Dr. Joshua Partheepan

Joshua Partheepan

Associate Professor of Engineering and Power Systems and Mary L. and William W. Britain Professor of Renewable Energy

Office: Engineering Building 225
Email: jpartheepan@wtamu.edu
Phone: 806-651-5265

Professional Profile

Dr. Partheepan is originally from Coimbatore, India. He joined the College of Engineering faculty in fall 2017. He has bachelor’s degrees in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Anna University, India, a master’s degree in Power Plant Technologies from University of Strathclyde, UK and a Ph.D. in Agriculture and Systems from West Texas A&M University, USA. He was named the Mary L. and William W. Britain Professor of Renewable Energy in 2022.

Teaching and Related Service

Dr. Partheepan teaches various mechanical, electrical, systems and general engineering topics such as fundamentals of programming, combustion, industrial automation, control systems, power systems, renewable energy systems, circuits and linear integrated circuits.

Research and Creative Activity

Dr. Partheepan’s research interests include hydrogen energy storage and renewable energy system modeling. This includes fundamental research on design and development of oxy hydrogen combustion system for steam generation, operation characteristics of steam injected gas turbines, modeling of thermodynamic power cycle for oxy-hydrogen combustion and model optimization.