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Nejila Parspour

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Nejila Parspour is a German electrical engineer known for her pioneering work in inductive charging.[1] Other research interests of Parspour include "robotics, wind energy, and medical technology".[2] She is a professor at the University of Stuttgart, where she heads the Institute of Electrical Energy Conversion.[3]

Education and career

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Parspour received a diploma (the German equivalent of a master's degree) in 1991 from Technische Universität Berlin. She continued at TU Berlin for a 1995 doctorate, with the dissertation Fuzzy Logic Controlled Brushless D.C. Motor for a Heart Assist System.[4]

After postdoctoral research at the University of California, Berkeley, she worked in industry for Yxlon International GmbH in Hamburg from 1996 to 2001. In 2001, she became a researcher in electrical engineering at the University of Bremen. She took a professorship at the University of Stuttgart in 2007, and has headed the Institute of Electrical Energy Conversion since 2011.[4]

Recognition

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Parspour was elected to acatech, the German Academy of Science and Engineering, in 2025.[2]

References

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  1. ↑ "Electricity without cables or plugs", InnovationCampus Future Mobility, 21 April 2026, retrieved 2026-08-15
  2. 1 2 acatech selects five new members from the University of Stuttgart, University of Stuttgart, 11 November 2025, retrieved 2026-08-15
  3. ↑ "Nejila Parspour", IEEE Xplore, IEEE, 8 July 2025, retrieved 2026-08-15
  4. 1 2 Curriculum vitae (PDF), University of Auckland, 2017, retrieved 2026-08-15
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