Dhananjaya Marpaka

Associate Professor

 

Dr. Marpaka is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Tennessee State University. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida in 1990. His area of competency includes power systems and energy conversion and power system stability. Dr. Marpaka teaches Circuits, Digital Logic, and Power systems courses to sophomores, juniors and seniors. He is the multiple recipient of the Professor of the Year and Teacher of the Year awards at TSU


 

  Marpaka

Office: 214 A Torrence Hall
Phone: 615-963-5370 
Email:  dmarpaka@tnstate.edu

EDUCATION:

Ph.D.  Electrical Engineering                                          Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL.
M.S.   Electrical Engineering                                          Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL.
M.Tech.  Electrical Engineering (Power Systems)            Osmania  University, Hyderabad, India.                            
B.E.      Electrical Engineering                                        Osmania University, Hyderabad, India.
L.E.E.    Electrical Engineering                                        Jawaharlal Nehru Polytechnic, Hyderabad, India

EXPERIENCE:

September 1990-Present
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN.

September 1984-August 1990
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne.

 September 1967-September 1984
Department of Electrical Engineering, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India.

September 1965-August 1967
Line Inspector
Power Research Unit, A.P.S.E.B. Hyderabad, India.

Research Interests:

Energy Systems, Power Systems Artificial Neural Networks, Control Systems, Digital Systems.

Research Projects (funded):

Recipient of student scholarship Grant of $ 10,000.00 from Northrop Grumman for the school year 1998-1999.

Joint Recipient of NASA grant to develop Robust Neurocontroller for Complex Dynamical  Systems, $ 598,000.00 funded for three years in 1993.

Pubilcations:

Published over 30 research papers

Professional Affliations:

Member Institute of Engineers (India), Member ETA KAPPA NU

Member IEEE, Member ASEE

Professional Acheivements:

Served as branch counselor of IEEE student branch (1992-1994) at Tennessee State University.(The students of electrical engineering won THIRD place in IEEE Tropical Derby Car contest conducted at IEEE Southeastcon 1994 in Miami on April 11, 1994).

Served on the committee for OUTSTANDING ALUMNI of Tennessee State University.

Served on the committee for WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA of Tennessee State University.

Served on STUDENTS AFFAIR COMMITTEE of College of Engineering and Technology.
 
Served on the University Committee for OUTSTANDING TEACHER OF THE YEAR for 1992-1993.

Served on the College Committee for OUTSTANDING TEACHER OF THE YEAR for 1998-1999.

Served on the University PUBLICATION COMMITTEE for 1999-2001

Served on the College TENURE AND PROMOTION COMMITTEE in 2000-2001

Served as chairman of FACULTY RESEARCH EVALUATION COMMITTEE in 2001.

Served as member of ACADEMIC AND FACULTY UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE for the  year 2002.

Serving as SENATOR  from College of Engineering, Technology and Computer Science 2008-2010

Serving as member of Senate Faculty Budget Committee

Serving on Dean’s Advisory Committee 2008

Guest speaker at J. B. Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, India on August  17, 2000.

Invited guest speaker on UNO Day at Bahai Community center in 2000.

Invited guest speaker on  Mass Prayer Day at Bahai Community center on 09-14-2001.

Awards and Honors:


1)     Received the Award Of Excellence for delivering spiritual lecture series to the members of  Hindu Cultural Center on April 27, 2003.

2) Listed in WHO'S WHO AMONG AMERICAN OUTSTANDING PROFESSORS for years 1996 (One of the top 2% of Outstanding Engineering Teachers in USA).

3) Listed in WHO'S WHO AMONG AMERICAN OUTSTANDING PROFESSORS for years  1998. (One of the top 2% of Outstanding Engineering Teachers in USA).
4) Listed in WHO'S WHO AMONG AMERICAN OUTSTANDING PROFESSORS for years 2002. (One of the top 2% of Outstanding Engineering Teachers in USA).

5) Recognized by Epsilon, Gamma, Iota Chapter of TSU for knowledge and wisdom as the BEST TEACHER  for the year 2001-2002.

6)    Recognized as the BEST PROFESSOR by GAMMA EPSILON OMEGA chapter of Tennessee State University for the year 2001.

7) Recipient of  PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR AWARD for the school year 1996-1997 by ETA KAPPA NU, Electrical Engineering Honor Society at Tennessee State University.

8) Recipient of  PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR AWARD for the school year 1995-1996 by ETA KAPPA NU, Electrical Engineering Honor Society at Tennessee State University.

9) Recipient of  PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR  AWARD for the school year 1994-1995 by ETA KAPPA NU, Electrical Engineering Honor Society at Tennessee State University.

10) Recipient of OUTSTANDING TEACHER OF THE YEAR & $ 500.00 CASH AWARD for the school year 1993-1994 by Tennessee State University on August 6, 1994.

11) Recipient of OUTSTANDING ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR AWARD for the school year 1990-1991 by ETA KAPPA NU, Electrical Engineering Honor Society at Tennessee State University.

12) Recipient of  INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD for the school year 1987-1988 by ETA KAPPA NU, Electrical Engineering Honor Society at Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL.

13) Recipient of Computer Engineering Division GOLD MEDAL of The Institute of Engineers (India), for the best refereed paper, presented at Sixth Indian Engineering Congress held in Pune, India on December 22, 1991.

14) Recipient of Osmania University GOLD MEDAL for an outstanding performance at Masters Degree level (University First).

15) Recipient of Government of Andhra Pradesh GOLD MEDAL for an outstanding performance at Bachelors Degree level (University First).

 





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