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The Author
Mukund R. Patel, PhD, PE, is a professor of engineering at the U.S. Merchant
Marine Academy in Kings Point, NY. He has over 45 years of hands-on involvement
in research, development, and design of state-of-the-art electrical power equipment
and systems. He has served as a principal engineer at the General Electric Company
in Valley Forge, PA; fellow engineer at the Westinghouse Research and Development
Center in Pittsburgh, PA; senior staff engineer at the Lockheed Martin Corporation
in Princeton, NJ; development manager at Bharat Bijlee (Siemens) Limited, Bombay,
India; and 3M McKnight Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Univ ...