Kalyan Sen is the President & Chief Technology Officer of Sen Engineering Solutions, Inc. (www.sentransformer.com) that specializes in developing SMART power flow controllers—a functional requirements-based and cost-effective solution. Kalyan worked 33 years in academia and industry. He was a key member of the Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems (FACTS) development team at the Westinghouse Science & Technology Center for which he became a Westinghouse Fellow Engineer. He contributed to concept development, simulation, design, and commissioning of FACTS projects at Westinghouse. He conceived some of the basic concepts in power flow control technology for which he was elevated to the IEEE Fellow grade with the citation: for the development and application of power flow control technology. He is the Co-inventor of the Sen Transformer.
Kalyan received BEE, MSEE, and PhD degrees, all in Electrical Engineering, from Jadavpur University (India), Tuskegee University, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, respectively. He also received an MBA from Robert Morris University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania and New York. Kalyan has authored or coauthored more than 25 peer-reviewed publications, 8 issued patents, 2 books, and 3 book chapters in the areas of power flow control and power electronics.
Kalyan has served many organizations. He has been serving as an IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Distinguished Lecturer since 2002. In that capacity, he has given presentations on power flow control technology more than 170 times in 17 countries. He is an AdCom Member of the Power Electronics Society (PELS) and serves as the PELS Regions 4-6 Chair. He is the IEEE Division II Representative to the Board of Governors of Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT).
Under his Chairmanship, the IEEE Pittsburgh PES, Industry Applications Society (IAS) and PELS Chapters and the Section received the “Outstanding Large Chapter and Section” awards. He received the IEEE Pittsburgh Section Outstanding Volunteer Service Award (2004 and 2023) and PES Outstanding Engineer Award (2004). He has been serving as the Boy Scouts of America Leader for a decade. He is a Distinguished Toastmaster who led District 13 as its Governor to be in the top10 worldwide.