Keynote Speeches
Keynote speaker #1: Prof. Rik. W. De Doncker (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
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Rik W. De Doncker, (M'87 SM'99 F'01) received his Ph.D. degree in electro-mechanical engineering from the KU Leuven, Belgium. In 1987, he was appointed Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he developed the DAB converter. In 1988, he joined the GE Corporate Research and Development Center, Schenectady, NY. In November 1994, he joined Silicon Power Corporation (formerly GE-SPCO) as Vice President Technology, developing world's first medium-voltage static transfer switch. Since Oct. 1996, he is professor at RWTH Aachen University, Germany, where he leads the Institute for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives (ISEA). Oct. 2006 he was appointed director of the E.ON Energy Research Center at RWTH Aachen University, where he leads the Institute of Power Generation and Storage Systems. Since 2014, he is director of the German Federal Government BMBF Flexible Electrical Networks (FEN) Research CAMPUS. He has a doctor honoris causa degree of TU Riga, Latvia. He has published over 800 technical papers and is holder of more than 60 patents. Dr. De Doncker is recipient of the IAS Outstanding Achievements Award, the 2013 Newell Power Electronics IEEE Technical Field Award, and the 2014 IEEE PELS Harry A. Owen Outstanding Service Award. In 2015 he was awarded Fellow status at RWTH University. In 2016 he became member of the German Academy of Science and Technology (ACATECH). 2020 he received the IEEE Medal in Power Engineering.
Keynote speaker #2: Prof. Rajendra Singh (Clemson University, USA)
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Rajendra Singh is Houser Banks Distinguish professor in the Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Automotive Engineering at Clemson University (CU). Motivated by the statement of Thomas Edison about solar Energy, during the energy crisis of 1973 he decided to do Ph.D. dissertation in the area of Silicon Solar Cells. In the last 50 years, he has contributed and witnessed the growth of photovoltaic and semiconductor industries. With proven success in operations, project/program leadership, R&D, product/process commercialization, and start-ups, Dr. Singh is a leading technologist with the focused goal of mitigation of climate related challenges by providing sustainable green electric power. He is author or co-author of over 500 publications in various journals and conference proceedings. He is editor or coeditor of more than fifteen conference proceedings. He has presented over 60 keynote addresses and invited talks in various national and international conferences. He is founding technical chair of IEEE DC Microgrid Conference. Dr. Singh holds six patents. Technology developed in his lab has been licensed to industry for commercialization. Currently he is serving as Chair of IEEE Power and Energy Society Committee on End-to-End DC power. He is fellow of IEEE, SPIE, ASM and AAAS. Dr. Singh has received a number of national and international awards. In 2010, Photovoltaics World selected him as one of the ten Global Champions of photovoltaics. In 2014, he was honored by US President Barack Obama as a White House "Champion of Change for Solar Deployment" for his leadership in advancing solar energy with photovoltaics technology. In 2019, he received Hind Rattan (Jewel of India) Award presented by Bibek Debroy, chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India.
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