Region 4 Manager External Relationship
John Deere
West Fargo, North Dakota, United States
Dr. Brij Singh has earned BE from Madan Mohan Malviya Technical University, Gorakhpur, ME from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, and Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India, all in Electrical Engineering.
In 1996, Brij joined the École de Technology Supérieure, Montreal, Canada, as a Post-Doctoral Fellow. In 1999, he joined Concordia University, Montreal as a Research Fellow.
In 2000, Brij joined the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Tulane University, New Orleans, as an Assistant Professor.
In 2007, Brij joined John Deere as a Staff Engineer to lead and support silicon IGBT inverter development projects for the JD 644K and JD 944K Loaders. In 2011, he joined Advanced Technology as a Senior Staff Engineer to lead John Deere’s WBG power electronics projects.
In 2020, Brij was named as the John Deere Region 4 Manager External Relationships with responsibilities to develop emerging technologies to support technology needs for the Tech Stack, Production Systems, and Construction & Road Building.
Brij has published over 90 research articles including papers in the IEEE Transactions and IET Journals. He has 28 approved US patents, one trade secret, and over a dozen pending patents.
In Tulane, Brij received four IEEE-Eta-Kappa-Nu teaching awards for outstanding instructions in electrical engineering. In John Deere, he has received three innovation and one collaboration awards for product and technology development projects. He is the winner of the 2020 IEEE Power Electronics Emerging Technology Award. In 2020, he was awarded the “Title of John Deere Fellow” for exemplary knowledge leadership and significant contributions to the power electronics engineering.
Elevated to an IEEE Fellow in Jan 2022, Brij is the life member of the IEEE Industrial Electronics and Power Electronics Societies and lives with his family in West Fargo, ND, USA.
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