Sheppard J. Salon

Dr. Sheppard J. Salon is a pioneer in the application of numerical techniques to the design and operation of electrical machines. His reach extends far into the art of coupling finite element code to lumped parameter electric and mechanical differential equations. In his research and teaching, he has improved field models for perplexing magnetic and thermal problems and extended finite element analysis to incorporate motion, thermal and acoustic phenomena and interactions with external circuits.

An IEEE Fellow, Dr. Salon is an editor of IEEE Transactions on Magnetics and a former chairman of the IEEE Power Engineering Society Synchronous Machines Subcommittee. He has written two books, 'Finite Element Analysis of Electric Machines' and 'Numerical Methods in Electromagnetism,' and numerous IEEE Transactions papers. He is a professor in the Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering Department of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and also the president and CEO of Magsoft Corporation, both in Troy, New York.