Employee/ Electrical Machine for
Academic Staff all electric aircraft
applications

Institute of Technology Academic and Research Research 20-07-2020 To Deployment of

Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, Institute, Govt. of India Associate 31-12-2020 Computational
India Intelligence in the
Condition Monitoring
of Electrical Machines

Indian Institute of Academic and Research Senior Project 18-08-2014 To Wind Load
Technology Kanpur, Uttar Institute, Govt. of India Associate 17-02-2015 Forecasting using
Pradesh, India Artificial Neural
Network (ANN)

Power Electronics Research Academic and Research Research 01-01-2012 31- Design and
Centre, Reva ITM, Institute, Project funded by Assistant 12-2013 Development of
Bangalore, Karnataka, India University of Govt. of Battery Testbed for
Karnataka Hybrid Electric
Vehicles (HEVs)
 Experience in Research and Teaching Assistantship

Sl. No Subjects Year of Teaching Award

1. Basic Electrical and Electronics Engineering 2015-2016
2. Electromechanics Theory and Laboratory 2016-2017 Best Teaching Assistant Award
3. Fundamental of Electric Drives 2017-2018
4. Modeling and Simulation of Electrical drives 2018-2019 (Awarded in 2018, at Institute’s
5. Advance Electrical Machine Drives 2019-2020 Foundation Day)

Projects taken up during academic and research curriculum (reverse order)

Academic Research Project Project Project No. of Publications Awards

Curriculum Topic Fundings/Sponsorship Location towards the Received
Project

Doctor of Fault Diagnosis in Ministry of Electronics Indian Journals (2015- Best PhD Thesis
Philosophy Brushless Permanent and Information Institute of 2022): 06 Awards (2020):
(Ph.D) Magnet Synchronous Technology (MeitY), Technology 02
Motor Drive Government of India Mandi, India Conference (2016-
(2015-2020) 2021): 20 International
(Govt. (US): 3rd Rank
Institute) Book Chapters National (India):
(2019): 02 1st Rank

Book: 01 (in Travel Grants:

progress) 05
Govt. of India,
Govt. of
Himachal
Pradesh, IEEE
(US)

Master of Battery Charging and Project funded by Power Publications Excellent

Technology Discharging Kit with Visvesvaraya Electronics (2015,2021): 02 Student Award
(M.Tech) DAQ to Aid SOC Technological Research (2013)
Estimation of Valve University (VTU), Centre, Reva
(2011-2013) Regulated Lead Acid Government of ITM,
Battery Karnataka Bangalore,
Karnataka,
India

Bachelor of Design and Institute and Power Publications Chairman’s Best

Engineering development of a Laboratory Funds Electronics (2012): 01 Leadership
(B.E) SEPIC DC to DC Research Award (2011)
Converter Centre, Reva Travel Grants
(2007-2011) ITM, (2011): 01,
Bangalore, IEEE (US)
Karnataka,
India
Current Research Assignments

Academic Research Project Project Project No. of Publications towards

Curriculum Topic Fundings/Sponsorship Location the Project

Postdoctoral Design and Advanced Research University of Publications (2021): 04 (self-

Research Employee Development of Projects Agency– California work)
High Flux Switching Energy, (ARPA-E), Santa Cruz,
(July 2021-July Electrical Machine United States California, Project Publications: 01 + 01
2022) for all electric Government agency, United States (communicated)
aircraft applications under
US Department of
Energy (DOE)

Contribution in the area of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Brief about contribution Project Location Year of Benefit achieved
implementation / use (if any)
Municipal Solid Waste Management in Bangalore, Karnataka, India 2012-2016 Cost effective
Bangalore, India biogas plant
installation in local
communities
Sustainable Energy in Rural Bongouanou, Africa 2013-2015 Installation of solar
Communities of Bongouanou, Africa panels in each
house or a group of
houses,
Bongouanou,
Africa
Effective Utilization of Low-Cost Bangalore, Karnataka, India 2014-2016 Utilization of waste
Incineration and Its By-Products in materials for
India sustainable
development.

Research Publications

Journal Conference Book Chapters Total no. Citations h-index i10-index

Proceedings Proceedings

08 + 01 35 02 300 9 8
Journal Publications
[1] Usman A and B.S Rajpurohit, "Condition monitoring of a surface mounted permanent magnet‐type brushless direct
current motor using remodeling of rotor magnetic field and stator winding inductance." IET Electrical Systems in
Transportation, vol. 11, pp. 81-98, 2021.

[2] Usman A, Sharma Vivek K, Rajpurohit Bharat S. Condition monitoring and severity estimation of rotor demagnetisation
fault using magnetic flux measurement data. IET Energy Syst. Integr. vol.3, pp. 437-450, 2021.

[3] Usman A and B. S. Rajpurohit, "Modeling and Classification of Stator Inter-Turn Fault and Demagnetization Effects in
BLDC Motor Using Rotor Back-EMF and Radial Magnetic Flux Analysis," in IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 118030-118049,
2020.

[4] Usman A, and B. S. Rajpurohit, “Comprehensive Analysis of Demagnetization Faults in BLDC Motors Using Novel
Hybrid Electrical Equivalent Circuit and Numerical Based Approach”, in IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 147542-147552, 2019.

[5] Kumar. S, Usman. A, Rajpurohit B.S, Battery Charging Topology, Infrastructure and Standards for Electric Vehicle
Applications: A Comprehensive Review, IET Energy Syst. Integr. vol.3, pp. 381-396, 2021.

[6] A. Usman and B.S Rajpurohit, " Development of an Expert based System for the Partial Demagnetization Fault Diagnosis
in SPM-type BLDC Motors," in IET Energy Conversion and Economics, vol.3 pp. 72-84, 2022.

Journals in Communication
[1] A. Usman and B.S Rajpurohit, " Classification of BLDC Motor Faults using Electrical and Mechanical Signatures," in IET
Energy Conversion and Economics (2021) (Accepted).

Conference Publications
1. A Usman and B. S. Rajpurohit, "Characteristic Analysis of Partial Demagnetization Faults in Surface Mounted BLDC
Motors," 2020 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, Detroit, MI, USA, 2020, pp. 1-8

2. A. Usman and B. S. Rajpurohit, "Effect of Stator Fault Currents on Rotor Permanent Magnets for a SPM-type BLDC
Motor," 2020 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, Detroit, MI, USA, 2020, pp. 1-6.
3. A. Usman, B. M. Joshi and B. S. Rajpurohit, “Modeling and Analysis of Demagnetization Faults in BLDC Motor using
Hybrid Analytical-Numerical Approach”, in IEEE 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society,
IECON’19, Lisbon, Portugal, Oct. 2019, pp. 1034-1039.

4. M.S Khan, U.V. Ukonkwo, A. Usman and B.S Rajpurohit, “Finite Element Modeling of Demagnetization Fault in
Permanent Magnet Direct Current Motors”, IEEE PES General Meeting 2018, Portland, Oregon, USA, from 5-10 August
2018.

5. A. Usman and B. S. Rajpurohit, "Detection and Identification of Stator Inter-turn Faults and Demagnetization effects in
Hybrid Analytical-Numerical model of a BLDC Motor using Electromagnetic Signatures," 2020 IEEE Texas Power and
Energy Conference (TPEC), College Station, TX, USA, 2020, pp. 1-7

6. A. Usman, B. M. Joshi and B. S. Rajpurohit, "Review of fault modeling methods for permanent magnet synchronous
motors and their comparison," 2017 IEEE 11th International Symposium on Diagnostics for Electrical Machines, Power
Electronics and Drives (SDEMPED), Tinos, 2017, pp. 141-146.

7. A. Usman, N. T. Doiphode and B. S. Rajpurohit, "Stator Winding Faults investigation in Permanent Magnet
Synchronous Motor using Motor Signatures: Part I," 2019 International Conference on Electrical Drives & Power
Electronics (EDPE), The High Tatras, Slovakia, 2019, pp. 160-168.

8. A. Usman, N. T. Doiphode and B. S. Rajpurohit, "Finite Element Modeling of Stator Winding Faults in Permanent
Magnet Synchronous Motor: Part II," 2019 International Conference on Electrical Drives & Power Electronics (EDPE),
The High Tatras, Slovakia, 2019, pp. 169-176.

9. A. Usman and B. S. Rajpurohit, "Numerical Analysis of Stator Inter-turn Fault and Demagnetization effect on a BLDC
Motor using Electromagnetic Signatures," 2020 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Smart Grid and
Renewable Energy (PESGRE2020), Cochin, India, 2020, pp. 1-6.

10. A. Usman and B. S. Rajpurohit, "Time-Efficient Fault Diagnosis of a BLDC Motor Drive Deployed in Electric Vehicle
Applications," 2020 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), Seattle, WA, USA, 2020, pp. 1-5.

11. A. Usman and B. S. Rajpurohit, "Design and Control of a BLDC Motor drive using Hybrid Modeling Technique and FPGA
based Hysteresis Current Controller," 2020 IEEE 9th Power India International Conference (PIICON), SONEPAT, India,
2020, pp. 1-5.

12. A. Usman, V. K. Sharma and B. Singh Rajpurohit, "Harmonic Analysis of a BLDC Motor Under Demagnetization Fault
Conditions," 2020 IEEE 9th Power India International Conference (PIICON), SONEPAT, India, 2020, pp. 1-5.

13. A. Usman and B.S. Rajpurohit, "Speed control of a BLDC Motor using Fuzzy Logic controller," 2016 IEEE 1st
International Conference on Power Electronics, Intelligent Control and Energy Systems (ICPEICES), Delhi, 2016, pp. 1-
6.

14. A. Usman, B. Joshi and B.S. Rajpurohit, "A review of modeling, analysis and control methods of Brushless DC
Motors," 2016 IEEE International Conference on Computation of Power, Energy Information and Communication
(ICCPEIC), Chennai, 2016, pp. 337-343.

15. V. K. Sharma, A. Usman and B. S. Rajpurohit, "Vibration Analysis of Brushless Permanent Magnet Motor using
Numerical Methods: Part I," 2020 IEEE International Power and Renewable Energy Conference, Karunagappally, India,
2020, pp. 1-5.

16. V. K. Sharma, A. Usman and B. S. Rajpurohit, "Fault Diagnosis of BLDC Motor Drive using Vibration Spectrum Analysis:
Part II," 2020 IEEE International Power and Renewable Energy Conference, Karunagappally, India, 2020, pp. 1-6.
17. R. M. Pindoriya, A. Usman, B. S. Rajpurohit and K. N. Srivastava, "PMSG based wind energy generation system: Energy
maximization and its control," 2017 7th International Conference on Power Systems (ICPS), Pune, 2017, pp. 376-381.

18. S. Kumar and A. Usman, "Effective Design Analysis of a DC-DC Boost Converter with Experimental Validation," 2018
International Conference on Computation of Power, Energy, Information and Communication (ICCPEIC), Chennai,
2018, pp. 261-268.

19. S. Kumar and A. Usman, "A Review of Converter Topologies for Battery Charging Applications in Plug-in Hybrid Electric
Vehicles," 2018 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting (IAS), Portland, OR, 2018, pp. 1-9.

20. S. Kumar and A. Usman, "Transfer Function Approach of Designing Type-II Compensator and Performance Analysis of
Boost Converter," 2018 8th IEEE India International Conference on Power Electronics (IICPE), JAIPUR, India, 2018, pp.
1-6.

21. A. Usman, B. Singh Rajpurohit, V. Kumar Sharma, D. B. P and E. Agamloh, "Broken Magnet Fault detection for a BLDC
Motor Drive using Magnetic Flux Signatures adopting Hybrid/Co-Simulation-based Techniques," 2021 IEEE 13th
International Symposium on Diagnostics for Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and Drives (SDEMPED), 2021, pp.
44-51.

22. A. Usman and B. Singh Rajpurohit, "State of Health Estimation of Battery Charging System and BLDC Motor Drive
deployed in Electric Vehicle Applications," IECON 2021 – 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics
Society, 2021, pp. 1-7.

23. A. Usman, B. S. Rajpurohit, M. S. Khan and M. Akbar, "Condition Monitoring of Electric Vehicle Drives deployed in
Rural Electric Transportation," 2021 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), 2021, pp. 101-107.

Book Chapters
[1] Usman A., Rajpurohit B.S. (2020) Modeling and Analysis of Stator Inter-turn Faults in a BLDC Motor Using Hybrid
Analytical-Numerical Approach. In: Goel N., Hasan S., Kalaichelvi V. (eds) Modelling, Simulation and Intelligent
Computing. MoSICom 2020. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 659, Springer, Singapore.

[2] Sharma V.K., Usman A., Rajpurohit B.S. (2020) Demagnetization Fault Diagnosis in BLDC Motor Using Low-Cost Hall
Effect Sensors. In: Goel N., Hasan S., Kalaichelvi V. (eds) Modelling, Simulation and Intelligent Computing. MoSICom
2020. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 659, Springer, Singapore.

Book (In Progress)

1. Adil Usman and Bharat Singh Rajpurohit, “Condition Monitoring of Rotor Demagnetization Faults in Brushless
Permanent-Magnet Machines”, Springer, Singapore, 2023
Book ID No: 89113427

Other Publications
[1] A. Usman, Divakar BP, “Simulation Study of Load Frequency Control of Single and Two Area Systems”, IEEE GHTC
2012, Seattle, Washington, USA, Oct-21-24, 2012, pp. 214-219

[2] A. Usman, P. Kumar P and Divakar BP “Battery Charging and Discharging kit with DAQ to aid SOC Estimation”, IEEE
sponsored ICCPEIC 2015, Tamil Nadu, April 22-23, 2015, pp 0013-0020.
[3] A. Usman and N. K. Verma, "Internet of Things (IoT): A Relief for Indian Farmers (Stage II)," 2018 IEEE Global
Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), San Jose, CA, USA, 2018, pp. 1-6

[4] N.K. Verma and A. Usman, "Internet of Things (IoT): A relief for Indian farmers," 2016 IEEE Global Humanitarian
Technology Conference (GHTC), Seattle, WA, 2016, pp. 831-835.

[5] A. Usman, Deepjyoti Dutta, et al. “Sustainable Energy in Rural Communities OF Bongouanou: Utilizing Solar Energy
as a Source for Electricity”, IEEE GHTC-SAS 2013, Trivandrum, Kerala, India, 23-24 August 2013, pp. 15-20

[6] A. Usman, J. Diaz, C. et al. "Public Management of IT: Comparative case study between a developing and a developed
country," Engineering Applications - International Congress on Engineering (WEA), 2015 Workshop in, Bogota,
Colombia, 2015, pp. 1-8

[7] A. Usman, "Integrated disaster risk management in Indian environment: Prediction, prevention and
preparedness," 2017 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), San Jose, CA, 2017, pp. 1-6.

[8] A. Usman, "Sustainable development through climate change mitigation and biomass agriculture: India's
perspective," 2017 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability (SusTech), Phoenix, AZ, USA, 2017, pp. 1-7.

[9] A. Usman, Divakar B.P, et al. “Municipal Solid Waste Management in Bangalore and the Concept Of Mini Biogas
Plant In Urban Localities”, IEEE GHTC 2013, San Jose California, USA, Oct- 20-23, 2013, pp. 468-473.

[10] A. Usman, P. Kumar, et, "Micro donation preventing child exploitation and envisaging the plan to save
humanity," 2013 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), San Jose, CA, 2013, pp. 279-284.

[11] A. Usman, Rahat Pervez, Aftab Alam Shah “Production of Hydrogen Gas using Super Bacterium: A Boon to
Humanity”, VTU International Conference on Sustainable Environment Management, 19-22 September 2013.

[12] A. Usman, Divakar BP, et al. “Effective Utilization of Low-Cost Incineration and Its By-Products in India”, IEEE GHTC
2014 San Jose California, USA, Oct- 10-13, 2014, pp. 682-686

Other Journal Publications

[1] A. Usman, Divakar BP, et al. “Fire Disaster Management in Trains Using A New Technique of Water Pipelines-First
Aid Mechanism” ELSEVIER, international journal of Science Direct, Procedia Engineering, Humanitarian Technology:
Science, Systems and Global Impact 2014, Boston, MA, USA, May 13-15th 2014, HumTech2014, Procedia
Engineering 78 (2014) 112 – 119.

[2] Shrikant Misal, A. Usman, “Effective Water Conservation Technologies and Case Study on its Management in Daily
Life”, Midas Touch International Journal of Commerce, Management and Technology, Volume 2, No. 1, January-
2014 ISSN: 2320 -7787, www.midastouchjournals.com Page 273.

Board Committee Member: IEEE (US) Designations & responsibilities for 2022
1. Elected Board of Directors, Member-at-large in IEEE IAS, United States, 2021-2022

(Won with overwhelmingly majority of votes. 71 out of 95 eligible Council Members voted in support of my
candidature to serve as Member-at-Large on the 2021-2022 IAS Board, United States)
2. Chair, IEEE Student Professional Awareness (SPAx), IEEE MGA, United States, 2022
 (First time in the history of IEEE SPAx (US), someone held the position for four consecutive years, from 2019-
2022)
3. Executive Committee Member, IEEE PES-IAS Santa Clara Valley Joint Chapter, California, US, 2022
4. Special Session Chair for 57th IEEE IAS Annual Meeting, Detroit, MI, United States, 2022
(Youngest and the only Indian to be in the Organizing Committee of the Annual Meeting)
5. Member of IEEE Power Energy Society (PES)-Electric Machinery Committee (EMC), US.
(Nominated to the committee in 2017 as the Youngest and the only Indian to be in the Committee)
6. Technical Program Track Chair, IEEE GHTC 2022, US.
(Youngest and the only Indian to be in the Organizing Committee since its starting, for past 11 Years)
7. Member of IEEE Industry Application Society (IAS)- Electrical Machinery Committee (EMC), US.
8. Operation Committee Member from India for IEEE Smart Village (ISV), US.
9. Technical Program Track Chair, WEA 2022 Colombia.
10. Technical Program Chair for SusTech 2022, California, USA.

Board Committee Member: IEEE Designations & responsibilities before 2022

1. Student Professional Awareness Activities (SPAx), Chair, IEEE MGA 2019-2020

2. Executive Committee Member for IEEE PES-IAS Chapter, IEEE Delhi Section, India, 2019-2020.
3. Member of IEEE Power Energy Society (PES)-Electric Machinery Committee (EMC), US.
4. Young Professional Representative from India for IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES).
5. Member of IEEE Industry Application Society (IAS)- Electrical Machinery Committee (EMC), US.
6. Operation Committee Member from India for IEEE Smart Village (ISV).
7. Technical Program Track Chair, IEEE GHTC 2019, US.
8. Technical Program Track Chair, WEA 2019 Colombia.
9. Member Co-Opt, IEEE PES-IAS Chapter, IEEE Delhi Section, India, 2018.
10. Program Track Chair for IEEE GHTC 2018, San Jose, USA.
11. Program Track Chair for IEEE SusTech 2018, Long Beach, USA.
12. Technical Program Committee Member, WEA 2018, Medellin, Colombia.
13. Track Chair- Energy Session: IEEE GHTC 2017, San Jose, California, USA.
14. Track Chair- Electronics Session and Ecological Sustainability & Conservation Session: IEEE SusTech2017,
Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
15. Technical Program Committee, IEEE CHASE-SEARCH 2017, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
16. Technical Program Committee, WEA 2017, Cartagena, Colombia.
17. Member of IEEE SIGHT- Communities of Practice Subcommittee 2017.
18. Member of IEEE SIGHT- Volunteer Management and Engagement Subcommittee 2017.
19. Track Chair- Education Session: IEEE GHTC 2016, Seattle, Washington, USA.
20. Track Chair-Electronics Session: IEEE SusTech 2016, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
21. Technical Program Committee, IEEE CHASE-SEARCH 2016, Washington D.C, USA.
22. Technical Program Committee, EmergiTech 2016, Mauritius.
23. Technical Program Committee, WEA 2016, Bogota, Colombia.
24. Track Co-Chair- Energy Session: IEEE GHTC 2015, Seattle, Washington, USA.
25. Publicity Committee Member: IEEE GHTC 2015, Seattle, Washington, USA.
26. Member Extended Committee: IEEE GHTC 2014, California, USA.
27. Member Registration Committee: IEEE GHTC 2013, California, USA.
28. Member Outreach Committee: IEEE GHTC SAS 2013, Kerala, INDIA.

Member to IEEE Technical & Professional Societies (US)

1. IEEE Young Professionals (10 Years)
2. IEEE Power & Energy Society Membership (6 Years)
3. IEEE Industry Applications Society Membership (6 Years)
4. IEEE Power Electronics Society Membership (4 Years)
5. Entrepreneurship Exchange Community, IEEE (6 Years)
6. IEEE Systems Council (4 Years)
7. Smart Grid Community, IEEE (3 Years)
8. IEEE Electron Devices Society Membership (2 Years)
9. Internet of Things Community, IEEE (3 Years)
10. IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (4 Years)
11. IEEE SIGHT (4 Years)

Member to Editorial Board for IEEE Journals and Transactions on

1. Industry Applications Society, US
2. Industrial Electronics Society, US
3. Power Electronics Society, US
4. Science Direct (Elsevier), NL
5. IEEE Access, US
6. IET, UK
7. Journal of Technology Innovations in Renewable Energy, UK

Member of IEEE Publication Reviewer Committee (Conferences)

1. IEEE GHTC, USA from 2013 to 2022
2. IEEE SusTech, Arizona, USA from 2016 to 2022
3. WEA Colombia (Springer Publication), from 2016 to 2022
4. IEEE IAS Annual Meeting 2018-2022.
5. IEEE PES General Meting 2018-2022
6. IEEE CHASE-SEARCH, USA from 2016 to 2019
7. IEEE International SDEMPED, 2017-2021.
8. IEEE EmergiTech 2016, Mauritius
9. IEEE TENCON 2016, Singapore
10. IEEE Power and Energy Conference 2018-2019, Illinois, USA
11. IEEE ICETEST-PCCI 2018, Kerala, India
12. IEEE ICSETS 2019, Odisha, India.
Leadership in Universities
1. Technical Coordinator, Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Reva University, Bangalore,
India, 2009-2011
2. Founding Chairman of IEEE Student Branch, Reva Institute of Technology, Bangalore India, 2010-2011
3. Founding Chairman of IEEE IAS Student Branch, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India, 2016-2019
4. Branch Mentor of IEEE Student Branch Chapter of Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India 2019-2020

Attendance to Technical and Professional Conferences

1. IEEE All India Student Congress 2012, Bangalore, India during September 28-30, 2012.
2. IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference 2012, Seattle, Washington, USA in October 2012.
3. IEEE Region 10 Congress, 2013, Hyderabad, India in July 2013.
4. IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference South Asia Satellite, Trivandrum, Kerala, India, in
August 2013.
5. IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference 2013, San Jose, California, USA in October 2013.
6. Humanitarian Technology: Science, Systems and Global Impact 2014, Boston, Massachusetts, USA in May
2014.
7. IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference 2014, San Jose, California, USA in October 2014.
8. IEEE sponsored Fourth International Conference on Computation of Power, Energy, Information and
Communication, ICCPEIC 2015, Tamil Nadu, India in April 2015.
9. IEEE Region 10 Congress, 2015, Colombo, Sri Lanka in July 2015.
10. IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference 2015, Seattle, Washington, USA in October 2015.
11. IEEE sponsored Fifth International Conference on Computation of Power, Energy, Information and
Communication, ICCPEIC 2016, Tamil Nadu, India in April 2016.
12. IEEE First International Conference on Power Electronics, Intelligent Control and Energy Systems, IEEE ICPEICES
2016, Delhi, India in July 2016.
13. IEEE Industry Application Society Annual Meeting 2016, Portland, Oregon, USA in October 2016.
14. IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference 2016, Seattle, Washington, USA in October 2016.
15. 11th IEEE International Symposium on Diagnostic for Electric Machines, Power Electronics and Drives
(SDEMPED), Tinos, Greece in August 2017.
16. IEEE Industry Application Society Annual Meeting and ECCE conference 2017, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA in
October 2017.
17. IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference 2017, San Jose, California, USA in October 2017.
18. Workshop for presentations of Research Work of Visvesvaraya PhD Scholars at Andhra University,
Visakhapatnam, India, from 16-18th November 2017.
19. National Power Electronics Conference 2017, at College of Engineering, Pune, India from 18-20th
December 2017.
20. IEEE International Conference on Power Systems (ICPS 2017), College of Engineering, Pune, India, from
21-23rd December 2017.
21. IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) International Leadership Conference (ILC) 2018, in San Jose, USA from
21-22nd May 2018.
22. India- Israel, Industrial R&D and Technological Innovation Conclave, DST-CII, India at New Delhi from 24-
25th July 2018.
23. IEEE Power Energy Society General Meeting, Portland, Oregon, USA from 5-10th August 2018
24. IEEE Industry Application Society Annual Meeting 2018, Portland, Oregon, USA from 23-27th September
2018.
25. IEEE Young Professionals VIC Summit 2019, San Diego, California, USA on 17th May 2019
26. IEEE MGA SAC F2F Meeting 2019, San Diego, California, USA from 18th -20th May 2019
27. 19th International Conference on Electrical Drives & Power Electronics (EDPE 2019), 24-26th September,
High Tatras, Slovakia, 2019.
28. IEEE IAS Annual Meeting 2019, 29th September-3rd October, Baltimore US.
29. IEEE 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON’19, Lisbon, Portugal, 14th-
17th October 2019.
30. IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, GHTC 2019, 17th-20th October, Seattle, US.
31. International Conference on Modelling, Simulation & Intelligent Computing (MoSICom 2020), Springer
publication series, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Dubai, UAE, January 2020.
32. IEEE MGA SAC F2F Meeting 2020, Portland, Oregon, USA from 31st January-3rd February 2020.
33. IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference 2020, College Station, US from 5-7th February 2020.
34. The 9th IEEE Power India International Conference (PIICON 2020), Sonipat, Haryana, India, Feb. 2020.

Awards and Recognitions

1. “Best PhD Thesis Award”, Rank 3rd (globally), from IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting,
United States, 2021.
2. “Best PhD Thesis Award”, Rank 1st (nationally), from National Symposium & Research Colloquium,
IEEEIA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter, Kerala Section, 2021.
3. “Outstanding Student Branch Chapter Chair” from IEEE IAS Annual Meeting, Baltimore, United States,
2019.
4. Award in recognition for the “Best Teaching Assistant” at IIT Mandi in 2018.
5. “Outstanding Student Volunteer Award” from IEEE Delhi Section in March 2018.
6. Award in recognition to “Outstanding contribution to promote IEEE activities at IIT Mandi”, given on 9th
Foundation Day of Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, on 24th Feb. 2018.
7. First ever “Chairman’s Best Leadership Award” from Reva Institute of Technology, Bangalore in June 2011.
8. First “Chairman of IEEE Reva ITM Student Branch” award for the year 2010-2011.
9. The “Excellent Student Award” from Reva Institute of Technology, Bangalore in June 2013.
10. Award in recognition and appreciation for valued services and contribution as the “Conference
Registration”, from, IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference in October 2013, San Jose,
California, USA (Awarded by IEEE President, USA).
11. Award in recognition and appreciation for valued services and contribution as the “Program Co-Chair for
Energy”, for IEEE GHTC 2015 from, IEEE Region 6, the Seattle Section, Washington, USA, in October 2015
(Awarded by IEEE Region 6 Director, USA).
12. Award in recognition and appreciation for valued services and contribution as the “Program Co-Chair for
Education”, for IEEE GHTC 2016 from, IEEE Region 6, the Seattle Section, Washington, USA, in October
2016.
13. Award in recognition and appreciation for valued services and contribution as the “Program Co-Chair for
Electronics Track”, for IEEE SusTech 2016 from, IEEE Region 6, the Phoenix Section, Arizona, USA, in October
2016.
14. Award in recognition and appreciation for valued services and contribution as the “Program Co-Chair for
Energy”, for IEEE GHTC 2017 from IEEE Region 6, the Santa Clara Valley Section, California, USA, in October
2017.
15. Award in recognition and appreciation for valued contribution as the “Technical Committee Member”, for
IEEE SusTech 2017 from, IEEE Region 6, the Phoenix Section, Arizona, USA, in November 2017.
16. Award in recognition and appreciation for valued contribution as the “Technical Committee Member”, for
IEEE SusTech 2018 from IEEE Region 6, USA, in November 2018.
17. Award in recognition and appreciation for valued services and contribution as the “Program Co-Chair for
Affordable and Clean Energy”, for IEEE GHTC 2018 from IEEE Region 6, USA, in October 2018.
18. Award in recognition and appreciation for valued services and contribution as the “Program Co-Chair for
Connectivity and Communication”, for IEEE GHTC 2019 from, IEEE Region 6, Seattle Section, Washington,
USA, in October 2019.

International and National Conferences/Workshops/Seminars Organized and

Conducted before 2021

Sl. No Type of the Name of the Sponsoring Duration Role

Course/Workshop Course/Workshop Agency
1. National IEEE All India Student IEEE September 28- Coordinator
Congress, Bangalore, India 30, 2012

2. International IEEE Global Humanitarian IEEE Region 6, Registration

Technology Conference USA October 2012 Committee
2012, Seattle, USA

3. International IEEE Global Humanitarian IEEE Region 6, Registration

Technology Conference USA October 2013 Committee,
2013, California, USA Technical Program
Committee
4. International IEEE Global Humanitarian IEEE Region 6, Registration
Technology Conference USA October 2014 Committee,
2014, California, USA Technical Program
Committee
5. International IEEE Global Humanitarian IEEE Region 6, Track/Session
Technology Conference USA October 2015 Chair and
2015, Seattle, USA Registration
Committee
6. International IEEE Global Humanitarian IEEE Region 6, Track/Session
Technology Conference USA October 2016 Chair and
2016, Seattle, USA Registration
Committee
7. International IEEE Global Humanitarian IEEE Region 6, Track Chair and
Technology Conference USA October 2017 Registration
2017, California, USA Committee

8. International IEEE Global Humanitarian IEEE Region 6, Track/Session

Technology Conference USA October 2018 Chair and
2018, California, USA
 Registration
Committee
9. International IEEE Global Humanitarian IEEE Region 6, Track/Session
Technology Conference USA October 2019 Chair and
2019, Seattle, USA Registration
Committee
10. International IEEE Global Humanitarian IEEE Region 6, Track/Session
Technology Conference USA October 2020 Chair and
2020, Seattle, USA Registration
Committee
11. International IEEE Global Humanitarian IEEE Region 6, Track/Session
Technology Conference, USA USA October 2021 Chair Committee

12. National Hands-on Workshop on DST, IEEE IAS, IIT June 2019 Student
RTDS, Opal-RT and Ansys Mandi Coordinator
13. National National Workshop on Smart DST, IEEE IAS, IIT June 2017 Student
Energy Grid Analysis for Mandi Coordinator
Indian Scenario
14. National National Workshop on Smart DST, IEEE IAS, IIT June 2016 Student
Energy Grid Mandi Coordinator

Organizing Committee Member for International Conferences in 2022

Sl. No Type of the Name of the Conference Sponsoring Duration Role

Conference Agency
1. International 57th IEEE Industry IEEE IAS October 9-13, Special Session
Applications Society Annual United States 2022 Chair
Meeting 2022

2. International IEEE Vehicle Power and IEEE VTS November 1-4, Special Session
Propulsion Conference, United States 2022 Chair
Merced, CA 2022
3. International 12th IEEE Global IEEE Region 6, September 8- Organizing
Humanitarian Technology United States 11, 2022 Committee,
Conference 2022 Track/Session
Chair
4. International 9th IEEE Conference on IEEE Region 6, April 21-23, Track/Session
Technologies for United States 2022 Chair
Sustainability (SusTech 2022)

Speaker to Bay Area (IEEE Region6, US)

Sl. No Type of the Title of the Talk Sponsoring Date Role

Conference Agency
1. California, Bay Condition Monitoring of EV IEEE IAS, PELS March 23rd, Keynote Speaker
Section Motors United States 2022
 Travel Grant Awards and Scholarships

1. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Govt. of India (PhD)

2. IEEE GHTC travel grants to US from 2012-2020
(Again for 2022, starting from March)
3. Himachal Pradesh Council for Science, Technology & Environment (HIMCOSTE), travel grant to US for 2018
4. IEEE IAS Chapter Membership Development (CMD) travel grants to US for 2016, 2017 and 2019
5. IEEE Humanitarian Activities Committee (HAC) travel grant to US for 2016 and 2019
6. IEEE MGA Student Activities Committee (SAC), travel grants from 2019-2020

Personal Details
Name: Dr. Adil Usman

Father’s Name: Mohammad Usman

Mother’s Name: Mrs. Tahira Usman

Date of Birth: 09-06-1990 Age: 31

Sex: Male

Permanent Address: 1st Floor, Flat No. 4, Hasnain Market, Victoria Street, Chowk, Lucknow
226003. Uttar Pradesh, India.

Correspondence Address: Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of

California Santa Cruz, California-95064, US.
Corresponding Home Address: 1375, Brommer Way, Santa Cruz-95062, CA, United States

Nationality: Indian
 References
1. Prof. Bharat Singh Rajpurohit 2. Prof. Sri Niwas Singh
(PhD Supervisor) (Project Supervisor)

Professor & Dean Faculty, Professor IIT Kanpur

School of Computing and Electrical Engineering, (Former Vice-Chancellor MMMUT, Gorakhpur)
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Department of Electrical Engineering,
Mandi-175005 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur,
Himachal Pradesh Kanpur-208016, Uttar Pradesh
India. India.
bsr@iitmandi.ac.in snsingh@iitk.ac.in
+91 8894580096 +91 9450605039

3. Dr. Saffeer M Khan 4. Prof. Divakar B.P

(Research Collaborator) (M.Tech Supervisor)

Associate Professor of Practice and Lab Manager, Professor and Dean R&D
University of North Carolina at Charlotte Reva University,
9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28223 Bangalore-560064
mkhan8@uncc.edu Karnataka, India.
+1 704-687-5339 divakar@reva.edu.in
Fax: 704-687-1819 +91 9482009544

I declare that the information given above is true to the best of my knowledge.

Place: University of California Santa Cruz, United States.

Adil Usman