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University of California, Los Angeles

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5.04/23/2026

Creates a positive and motivating atmosphere.

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About Rajit

Rajit Gadh is a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he serves as the founding Director of the UCLA Smart Grid Energy Research Center (SMERC) and the Connected Autonomous Electric Vehicle (CAEV) Program. He also founded the UCLA Wireless Internet for Mobile Enterprise Consortium (WINMEC). Gadh obtained his Ph.D. in Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1991, M.S. in Engineering from Cornell University, and B.S. in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. Before joining UCLA, he progressed from Assistant Professor to Full Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison over seven years. He has been a visiting researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, and Stanford University, and held the William Mong Visiting Research Fellowship in Engineering at the University of Hong Kong.