Stanford University lists Vittla's Dr. Abdul Rahiman Beig among world's eminent scientists
Mangaluru: The global survey conducted by Stanford University listed Dr. Abdul Rahiman Beig, in the list of top 2% eminent scientists of the world. He is an alumni of Govt. Primary School, Bolanthimogru, Govt. higher primary school Vitttla, Vittla Junior College, National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) Suratkal and Indian Institute of Science (IISc), The survey is based on the quality of research works and is published in the PLOS Biology journal. ( https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000918 )
Dr.Abdul R Beig ranked 1320 in the Electrical and Electronics Engineering category among the total 87611 scientists considered in the category. He is the only professor with Indian citizenship and a degree from India to achieve this distinction among the 30-faculty members listed from Khalifa University.
Dr. Abdul R Beig, who hails from Bolanthimogru, Vittla, is currently an associate professor at the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at Khalifa University of Science and Technology (www.ku.ac.ae), Abu Dhabi, UAE. Before joining this university, worked as an assistant professor at the NITK Suratkal. From 1989 to 1992, he worked as an R&D engineer at Kirloskar Electric Company, Mysore. Dr. Abdul R Beig obtained Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) Surathkal in the year 1989, Masters in Electrical Engineering from Electrical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore in 1998, and Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering in Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in the year 2004.
Dr.Beig is specialized in power electronics and electric drives. His current research interests are Electric Vehicles, wireless charging, power electronic transformers, Modular Multilevel converters, and auto-tuning of grid-connected converters.
He has produced over 70 peer-reviewed high-quality IEEE journal publications, 80 IEEE international conference presentations, and 4 book chapters. Dr.Beig currently serves as an associate editor for the prestigious IEEE Industry Applications Transaction/IAS Magazine and on the technical committee of IEEE Industrial Electronics and IEEE Industrial Applications Society. He has completed 2 industry-funded projects.
Awards
Dr.Beig is the recipient of the Research Award in 2011 and Young Teacher Award in 2009, Khalifa by The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE. His Ph.D. thesis won the First Prize in the National award by Indian National Academy of Engineers, New Delhi, INDIA in 2005.
His Master’s Thesis won the First Prize -L&T-ISTE National award in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, in 1998. His research paper on “Influence of Placement of Small Space Vectors on the Performance of PWM Techniques for Three-Level Inverters” won the student award and best presentation award at the IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference in 2003 at Roanoke, Virginia, USA.
At Kirloskar, he worked on an IGBT-based AC servo motor drive which won the best indigenous R&D product by IEEMA, New Delhi in the year 1993.
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8 children between ages of 1 and 14 dead after mass shooting in Louisiana, police say
Shreveport(US) (AP): A gunman in Louisiana killed eight children in shootings at two different homes early Sunday in the nation's deadliest mass shooting in more than two years, police in Shreveport said.
The victims ranged in age from one to about 14 years old, said Shreveport police spokesperson Chris Bordelon. A total of 10 were shot and some of the children were related to the suspect, Bordelon said.
The gunman later died after a chase with officers who fired at the suspect, Bordelon said. The suspect stole a car while leaving the scene of the shootings and was followed by police, according to Bordelon.
Police did not release the name of the suspect but did say he was an adult male. The shootings were the result of a “domestic disturbance,” Bordelon said.
Officials said they were still gathering details at the crime scenes south of downtown Shreveport — the two homes and a third location.
“This is an extensive scene unlike anything most of us have ever seen,” he said.
It was the deadliest mass shooting in the US since eight people were killed in a Chicago suburb in January 2024, according to a database maintained by The Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University.
At a news conference outside the residence where one of the shootings occurred, officials appeared stunned, requesting patience and prayers from the community as they sorted through multiple crime scenes.
“I just don't know what to say, my heart is just taken aback,” Shreveport Police Chief Wayne Smith said. “I cannot begin to imagine how such an event could occur.”
“This is a tragic situation — maybe the worst tragic situation we've ever had,” said Tom Arceneaux, mayor of the city in northwestern Louisiana with about 180,000 residents. “It's a terrible morning.”
Louisiana State Police say their detectives have been asked by Shreveport police to investigate. In a statement, state police say no officers were harmed in the shooting that involved an officer after a police pursuit into Bossier City on Sunday morning.
State police are asking anyone with pictures, video or information to share it with state police detectives.
Louisiana Gov Jeff Landry said in a statement that he and his wife were heartbroken. “We're deeply grateful to the law enforcement officers and first responders working tirelessly on the scene,” he added.
