Featured Author
Education
Nesimi Ertugrul received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical and Electronic and Communication Engineering from Istanbul Technical University in 1985 and 1989 respectively. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK in 1993. He joined Adelaide University in 1994, and is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
Research
Dr. Ertugrul’s research topics include sensorless rotor position operation of brushless permanent magnet and switched reluctance motors, real-time control of electrical machines, fault tolerant motor drives, predictive maintenance, power electronics systems and electric vehicles. He is currently engaging in research in the development of interactive computer-based teaching/learning systems involving object-oriented programming and data acquisition. For more information about Dr. Ertugrul’s work at Adelaide University visit his home page.
Organizations
Dr. Ertugrul is a member of IEEE and serves on the Editorial Advisory Board for the International Journal of Engineering Education (IJEE). He coordinated and edited two special issues of the IJEE: LabVIEW Applications in Engineering Education, and Remote Access and Distance Learning Laboratories.
Authorship
Dr. Ertugrul has authored a brand new book titled LabVIEW for Electric Circuits, Machines, Drives and Laboratories, which will be published in mid-May of this year, and a complete courseware using LabVIEW titled Electric Circuits and Machines Laboratory with LabVIEW. He also contributed to the book LabVIEW for Automotive, Telecommunications, Semiconductor, Biomedical, and Other Applications.
National Instruments’ Awards
- Outstanding Application in Academic Category, National Instruments, NI Week, August 1999.
- Winning Application Paper at National Instruments VIP Days 2000 paper contest.
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