Kameshwar Poolla

Kameshwar Poolla
Residence	Berkeley, California
Nationality	American
Institutions	UC Berkeley
Alma mater	University of Florida
Doctoral advisor	Pramod Khargonekar
Known for	Control Theory, Economics, Energy Systems, Electricity Market
Website www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Faculty/Homepages/poolla.html

Kameshwar Poolla is the Cadence Design Systems Distinguished Professor, in Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences,^[1] and Department of Mechanical Engineering^[2] at University of California, Berkeley. He received his B.Tech. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in 1980 and his Ph.D. from the Center for Mathematical System Theory, University of Florida, Gainesville in 1984.

Career

From 1984 to 1991, he was a member of the faculty at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana. He moved the University of California, Berkeley in 1991, and is currently Professor in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences.

Poolla's current research interests include many aspects of future energy systems including economics, security, and commercialization.^[3]

Patents

Poolla has been awarded 6 patents:

• Data collection and correction methods and apparatus^[4]
• Methods of and apparatuses for controlling process profiles^[5]
• Sensor geometry correction methods and apparatus^[6]
• Methods and apparatus for deriving thermal flux data for processing a workpiece^[7]
• Methods and apparatus for equipment matching and characterization^[8]
• Methods and apparatus for low distortion parameter measurements^[9]

Awards

Poolla was awarded the 1984 Outstanding Dissertation Award by the University of Florida; the 1988 NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award; the 1993 Hugo Schuck Best Paper Prize; the 1994 Donald P. Eckman Award; a 1997 JSPS Fellowship; the 1997 Distinguished Teaching Award from the University of California, Berkeley;^[10] and the 2004^[11] and 2007^[12] IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing Best Paper Prizes; and the 2009 IEEE CSS Transition to Practice Award.^[13]

References

1. "Kameshwar Poolla | EECS at UC Berkeley". www.eecs.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
2. "Kameshwar Poolla | Mechanical Engineering". www.me.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
3. "Greenmetrics". www.sigmetrics.org. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
4. Polla, Kameshwar; Spanos, Costas J. (18 May 2004), Data collection and correction methods and apparatus, retrieved 2016-06-12
5. Poolla, Kameshwar; Spanos, Costas J. (22 Jul 2008), Methods of and apparatuses for controlling process profiles, retrieved 2016-06-12
6. Polla, Kameshwar; Spanos, Costas J. (25 May 2004), Sensor geometry correction methods and apparatus, retrieved 2016-06-12
7. Poolla, Kameshwar; Mundt, Randall S. (14 Jun 2005), Methods and apparatus for deriving thermal flux data for processing a workpiece, retrieved 2016-06-12
8. Poolla, Kameshwar (1 May 2007), Methods and apparatus for equipment matching and characterization, retrieved 2016-06-12
9. Freed, Mason L.; Hunt, Dean; Poolla, Kameshwar; Spanos, Costas J.; Welch, Michael (22 Mar 2007), Methods and apparatus for low distortion parameter measurements, retrieved 2016-06-12
10. "Past DTA Recipients". teaching.berkeley.edu. Center for Teaching & Learning, Berkeley. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
11. "2005 Best Paper Award". IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing. 19 (2): 157–158. 2006-05-01. doi:10.1109/TSM.2006.875919. ISSN 0894-6507.
12. Boning, D. (2008-05-01). "2007 Best Paper Award". IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing. 21 (2): 129–130. doi:10.1109/TSM.2008.2000481. ISSN 0894-6507.
13. "Kameshwar Poolla". www.ieeecss.org. IEEE Control Systems Society. Retrieved 2016-06-12.