Dr. Jonathan Kimball, chair of electrical and computer engineering at Missouri S&T, has been named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).   
 
“Receiving this designation has long been a goal of mine, and I appreciate my colleagues, students and supporters who helped make it possible,” says Kimball, who is also the Fred W. Finley Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering at S&T. “Only a select group of engineers receive this honor, and I am proud that my work has been recognized as worthy of joining them.” 
 
The IEEE Fellow Committee noted that Kimball was selected due to his contributions related to the modeling and analysis of dual active bridge converters and switched capacitor converters. 
  
IEEE has over 500,000 members around the globe and is the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology. Less than 0.1% of its voting members are selected annually as Fellows.   
  
Kimball joined Missouri S&T in 2008 as an assistant professor and was promoted to associate professor in 2014 and professor in 2018. He served as director of S&T’s Center for Research in Energy and the Environment from 2019 to 2022, and he was a Dean’s Scholar for the College of Engineering and Computing from 2016 to 2018. 
 
He has published hundreds of articles and conference papers related to microgrids, renewable energy, energy storage, electric vehicle charging infrastructure and power electronics and has been awarded 13 U.S. patents for his work in these areas. 
 
Before joining the S&T faculty, Kimball was a vice president for SmartSpark Energy Systems, a senior research engineer for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a senior engineer at both Baldor Electric and Motorola. He is licensed as a professional engineer in Illinois. 
 
Kimball earned a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering and a master’s degree in electrical engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His bachelor’s degree in electrical and computer engineering is from Carnegie Mellon University.   
 
For more information about S&T’s electrical engineering programs, visit ece.mst.edu.  

About Missouri S&T

Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) is a STEM-focused research university of over 7,000 students located in Rolla, Missouri. Part of the four-campus University of Missouri System, Missouri S&T offers over 100 degrees in 40 areas of study and is among the nation’s top public universities for salary impact, according to the Wall Street Journal. For more information about Missouri S&T, visit www.mst.edu.