Herbert Hess

Herbert Hess is professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Idaho, where his research focuses on power electronics and electric machines. Hess earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison before completing his Ph.D. in electrical engineering at MIT, where his fellowship began in 1980. His doctoral work and subsequent research have addressed power conversion systems, motor drives, and energy efficiency—topics of growing importance as the electrical grid and transportation systems electrify.