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 Dr Mehrdad Ehsani, Ph.D., P.E., F.IEEE
Professor & Director, Power Electronics and Motor Drives Laboratory
Texas A&M University
Dr. Ehsani received B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Texas at Austin in 1973 and 1974, respectively, and his Ph.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1981, all in electrical engineering.
Recipient of the 2001 IEEE Vehicular Society Avant Garde Award for "Contributions to the theory and design of hybrid electric vehicles", and the 2003 IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award "For outstanding contributions to advanced curriculum development and teaching of power electronics and drives", he is the co-author of several books, and has over 23 granted or pending US and EC patents. His current research work is in power electronics, motor drives, hybrid vehicles and their control systems. http://ee.tamu.edu/People/bios/Ehsani.htm
 Christian Dufour, Ph.D.
Simulation Software Specialist
Opal-RT Technologies Inc.
Dr. Dufour received his Ph.D. degree from Laval University, Quebec, Canada in 2000. Since 1992, he has worked on the development of the Hydro-Québec Research Institute real-time simulator as well as The MathWorks' Power System Blockset (SimPowerSystem blockset).
With Opal-RT Technologies inc, he is a simulation software specialist for power systems. His current research interests are mainly focused on numerical techniques related to real-time simulation of power systems and motor drives.
http://www.opal-rt.com/en/OPAL/ElectroMechanical/Index.html
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