Dr. Ravi Hadimani is a Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). He is also the Director of the Robotics program at the College of Engineering of VCU. He has established a nationally and internationally recognized research program in Biomagnetics, including magnetic neuromodulation, biomagnetic nanoparticles and devices. Across his career, his scholarly output includes 126 original research papers, 17 granted and pending patents, and over 265 international conference presentations. His research has led to industrial licensing and the formation of a university spin-off company focused on neuromodulation technologies (RAM Phantoms LLC). He is an inducted senior member of the US Academy of Inventors and the Chair of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Richmond Chapter. He is also the incoming Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Magnetics Letters.

Prof. Hadimani has also developed a hybrid piezoelectric–photovoltaic energy harvester capable of harvesting energy from solar, wind, and rain. This work received the UK Energy Innovation Award (2011) and was featured by BBC, New Scientist, and Scientific American. He also developed and patented piezoelectric polymer fibers for energy-harvesting textiles. He served as an Associate Scientist at Ames Laboratory, a U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratory, and as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Iowa State University.

Prof. Hadimani has received several national and international honors, including VCU’s National and International Recognition Award (NIRA), the Engineer of the Year Award (2020) from the Richmond Joint Engineers’ Council, the International Young Scientist Fellowship from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (2013), and the UK Energy Innovation Award (2011). He was recently inducted as a senior member of the U.S. National Academy of Inventors.

Additional Recognitions:
2019- current: Member of IEEE Magnetics Society Education Committee
2023- current: Member of IEEE Magnetics Society Technical Committee
2016-2020: Chair, IEEE Magnetics Society Richmond Chapter
2019: Chair IEEE Magnetics Summer School
2013-2016: Chair, IEEE Magnetics Society Central Iowa Chapter