TI is hosting an hour-long Twitter chat focused on the topic of energy harvesting July 8 from 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Central Daylight Time (17:00-18:30 Central European Summer Time).Whether you are searching for the latest trends in energy harvesting technology or designing your own products, our gurus are here to chat.
The Twitter chat will feature TI experts Jeff Falin, Pearl Cao, Jayanth Rangaraju and William Cooper. Follow @TXInstruments and join the #energyharvesting conversation!
If you’d like to submit questions before the chat, leave a comment on this blog or tweet us @TXInstruments.
Don’t forget to RSVP to our Facebook event and forward to your friends!
Jeff Falin
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Jeff is an applications engineer for the High Power Charging group within the Battery Management Systems business unit. He has more than 15 years of experience working with linear regulators, DC/DC converters and battery chargers, both powered from DC sources and energy harvesters. Jeff has a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Tennessee.
Pearl Cao
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Pearl is a product marketing engineer in the Wireless and Low Power Charger product line under the Battery Management business unit. She focuses on defining and executing the marketing strategy, which entails identifying opportunities, attracting customers, and growing the business. Before this position, Pearl was a systems engineer for three years in the Wireless Power Transmitter group, where she focused on defining new products, driving industry standards, and supporting the complete design-in process with customers.
Pearl has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Toronto. Her awards include the Appreciation of Service Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Toronto section and the Best Paper Presentation Award at APEC 2011. She has also contributed three papers to IEEE.
Jayanth Rangaraju
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Jayanth Rangaraju is currently a business manager on the Grid Infrastructure team focusing on TI’s growth in the renewable energy markets. In this role, he is responsible for leveraging TI’s broad portfolio to a strategic advantage by transforming the company’s approach toward solving engineering problems.
He has a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications from Visvesvaraya Technological University in Bangalore and a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington. He recently graduated with a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business.
William Cooper
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William Cooper is a product marketing engineer for TI’s Microcontroller (MCU) business, focused specifically on the strategic development and positioning of MSP430™ ferroelectric random access memory (FRAM) products. He joined Texas Instruments in 2012, rotating through sales, business development and marketing roles as a member of the technical sales associate rotational program. He then managed MSP430 MCU product launches and development tools.
William has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in electrical engineering, as well as a master’s degree in management, from the University of Florida.
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