Deng Yan Editor

Abhishek Kumar (SM IEEE) is an Assistant Professor and the Assistant Group Head of the Research Group for Energy Network Transition (ReGENT) at the College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University (ZJU), China. He received his bachelor’s degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Pondicherry Central University, India, in 2009, the Master’s degree in Power System from NERIST Deemed University, India, in 2012 and his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Zhejiang University, China in 2019. He has also worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University (ZJU), China, from 2019-2022. Prior to his appointments at ZJU, he served as an Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Yupia, India, for two years, from 2012-2014. Dr. Kumar's research encompasses the development of sustainable, low-carbon energy systems, including microgrids and rural electrification, as well as the advancement of algorithms tailored for power and energy applications. He also focuses on strategic energy policy formulation. His scholarly efforts are particularly directed at addressing the challenges of energy security and sustainability, crucial for decarbonizing the energy infrastructure in rapidly developing economies such as those in the BRICS nations and other less developed countries. Kumar was awarded the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) Master's Scholarship by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), Government of India, in 2010 for his studies at NERIST, India. He received a Chinese Government Scholarship in 2014 for his doctoral studies at Zhejiang University and an International Exchange Talent Introduction Postdoctoral Fellowship from the China Post-Doctoral Council in 2019. In 2020, he received First Category Merit-based Funding from the Zhejiang Provincial Government under the Provincial Postdoctoral Advance Program for his work on low-carbon sustainable energy infrastructure development. Dr. Kumar has published extensively in areas such as rural electrification and smart energy management. He serves as an Outstanding Reviewer for several prestigious journals, including Applied Energy and IEEE/IET journals, and as a Review Editor for the Frontiers in Sustainability Journal. He is currently a member of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Industry Applications Society, Power & Energy Society in the USA, and IET in the UK.

Deng Yan (SM IEEE) is currently a full Professor and head of the Research Group for Energy Network Transition (ReGENT) at the College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, China. He got his Bachelor of Engineering (BE) and Doctoral Degree (Ph. D) in Electrical Engineering in 1994 and 2000 respectively from the College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, China. His international experience includes serving as a Visiting Professor at the School of ECE, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, from 2007 to 2009. He held the position of Deputy Director at the Power Electronic Institute from 2006 to 2014 and served as Vice Dean of the Department of Applied Electronics from 2017 to 2022. Prof. Deng has published over 130 publications (40+journals, 80+ conferences, 5 books, and 4 book chapters) in domestic and international key journals / transactions such as IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, etc. He has significantly contributed to the development of higher technology education by providing several important textbooks or manuals in Power Electronics and Electrical Engineering. He is also owner/co-owner of over 20 high-quality technological patents. He has supervised 3 Post-docs, 10+ Ph.D. students, 20+ Master students and 20+ bachelor's students and continuing supervision of several PhD and master’s students. Prof Deng has strong collaborative links with leading research institutions across the China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, India, South Africa, Russia, UK, Europe, Middle East and USA. Prof. Deng has led more than 20 research projects, including at least seven national-level projects such as those funded by the NSFC and State Key R&D programs. He holds almost 20 innovative patents and has received multiple commendations for his notable contributions to science and technology. His research primarily focuses on the topology and control of switch-mode power conversions, encompassing high-power converters, applications of power electronics in power systems, development of renewable energies, adoption of electric energy storage, and specialized power supplies.

Ramesh Bansal has more than 25 years of diversified experience of scholarship of teaching and learning, accreditation, research, industrial, and academic leadership in several countries. Currently he is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at University of Sharjah and extraordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria. Previously he was Professor and Group Head (Power) in the ECE Department at University of Pretoria (UP), South Africa. Prior to his appointment at UP, he was employed by the University of Queensland, Australia; University of the South Pacific, Fiji; and BITS Pilani, India. Prof. Bansal has significant experience of collaborating with industry and Government organizations. He has made significant contribution to the development and delivery of BS and ME programmes for Utilities. He has extensive experience in the design and delivery of CPD programmes for professional engineers. He has carried out research and consultancy and attracted significant funding from Industry and Government Organisations. Prof. Bansal has published over 450 journal articles, presented papers at conferences, books and chapters in books. He has Google citations of over 20000 and h-index of 67. He has supervised 25 PhD, 5 Post Docs and currently supervising several PhD students. His diversified research interests are in the areas of Renewable Energy (Wind, PV, DG, Micro Grid) and Smart Grid. Professor Bansal is an editor of several highly regarded journals including IEEE Systems Journal, ECPS, SGSE. He is a Fellow and Chartered Engineer IET-UK, Fellow Institution of Engineers (India), Fellow SAIEE, and Senior Member of IEEE-USA.

Praveen Kumar did his BTech from REC Hamirpur (now NIT Hamirpur) in electrical engineering in 1998, MTech from IIT Delhi in Energy Studies, and Ph.D. from TU. Delft with a specialization in electrical machine design. Earlier, he was Team Leader of the Hybrid Systems group in Drive Trains Innovation BV, The Netherlands; Co-Founder of elmoCAD GmbH, Germany; Development Engineer at Trimeric GmbH, Germany and Durr AG, Germany. Prof. Kumar has core expertise in both the Electrical Engineering Industry and Academics. His research activities are in optimizing electrical motors and drives; State of the art algorithm development for Multi-objective optimization and simulation, and design of electrical motors and actuators using Finite Element Methods; besides years-long hands-on experience with analytical modelling of electrical motors for rapid simulation. In 2009 he established the e-mobility lab at IIT Guwahati, and since than the lab has executed various industry and government-sponsored projects. Recently he took the initiative to launch an MS by Research Programme in e-mobility, which is the first of its kind in India. The programme's hallmark is the extensive involvement of the automotive industry to prepare the next generation of technocrats in the EV technology. To date, 10 Ph.D. and have graduated from e-mobility, and upon graduation, they are employed in the industry and academia. Prof. Kumar also heads the intellectual property rights (IPR) cell of IIT Guwahati and is an advocate of the importance of IPR in the new economy.