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Venkataramanan "Ragu" Balakrishnan is an Indian–American engineer. He is the Charles H. Phipps Dean at the Case School of Engineering, having previously served as the Michael and Katherine Birck Head Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. In 2012, Balakrishnan was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for his contributions to convex optimization in control systems.

Early life and education

Balakrishnan was born and raised in India. His father was a chemistry graduate who worked for a paper company while his sister works in computer systems. He received a Bachelor of Technology degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from IIT Madras, receiving the President of India Gold Medal for academic excellence. He then travelled to the United States where he enrolled at Stanford University for his Master of Science (MS) degree in statistics followed by a M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering. Following his PhD, Balakrishnan conducted his postdoctoral research at the A. James Clark School of Engineering with Andre Tits. During this time, he focused on semi-definite programming and co-authored two papers: "Robustness under Bounded Uncertainty with Phase Information," and ISR Technical Report 97-23, "Absolute Stability Theory, Mu Theory and State-Space Verification of Frequency-Domain Conditions: Connections and Implications for Computation."

Career

Following his postdoctoral research, Balakrishnan accepted an assistant professor position at Purdue University in 1994. He was quickly promoted to associate professor of electrical and computer engineering in 1998 and Full professor in 2003. Shortly following his promotion, Balakrishnan also became Purdue's assistant head for strategic initiatives and director of graduate admissions. In 2007, Balakrishnan was named associate dean for research in the College of Engineering. While serving as the associate dean, Balakrishnan was also named the Interim Head of the Purdue University School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). As the Interim Head of ECE, Balakrishnan was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for contributions to convex optimization in control systems. The following year, he was named the inaugural Michael and Katherine Birck Head of ECE.

In 2018, Balakrishnan left Purdue to become the Charles H. Phipps Dean at the Case School of Engineering.

References

1. "Captain of a Winning Team". Purdue University. 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
2. "About the Dean". Case Western University. Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
3. ^ "Former postdoc Balakrishnan named Case Western dean of engineering". A. James Clark School of Engineering. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
4. Cullen, Kevin (5 April 1998). "Professor promotions reflect recruiting efforts, university says". Journal and Courier. Retrieved 21 April 2022 – via newspapers.com.
5. "Purdue Notebook". Purdue University. 31 August 2007. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
6. "Balakrishnan named associate dean for research in the College of Engineering". Purdue University. 2007. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
7. Barra Austin, Judith (15 January 2009). "Interim head of Electrical and Computer Engineering named". Purdue University. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
8. "Professor Ragu Balakrishnan elevated to IEEE Fellow". Purdue University. 22 November 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
9. "Ragu Balakrishnan named the first Michael and Katherine Birck Head of ECE". Purdue University. 15 October 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
10. "New endowed engineering deanship". Case Western University. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2022.

External links

• Venkataramanan Balakrishnan publications indexed by Google Scholar

• Living people
• Fellows of the IEEE
• Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences alumni
• Stanford University School of Engineering alumni
• IIT Madras alumni