Dr. Manoj Shah, Life Fellow of IEEE, received his B.Tech. (Honors) from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. He received MS and Ph.D. from Virginia Tech. He recently retired as a Principal Engineer from GE’s Global Research Center after almost 34 years with GE! He spent his career working on electrical devices with the main focus on electric machines. He has ~70 US and many foreign patents with several pending. He has also authored/co-authored over 45 technical papers; some of them have been prize papers. He has given many invited talks internationally. He has been active in the Electric Machines area for IEEE in various capacities and is a past chair of our Schenectady section. He received the 2015 IEEE Gerald Kliman award, the 2012 GE-GRC Coolidge Fellowship award and the 2012 IEEE Nikola Tesla award (highest honor in electrical engineering). Recognized Expert in Electrical Machines & Systems 2015 IEEE-IAS Gerald Kliman Innovator Award 2012 IEEE Nikola Tesla Award Recipient - Highest International award in Electric Power 2012 GE Research's Coolidge Fellowship Award - Highest Research Award in GE 2012 GE APAF (Asian & Pacific American Forum) Technical Achievement Award 2010 & 2013 GE Research Technical Achievement Awards 2003 IEEE Fellow for Contributions to Electromagnetic Design and Analysis of Electric Machines 1991 GE Energy: Most Outstanding Technical Contribution and Individual Achievement Award 1987-2015 Multiple awards throughout GE career 67+ US (& many international) patents with several pending 45+ IEEE publications