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Hassan Bevrani received PhD degree in electrical engineering from Osaka University in 2004. Currently, he is a full professor and the Program Leader of Micro/Smart Grids Research Center (SMGRC) at the University of Kurdistan. Over the years, he has worked as senior research fellow and visiting professor with Osaka University, Kumamoto University, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Doshisha University, Nagoya University (Japan), Queensland University of Technology (Australia), Centrale Lille (France), and Technical University of Berlin (Germany). He is the author/coauthor of 9 international books, 15 book chapters, and more than 500 journal/conference papers. Prof. Bevrani is a Fellow member of IEEE, and he was the gust editor of several volumes of Elsevier Energy Procedia and Energy Reports. His current research interests include Smart grid operation and control, power system stability, Microgrid dynamics and control, and Intelligent/robust control applications in power electric industry. More information is available in http://smgrc.uok.ac.ir/. 

 

Chi K. Michael Tse is currently a Chair Professor of Electrical Engineering at City University of Hong Kong, and concurrently being appointed as Associate Vice-President (Innovation) of the university. His research interests include network applications, nonlinear systems, power electronics, and smart power distribution. He has been awarded a number of research and invention prizes, including the IEEE CASS Charles A. Desoer Technical Achievement Award 2022, Best Paper Prizes from IEEE and other journals, Gold Medals [with Jury’s Commendation] in International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2024, 2013, 2009), IFIA Best Invention Prize and Gold Medal with Jury’s Commendation in Asia Exhibition of Innovations and Inventions 2023, Grand Prize and Gold Medal with Jury’s Commendation in Silicon Valley International Invention Festival 2019, and prizes in other international invention exhibitions. He has been appointed to honorary professorship and distinguished fellowship by several Australian, Canadian and Chinese universities, including Melbourne University, RMIT University, University of Western Australia, University of Calgary, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, etc. He serves and has served as Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II (2016-2019), IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine (2013-2016), IEICE Nonlinear Theory and Applications (since 2013); as Editor of IJCTA (2014-2020) and associate editor of a few other IEEE journals. Since 2021, he has served on the Editorial Board of the IEEE Proceedings. He was selected and appointed as IEEE Distinguished Lecturer in 2005, 2010 and 2018. In 2006 he chaired the IEEE CAS Technical Committee on Nonlinear Circuits and Systems. He has also served on a number of IEEE committees including the IEEE Fellows Committee and the IEEE Awards Committee, and chaired the Steering Committee for IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering. He is an IEEE Fellow (elected 2005) and an IEAust Fellow (elected 2009).  

 

Gary W. Chang obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1994. He was with Siemens Power Transmission & Distribution, LLC, Minnesota, USA, from 1995 to 1998, working on EMS/SCADA product developments for electric utilities worldwide. He joined the Department of Electrical Engineering at National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan, in August 1998 and became a Chair Professor in 2020. He served as Chair of the IEEE PES Power Quality Subcommittee (2016–2017) and the IEEE PES Transmission and Distribution Committee (2019–2020).
Presently, Prof. Chang serves as a Senior Editor of IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery and as an Associate Editor of IEEE Power Engineering Letters. He has also served as a guest editor for several other IEEE and non-IEEE journals. Additionally, he is the President of the Taiwan Smart Grid Industry Association (2021–2025) and the Executive Director of the Taiwan Power & Energy Engineering Association (2017–present).
Prof. Chang’s research interests include power system harmonics, power quality, renewable energy, and microgrid control. He is an IEEE Fellow and a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Minnesota, USA.
(Personal website: https://powerlab-website.web.app/EN/wenkung_en.html)