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Dr. Pragasen Pillay
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
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Dr. Luiz A. C. Lopes
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. |
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Dr. Akshay Kumar Rathore
Biography: Professor 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. |
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Dr. Maher Al-Badri
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). |
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Dr. Maged Ibrahim
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GRADUATE STUDENTS (Ph.D.) |
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Biography: Khalid Elamari was born in Khoms, Libya on July 15, 1980. He received the B.Sc. degree in 2003 in Electrical and Computer Engineering, power field from Al-Mergeb University, Khoms, Libya. He worked as electrical power system protection engineer in the General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL), Tripoli, Libya from 2005 to 2008. He received the M.Sc. degree in 2011 from Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is currently a Ph.D. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Concordia University. |
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Biography: Ahmad Malkawi was born in Irbid, Jordan on October 23, 1987. He received the B.Sc. degree in 2010 in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering field from Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan. He worked as electrical engineer in Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan from 2010 to 2012. He received the M.Sc. degree in industrial automation engineering from Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan in 2012. He is currently a Ph.D. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Concordia University. |
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Biography: Mohammad Masadeh (IEEE Student Member 2015) received the Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Al-Balqa’ Applied University, Amman, Jordan, in 1999, and the Master’s degree from Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan, in 2003. He worked as a lecturer at the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Jubail Industrial College, Saudi Arabia from 2004 to 2014. Currently, He is working toward the Ph.D. degree with the Power Electronics and Energy Research (PEER) Group, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada. |
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Mohammadhosssein Ashourianjozdani
Biography: Mohammadhosssein Ashourianjozdani received the B.Sc. degree from Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran, in 2008 and M. Sc (Hon.) in electrical engineering from University Technology Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia in 2011. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree at the Concordia University, Montréal, Canada. |
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Biography: Amirmasoud Takbash received the Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees both in electrical engineering, from Iran University of Science & Technology, Tehran, Iran, and University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran in 2008 and 2011, respectively. He is currently working towards the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering at Concordia University, Montreal. |
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Biography: Akrem Mohamed Aljehaimi received the bachelor’s degree from Misurata University, Misrata, Libya, in 2007, and the M.Eng. degree from Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada, in 2012. He is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering at Concordia University, Montreal. |
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Biography: Seyede Sara Maroufian received the Bachelor's and Masters degrees both in electrical engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, and KNT University of Technology, Tehran, Iran in 2010 and 2013, respectively. She is currently working towards the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering. |
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Biography:
Chirag Desai received the B.E degree in electrical engineering from
South Gujarat University, Surat, Gujarat, India, in 2003, and the M.A.
Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Concordia University,
Montréal, QC, Canada, in 2010. |
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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 his Ph.D at Concordia University. |
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Biography: Karin Rezende Feistel received her Bachelor and Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering at Federal University of Santa Maria - Brazil. Currently, she is a PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Luiz Lopes at Concordia University - Montreal. |
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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 - Montreal. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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, Montreal, QC, Canada. |
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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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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, Montreal, Canada. |
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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, Canada. He was a research associate from December 2013 to July 2017 at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India. |
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Biography: Passion for change and growth, embrace all challenges, and taking care of business. |
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Biography: Tamanwé Payarou received the Bachelor’s degree in electrical and electronics engineering department from the University of Dokuz Eylul, Izmir, Turkey, in 2016. He is currently a Master of Applied Science student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montréal (Québec), Canada. |
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Biography: Zaid Hamed M. Zaid received the B.Sc degree in 2013 in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Sirte University. He is currently working towards the M.A.Sc degree in Electrical Engineering at Concordia University. |
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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. |
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| 1. | Mr. Mohamed Ismail Omer | Looking for Engineering Job |
| 2. | Mr. Mohammadhossein Afshin | Electrical Engineer Intern, GE, Canada |
| 3. | Mr. Avinash Sharma | Looking for Engineering Job |
| 4. | Mr. Deepak Chetia | Electrical Engineer Intern, MDA Corporation, Canada |
| 5. | Mr. Ahmed Kotb Abdalla | Electrical Engineer Intern, GE, Canada |
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Dr. Suvendu Samanta | Postdoctoral Fellow, North Carolina State University, NC, USA |
| 7. |
Mr. Joseph Woods |
Past Technician, Retired |
| 8. | Dr. R. Sudharshan Kaarthik | Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, India |
| 9. |
Mr. Ashutoshkumar Choubey |
Power Electronics Engineer at MDA Corporation |
| 10. |
Ms. Samhita Dey |
Technical Support, GEXEL, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| 11. |
Ms. Nazli Kalantari |
Looking for Engineering Job |
| 12. | Ms. Nina Naghizadeh | Algorithm Design Development Engineer at General Motors, ON, Canada |
| 13. |
Dr. Jemimah C. Akiror |
Maintenance Manager, Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL), Uganda |
| 14. |
Dr. Ayman Al-Quraan |
Assistant Professor, Yarmook University, Jordan |
| 15. |
Dr. John Wanjiku |
Trainee Technical Marketing Assistant , Mentor Infolytica, A Siemens Business |
| 16. |
Mr. Hesam Akbarian |
Electrical Engineer, Continental Corporation Canada |
| 17. |
Dr. Jonathan Maisonneuve |
Assistant Professor, Oakland University, USA |
| 18. |
Dr. Maher Al-Badri |
Research Associate and Part-Time Professor, Concordia University, Canada |
| 19. |
Dr. Abhijit Choudhury |
Researcher, Experimental Power Grid Centre, Singapore |
| 20. |
Mr. Harjot Singh Saini |
ABB Inc., USA |
| 21. |
Mr. Tasneem Rumman Huq |
Controls Development Engineer at General Motors, Canada |
| 22. |
Mr. Maninder Singh |
OPAL-RT TECHNOLOGIES, Canada |
| 23. |
Dr. Lesedi Masisi |
Senior Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, SA |
| 24. |
Dr. Nathan Curry |
Director of Business Development for Isolated Habitats, Terragon, Canada |
| 25. |
Dr. S. Morteza Taghavi |
Researcher, NRI, Iran |
| 26. |
Dr. Maged Ibrahim |
Research Associate, Concordia University, Canada |
| 27. |
Ms. Nazak Soleimanpour |
Ph.D student at École Polytechnique de Montréal |
| 28. | Dr. Sheldon Williamson | Past Faculty, currently Associate Professor at University of Ontario, Institute of Technology |
| 29. |
Dr. Florence Berthold |
Famic Technologies, Canada |
| 30. |
Mr. Arvind Vyas Ramanan |
MDA Corporation, Canada |
| 31. |
Mr. Ebrahim S. Dehaghani |
Building Electrical and Life Safety Syatems Inspector at Troy Life and Fire Safety Ltd. |
| 32. |
Mr. Tochukwu Louis Oranugo |
Group Manager, Maintenance at Labatt Brewing Company Limited |
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Dr. Miguel Torres |
Assistant Professor at Universidad de O'Higgins |
| 34. |
Mr. Sean Smithson |
MacDonald Dettwiler & Assoc., Canada |
| 35. |
Mr. Kang Chang |
Electrical Engineer, Mentor Graphics Canada, a Siemens Business |
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Dr. Nayeem Ninad |
Researcher at CanmetENERGY, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) |
| 37. |
Dr. Olivare Dzune Mipoung |
Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University, USA |
| 38. |
Ms. Lekha Sejpal |
ABB, Canada |
| 39. |
Dr. Rachel Namuli |
Consultant Engineer, Uganda |
| 40. |
Dr. Natheer Alatawneh |
Hardware Designer at CYSCA-SYSACOM, Canada |
| 41. |
Dr. Arbi Gharakhani Siraki |
Hyperloop One, USA |
| 42. |
Mr. Arash Shafiei |
Electrical Designer at Mobile Climate Control |
| 43. |
Dr. Maged Barsom |
Technical Support Specialist at Rockwell Automation |
| 44. |
Mr. Mohammad Sharafat |
Junior Electrical Engineer at SES Engineering |
| 45. |
Mr. Moustafa Dalal Bachi |
Sr. Electrical Advisor at Enbridge Pipelines, Canada |
| 46. |
Mr. Abdul Adud Shikder |
Private Business, Canada |
| 47. |
Dr. Reinaldo Tonkoski |
Assistant Professor, South Dakota State University, USA |
| 48. |
Dr. Youcef Berrouche |
Energy Consultant at Mondevert, Canada |
| 49. |
Dr. Zahra Amjadi |
Assistant Professor at University of South Alabama, USA |
| 50. |
Mr. Peng Zang |
Avionic Engineer, Cabin Engineer at Air Canada |
| 51. |
Mr. Giampaolo Carli |
Power Electronics Designer at EMD Technologies - Heico Corporation, Canada |
| 52. |
Mr. Pablo Cassani |
Hardware and Firmware Developper at Genetec, Canada |
| 53. |
Mr. Xin Li |
SNC-Lavalin Rail & Transit (formerly Interfleet), Canada |
| 54. |
Ms. Di Wu |
Senior Engineer at Lea+Elliott, Inc., USA |
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