Johan Enslin

Johan H. Enslin (IEEE PELS President)

Dr. Johan H. Enslin currently serves as a Program Director at the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) in DOE. His focus at ARPA-E is on future electrical power system technology and operations. Dr. Enslin is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and was the Duke Energy Endowed Chair in Smart Grid Technology at Clemson University. Dr. Enslin combines a balanced industry and academic career with more than 40 years of leadership experience in industry, academia and government throughout the USA, Europe, and South Africa. He has served as an executive for private business operations and a professor in electrical engineering at several universities. Dr. Enslin received the BS, MS, and PhD degrees in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Rand Afrikaans University (RAU), South Africa, in 1981, 1983 and 1988 respectively. He has authored more than 350 technical papers and several book chapters and holds 25 patents.

Johan has served in the IEEE Power Electronics (PELS) as well as Power and Energy Engineering (PES) Societies and CIGRE Working Groups for decades and is currently the President for IEEE PELS. He is a Life-Fellow of the IEEE.