Professional
IEEE Activities

  1. Fellow Member, IEEE

  2. IEEE IAS Prominent lecturer, 2014-2015

  3. Distinguished Lecturer for IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS), 2012-2013

  4. Member of the IEEE Industry Applications, Power Engineering, Industrial Electronics and Power Electronics Societies

  5. Chairman, 2003- of the IEEE IAS Industrial Power Conversion Department, Awards Committee

  6. Chairman, 2002 and 2003 of the IEEE Industry Applications Society, Industrial Drives Nominating Committee

  7. Chairman, 2000 and 2001 of the IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS), Industrial Drives Committee (IDC)

  8. Vice-Chairman, 1998 and 1999, IEEE Transactions Papers Review of the IEEE IAS IDC

  9. Vice-Chairman, 1996 and 1997, Annual Program, of the IEEE IAS IDC

  10. Secretary, 1994 and 1995 of the IEEE IAS IDC

  11. Chairman, 2001 and 2002 of the IEEE Power Engineering Society (PES), Induction Machinery Sub-Committee (IMSC)

  12. Vice-Chairman, 1999 and 2000 of the IEEE PES IMSC

  13. Secretary, 1997 and 1998 of the IEEE PES IMSC

  14. Member, IEEE Power Engineering Society, Power Engineering Education Committee

  15. Member, IEEE Industry Applications Society, Electric Machines Committee

  16. Member, IEEE Power Engineering Society, Energy Development Subcommittee

  17. Member, IEEE Power Engineering Society, Research Subcommittee of the Power Engineering Education Committee
Reviewer

  1. Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

  2. Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

  3. Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

  4. Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

  5. Reviewer of papers on motor drives and electrical machines for the IAS Annual Meetings

  6. Reviewer for the Proceedings of the IEE

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Officer/Session Organizer

  1. Invited Speaker to the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Chennai, India, 2018.

  2. Plenary Chair, IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Expo (ECCE), Portland, OR USA, September 23-27, 2018.

  3. Invited Speaker at 2017 FRQNT Research Day (Journée de la recherche du FRQNT).

  4. General co-chair and local organizer at IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Sept. 2015, Montreal, QC.

  5. Plenary speaker at Joint International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems & Power (PEDES), India, Dec. 2012 .

  6. Keynote speaker at International Conference on Clean Energy (ICCE), Sept. 2012, Quebec City, QC.

  7. Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications (2011).

  8. Plenary speaker at Joint International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems & Power (PEDES), India, 2010.

  9. Invited Speaker at the IERE-Hydro-Québec North American Forum, Nov. 2010, Montreal, QC.

  10. General Chair of the IEEE Canadian Electric Power & Energy Conference, Montreal, Canada, October, 2009.

  11. Vice-chairman of the New Orleans section of the PES of the IEEE, 94-95.

  12. Member of the Industrial Drives Committee of the IEEE, Industry Applications Society. Chairman, 2000-2001. Vice-Chairman-programs for 96/97- responsible for the organization of 8 sessions with 7 papers in each session, for the IAS Annual Meeting in 1996 and 1997. Vice-chairman (paper reviews) for 1998-1999, completely responsible for selecting papers for publications in the IEEE 

  13. Member of the Electric Machines Committee of the IAS.

  14. Member of the Induction Machinery Subcommittee of the PES, Secretary for 1996-1998, Vice-Chair (paper review) for 1999-2000, Chairman for 2001-2002.

  15. Session organizer of a session entitled, "Permanent magnet and synchronous motor drives" at the 1994 IAS Annual Meeting.

  16. Session organizer of two sessions at the 1993 IAS Annual Meeting entitled, "PM machines 1 & 2".

  17. Session organizer of a session entitled, "General machine technology" for the 1992 IEEE IAS Annual Meeting.

  18. Session organizer of a session entitled, "Linear & DC machines" for the 1992 IEEE IAS Annual Meeting.

  19. Session organizer of a session entitled, "Brushless permanent magnet and reluctance machines" for the 1992 IEEE IAS Annual Meeting.

  20. Session organizer of a session entitled, "AC motor drives- PWM methods including current control" for the 1991 IEEE IAS Annual Meeting.

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External Ph.D. Thesis Examinations

  1. Ph.D from the University of Johannesburg, 2017

  2. Ph.D from the University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres, 2011

  3. Ph.D from the University of Madras, India, 2004

  4. 2 Master’s theses from the University of Stellenbosch, 2000

  5. Ph.D from the University of Wollongong, Australia, 1993

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