Dr. Rajashekara joined the University of Houston as a Distinguished Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering Department in September 2016. Prior to this, he was at the University of Texas at Dallas as a Distinguished Professor of Engineering. From 2006-2012, he was a Chief Technologist in Rolls-Royce Corporation, Indianapolis working on More Electric/Hybrid Electric Aircraft architectures, VTOL vehicles, and power conversion/control technologies. From 1989-2006, he held various lead technical and managerial positions in Delphi and General Motors, and managed a team that was responsible for developing electric machines, controllers, and power electronics systems for electric, hybrid, and fuel cell vehicles. He was a Chief Scientist for Advanced Propulsion and Drive systems. He has published over 300 papers and has over 50 patents. He has given more than 250 invited presentations, in over 50 countries, in international conferences and universities on electric, hybrid, fuel cell vehicles; More Electric and Hybrid Electric Aircrafts, VTOL vehicles and flying cars. Dr. Rajashekara was elected as a Member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (2012), Fellow of the US National Academy of Inventors (2015), International Fellow of the Chinese (2021), Japanese (2024), and Indian (2013) National Academies of Engineering. He is the recipient of 2022 Global Energy prize. For his continued contributions to transportation electrification, he received the IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies (2021), IEEE Richard Harold Kaufmann award (2013); IEEE IAS Outstanding Achievement Award (2009), IEEE IAS Gerald Kliman award (2006), and IEEE PELS Vehicle and Transportation Systems Achievement Award (2019). He is a Fellow of IEEE (1999) and a Fellow of SAE (2006). He received 2013 Distinguished Alumnus Award of the Indian Institute of Science. He was inducted into the Delphi Innovation Hall of Fame in 1999. Specialties: Propulsion systems for electric and hybrid vehicles; Power electronics and variable speed motor drives; Renewable Energy based power generation Systems; Electric and Hybrid Aircraft; Flying cars.