Rasoul Milasi

Dr. Rasoul Milasi is an assistant professor of engineering at The Pennsylvania State University, Fayette. He is an active member of the School of Engineering Design and Innovation (SEDI), serves as Chair of the Engineering Technology Committee on the Engineering Faculty Council (EFC), and represents Penn State Fayette on the University College Faculty Council (UCFC).

He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alberta in 2012 and subsequently completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Simon Fraser University, where his research focused on motor drive control for electric vehicles.

From 2014 to 2018, Dr. Milasi worked as a research scientist and control programmer in various industries while also teaching as an adjunct professor at Humber College and George Brown College in Toronto, Canada. He joined Penn State in 2018, beginning at Penn State Behrend before transitioning to Penn State Fayette in 2020.

His work has been recognized with several honors, including the NSERC Industrial R&D Fellowship (2014), a Program Enhancement Grant (2021), a Research Development Grant (2022), and a Grant for Entrepreneurial Mindset for Student Success (2025).

Dr. Milasi is actively involved in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). He has authored and co-authored more than 20 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers, which have been published and presented through IEEE and ASEE venues.