Keynote Speaker
Prof. Zhe Chen
Fellow, IEEE
Aalborg University, Denmark
Brief Introduction
Zhe Chen (Fellow, IEEE) received the B.Eng. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from the Northeast China Institute of Electric Power Engineering, Jilin, China, the M.Phil. in power electronic from Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, U.K., and the Ph.D. degree in power and control from the University of Durham, Durham, U.K.,Since 2002, he has been a Full Professor with the Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark. He is currently the Leader of Wind Power System Research Program with the Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University. His main research interests include wind power, power electronics, power systems, and multi energy systems.,Chen is also an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, a Member of Editorial Boards of many international journals, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET, London, U.K.), and a Chartered Engineer in the U.K.
Prof. Udaya K. Madawala
Fellow, IEEE
The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Brief Introduction
Udaya K. Madawala graduated with a B.Sc. (Electrical Engineering) (Hons) degree from The University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka in 1987, and received his PhD (Power Electronics) from The University of Auckland, New Zealand in 1993 as a Commonwealth Doctoral Scholar. At the completion of his PhD, he was employed by Fisher & Paykel Ltd, New Zealand, as a Research and Development Engineer to develop new technologies for motor drives. In 1997 he joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Auckland and, at present as a Full Professor, he focuses on a number of power electronics projects related to wireless EV charging systems for V2G applications. Udaya is an IEEE Fellow and a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Power Electronic Society (PELS), and has over 32 years of both industry and research experience in the fields of power electronics and energy. He has served both the IEEE Power Electronics and Industrial Electronics Societies in numerous roles, relating to editorial, advisory, conference, technical committees and chapter activities. Currently, Udaya is an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, and a member of both the Administrative Committee and Membership Development Committee of the IEEE Power Electronics Society. He is also the Chair of IEEE Southern Power Electronics Conference (SPEC) Steering Committee. Udaya, who has over 300 IEEE and IET journal and conference publications, holds a number of patents related to wireless power transfer (WPT) and power converters, and is a consultant to industry.