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POWER ELECTRONICS AND ENERGY RESEARCH GROUP (PEER)

 
People
 

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
Dr. Mohammad Masadeh
Dr. Chirag Desai
   

GRADUATE STUDENTS (Ph.D.)

1.

Mahmud Ghasemi Bijan

2.

Luccas Matiuzzi Kunzler

3.

 Amitkumar Kortagere Sashidhar

4.

Sivanagaraju Gangavarapu

5.

Rajendra Thike

6.

Vakacharla Venkata Ratnam

7.

Gabriel Renan Broday

8.

Dwaipayan Barman

9.

Bigyan Basnet

10.

Rama Krishna N. V. 

11.

Ronak Nemade 

12.

 Swati Tandon 

13.

 Tamanwè Payarou

14.

 Yupeng Liu 

15.

 Gayathri Tanuku

16.

 Sumeet Singh
17. Shiva Garaei    

GRADUATE STUDENTS (M.A.Sc)

1.

Vincent Prévost 

2.

Manisha Verma

3.

Muhammad Ali Akbar

4.

Aditya Kumar Bhatt

5.

Jaydeep Bhalala

6.

Seyedeh Nazanin Afrasiabi

7.

 Koyelia Khatun

8.

 Karan M. Pande
9. Abhinandan Dixit 10. Ashutosh Patel
11. Yang Luo    

 

FACULTY MEMBERS
 

Dr. Pillay

 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
PEER-18-MAY-2018.

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Dr. Lopes

 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

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  • 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. Rathore

 Dr. Akshay Kumar Rathore
Ph.D., SMIEEE
Associate Professor
Office: SGW-EV05.245
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 4486
FAX: (514) 848-2802
E-Mail: arathore@encs.concordia.ca
Website http://explore.concordia.ca/akshay-kumar-rathore
Research Interests:

  • Soft-Switching Techniques for High Frequency Link Power Converters

  • Resonant Converters

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  • Utility Interactive Inverters for Renewable Energy Applications

  • High Power Industrial AC Drives and Multilevel Inverters

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Biography:

Dr. Rathore received the master’s degree from the Indian Institute of technology (BHU), 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 has been an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, since 2010. He has been actively involved in research on novel and innovative current-fed topologies and modulation techniques. He has authored over 180 research papers in international journals and Conferences including 60 IEEE Transactions. He has 1 European Patent on Optimal Pulse Width Modulation of Multilevel Inverters.
Dr. Rathore is a recipient of the 2017 IEEE IES early career Award, a winner and was a recipient of the 2013 IEEE IAS Andrew W. Smith Outstanding Young Member Award and the 2014 Isao Takahashi Power Electronics Award. He was also a recipient of the University Ph.D. Fellowship and the Thouvenelle Graduate Scholarship. He also received the Gold Medal for securing highest academic standing.
He is currently an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, the IEEE Journal of Emerging Selected Topics in Power Electronics, the IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, and IET Power Electronics, and an Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy.
He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montréal.

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Chunyan

 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

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  • Grid-connected Power Converters

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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.

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Research associateS, Postdoctoral fellows

&

collaborators

Al-Badri 

 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 

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  • Renewable Energy Systems

  • Power System Analysis 

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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).

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Mathews

 Dr. Mathews Boby
 Ph.D., MIEEE
Office: GW-EV05.625      
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 7087
FAX: (514) 848-2802
E-Mail: mathews@encs.concordia.ca
Supervisor: Dr. Pragasen Pillay
Research Interests:

  • Power Electronics

  • Induction Motor Drives

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  • Multilevel Voltage Source Inverters

  • Solar Grid Connected Inverters

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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.

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Dr. CYUSA S. Christophe

 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

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  • Electrical Drives & Motion Control

  • EV and Renewable Energies

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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).

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Masadeh

 Mohammad Masadeh
 Ph.D., MIEEE
Office: SGW-EV S3.645      
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 7089
FAX: (514) 848-2802
E-Mail: m_masade@encs.concordia.ca
Supervisor: Dr. Pragasen Pillay
Research Interests:

  • Power Electronics

  • Electric Machines and Drives

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  • Renewable Energy Systems

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Biography:
Dr. Masadeh (MIEEE) received the B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Al-Balqa’ Applied University, Amman, Jordan in 1999, the M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan in 2003, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada in 2019.
He is currently a Research Associate in the Power Electronics and Energy Research(PEER) group in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada. He worked as a lecturer at the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Jubail Industrial College, Saudi Arabia from 2004 to 2014.

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Chirag

 Chirag Desai
 Ph.D., MIEEE
Office: SGW-EV S3.615      
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 7088
FAX: (514) 848-2802
E-Mail: c_desai@encs.concordia.ca
Supervisor: Dr. Pragasen Pillay
Research Interests:

  • Electrical Machines and Drives

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  • Energy Efficiency

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Biography:
Chirag Desai received the B.E degree in electrical engineering from South Gujarat University, Surat, Gujarat, India, in 2003, the M.A. Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada, in 2010, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada in 2019. Dr. Chirag Desai is currently  Postdoctoral Fellow, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada

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GRADUATE STUDENTS (Ph.D.)

Mahmud

 Mahmud Ghasemi Bijan
Thesis: Induction Machine Efficiency Estimation Using Evolutionary Algorithms
Supervisor: Dr. Pragasen Pillay
Office: SGW-EV S3.615
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 7088
E-Mail: m_asemib@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: JAN 2016
Expected Graduation: APL 2019
Research Interests:
Modeling, Analysis and Design of Electrical Machines; Fault Detection of Electrical Machines; Power Electronics Converter
Biography:
Mahmud Ghasemi Bijan received his B.Sc. in electrical engineering from University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran, in 2009 and his M.Sc. in electrical power engineering from the University of Tehran, Iran, in 2013. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering at Concordia University, Montréal, Canada.

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Luccas

 Luccas Matiuzzi Kunzler
Thesis: 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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Amit

 Amitkumar Kortagere Sashidhar
Thesis: Electric Machine Emulation
Supervisor: Dr. Pragasen Pillay
Office: SGW-EV S3.615
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 7088
E-Mail: a_kortag@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: SEP 2016
Expected Graduation: AUG 2019
Research Interests:
Power Converter Control; Electric Drives; Power-Hardware-In-the-Loop Simulations; Real-time Simulations
Biography:
Amitkumar K. S. received his bachelor’s degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Amrita School of Engineering, Bangalore, India in 2010 and master’s degree from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India in 2012. He has worked as an associate scientist at ABB GISL, India and as an electrical modeling and simulation specialist at OPAL-RT India.
Amitkumar 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 N. R. Khambati Memorial award for his Master’s program at the Indian Institute of Science, India. He is also the recipient of the Concordia University International Award of Excellence ENCS and a merit scholarship from the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies (FRQNT) for his ongoing Ph.D. at Concordia University , Montréal, Canada.

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Siva

 Sivanagaraju Gangavarapu
Thesis: Power supplies for More Electric Aircraft
Supervisor: Dr. Akshay Kumar Rathore
Office: SGW-EV S3.645    
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 7089
E-Mail: s_gangav@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: SEP 2016
Expected Graduation: AUG 2020
Research Interests:
Power quality; AC-DC converters; DC-DC converters; Drives and Control
Biography:
Sivanagaraju. G received his bachelor’s degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India in 2009 and master’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India in 2012. He has worked as Manager-Product development at Ashok Leyland limited, India.
Sivanagaraju. G is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia, under the supervision of Prof. Akshay Kumar Rathore. He is a recipient of the POSOCO power system award for his outstanding work in Master’s program and he is also the recipient of the Concordia University International Award of Excellence ENCS.

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Thike

 Rajendra Thike
Thesis: Online Parameter Determination of Electrical Machines
Supervisor: Dr. Pragasen Pillay
Office: SGW-EV S3.625
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 7088
E-Mail: r_thike@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: JAN 2017
Expected Graduation: AUG 2020
Research Interests:
Electrical Machine Modelling; Renewable Energy; Electric Drives; Power Electronic Converters
Biography:
Rajendra Thike received the Bachelor's degree from Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal in 2010, and the Master's degree from Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada, in 2016, all in electrical engineering. 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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Venkata

 Vakacharla Venkata Ratnam
Thesis: New Topologies for Soft Switching Current-fed Isolated DC-DC Resonant Converters for DC micro grids Applications
Supervisor: Dr. Akshay Kumar Rathore
Office: SGW-EV S3.645    
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 7089
E-Mail: v_enkat@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: JAN 2017
Expected Graduation: DEC 2019
Research Interests:
Soft Switching Converters; Current, Voltage and Impedance Fed Converters
Biography:
Vakacharla Venkata Ratnam has completed bachelors in electrical and electronics engineering from V.R.Siddhartha Engineering College,Vijayawada in 2012, Masters in Power Electronics from IIT BHU, Varanasi in 2015. Later he worked as Assistant Professor in VIEW college, Visakhapatnam from 2015-2016.Later he registered for PhD in Concordia University in 2017. He has published two journals in IEEE transactions on power electronics and Industry applications. Presented 3 papers in conference. He secured full scholarship to support his studies during PhD.

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Gabriel

 Gabriel Renan Broday
Thesis: 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

 Dwaipayan Barman
Thesis:
Supervisor: Prof. 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

 Bigyan Basnet
Thesis:
Supervisor: Prof. 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

 Rama Krishna N. V.
Thesis:
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 Electronics & Drives
Biography:
Rama Krishna N. V. received the B.E. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Andhra University, India in 2009 and graduated as topper in the department. He completed his M. Tech. in Electrical engineering with specialization in Power Electronics & Drives from IIT Kanpur, India in 2011. Post his graduation, 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 and Motor drives. He is a certified professional in Siemens PCS7 DCS. He has completed a course in Intellectual property and rights from Tata Group, India. He obtained HT license, up to 33 kV for installation and maintenance from Government of India. He has guided one undergraduate student for industrial project and developed an instrumentation lab. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree at the Concordia University, Montréal, Canada.

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Ronak

 Ronak Nemade
Thesis:
Supervisor: Dr. Akshay Kumar Rathore
Office: SGW-EV S3.306    
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 4126
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 the PhD 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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Swati

 Swati Tandon
Thesis:
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

 Tamanwe Payarou
Thesis: Emulation of Permanent Magnet Machines using FEA Look-up Table Based Machine Models
Supervisor: Prof. 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

 Yupeng Liu
Thesis:
Supervisor: Prof. Pragasen Pillay
Office: SGW-EV
Telephone: (514) 848-2424
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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Gayatri

 Gayathri Tanuku
Thesis:
Supervisor: Prof. 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

 Sumeet Singh
Thesis:
Supervisor: Prof. Pragasen Pillay
Office: SGW-EV S3.615
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 7089
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

 Shiva Garaei
Thesis:
Supervisor: Prof. 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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GRADUATE STUDENTS (M.A.S.c)
 

Vincent

 Vincent Prévost
Thesis:
Supervisor: Prof. Pragasen Pillay
Office: SGW-EV S3.306
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 4126
E-Mail: v_prevos@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: SEP 2017
Expected Graduation: SEP 2019
Research Interests:
Renewable Energy Systems; Distributed Power Systems; Power Electronics
Biography:
Vincent Prévost graduated from University of Ottawa with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering (Power and Sustainable Energy Option) in December 2016. He is currently a Master of Applied Science student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada.

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Manisha

 Manisha Verma
Thesis: Efficiency Management Using Different Bidirectional Converter Topologies
Supervisor: Dr. Akshay Kumar Rathore
Office: SGW-EV S3.306    
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 4126
E-Mail: ma_verma@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: OCT 2017
Expected Graduation: JAN 2019
Research Interests:
Electric Hybrid Vehicle; Bidirectional converter topologies; Virtual oscilloscope
Biography:
Manisha Verma received her Bachelor degree in Electrical and electronics engineering from Maharshi Dayanand University,India in 2013 . She is currently pursuing Masters in Applied science in Electrical and computer engineering at Concordia University, Montréal, Canada.

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Muhammad Ali

 Muhammad Ali Akbar
Thesis: Fuel Cell-Based Hybrid Power Supply System with Super-Capacitor / Battery Bank
Supervisor: Dr. Luiz Lopes
Office: SGW-EV S3.645
Telephone: (514)-848-2424 ext. 7089
E-Mail: mu_akba@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: OCT 2017
Expected Graduation: JUL 2019
Research Interests:
Renewable Energy Systems; Power Electronics; Fuel Cell Power Supply; DC/DC Converter
Biography:
Muhammad Ali Akbar received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Comsats Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan. He is currently pursuing a Master of Applied Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Concordia University, Montréal, Canada.

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Aditya

 Aditya Kumar Bhatt
Thesis: VSC based Converter for Reactive Power Compensation in Utility Grid
Supervisor: Dr. Akshay Kumar Rathore
Office: SGW-EV S3.645    
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 7089
E-Mail: ad_bha@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: OCT 2018
Expected Graduation: SEP 2019
Research Interests:
Hybrid Electrical Vehicles; Renewable and Sustainable Energy; Electric Drives; Power System; FACTS; Electrical Machines; Reactive Power Compensation; Soft Computing Techniques; Digital Multimedia
Biography:
Aditya Kumar Bhatt received his B.E degree, in 2012 and M.Tech. degree, in 2016 both from Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, India. He has worked with Lakshmi Narain Group of Institutions, India as research assistant and published various papers in the field of Electrical machines, Power systems and Digital Signal Processing in IEEE conferences and international journals. Currently, he is working towards MASc degree with Power Electronics and Energy Research Group (PEER), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada.

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Jaydeep

 Jaydeep Bhalala
Thesis:
Supervisor: Prof. Pragasen Pillay
Office: SGW-EV S3.645
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 7089
E-Mail: j_bhalal@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: SEP 2018
Expected Graduation: AUG 2020
Research Interests:
Power Electronics; Hybrid Electrical Vehicles; Power System; FACTS; Reactive Power Compensation
Biography:
Jaydeep Bhalala received his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering from Sarvajanik College of Engineering and Technology, Surat, India in May 2016. He is currently a Master of Applied Science student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada.

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Nazanin

 Seyedeh Nazanin Afrasiabi
Thesis:
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 2017
Expected Graduation: SEP 2019
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. She is currently working towards the M.A.Sc degree in Electrical Engineering at Concordia University.

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Koyelia

 Koyelia Khatun
Thesis: Thesis- Small signal modelling of current-fed dc-dc converter
Supervisor: Dr. Akshay Kumar Rathore
Office: SGW-EV-S3.306    
Telephone: (514)848-2424 Ext.4126
E-Mail: K_khatun@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: SEP 2018
Expected Graduation: AUG 2020
Research Interests:
Switching converter, Electric hybrid vehicle, resonant converter, High power industrial AC drives and multi-level Inverter
Biography:
Koyelia Khatun received her B.Tech degree from Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University Of Technology, Kolkata,India in 2016. She has worked as Technical Assistant nearly for 1.5 years in India. Currently Koyelia is pursuing her MASc in Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Concordia University, Canada under the supervision of Prof. Akshay Kumar Rathore.

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Karan Pande

 Karan M. Pande
Thesis:
Supervisor: Dr. Akshay Kumar Rathore
Office:      
Telephone:  
E-Mail: k_pande@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: SEP 2018
Expected Graduation: AUG 2020
Research Interests:
Hybrid Electric Vehicle, Electric Vehicle Charger Development, Electric vehicle charging facilities development and planning, Operation of charging distribution network, Construction and operation of charging facilities, Fuel cell construction and operation, Renewable Energy Sources.
Biography:
Karan Pande received his B.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (R.T.M.N.U), Nagpur, India in 2016. He was working as an Assistant Manager in India’s leading Business Consulting and market research firm “BDB India Pvt. Ltd” from August 2016 to August 2018. During his senior year in under graduation he pursued his six months internship with “SMS Infrastructure Limited” on their live project for TNEB (Tamil Nadu Electricity Board) named “R-APDRP” and one month internship with “Reliance Power” Nagpur. Currently Karan is pursuing his MASc degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Concordia University, Canada under the supervision of Prof. Akshay Kumar Rathore.

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Abhinandan Dixit

 Abhinandan Dixit
Thesis: Thesis- Design and Development E-Rickshaw Battery Charger
Supervisor: Dr. Akshay Kumar Rathore
Office: SGW-EV-S3.306    
Telephone: (514)848-2424 Ext.4126
E-Mail: A_IX@encs.concordia.ca
Start Date: SEP 2018
Expected Graduation: AUG 2020
Research Interests:
Energy Sources, Power Electronics, Solar DC Microgrid, DC/DC Converter, MPPT Control
Biography:
Abhinandan Dixit received his B.Tech degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Vellore Institute of Technology (V.I.T), Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India in August 2018. During his undergraduation he worked as a Research Assistant at University Of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada through Mitacs Globalink Research Internship Program from May 2017 to August 2017. Currently Abhinandan is pursuing his MASc degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Concordia University, Canada under the supervision of Prof. Akshay Kumar Rathore. He is the recipient of Mitacs Graduate Fellowship and Concordia University Split Merit Scholarship.

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Ashutosh_Patel

 Ashutosh Patel
Thesis:
Supervisor: Dr. Chunyan Lai
Office: SGW- S3.615    
Telephone: (514) 848-2424 Ext. 7088
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

 Yang Luo
Thesis:  
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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ALUMNI
Alumni-10-JUL-2019
1. Dr. Hemanth Kumar Tanneru Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
2. Ms.Karin Rezende Feistel Embedded Hardware Engineer at unu, Berlin
3. Dr. Chirag Desai Postdoctoral Fellow, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada
4.  Mr. Zaid Hamed Zaid Looking for Engineering work
5.  Mr. Saroosh Saeed Looking for Engineering work
6.  Dr. Mohammad Masadeh Research Associate, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada
7.  Dr. Seyede Sara Maroufian Electric Motor Design Engineer, TM4, Boucherville, Québec, Canada
8.  Dr. Khalid Elamari Working in Lybia

9. 

 Dr. Ahmad Malkawi Assistant Professor at the University of Jordan, School of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, Amman, Jordan
10.  Dr. Akrem Mohamed Aljehaimi Assistant Professor at Misurata University, Libya
11.  Dr. Amirmasoud Takbash Electric Motor Design Engineer at Genesis Robotics, Langley, BC, Canada
12.  Dr. Mohammadhosssein Ashourianjozdani Electrical Engineer at EMTP-RV, Powersys, Montréal, Québec, Canada
13.  Mr. Mohamed Ismail Omer Technical Presales Engineer at Maya HTT, Montréal, QC
14.  Mr. Mohammadhossein Afshin  Electrical Engineer Intern, GE, Canada 
15.  Mr. Avinash Sharma  Looking for Engineering Job 
16.  Mr. Deepak Chetia  Electrical Engineer Intern, MDA Corporation, Canada  
17.  Mr. Ahmed Kotb Abdalla  Electrical Engineer Intern, GE, Canada  
18.  Dr. Suvendu Samanta Postdoctoral Fellow, North Carolina State University, NC, USA
19. 

Mr. Joseph Woods

Past Technician, Retired
20.  Dr. R. Sudharshan Kaarthik Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, India
21. 

Mr. Ashutoshkumar Choubey

Power Electronics Engineer at MDA Corporation
22. 

Ms. Samhita Dey

Technical Support, GEXEL, Montréal, Québec, Canada
25. 

Ms. Nazli Kalantari

Looking for Engineering Job
24.  Ms. Nina Naghizadeh Algorithm Design Development Engineer at General Motors, ON, Canada
25. 

Dr. Jemimah C. Akiror

Maintenance Manager, Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL), Uganda
26. 

Dr. Ayman Al-Quraan

Assistant Professor, Yarmook University, Jordan
27. 

Dr. John Wanjiku

Low-frequency Electromagnetics Product Specialist, Mechanical Analysis Division, Mentor Infolytica, a Siemens Business, Montréal, Canada (formerly Infolytica Corporation)

28 

Mr. Hesam Akbarian

Advanced Electrical Specialist at Contiental Automotive, Canada
29. 

Dr. Jonathan Maisonneuve

Assistant Professor, Oakland University, USA
30. 

Dr. Maher Al-Badri

Research Associate and Part-Time Professor, Concordia University, Canada
31. 

Dr. Abhijit Choudhury

Researcher, Experimental Power Grid Centre, Singapore
34. 

Mr. Harjot Singh Saini

ABB Inc., USA
33. 

Mr. Tasneem Rumman Huq

Controls Development Engineer at General Motors, Canada
34. 

Mr. Maninder Singh

OPAL-RT TECHNOLOGIES,  Canada
35. 

Dr. Lesedi Masisi

Senior Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, SA
36. 

Dr. Nathan Curry

Director of Business Development for Isolated Habitats, Terragon, Canada
37. 

Dr. S. Morteza Taghavi

Electric Motor Design Engineer, Persimmon Technologies Corporation, Wakefield, MA USA
38. 

Dr. Maged Ibrahim

Postdoctoral Fellow, National Research Council Canada - CNRC-NRC, Boucherville, Québec, Canada
39. 

Ms. Nazak Soleimanpour

Ph.D student at École Polytechnique de Montréal
40.  Dr. Sheldon Williamson Past Faculty, currently Associate Professor at University of Ontario, Institute of Technology
41. 

Dr. Florence Berthold

Famic Technologies, Canada
42. 

Mr. Arvind Vyas Ramanan

MDA Corporation, Canada
43. 

Mr. Ebrahim S. Dehaghani

Building Electrical and Life Safety Syatems Inspector at Troy Life and Fire Safety Ltd.
44. 

Mr. Tochukwu Louis Oranugo

Group Manager, Maintenance at Labatt Brewing Company Limited
45. 

Dr. Miguel Torres

Assistant Professor at Universidad de O'Higgins
46. 

Mr. Sean Smithson

MacDonald Dettwiler & Assoc., Canada
47. 

Mr. Kang Chang

Electrical Engineer, Mentor Graphics Canada, a Siemens Business
48. 

Dr. Nayeem Ninad

Researcher at CanmetENERGY, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
49. 

Dr. Olivare Dzune Mipoung

Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University, USA
50. 

Ms. Lekha Sejpal

ABB, Canada
51. 

Dr. Rachel Namuli

Consultant Engineer, Uganda
52. 

Dr. Natheer Alatawneh

Hardware Designer at Cysca Technologies Inc., Montréal, Québec, Canada
53. 

Dr. Arbi Gharakhani Siraki

Hyperloop One, USA
54. 

Mr. Arash Shafiei

Electrical Designer at Mobile Climate Control
55. 

Dr. Maged Barsom

Technical Support Specialist at Rockwell Automation
56. 

Mr. Mohammad Sharafat

Junior Electrical Engineer at SES Engineering
57. 

Mr. Moustafa Dalal Bachi

Sr. Electrical Advisor at Enbridge Pipelines, Canada
58.

Mr. Abdul Adud Shikder

Private Business, Canada
59.

Dr. Reinaldo Tonkoski

Associate Professor, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA
60.

Dr. Youcef Berrouche

Energy Consultant at Mondevert, Canada
61.

Dr. Zahra Amjadi

Visiting Assistant Professor, Florida Polytechnic University, Lakeland, FL, USA
62.

Mr. Peng Zang

Avionic Engineer, Cabin Engineer at Air Canada
63.

Mr. Giampaolo Carli

Power Electronics Designer at EMD Technologies - Heico Corporation, Canada
64.

Mr. Pablo Cassani

Hardware and Firmware Developper at Genetec, Canada
65.

Mr. Xin Li

SNC-Lavalin Rail & Transit (formerly Interfleet), Canada
66.

Ms. Di Wu

Senior Engineer at Lea+Elliott, Inc., USA

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Mailing Address:
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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Concordia University
Sir George William Campus
SGW-EVS3.605
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Montréal (Québec) H3G 1M8
Email: peer@encs.concordia.ca

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