Hemchandra M. Shertukde, professor of electrical and computer engineering in the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture (CETA), is the recipient of the 2024 Oscar and Shoshana Trachtenberg Award. This award honors a full-time University of Hartford faculty member for sustained service to the University.
Born and educated first in India, Shertukde earned his PhD and MSEE at the University of Connecticut. His enthusiastic teaching is informed by a deep interest in various intriguing topics such as signal processing, multi-target tracking, multi-sensor data fusion, power systems, fault monitoring of power operations, and others.
Shertukde has also written or contributed to dozens of books, some of which are used as texts at UHart and elsewhere, and has worked on several projects and concepts for which patents have been issued.
“Hemchandra’s record of accomplishments reflects a rare and exemplary blend of scholarly achievement, innovation, professional impact, and institutional service,” says Saeid Moslehpour, professor and chair of the electrical and computer engineering department at CETA. “He has promoted several innovations that have added to the overall strength of our University, he’s provided professional services to key industry organizations such as IEEE, and he’s dedicated much effort to social services, such as the work he has done on behalf of his local Hindu temple.”
For the temple, Shertukde helped raise $50,000 to assist the town of Latur in India after its devastating earthquake in 1993.
He has served as chair of the electrical and computer engineering department and director of graduate studies at CETA. Shertukde has also been instrumental in bringing state-of-the-art technology to campus for the benefit of all engineering students.