Dr. James Cale has extensive experience in the design and control of power electronic drive systems and in the design of electromagnetic systems/devices such as electrical machines and transformers. His background and research focuses on energy conversion, power electronics, finite-inertia power systems, computational and applied electromagnetics, biologically-inspired optimization methods, microgrids, power hardware-in-the-loop, and machine learning algorithms.

James is an Associate Professor in the Systems and Electrical and Computer Engineering Departments at Colorado State University and is the President and Owner of PEMCA Consulting, LLC. Prior to joining CSU he managed the Distributed Energy Systems Integration Group at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and worked in senior engineering roles at Advanced Energy and Orbital ATK.

He earned a doctorate in electrical engineering from Purdue University and bachelors degree from Missouri University of Science and Technology (summa cum laude).