Joshua David Freeman

Biography

Mr. Josh Udar Freeman has been teaching and conducting research at Amrita University's Amritapuri Campus for nearly 8years. He is originally from the United States and formerly held Field and Test Engineering positions within General Motors, specifically working on their Heavy Duty Diesel-Electric Hybrid Drive Systemsand Automatic Transmission Controls programs. His Masters Degrees is in Electrical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma and his Bachelors Degree is in Mathematics, also from the University of Oklahoma. He is currently working towards a PhD at Amrita University in the field of Solar Thermal Energy Systems. At Amrita, Mr. Freeman is a member of the Amrita Center for Wireless Sensor Networks and Applications, where he has been a core team member of their Wireless Sensor Network Based Landslide Detection System. Hehas also taught Renewable Energy subjects such as Solar and Wind Energy and founded the Robotics Lab. He has a long engineering background in the design, fabrication testing, and validation of various electro-mechanical systems, including electric vehicles and solar powered race cars. Recently, he has been helping to create Virtual Labs for MHRD in Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Energy Storage and Mechanics of Solids.

Research Interest

Renewable Energy, Automobile, Robotics