Prof. Dr. Mark J. Balas

Prof. Dr. Mark Balas is the Guthrie Nicholson Professor of Electrical Engineering and Head of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Wyoming. He has the following technical degrees: PhD in Mathematics, MS Electrical Engineering, MA Mathematics, and BS Electrical Engineering. He has held various positions in industry, academia, and government. Among his careers, he has been a university professor for over 30 years with RPI, MIT, University of Colorado-Boulder, and University of Wyoming, and has mentored 39 doctoral students. He has over 300 publications in archive journals, refereed conference proceedings and technical book chapters. He has been visiting faculty with the US Air Force Research Laboratory-Kirtland AFB, the NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory, The NASA Ames Research Center, and is the Associate Director of the University of Wyoming Wind Energy Research Center and adjunct faculty with the School of Energy Resources. He is a fellow of the AIAA and a life fellow of the IEEE.