Speakers

Saad Mekhilef

Place of Birth : Algeria
Position : IEEE and IET Fellow, Distinguished Professor at the School of Science, Computing and Engineering Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, and Honorary Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Malaya
Field of study : Power Electronics, Renewable Energy Systems, and Energy efficiency

Prof. Saad Mekhilef is an IEEE and IET Fellow. He is a Distinguished Professor at the School of Science, Computing and Engineering Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, and an Honorary Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Malaya. He authored and co-authored more than 600 publications in academic journals and proceedings, five books with more than 45,000 citations, and more than 85 Ph.D. students who graduated under his supervision. He serves as an editorial board member for many top journals, such as IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, IEEE Open Journal of Industrial Electronics, IET Renewable Power Generation, Journal of Power Electronics, and International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications.

Prof. Mekhilef has been listed by Thomson Reuters (Clarivate Analytics) as one of the World's Highly Cited (World's Top 1%) engineering researchers. He is actively involved in industrial consultancy for major corporations in the Power Electronics and Renewable Energy projects. His research interests include Power Conversion Techniques, Control of Power Converters, Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT), Renewable Energy, and Energy Efficiency.

Experiences

• Distinguished Professor, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia 07/2021-Now
• Visiting Professor, Université de Technologie de Belfort Montbéliard, France, 09/2021-Now
• Honorary Professor, EE Dept., University of Malaya, Malaysia 06/2021- Now
• Professor, EE Dept., University of Malaya, Malaysia, 6/1999-6/2021
• Adjunct Professor, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia 10/2018 –2020
• Distinguished Adjunct Professor, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia 05/2016-04/2018
• Adjunct Professor, VIT, Vellore Institute of Technology, India 11/2015-01/2016
• Visiting Professor, NCKU, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
• Dean, Faculty of Engineering, 6/ 2019- 5/ 2021
• Deputy Dean, Postgraduate, 5/ 2013- 8/ 2016
• Acting Dean, Faculty of Engineering 11/ 2013, 1/ 2014
• Head, Department of Electrical Engineering 7/2011- 8/2013