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Turan Gönen is a professor of electrical engineering at California State University, Sacramento (CSUS). He received his BS and MS in electrical engineering from Istanbul Technical College in 1964 and 1966, respectively, and his PhD in electrical engineering from Iowa State University in 1975. Professor Gönen also received an MS in industrial engineering in 1973 and a PhD comajor in industrial engineering in 1978 from Iowa State University, as well as an MBA from the University of Oklahoma in 1980.

Professor Gönen is the director of the Electrical Power Educational Institute at CSUS. Prior to this, he was professor of electrical engineering and director of the Energy Systems and Resources Program at the University of Missouri–Columbia. He also held teaching positions at the University of Missouri–Rolla, the University of Oklahoma, Iowa State University, Florida International University, and Ankara Technical College. He has taught electrical electric power engineering for over 40 years.

Professor Gönen has a strong background in the power industry; for eight years, he worked as a design engineer in numerous companies both in the United States and abroad. He has served as a consultant for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Aramco, Black & Veatch Consultant Engineers, San Diego Gas & Electric Corporation, Aero Jet Corporation, and the public utility industry. He has written over 100 technical papers as well as four other books: Modern Power System Analysis, Electric Power Transmission System Engineering: Analysis and Design, Electrical Machines, and Engineering Economy for Engineering Managers.

Professor Gönen is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and a senior member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers. He served on several committees and working groups of the IEEE Power Engineering Society and is a member of numerous honor societies, including Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Eta Kappa Nu, and Tau Alpha Pi. He is also the recipient of the Outstanding Teacher Award twice at CSUS in 1997 and 2009.

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