Speakers
Dr. Hossam A. Gabbar, P.Eng, Ontario Tech University, Canada Fellow IET, Distinguished Lecturer-IEEE NPSS Fellow IET, Distinguished Lecturer-IEEE NPSSDr. Gabbar is a full Professor in the Department of Energy and Nuclear Engineering, the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, at Ontario Tech University (UOIT), where he has established the Energy Safety and Control Lab (ESCL), Smart Energy Systems Lab, and Advanced Plasma Engineering Lab. He is the recipient of the Senior Research Excellence Aware for 2016, UOIT. He is recognized among the top 2% of worldwide scientists with high citations in the area of energy. He is a Distinguished Lecturer – IEEE NPSS on Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems and Plasma-based waste-to-energy. He is leading national and international research in the areas of smart energy grids, energy safety and control systems, and waste to energy using advanced plasma technologies. Dr. Gabbar obtained his B.Sc. degree in 1988 with first class of honor from the Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University (Egypt). In 2001, he obtained his Ph.D. degree from Okayama University (Japan). From 2001 till 2004, he joined Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan), as a research associate. From 2004 till 2008, he joined Okayama University (Japan) as an Associate Professor, in the Division of Industrial Innovation Sciences. From 2007 till 2008, he was a Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto. He also worked as a process control, safety, and automation specialist in the energy and oil & gas industries. Dr. Gabbar has more than 230 publications, including patents, books / chapters, journal and conference papers. |
Prof. Tao Lin, Wuhan University,ChinaProfessor Lin Tao obtained Ph.D. from Huazhong University of Technology, China. From 2000 to 2002, He worked as JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Postdoctoral Fellow at Nagasaki University, Japan; From 2002 to 2005. Since 2005, He has been working as a professor in School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Wuhan University, China. His research interests are the planning, operation and control of power and energy systems, protection and automation of power systems, etc. |
Prof.M A Hannan, Sunway University, MalaysiaM A Hannan is employed as Professor of Intelligent Systems in Energy and Power Applications in the School of Engineering and Technology, Sunway University. He is an Adjunct Professor at School of Electrical Engineering, Korea University, Korea and Visiting Professor at Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia. He was a Visiting Professor at School of Electrical, Computer and Telecommunication Engineering University of Wollongong, Australia. Prior to join Sunway University, Prof Hannan was with College of Engineering, The National Energy University, Malaysia as a Senior Professor and Advisor for research and publication in Innovation and Research Management Centre, UNITEN since Sept 2016 to May 2023. He was also with the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, National University of Malaysia as a full Professor before joining to UNITEN since 2013.Professor Hannan is recognised as a Highly Cited Researcher (HCR) in 2022 & 2023 in Engineering category by Clarivate Analytics which is top 1% citation on the field and truly 1 in 1000 (0.1%) world’s scientist. He has published more than 400 publications including books, patents, journals and conference proceedings and received numbers of gold awards in the exhibitions as a recognition of pre-commercialised research” immediate before “ . His research interest is on intelligent systems in energy and power applications related to renewables integration, energy storage system, hydrogen storage, smart grid, energy management system, building energy efficiency, battery controller and BEMS, HEV energy management system, inverter controller, MPPT, FACTS and custom power devices, power quality and intelligent embedded system development in academic and industrial (national and international) level of research and development. His aspiration is to provide leadership of research governance, funding, high quality training and mission, aimed at embedding a strong culture of research integrity, excellence, and impact towards achieving the championship and global standing. He is leading academic and industrial research on national and international funding arrangement in both fundamental and applied research, directing pre-commercialized products, high quality research outputs and building collaborations. Also, transforming academic and industrial research technologies into teaching and learning process to ensure appropriate learning methods in higher education. |
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Prof. Pierluigi Siano, University of Salerno, Italy Pierluigi Siano received the M.Sc. degree in electronic engineering and the Ph.D. degree in information and electrical engineering from the University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy, in 2001 and 2006, respectively. He is a Full Professor of Electrical Power Systems and Scientific Director of the Smart Grids and Smart Cities Laboratory with the Department of Management & Innovation Systems, University of Salerno. His research activities are centered on demand response, energy management, the integration of distributed energy resources in smart grids, and electricity markets, and the planning and management of power systems. In these research fields, he has co-authored more than 760 articles including more than 460 international journals that received in Scopus more than 20200 citations with an H-index equal to 68. Since 2019 he has been awarded as a Highly Cited Researcher in Engineering by Web of Science Group. He has been the Chair of the IES TC on Smart Grids. He is an Editor for the Power & Energy Society Section of IEEE Access, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER SYSTEMS, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, IEEE SYSTEMS. |
Prof. Udaya Madawala, The University of Auckland, New Zealand Fellow IEEE Udaya K. Madawala graduated with a B.Sc. (Electrical Engineering) (Hons) degree from The University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka in 1987, and received his Ph.D. (Power Electronics) from The University of Auckland, New Zealand in 1993 as a Commonwealth Doctoral Scholar. At the completion of his PhD, he was employed by Fisher & Paykel Ltd, New Zealand, as a Research and Development Engineer to develop new technologies for motor drives. In 1997 he joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Auckland and, at present as a Full Professor, he focuses on a number of power electronics projects related to wireless EV charging systems for V2G applications. Udaya is an IEEE Fellow and a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Power Electronic Society (PELS) , and has over 32 years of both industry and research experience in the fields of power electronics and energy. He has served both the IEEE Power Electronics and Industrial Electronics Societies in numerous roles, relating to editorial, advisory, conference, technical committees and chapter activities. Currently, Udaya is an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics and a member of both the Administrative Committee and Membership Development Committee of the IEEE Power Electronics Society. He is also the Chair of IEEE Southern Power Electronics Conference (SPEC) Steering Committee. Udaya, who has over 300 IEEE and IET journal and conference publications, holds a number of patents related to wireless power transfer (WPT) and power converters, and he is a consultant to industry |
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