Vilas Pol elevated to IEEE Senior Member - Davidson School of Chemical Engineering - Purdue University

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Vilas Pol, professor of chemical engineering at Purdue University's Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, has been elevated to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Senior Member status.

IEEE is the largest technical professional organization in the world, with nearly half a million members. Only 10% of IEEE members have been recognized as IEEE Senior Members, a prestigious honor requiring extensive experience, professional maturity and documented achievements of significance. The organization is dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity and publishes close to a third of technical literature in electrical engineering, computing and electronics in the world.

Outside of the classroom, he currently serves as the Deputy Director of the Battery and Energy Storage Pillar at the Purdue Institute for Energy Innovation and leads the Vilas Pol Energy Research (ViPER) group, among many other involvements and achievements.