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POWER ELECTRONICS AND ENERGY RESEARCH GROUP (PEER)

FACULTY MEMBERS

Dr. Pragasen Pillay

Dr. Luiz A. C. Lopes

Dr. Akshay Kumar Rathore

Dr. Chunyan Lai

RESEARCH ASSOCIATES & collaborators

Dr. Maher Al-Badri

Dr. Mathews Boby

Dr. Cyusa S. Christophe

GRADUATE STUDENTS (Ph.D.)

1.	Luccas Matiuzzi Kunzler	2.	Gabriel Renan Broday
3.	Dwaipayan Barman	4.	Bigyan Basnet
5.	Rama Krishna N. V.	6.	Swati Tandon
7.	Tamanwè Payarou	8.	Yupeng Liu
9.	Gayathri Tanuku	10.	Sumeet Singh
11.	Shiva Garaei	12.	Mohanraj Muthusamy
13.	Arvind Vyas Ramanan	14.	Ying Zuo
15.	Benoit Blanchard St-Jacques	16.	Seyedeh Nazanin Afrasiabi
17.	Neetusha Kalarikkal

GRADUATE STUDENTS (M.A.Sc)
1.	Ronak Nemade	2.	Ashutosh Patel
3.	Yang Luo	4.	Sukanya Dutta
5.	Jingdi Wang	6.	Qiong Wang

FACULTY MEMBERS

	Dr. Pragasen Pillay Ph.D., P.Eng., C.Eng., FIEEE, FIEE Professor NSERC/Hydro-Québec Senior Industrial Research Chair
	Office:	SGW-EV S3.645
	Telephone:	(514) 848-2424 Ext. 3108
	FAX:	(514) 848-2802
	E-Mail:	pillay@encs.concordia.ca
	Website	http://users.encs.concordia.ca/~pillay/
Research Interests:
Modeling, analysis, design and control of Electrical Machines Electric Motor Drive Systems Traction Motors for Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles RenewableEnergy including Wind			Biomass and Solar Energy Energy Storage, Energy Efficiency and Conservation Sustainability issues in Power and Energy Engineering
Biography: Professor Pillay (Fellow of the IEEE, 2005) is the NSERC/Hydro-Québec Senior Industrial Research Chair at Concordia University entitled “Design and Performance of Special Electric Machines” focusing on electric vehicle and alternate energy applications. The Chair was established in 2009 at Concordia and renewed in 2014, this was the first Industrial Research Chair at Concordia. Dr. Pillay received the Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, Durban, South Africa, in 1981 and 1983, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA, in 1987. From 1988 to 1990 he was with the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. From 1990 to 1995, he was with the University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, USA. From 1995 to 2007, he was with Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, USA, where he held the Jean Newell Distinguished Professorship in Engineering. From January 1999 to August 2016 he was an adjunct Prof at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. In 2017, Dr. Pillay was appointed as Honorary Professor at the University of Cape Town, S.A. Dr. Pillay is a member of the IEEE Power Engineering, IEEE Industry Applications, IEEE Industrial Electronics, and IEEE Power Electronics Societies. He is a member of the Electric Machines Committee and the Past Chairman of the Industrial Drives Committee of the IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS), the Past Chairman of the Induction Machinery Subcommittee of the IEEE Power Engineering Society, and the Past Chairman of the Awards Committee of the IAS Industrial Power Conversion Department. He has organized and taught short courses in electric drives at IAS Annual Meetings as well as to the Government of South Africa. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, U.K., and a Chartered Electrical Engineer in the U.K. He is also a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa and a registered Professional Engineer in Ontario. Dr. Pillay is the recipient of the Order of Mapungubwe from the President of South Africa in 2008 for contributions to South Africa in the area of energy conversion. He is also the recipient of the 2015 IEEE IAS Outstanding Achievement Award. He was also a distinguished lecturer of the IEEE Industry Applications Society in 2012/2013. In 2015 he was the General co-Chair of the Energy Conversion Conference and Exposition, which is the largest and most important conference in his area of electric machines. Professor Pillay has published more than 160 articles in refereed journals and around 280 technical papers in major conferences and meetings in North America and other international conferences. Professor Pillay's Research Group Members Photo taken on Friday, 18 MAY 2018
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	Dr. Luiz A. C. Lopes Ph.D., ing., SMIEEE Professor
	Office:	SGW-EV05.407
	Telephone:	(514) 848-2424 Ext. 3080
	FAX:	(514) 848-2802
	E-Mail:	lalopes@encs.concordia.ca
	Website	http://explore.concordia.ca/luiz-ac-lopes
Research Interests:
Distributed power systems Renewable energy sources			Microgrids Islanding detection schemes Control of power electronic converters
Biography: Professor Lopes received the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil, in 1989, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, in 1996. From 1996 to 2001, he was an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Federal University of Para, Belem, Brazil. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montréal, where he has been since 2002.
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	Dr. Akshay Kumar Rathore Ph.D., SMIEEE Associate Professor
	Office:	SGW-EV05.159
	Telephone:	(514) 848-2424 Ext. 4486
	FAX:	(514) 848-2802
	E-Mail:	akshay.rathore@concordia.ca
	Website	http://explore.concordia.ca/akshay-kumar-rathore
Research Interests:
Soft-Switching Techniques for High Frequency Link Power Converters Resonant Converters			Utility Interactive Inverters for Renewable Energy Applications High Power Industrial AC Drives and Multilevel Inverters
Biography: Dr. Rathore received his master’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India, in 2003, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, in 2008. He had two subsequent post-doctoral research appointments with the University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany, and the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. He was an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, since November 2010 and since March 2016 he is an Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. He has authored over 265 research papers in international journals and Conferences including 90 IEEE Transactions. He has 1 European Patent on Optimal Pulse Width Modulation of Multilevel Inverters. He has co-authored two book chapters. He successfully supervised 9 PhDs and 10 MASc theses. Dr. Rathore is a recipient of the 2020 IEEE Bimal Bose Award for Industrial Electronics Applications in Energy Systems, 2020 IEEE IAS Outstanding Area Chair Award, 2017 IEEE David Irwin Early Career Award, 2014 Isao Takahashi Power Electronics Award and 2013 IEEE IAS Andrew W. Smith Outstanding Young Member Award. He was a recipient of the University Ph.D. Full Fellowship and the Thouvenelle Graduate Scholarship during his PhD studies. He received the Gold Medal for securing the highest academic standing among all electrical engineering specializations in Master's degree. He chaired IAS Industrial automation and Control Committee (2018-19), IES Technical Committee on Transportation Electrification (2014-15), and served as IES AdCom Member with voting rights (2016-17), IAS Distinguished Lecturer (2017-18), and IAS Executive Board Member-at-Large (2017-19). He is currently IAS Awards Department Chair, IAS Prominet Lecturer (2019-21), and IES Publication Committee Member (2016-). He is currently an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications and an Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy.
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	Dr. Chunyan Lai Ph.D., MIEEE Assistant Professor
	Office:	GW-EV05.401
	Telephone:	(514) 848-2424 Ext. 5279
	FAX:	(514) 848-2802
	E-Mail:	clai@encs.concordia.ca
	Website
Research Interests:
Electric Motor Drives Electric Machine Modeling, Control and Testing			Grid-connected Power Converters
Biography: Dr. Lai received the Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Sun Yat-sen University, China, in 2010, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Windsor, Canada, in 2017. Between 2010 and 2013, she spent two and a half years in the industry. She worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow for one year at the University of Windsor after she received her Ph.D. degree. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the Concordia University, Montréal, Canada. Back to Top

Research associateS, Postdoctoral fellows

collaborators

	Dr. Maher Al-Badri Ph.D., P.Eng., SMIEEE
	Office:	SGW-EV S3.625
	Telephone:	(514) 848-2424 Ex. 7087
	FAX:	(514) 848-2802
	E-Mail:	ma_albad@encs.concordia.ca
	Supervisor:	Dr. Pragasen Pillay
Research Interests:
Electrical Machines and Drives Power Electronics			Renewable Energy Systems Power System Analysis
Biography: Dr. Al-Badri received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Concordia University, Montréal, Canada in 2015. He is currently a Research Associate in PEER group and Part-Time Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Dr. Al-Badri is IEEE Senior Member, Member of the IEEE Industry Applications Society, Member of the IEEE Power Engineering Society, Member of the IEEE IAS Electric Machines Committee, Member of the IEEE PES Electric Machinery Committee, Registered Canadian Professional Engineer (Ontario) and Member of The Canadian Standards Association (CSA). Back to Top

	Dr. Mathews Boby Ph.D., MIEEE
	Office:	GW-EV S3.625
	Telephone:	(514) 848-2424 Ext. 7070
	FAX:	(514) 848-2802
	E-Mail:	mathews@encs.concordia.ca
	Supervisor:	Dr. Pragasen Pillay
Research Interests:
Power Electronics Induction Motor Drives			Multilevel Voltage Source Inverters Solar Grid Connected Inverters
Biography: Dr. Boby received his B.Tech. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering in 2010 from Mar Athanasius College of Engineering, Kothamangalam, India and the M.Tech. degree in Electronics Design and Technology in 2014 and Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India in 2017. He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in PEER group in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Back to Top

	Dr. Cyusa S. Christophe Ph.D., MIEEE, MIEEJ
	Office:	GW-EV05.181
	Telephone:	(514) 848-2424 Ext. 4489
	FAX:	(514) 848-2802
	E-Mail:	ccyusa@encs.concordia.ca
	Supervisor:	Dr. Pragasen Pillay
Research Interests:
Electrical Machines Designs Mechatronics			Electrical Drives & Motion Control EV and Renewable Energies
Biography: Dr. CYUSA S. Christophe was born on Nov. 08, 1982, in Kigali, Rwanda. He received the BSc.Eng. in Electrical Power Engineering from University of Rwanda in 2007; MSc.Eng. in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Oklahoma Christian University (OK, USA) in 2011, and Ph.D in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Yokohama National University (JAPAN) in 2018. Since 2009, he has been on the Academic Staff with the College of Science and Technology, University of Rwanda. Dr. Cyusa was a recipient of the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition 2016 Best Paper Award and the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ) Industry Applications Society (IAS) SAMCON 2017 Excellent Presentation Award. From Apr. 2018 to Oct. 2018, he was working as Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Yokohama National University. From Nov. 2018, he is a Postdoctoral Fellow in PEER Group, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Concordia University (Montreal, QC, CANADA). Back to Top

GRADUATE STUDENTS (Ph.D.)

	Luccas Matiuzzi Kunzler
	Research Topic:	Power Balance Technique for Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Cells in a Hybrid Power Amplifier with Wide Output Voltage Variation
	Supervisor:	Dr. Luiz Lopes
	Office:	SGW-EV S3.615
	Telephone:	(514) 848-2424 Ext. 7088
	E-Mail:	l_kunzle@encs.concordia.ca
	Start Date:	MAY 2016
	Expected Graduation:	MAY 2020
Research Interests: Power Electronics; Multilevel Converters; Hybrid Power Amplifier
Biography: Luccas Matiuzzi Kunzler received his Bachelor and Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering at Federal University of Santa Maria - Brazil. Currently he is a PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Luiz Lopes at Concordia University , Montréal, Canada.
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	Gabriel Renan Broday
	Research Topic:	Analysis, Design and Control of Bidirectional DC-DC Converters for Microgrids and Energy Storage Systems Applications
	Supervisor:	Dr. Luiz Lopes
	Office:	SGW-EV S3.615
	Telephone:	(514) 848-2424 Ext. 7088
	E-Mail:	g_broday@encs.concordia.ca
	Start Date:	JAN 2017
	Expected Graduation:	JAN 2021
Research Interests: Power Converters; Energy Storage Systems; Microgrids; Renewable Energy Sources
Biography: Gabriel Renan Broday was born in Ponta Grossa, Brazil, in 1992. He received the B. S. degree in Electronics Engineering, and the M. S. degree in Electrical Engineering, both from the Federal University of Technology of Parana, Ponta Grossa, Brazil, in 2014 and 2016, respectively. He is currently working towards the PhD degree in Electrical Engineering at Concordia University, Montréal, Canada.
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	Dwaipayan Barman
	Research Topic:
	Supervisor:	Dr. Pragasen Pillay
	Office:	SGW-EV S3.306
	Telephone:	(514) 848-2424 Ext. 4126
	E-Mail:	d_barman@encs.concordia.ca
	Start Date:	SEP 2017
	Expected Graduation:	AUG 2020
Research Interests: Design of Electrical Machines for Electrical Vehicle and Renewable Energy Applications
Biography: Dwaipayan Barman has received B. E. degree from Jadavpur University, India in 2011 and M. Tech. degree from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India in 2013 both in electrical engineering. Currently He is a PhD student in the department of Electrical and Computer engineering at Concordia University, Montréal, Canada. He was a research associate from December 2013 to July 2017 at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India.
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	Bigyan Basnet
	Research Topic:	Modelling Analysis and Control of Variable Flux Machine
	Supervisor:	Dr. Pragasen Pillay
	Office:	SGW-EV S3.645
	Telephone:	(514) 848-2424 Ext. 7089
	E-Mail:	b_basnet@encs.concordia.ca
	Start Date:	JAN 2018
	Expected Graduation:	AUG 2021
Research Interests: Electric Drives; Real-time simulations
Biography: Bigyan Basnet received his bachelor’s degree from Tribhuvan University, Nepal in 2013 and Master’s degree from Ulsan University, South Korea in 2017, both in Electrical Engineering. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada.
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	Rama Krishna N. V.
	Research Topic:	Power conversion topologies-modulation-control
	Supervisor:	Dr. Luiz Lopes
	Office:	SGW-EV S3.645
	Telephone:	(514) 848-2424 Ext. 7089
	E-Mail:	r_vaddip@encs.concordia.ca
	Start Date:	JAN 2018
	Expected Graduation:	NOV 2021
Research Interests: Power conversion topologies-modulation-control, energy systems, real-time control, Nonlinear control and multi-agent control.
Biography: Mr. Rama received B.E degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India, in 2009, and the M.Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering with specialization in Power & Control from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, in 2011. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. He joined as Technologist (Automation) in Tata Steel Limited, India in 2011 and left as Manager(Electrical Maintenance) in 2017. He has built expertise in Purdue hierarchy of automation. He worked extensively in process control & instrumentation, plant digitization, industrial safety, Power system switch-gear(LV & MV), PLC (Siemens, Honeywell and Allen Bradley), DCS (Siemens and Honeywell), GE iFix SCADA, Bosch Rexroth MAC8 gimbal control system and motor drives.
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	Swati Tandon
	Research Topic:
	Supervisor:	Dr. Akshay Kumar Rathore
	Office:	SGW-EV S3.306
	Telephone:	(514) 848-2424 Ext. 4126
	E-Mail:	s_tando@encs.concordia.ca
	Start Date:	JAN 2018
	Expected Graduation:	APL 2021
Research Interests: Soft switching converters, Current fed converters, Electric vehicle/FCV application
Biography: Swati Tandon received her bachelor’s degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Uttarakhand Tech. University, Dehradun, India in 2011 and master’s degree from the Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India in 2013. She has worked as Assistant Manager-Design and development center, Electrical & Automation Division, Larsen & Toubro limited, Mumbai, India. Swati is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Canada under the supervision of Prof. Akshay Kumar Rathore.
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	Tamanwe Payarou
	Research Topic:	Emulation of Permanent Magnet Machines using FEA Look-up Table Based Machine Models
	Supervisor:	Dr. Pragasen Pillay
	Office:	SGW-EV S3.645
	Telephone:	(514) 848-2424 Ext. 7089
	E-Mail:	t_payaro@encs.concordia.ca
	Start Date:	SEP 2018
	Expected Graduation:	AUG 2021
Research Interests: Power Electronics Converters; Renewable Energy Sources and Systems; Electrical Transportation Systems
Biography: Tamanwè Payarou received the Bachelor’s degree in electrical and electronics engineering department from the University of Dokuz Eylul, Izmir, Turkey, in 2016 and the Master's degree from Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada, in 2018 in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada. Tamanwè is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia, under the supervision of Prof. Pragasen Pillay. He is a recipient of the Concordia Merit Scholarship ENCS for his Master’s program. He is also the recipient of the Concordia University International Award of Excellence for his ongoing Ph.D.
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	Yupeng Liu
	Research Topic:	Electric Machine Emulation
	Supervisor:	Dr. Pragasen Pillay
	Office:	SGW-EV S3.645
	Telephone:	(514) 848-2424 Ext. 7089
	E-Mail:	l_yupen@encs.concordia.ca
	Start Date:	SEP 2018
	Expected Graduation:	AUG 2021
Research Interests: Power Electronics; Solid-State Transformer; Microgrid Power management
Biography: Yupeng Liu received his Bachelor and Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering at China Agricultural University, China, in 2015 and 2017. From 2017 to 2018 he spent one year in the industry. He is currently working towards the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada.
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	Gayathri Tanuku
	Research Topic:	Emulation of Induction Machines
	Supervisor:	Dr. Pragasen Pillay
	Office:	SGW-EV S3.615
	Telephone:	(514) 848-2424 Ext. 7088
	E-Mail:	g_tanuku@encs.concordia.ca
	Start Date:	SEP 2018
	Expected Graduation:	AUG 2021
Research Interests: Electrical Machines, Renewable Energy Sources, Micro grid, Smart grid
Biography: Gayatri Tanuku received her bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India 2009 and Master’s degree in Power System Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India in 2013. She worked as a Ratified Assistant professor in Veltech University, Chennai, India. Gayathri T is currently pursuing PhD in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Concordia University under the supervision of Prof. Pragasen Pillay. She is currently the recipient of Concordia International tuition award of excellence ENCS.
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	Sumeet Singh
	Research Topic:	Design of Permanent Magnet Traction Motor Using Advanced Magnetic Materials
	Supervisor:	Dr. Pragasen Pillay
	Office:	SGW-EV S3.615
	Telephone:	(514) 848-2424 Ext. 7088
	E-Mail:	s_sume@encs.concordia.ca
	Start Date:	SEP 2018
	Expected Graduation:	AUG 2021
Research Interests: Power Electronics; Electrical Machines and Drives; Renewable Energy Sources
Biography: Sumeet Singh received his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering department from BEC, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India in 2014 and the Master's degree in Power Electronics from Manipal University Jaipur, Rajasthan, India in 2016. He has worked as a Project Research Associate at IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India from August 2016 to May, 2018. Sumeet is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada under the supervision of Prof. Pragasen Pillay. He is a recipient of the Concordia University International Award of Excellence ENCS for his ongoing Ph.D.
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	Shiva Garaei
	Research Topic:
	Supervisor:	Dr. Chunyan Lai
	Office:	SGW-EV S3.306
	Telephone:	(514) 848-2424 Ext. 4126
	E-Mail:	s_garaei@encs.concordia.ca
	Start Date:	MAY 2019
	Expected Graduation:	JAN 2023
Research Interests: Electrical Machines and Drives; Modeling and Optimization of Electric Vehicles
Biography: Shiva Garaei received her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Shiraz University of technology, Shiraz, Iran in 2011 and master’s degree from the University of Tabriz, Tabriz , Iran in 2015. She is pursuing the Ph. D. degree in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Concordia University under the supervision of Dr. Chunyan Lai.
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	Mohanraj Muthusamy
	Research Topic:	Core Loss and Machine Design
	Supervisor:	Dr. Pragasen Pillay
	Office:	SGW-EV S3.645
	Telephone:	(514) 848-2424 Ext. 7089
	E-Mail:	m_mohanr@encs.concordia.ca
	Start Date:	SEP 2019
	Expected Graduation:	AUG 2023
Research Interests: Design, Analysis, and Fabrication of Electrical Machines.
Biography: Mohanraj has received his Bachelors degree in Anna University in 2012, and M.Tech Degree from Karunya University in 2014, Coimbatore. He worked as a Lecturer at VSB College of Engineering and as a Junior Research Fellow at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore. Mohanraj is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
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	Arvind Vyas Ramanan
	Research Topic:	Permanent magnet Motor design
	Supervisor:	Dr. Pragasen Pillay
	Office:	SGW-EV S3.615
	Telephone:	(514) 848-2424 Ext. 7089
	E-Mail:	r_arvind@encs.concordia.ca
	Start Date:	SEP 2019
	Expected Graduation:	AUG 2023
Research Interests: Future propulsion systems (motors, drives, power electronics, alternative energy sources)
Biography: Arvind Vyas Ramanan his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and electronics engineering from Anna University, Chennai India in 2006. He worked in L&T India for almost 4 years. He completed Masters in Applied Science at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada in 2013. Worked in MDA Corporation, Montreal, Canada for almost 4 years. Will be pursuing his Ph.D. in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
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	Ying Zuo
	Research Topic:
	Supervisor:	Dr. Chunyan Lai
	Office:	SGW-EV S3.306
	Telephone:	(514) 848-2424 Ext. 4126
	E-Mail:	zu_ying@encs.concordia.ca
	Start Date:	SEP 2019
	Expected Graduation:	AUG 2023
Research Interests: Electric machine model; Intelligent motor drive control
Biography: Ying Zuo received her bachelor’s degree in detection, guidance and control technology from Northwestern Polytechnical University, China in 2018 and master’s degree in electronic engineering from Institut national des sciences appliquées de Lyon, France in 2019. She is pursuing her Ph. D. degree in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Concordia University, Canada under the supervision of Dr. Chunyan Lai.
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	Benoit Blanchard St-Jacques
	Research Topic:	Permanent magnets Machine design
	Supervisor:	Dr. Pragasen Pillay
	Office:	SGW-EV
	Telephone:	(514) 848-2424 Ext.
	E-Mail:	b_blanc@encs.concordia.ca
	Start Date:	JAN 2020
	Expected Graduation:	MAR 2023
Research Interests: Motors, power electronics, high density systems
Biography: Benoit Blanchard St-Jacques had his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical engineering from Sherbrooke University, Canada in 2008 and Masters in Engineering at École de Technologie Supérieure in 2010. He worked as a power electronics designer at Dana TM4 for 10 years. He will be pursuing his Ph.D. degree in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
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	Seyedeh Nazanin Afrasiabi
	Research Topic:	Investigations of LC Filter in an Inverter-Fed Permanent Magnet Motor Drives
	Supervisor:	Dr. Chunyan Lai
	Office:	SGW-EV S3.615
	Telephone:	(514) 848-2424 Ext. 7088
	E-Mail:	n_afrasi@encs.concordia.ca
	Start Date:	SEP 2020
	Expected Graduation:	MAR 2023
Research Interests: Motor Control; Electric Machines and Drives
Biography: Nazanin received her Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and her Master's degree in Mechatronics Engineering from Tehran University and the Master's degree from Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada, in 2020 in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada.She is currently working towards the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering at Concordia University.
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	Neetusha Kalarikkal
	Research Topic:
	Supervisor:	Dr. Pragasen Pillay
	Office:	SGW-EV S3.615
	Telephone:	(514) 848-2424 Ext.
	E-Mail:
	Start Date:	JAN 2021
	Expected Graduation:	APR 2024
Research Interests: Design and Control of Power Electronics Converters
Biography: Neetusha Kalarikkal received her Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from National Institute of Technology Calicut, India in the year 2013. She received her master's degree in Electronics Systems Engineering from Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India in 2016. She worked in General Electric as an Edison Engineer from 2016 to 2018. Presently she is pursuing PhD in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada under Prof. Pragasen Pillay. She is a recipient of Concordia University Gina Cody Scholarship for her ongoing PhD.
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GRADUATE STUDENTS (M.A.Sc.)

	Ronak Nemade
	Research Topic:	Multilevel Power Converters
	Supervisor:	Dr. Akshay Kumar Rathore
	Office:	FG 1100.10
	Telephone:	(514) 848-2424
	E-Mail:	r_nemade@encs.concordia.ca
	Start Date:	JAN 2018
	Expected Graduation:	DEC 2021
Research Interests: Power Electronics Converters; Modulation Techniques; Electrical Machine & Drives; Power-Hardware-In-the-Loop Simulations; Real-time Simulations
Biography: Ronak Nemade received his B.E. in Power Electronics from Gujarat Technological University, Gujarat, India, in 2013 and his M.Tech. in Power Electronics & Drives from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India in 2016. He is presently working towards a second MSc. degree in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Concordia University under the supervision of Prof. Akshay Rathore. He was working with Industrial Electronics group, Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Pilani, Rajasthan, India from Sept-2016 to Feb-2017. From Feb-2017 to Dec-2017 he worked as Senior Design Engineer - Power Electronics with The TATA Power Company Limited - Strategic Engineering Division. He is recipient of Concordia University International Tuition Award of Excellence ENCS and Concordia University Graduate Fellowship Award.
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	Ashutosh Patel
	Research Topic:	Winding Modeling Techniques for Electrical Stress Analysis in VSI-Fed Traction Electric Machines
	Supervisor:	Dr. Chunyan Lai
	Office:	SGW-H 943
	Telephone:	(514) 848-2424 Ext.
	E-Mail:	as_at@encs.concordia.ca
	Start Date:	SEP 2017
	Expected Graduation:	AUG 2020
Research Interests: Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and drives, Electric machine design, Electric vehicles.
Biography: Ashutosh Patel received his B.E in electrical engineering from L.D.R.P – Institute of Technology and Research. Currently Ashutosh Patel is pursuing his MASc degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Concordia University, Canada under the supervision of Prof. Chunyan Lai.
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	Yang Luo
	Research Topic:
	Supervisor:	Dr. Chunyan Lai & Dr. Pragasen Pillay
	Office:	SGW- S3.615
	Telephone:	(514) 848-2424 Ext. 7088
	E-Mail:	y_uo2018@encs.concordia.ca
	Start Date:	MAR 2019
	Expected Graduation:	MAR 2021
Research Interests: Electric Motor Drives, Power Electronics
Biography: Yang received her Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Wuhan University, China. Currently, she is pursuing her MASc degree under the supervision of both Dr.Chunyan Lai and Dr.Pragasen Pillay in Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Concordia University, Canada. She is the recipient of Concordia University Split Merit Scholarship.
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	Sukanya Dutta
	Research Topic:	Analysis and Design of High-Frequency Soft Switching High Gain DC-DC Converter
	Supervisor:	Dr. Akshay Kumar Rathore
	Office:	SGW-H943
	Telephone:	(514) 848-2424 Ext.
	E-Mail:	su_dutta@encs.concordia.ca
	Start Date:	SEP 2019
	Expected Graduation:	Aug 2021
Research Interests: DC-DC Converters, EV Battery Charging, Power Electronics Application in Power Systems
Biography: Sukanya Dutta received her B.Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneswar, India in 2019. Currently, she is pursuing her Master of Applied Science (MASc) degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada under the supervision of Prof. Akshay Kumar Rathore.
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	Jingdi Wang
	Research Topic:
	Supervisor:	Dr. Luiz Lopes and Dr. Ursula Eicker
	Office:	SGW-H 943
	Telephone:	(514) 848-2424 Ext. 5671
	E-Mail:	w_jingdi@encs.concordia.ca
	Start Date:	SEP 2018
	Expected Graduation:	AUG 2021
Research Interests: Power Electronics, DC Nanogrid
Biography: Jingdi Wang received her bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Communication University of China, China. She is pursuing her MASc degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Concordia University, Canada under the supervision of both Dr. Luiz Lopes and Dr. Ursula Eicker.
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	Qiong Wang
	Research Topic:
	Supervisor:	Dr. Luiz Lopes
	Office:	SGW-EV S3.645
	Telephone:	(514) 848-2424 Ext. 5671
	E-Mail:	w_qion@encs.concordia.ca
	Start Date:	SEP 2019
	Expected Graduation:	AUG 2021
Research Interests: Power electronics, Renewable energy sources, Microgrids
Biography: Qiong Wang received her bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Nanjing Forestry University, China. She is pursuing her MASc degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Concordia University, Canada under the supervision of Dr. Luiz Lopes.
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1.	Dr. Rajendra Thike	Spécialiste en modélisation et simulation électrique, Opal-RT, Montreal, QC, Canada
2.	Dr. Vakacharla Venkata Ratnam	Looking for Engineering work
3.	Mr. Abhinandan Dixit	Junior Design Engineer · ‎GaN Systems Inc. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
4.	Mr. Karan M. Pande	Channel Sales Engineer at Power Integrations, Montreal, QC, Canada
5.	Ms. Koyelia Khatun	Looking for Engineering work
6.	Mr. Jaydeep Bhalala	Electrical Design Engineer, Noreast Electronics, Hawkesbury, ON, Canada
7.	Dr. Sivanagaraju Gangavarapu	Charger Engineer, Taiga Motors, Montreal, QC, Canada
8.	Mr. Aditya Kumar Bhatt	Looking for Engineering work
9.	Dr. Amitkumar Kortagere Sashidhar	Specialist in Simulations and PHIL, Opal-RT, Montreal, QC, Canada
10.	Mr. Muhammad Ali Akbar	Design Engineer and Testing Engineer at AVSS - Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions Inc. Ontario, Canada
11.	Mr. Vincent Prévost	Candidate for Engineering Profession at Pageau Morel, Montreal, QC, Canada
12.	Dr. Mahmud Ghasemi Bijan	Electrical Engineer at ElectroMagneticWorks, Montreal, QC, Canada
13.	Ms. Manisha Verma	Electronics Design Engineer at Ossiaco, Montreal, QC, Canada
14.	Dr. Hemanth Kumar Tanneru	Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
15.	Ms.Karin Rezende Feistel	Embedded Hardware Engineer at unu, Berlin
16.	Dr. Chirag Desai	Test and Support Engineer for Bombardier Transportaion at Expleo Canada
17.	Mr. Zaid Hamed Zaid	Looking for Engineering work
18.	Mr. Saroosh Saeed	Technical Support Specialist - DAS, SCADA, Renewable Energy, Cloud at Power Factors, Montreal,Canada
19.	Dr. Mohammad Masadeh	Research Associate, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada
20.	Dr. Seyede Sara Maroufian	Electric Motor Design Engineer, TM4, Boucherville, Québec, Canada
21.	Dr. Khalid Elamari	Working in Lybia
22.	Dr. Ahmad Malkawi	Assistant Professor at the University of Jordan, School of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, Amman, Jordan
25.	Dr. Akrem Mohamed Aljehaimi	Assistant Professor at Misurata University, Libya
24.	Dr. Amirmasoud Takbash	Electric Motor Design Engineer at Genesis Robotics, Langley, BC, Canada
25.	Dr. Mohammadhosssein Ashourianjozdani	Electrical Engineer at EMTP-RV, Powersys, Montréal, Québec, Canada
26.	Mr. Mohamed Ismail Omer	Technical Presales Engineer at Maya HTT, Montréal, QC
27.	Mr. Mohammadhossein Afshin	Electrical Engineer Intern, GE, Canada
28	Mr. Avinash Sharma	Looking for Engineering Job
29.	Mr. Deepak Chetia	Member, Technical Staff I (Power Engineer), MDA Corporation, Canada
30.	Mr. Ahmed Kotb Abdalla	Junior Electrical Designer at Murata Power Solutions, Markham, Ontario, Canada
31.	Dr. Suvendu Samanta	Postdoctoral Fellow, North Carolina State University, NC, USA
34.	Mr. Joseph Woods	Past Technician, Retired
33.	Dr. R. Sudharshan Kaarthik	Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, India
34.	Mr. Ashutoshkumar Choubey	Power Electronics Engineer at MDA Corporation
35.	Ms. Samhita Dey	Technical Support, GEXEL, Montréal, Québec, Canada
36.	Ms. Nazli Kalantari	Power Electronics Designer, EMD Technologies, Canada
37.	Ms. Nina Naghizadeh	Algorithm Design Development Engineer at General Motors, ON, Canada
38.	Dr. Jemimah C. Akiror	Maintenance Manager, Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL), Uganda
39.	Dr. Ayman Al-Quraan	Assistant Professor, Yarmook University, Jordan
40.	Dr. John Wanjiku	Low-frequency Electromagnetics Product Specialist, Mechanical Analysis Division, Mentor Infolytica, a Siemens Business, Montréal, Canada (formerly Infolytica Corporation)
41.	Mr. Hesam Akbarian	Advanced Electrical Specialist at Contiental Automotive, Canada
42.	Dr. Jonathan Maisonneuve	Assistant Professor, Oakland University, USA
43.	Dr. Maher Al-Badri	Research Associate and Part-Time Professor, Concordia University, Canada
44.	Dr. Abhijit Choudhury	Researcher, Experimental Power Grid Centre, Singapore
45.	Mr. Harjot Singh Saini	ABB Inc., USA
46.	Mr. Tasneem Rumman Huq	Controls Development Engineer at General Motors, Canada
47.	Mr. Maninder Singh	OPAL-RT TECHNOLOGIES, Canada
48.	Dr. Lesedi Masisi	Senior Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, SA
49.	Dr. Nathan Curry	Director of Business Development for Isolated Habitats, Terragon, Canada
50.	Dr. S. Morteza Taghavi	Electric Motor Design Engineer, Persimmon Technologies Corporation, Wakefield, MA USA
51.	Dr. Maged Ibrahim	Postdoctoral Fellow, National Research Council Canada - CNRC-NRC, Boucherville, Québec, Canada
52.	Ms. Nazak Soleimanpour	Ph.D student at École Polytechnique de Montréal
53.	Dr. Sheldon Williamson	Past Faculty, currently Associate Professor at University of Ontario, Institute of Technology
54.	Dr. Florence Berthold	Famic Technologies, Canada
55.	Mr. Arvind Vyas Ramanan	MDA Corporation, Canada
56.	Mr. Ebrahim S. Dehaghani	Building Electrical and Life Safety Syatems Inspector at Troy Life and Fire Safety Ltd.
57.	Mr. Tochukwu Louis Oranugo	Group Manager, Maintenance at Labatt Brewing Company Limited
58.	Dr. Miguel Torres	Assistant Professor at Universidad de O'Higgins
59.	Mr. Sean Smithson	MacDonald Dettwiler & Assoc., Canada
60.	Mr. Kang Chang	Electrical Engineer, Mentor Graphics Canada, a Siemens Business
61.	Dr. Nayeem Ninad	Researcher at CanmetENERGY, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
62.	Dr. Olivare Dzune Mipoung	Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University, USA
63.	Ms. Lekha Sejpal	ABB, Canada
64.	Dr. Rachel Namuli	Consultant Engineer, Uganda
65.	Dr. Natheer Alatawneh	Hardware Designer at Cysca Technologies Inc., Montréal, Québec, Canada
66.	Dr. Arbi Gharakhani Siraki	Hyperloop One, USA
67.	Mr. Arash Shafiei	Electrical Designer at Mobile Climate Control
68.	Dr. Maged Barsom	Technical Support Specialist at Rockwell Automation
69.	Mr. Mohammad Sharafat	Junior Electrical Engineer at SES Engineering
70.	Mr. Moustafa Dalal Bachi	Sr. Electrical Advisor at Enbridge Pipelines, Canada
71.	Mr. Abdul Adud Shikder	Private Business, Canada
72.	Dr. Reinaldo Tonkoski	Associate Professor, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA
73.	Dr. Youcef Berrouche	Energy Consultant at Mondevert, Canada
74.	Dr. Zahra Amjadi	Visiting Assistant Professor, Florida Polytechnic University, Lakeland, FL, USA
75.	Mr. Peng Zang	Avionic Engineer, Cabin Engineer at Air Canada
76.	Mr. Giampaolo Carli	Power Electronics Designer at EMD Technologies - Heico Corporation, Canada
77.	Mr. Pablo Cassani	Hardware and Firmware Developper at Genetec, Canada
78.	Mr. Xin Li	SNC-Lavalin Rail & Transit (formerly Interfleet), Canada
79.	Ms. Di Wu	Senior Engineer at Lea+Elliott, Inc., USA

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updated November. 2020

Design Engineer and Testing Engineer at AVSS - Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions Inc. Ontario, Canada