Javaid R. Laghari
Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering (on leave in Pakistan to establish a national university)

Degrees

BE, EE, SU/Pakistan, 1971
MS, EE, METU/Ankara, 1975
Ph.D., EE, UB, 1986

Years of Service on this faculty:

Service: 16 years; Original appointment: September 1980
Assistant Professor: 9/80 - 9/88
Associate Professor: 9/88 - 9/92
Professor: 9/92 - present

Other related experiences:

Project Director, Z. A. Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, 9/95-present (on leave from UB), responsible for the establishment of a graduate institute of service and technology
Director of Graduate Studies, 1993 - 1995

Principal publications of the last five years:

W. Khechen and J. R. Laghari, "Determination of Aging Model Constants Under High Frequency and High Electric Fields," IEEE Transactions on Electrical Insulation, Vol. 1, No. 6, July 1994, pp. 1034-1038.
J. R. Laghari, "Complex Electro/Thermal/Radiation Aging of Polymers," Invited Review Paper, IEEE Transactions on Electrical Insulation, Vol. 28, No. 5, 1993, pp. 777-788.
W. Khachen and J. R. Laghari, "Estimating Lifetime of PP, PI and PVDF Under Artificial Void Conditions Using Step-Stress Tests," IEEE Transactions on Electrical Insulation, Vol. 27, No. 5, 1992, pp. 1022-1025.
J. R. Laghari, "High Voltage Pulsed Life of Multistressed Polypropylene Capacitor Dielectric," IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 39, No. 1, 1992, pp. 21-24.
J. R. Laghari and W. J. Sarjeant, "Energy Storage Pulsed Power Capacitor Technology," IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 7, No. 1, 1992, pp. 251-257.

Scientific and professional societies of which a member:

IEEE
Society of Engineering Science

Phone number:

(716) 645-2422 ext. 1206