Kang-Won Wayne Lee is a faculty of Civil & Environmental Engineering (CVE) and RITRC Director at URI. He worked as CVE Director of Graduate Studies from 1996 to 1999 and served as Chairperson from 2005 to 2008. He also served as Chairman of the URI Research Council from 1990 to 1991, and a URI Faculty Senate Executive Committee member from 1992 to 1994. In 1992, Prof. Lee established the RITRC, the recipient of a $12 million research grant under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA21) in 1998 and served as R&D Director for the URI Transportation Center (TC) Grant Program from 1999 to 2003. He also has been working with the consortium of University of Maine and received USDOT Region 1 UTC – Transpiration Infrastructure Durability Center grant ($14.7M) in 2018. Prof. Lee earned his B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Seoul National University in 1974. During his college years, he served in the Korean Army for three years. Following two years of consulting work as a structural engineer for Lyon Associates and TAMS Inc., he returned to academia and earned his M.S. degree in Geotechnical Engineering from Rutgers Univ. in 1978. After briefly working as a highway construction inspector for the NJ Department of Transportation (DOT), he continued his post-graduate education and received his Ph.D. degree in Transportation Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1982. He assisted Late Prof. Thomas W. Kennedy who developed Superpave Asphalt Mix-Design during and after his doctoral program. He began his higher education teaching career at the King Saud University in 1982 and joined the URI faculty in 1985. Prof Lee’s research interests are focused on Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure and Systems (ITIS), Sustainable Infrastructure and Renewable Energy. He is a founding member of the New England University Transportation Center (NEUTC) at MIT and the New England Transportation Consortium (NETC). He also initiated a joint research program between URI and RIDOT in 1986. He is a founder of the Bituminous Materials Committee (BMC) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and served as chair for 1999-01. He has been a member of Pavement Committee, an ETG for the Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) Data Analysis Contest, and currently serves as a paper reviewer for Journal of Transportation Engineering and Journal of Civil Engineering Materials. He served as President of the RI Section for 2006-07 and has been elected as an ASCE Fellow in 2008. Prof. Lee was member of several committees of Transportation Research Board (TRB) including AFK40 and AHD25, and currently is a member of AKG90 - Stabilization of Geomaterials and Recycled Materials, AKM30 – Asphalt Materials Selection and Mix Design, and AKT30 – Pavement Maintenance. Other professional memberships include American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM), AAPT, ITE, and ASEE. He serves as a paper reviewer for the Transportation Research Record (TRR), Australian Research Record (ARR), Journal of AAPT, ASTM Journal of Geotechnical Engineering., and other technical publications and conferences. Prof. Lee is certified as a Professional Engineer in Rhode Island as well as in Texas. He is a member of the Civil Engineering Honor Society, known as XE, and currently is serving as faculty advisor of URI Chapter. The URI Engineering College recognized his contributions by honoring him with several awards including the Program Development Award in 1987 and the Vincent and Estelle Murphy Faculty Excellence Award in 1990 and 1999. RIDOT presented Prof. Lee with a Meritorious Service Award for contributions to state transportation education and research in 1996. Prof. Lee has contributed to more than 120 publications in the areas of construction materials, pavement, transportation, and civil engineering.

Christos Markides is Professor of Clean Energy Technologies, Head of the Clean Energy Processes Laboratory, and leads the Experimental Multiphase Flow Laboratory, which is the largest experimental space of its kind at Imperial College London. He is also, amongst other, Editor-in-Chief of journal Applied Thermal Engineering, a member of the UK National Heat Transfer Committee, and on the Scientific Board of the UK Energy Storage SUPERGEN Hub. He specialises in applied thermodynamics, fluid flow and heat/mass transfer processes as applied to high-performance devices, technologies and systems for thermal-energy recovery, utilization, conversion or storage. His research interests include heating, cooling and power, and in particular, solar energy and waste heat recovery and conversion in heat-intensive industrial applications. He has published about 300 journal and >350 conference papers on these topics. He won IMechE’s ‘Donald J. Groen’ outstanding paper prize in 2016, IChemE’s‘ Global Award for Best Research Project' in 2018, the Engineers without Borders ‘Chill Challenge’ in 2020, and received Imperial College President’s Awards for Teaching in 2016 and Research Excellence in 2017.

Prof Z.Y. Dong is with Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His previous roles include SHARP professor and Director of UNSW Digital Grid Futures Institute, and director of ARC research hub for integrated energy storage solutions at the University of NSW, (UNSW), and Australia. He also served as Ausgrid Chair Professor and Director of Ausgrid Centre for Intelligent Electricity Networks providing R&D support for the Smart Grid, Smart City national demonstration project in Australia. His research interest includes power system planning and stability, smart grid & smart cities, renewable energy systems, energy market and computational methods for power system analysis. He is a Fellow of IEEE and has served as editor/associate editor for a number of IEEE transactions and IET journals.

Masafumi Yamaguchi has received his Ph.D. degree from Hokkaido Univeristy, Japan (1978). He is now Professor Emeritus and Invited Research Fellow at the Toyota Technological Institute, Japan, Visiting Professor, Kyushu University, Chairman of the PV-Powered Vehicle Strategy Committee under the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), former Project Leader of the PV R&D Project under the NEDO, former Research Supervisor of the Creative Clean Energy Generation using Solar Energy under the Japan Sience and Technolgy Agency (JST). He has received numerous awards such as the Becquerel Prize from the Eurpean Commission in 2004, the William Cherry Award from the IEEE in 2008, the PVSEC Award in 2011, the WCPEC Award in 2014 for his outstanding contribution to the development of science and technology of photovoltaic solar energy, and to the International collaboration and cooperation.

Len Gelman, PhD, Dr. of Sciences (Habilitation) joined Huddersfield University as a Professor, Chair in Signal Processing/Condition Monitoring and Director of Centre for Efficiency and Performance Engineering,in 2017 from Cranfield University, where he worked as Professor and Chair in Vibro-Acoustical Monitoring since 2002. Len developed novel condition monitoring technologies for aircraft engines, gearboxes, bearings, turbines and centrifugal compressors. Len published more than 250 publications, 17 patents and is Co-Editor of 12 Springer books. He is Fellow of:British Institute of NDT, International Association of Engineers and Institution of Diagnostic Engineers, Executive Director, International Society for Condition Monitoring, Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Engineering Sciences (SCMR),Chair, annual International Condition Monitoring Conferences, Honorary Co-Chair, annual World Congresses of Engineering, Co-Chair, International Congress COMADEM 2019 and Chair, International Scientific Committee of Third World Congress, Condition Monitoring. Len is Editorial Board member of the International Journal “Electronics”, the International Journal “Sensors”, the International Journal “Energies”, the International Journal “Insight”,the International Journal of Prognostics and Health Management,the International Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, the International Journal Vibration and Acoustics Research and the International Journal Signal, Image and Video Processing. He was Chair,First World Congress, Condition Monitoring, Chair, Second World Congress, Engineering Asset Management and Chair, International Committee of Second World Congress, Condition Monitoring. Len is Chair of International CM Groups of ICNDT and EFNDT and Member of ISO Technical Committee, Condition Monitoring. Len made 42 plenary keynotes at major international conferences and more than 100 invited lectures and seminars in the UK, USA, France, Italy, Denmark, Switzerland, Holland, India and Israel during period 1996-2019.He was Visiting Professor at ten Universities abroad. Len received two Rolls-Royce (UK) Awards for Innovation, COMADIT Prize (by British Institute of NDT) for significant contribution through research/development in condition monitoring, Oxford Academic Health Science Network Award, William Smith Prize by UK Institution of Mechanical Engineers and USA Navy Award. During his time at Cranfield, Len has developed technologies which have been field trialled in applications ranging from aircraft engines, gearboxes, bearings, steam turbines, composite materials and centrifugal compressors. He has managed as the Principal Investigator contributions to multiple EU funded programs, UK DTI programs (4 grants), multiple EPSRC grants, Royal Society grant, USA National Academy of Sciences grant, USA National Research Council grant, and multiple industrial contracts, including multiple contracts with Rolls-Royce (6 contracts), contracts with SKF, Shell, Scottish Southern Energy (two contracts), Caterpillar (USA, two contracts), London Underground (three contracts) and Cranfield Boeing Centre of Excellence (3 contracts). Before joining Cranfield University, Len was the Principal Investigator of USA International Science Foundation grant, USA Civilian Research and Development Foundation grants (two grants), USA MacArthur Foundation grant, Israel Lady Davis grant and Italian Landau Centro Volta grant. Len was •the Technical Manager of EU Framework FP7 project Monitur •the Technical Manager of EU Framework FP7 project Indgear •the Technical Manager of EU Framework FP7 project PileInspect •the Technical Manager of UK DTI project Sustain •the Coordinator of EPSRC project Len is reviewer of the following funding bodies: EPSRC, the Agency for Innovation by Science and Technology in Flanders,Belgium, German Research Foundation, Germany, Czech Science Foundation, Czech Republic, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong, China, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, Scotland and National Research Foundation, South Africa.

Professor Michaelides currently holds the Tex Moncrief Chair of Engineering at Texas Christian University (TCU). He was awarded a M.A. degree honoris causa from Oxford University (1983); the student chapter ASME/Phi, Beta, Tau excellence in teaching award (1991 and 2001); the Lee H. Johnson award for teaching excellence (1995) at Tulane; a Senior Fulbright Fellowship (1997); the ASME Freeman Scholar Award (2002); the Outstanding Researcher award at Tulane (2003); the ASME Outstanding Service citation (2007); the ASME Fluids engineering award (2014); and the ASME 90th Anniversary of FED Medal (2016); and the ASME Edwin E. Church Medal (2021). Professor Michaelides has authored more than 170 journal papers; gave more than 300 presentations in national and international conferences; and has authored seven books. His book on Energy, the Environment, and Sustainability, (CRC Press 2018) has been adopted by several Universities as textbook on energy courses.

Prof. Pedro Gómez-Romero (FRSC). CSIC Full Professor. NEO-Energy Group Leader (Novel Energy-Oriented Materials Lab) at ICN2, Barcelona, Spain PhD in Chemistry (with distinction) Georgetown University (USA) 1987. CSIC researcher at ICMAB from 1990 to 2007. Sabbatical year as a NATO Senior Research Fellow at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (USA) in 1998-99. In 2007 he moved to CIN2, then ICN2 since 2013, as group leader of the Novel Energy-Oriented Materials (NEO-Energy) Group, heading up projects on materials and devices for energy storage and conversion, with emphasis on batteries, supercapacitors and hybrid devices. Author of more than 200 publications and 6 patents (> 15000 citations, H index 61), prof. Gomez-Romero has played a seminal role in developing energy storage research in the area of Barcelona (Spain) and pioneered the use of polyoxometalates as energy storing materials at an international level. Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry since 2014, CIDETEC Award to research on electrochemistry in 2017 (for work developed during 2013-16), cofounder of the spin-off Napptilus Battery Labs, prof. Gomez-Romero is very active in the social communication of science and has authored four award-wining popular science books, as well as two technical books (Functional Hybrid Materials, Wiley-VCH, 2004) (Metal Oxides in Supercapacitors, Elsevier, 2017).

Pierluigi Siano (M’09–SM'14) received the M.Sc. degree in electronic engineering and the Ph.D. degree in information and electrical engineering from the University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy, in 2001 and 2006, respectively. He is a Professor and Scientific Director of the Smart Grids and Smart Cities Laboratory with the Department of Management & Innovation Systems, University of Salerno. Since 2021 he has been a Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg. His research activities are centered on demand response, energy management, the integration of distributed energy resources in smart grids, electricity markets, and planning and management of power systems. In these research fields, he has co-authored more than 370 articles published in international journals that received in Scopus more than 13500 citations with an H-index equal to 57. In 2019, 2020, and 2021 he has been awarded as Highly cited Researcher in Engineering by Web of Science Group. He has been the Chair of the IES TC on Smart Grids. He is Editor for the Power & Energy Society Section of IEEE Access, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER SYSTEMS, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, IEEE SYSTEMS.

Graduated in Management Engineering from the University of Salerno (Italy), she earned a PhD in Engineering and Economics of Innovation. She has been an adjunct professor and a lecturer in Service Marketing, Project Management, and Operations Management for several Italian and foreign Universities and highly trained courses for companies. She is an Associate professor of Management at the University of Naples Parthenope (Italy).She is also a Project Management Professional (PMP by PMI, USA) and she has supervised several research and start up projects. She has been the co-founder of two academic spin-offs. Her scientific interests aresystems theories and their applications to marketing and management, particularly in the fields of healthcare and energy.

Professor Michael Negnevitsky is Chair in Power Engineering and Computational Intelligence and Director of the Centre for Renewable Energy and Power Systems, University of Tasmania, Australia. The primary focus of his research is smart grids, power system security, demand response, and isolated and remote area power systems with high renewable energy penetration. Professor Negnevitsky authorised more than 400 research publications including 102 journal papers, more than 300 conference papers, 12 chapters in books, 2 books, 9 edited conference proceedings and received 4 patents for inventions. He is Fellow of Engineers Australia, and Member of the National ITEE College Board. Professor Negnevitsky is Chair of the IEEE PES Working Group on High Renewable Energy Penetration in Remote and Isolated Power Systems, Vice Chair of the IEEE PES Working Group on Asian and Australasian Infrastructure – Smart Grids with Large Penetration of Renewable Energy, Member of CIGRE AP C4 (System Technical Performance) and CIGRE AP C6 (Distribution Systems and Dispersed Generation), Australian Technical Committee, Member of CIGRE Working Group JWG C1/C2/C6.18 (Coping with Limits for Very High Penetrations of Renewable Energy), International Technical Committee, and Member of CIGRE Working Group C6.30 (The Impact of Battery Energy Storage Systems on Distribution Networks), International Technical Committee.

Daniel Favrat is professor emeritus at Ecole PolytechniqueFederale de Lausanne (EPFL) and former director of EPFL Energy Center. Previously he was director of the Industrial Energy Systems Laboratory of EPFL for 25 years, director of EPFL Institute of energy sciences for 6 years as well as member of the Swiss Science Council and of the steering committee of its technology assessment group for 4 years. At EPFL he initiated and led the “energyscope.ch” platform with a calculator of scenarios for the Swiss energy transition by 2050. For 10 years he was a member of CORE, the committee advising the Swiss government on energy research and demonstration. He was also an external member of the research committee of the Paul Scherer Institute and Swiss representative at the ESFRI-ESWG (Energy Strategy Working Group of the European Strategy Forum on Energy Infrastructure) from 2011 to 2015. He was the president of the program committee of the 4th World Engineering Convention in Geneva specifically dealing with Energy. In the course of his career he spent sabbatical leaves in major universities (MIT, TU Muenchen, University of Tokyo, Ecole des Mines Paris. Prior to joining EPFL he worked for 10 years in industrial energy research centers in Canada and Switzerland. His research includes systemic analyses in what is called environomics (a contraction of energy, environment and economics) for a more efficient design of integrated technologies based on both fossil and renewable energies. He also contributes to the design of advanced equipment for a more rational use of energy including heat pumps, fuel cells, solar power plants and district heating and cooling networks. He is presently vice-chairman of the energy committee of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), a member of the editorial board of Energy: the international Journal and of the International Journal of thermodynamics. He is also a member of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences and of the French National Academy of Technologies. He is cofounder of ExerGo.ch, a startup company developing a revolutionary district heating and cooling system and a fellow of Presans.com a leading open innovation consulting firm located in Paris. He is co-author of several books and patents in the field of energy as well as of numerous research papers. In the last 2 years he presented invited conference keynotes in Melbourne, London, Copenhagen, Vesteras (Sweden) on subjects dealing with sustainability, energy storage and district energy systems.

Young Soo Kang is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry and a director in Nanostructured Material Lab. at the Sogang University. He has working as review panel members of ACS, Wiley Science and Elsevier Chemistry Journals. He received the BSc and the MSc degree in Chemistry from Pusan National University, Busan, Korea in 1984 and 1986 and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Houston, U.S.A in 1992, postdoctoral fellow at University of California at Berkeley and Stanford Unievrsity, respectively, for his work on Nanomaterials and Surfactant Related Materials Chemistry. Current research interests are focused on the synthesis and application of nanostructured materials for IT and Energy Related Fields. He has published over 170 journals from ACS, Wiley Science and Elsevier Research fields Nanomaterials, Artificial photosynthesis, Degradation of Waste Plastics, Magnetic composite materials, Wavelength conversion materials, etc.

Wei Xu (M’09-SM’13) received the double B.E. and M.E. degrees from Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, in 2002 and 2005, and the Ph.D. from the Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 2008, respectively, all in electrical engineering. His research topics mainly cover design and control of linear and rotary machines and drives. From 2008 to 2012, he made Postdoctoral Fellow with University of Technology Sydney, Vice Chancellor Research Fellow with Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Japan Science Promotion Society Invitation Fellow with Meiji University, respectively. Since 2013, he has been full professor with State Key Laboratory of Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering in Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China. He has more than 130 papers accepted or published in IEEE Journals, three edited books published by Springer Press, two monographs published by Springer Pressand China Machine Press, respectively,one textbook published by Bentham SciencePress, and more than 160 Invention Patents granted or in pending, all in the related fields of electrical machines and drives. He is Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET). He is the General Chair for 2021 International Symposium on Linear Drives for Industry Applications (LDIA 2021) and 2023 IEEE International Conference on Predictive Control of Electrical Drives and Power Electronics (PRECEDE 2023), both in Wuhan, China. He has been Associate Editor for several leading IEEE Transactions Journals, such as IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, and so on. He has 1 Best Paper Awards by IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, and 14 Best Paper Awards by different leading international conferences.

Mohammad Ali Abdelkareem has completed his Ph.D from Gunma University and continued postdoctoral studies for four years in the same university. He is currently working as a professor in sustainable and renewable energy engineering department, university of Sharjah, UAE. He is working on the development of energy conversion/storage devices. He has published more than 200 papers in reputed journals and is serving as an editorial board member of two reputable journals.

Ralph M. Kennel was born in 1955 at Kaiserslautern (Germany). In 1979 he got his diploma degree and in 1984 his Dr.-Ing. (Ph.D.) degree from the University of Kaiserslautern. From 1983 to 1999 he worked on several positions with Robert BOSCH GmbH (Germany). Until 1997 he was responsible for the development of servo drives. Dr. Kennel was one of the main supporters of VECON and SERCOS interface, two multi-company development projects for a microcontroller and a digital interface especially dedicated to servo drives. Furthermore he took actively part in the definition and release of new standards with respect to CE marking for servo drives. Between 1997 and 1999 Dr. Kennel was responsible for "Advanced and Product Development of Fractional Horsepower Motors" in automotive applications. His main activity was preparing the introduction of brushless drive concepts to the automotive market. From 1994 to 1999 Dr. Kennel was appointed Visiting Professor at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (England, UK). From 1999 - 2008 he was Professor for Electrical Machines and Drives at Wuppertal University (Germany). Since 2008 he is Professor for Electrical Drive systems and Power Electronics at Technische Universitaet Muenchen (Germany). His main interests today are: Sensor less control of AC drives predictive control of power electronics and Hardware-in-the-Loop systems. Dr. Kennel is a Senior Member of IEEE, a Fellow of IET (former IEE) and a Chartered Engineer in the UK. Within IEEE he is Treasurer of the Germany Section as well as Distinguished Lecturer of the Power Electronics Society (IEEE-PELS). Dr. Kennel has received in 2013 the Harry Owen Distinguished Service Award from IEEE-PELS, the EPE Association Distinguished Service Award in 2015 as well as the 2019 EPE Outstanding Achievement Award. In 2018 Dr. Kennel received the Doctoral degree honoris causa from Universitatea Stefan cel Mare in Suceava (Romania). Dr. Kennel was appointed “Extraordinary Professor” by the University of Stellenbosch (South Africa) from 2016 to 2019 and as “Visiting Professor” at the Haixi Institute by the Chinese Academy of Sciences from 2016 to 2021.

Since 2007 Anna Pinnarelli is Assistant Professor at the DIMEG of University of Calabria, Italy. Research activity has been mainly focused on: analysis, modeling and simulation in Matlab-Simulink and Ansys Simplorer environments of integrated hybrid systems (from converters to conventional and non-conventional storage technologies); definition and implementation of management models for aggregate systems within the electricity market; development and implementation of enabling technologies for Smart Grids: Smart Meters, electronic power converters for interfacing with the IAFR network, storage systems or IAFRs equipped with storage, designed to operate in aggregate form in order to govern the power flows in the networks and peer to peer power exchanges between them; micro-cogeneration systems based on the use of linear synchronous generators driven by Stirling free piston engines; nanoGrid for Home Application intended for the creation of hybrid power systems capable of integrated all-in-one photovoltaic generators, wind microgenerators, storage systems, special converters for V2H & H2V applications suitable for both off grid and grid Connected applications; implementation and application of models and algorithms for Demand Response in the Smart Grid environment; Implementation of control systems for nano Grid to be used for the creation of mini-Grids or micro-Grids with DC or AC distribution; implementation of Energy Management System (EMS) for the management and control (through the use of nano Grid) of the power flows in the distribution networks within the "energy communities" and the exchange of energy between Consumer, Prosumer, Consumage ( r), Prosumage (r) of the same “energy community” (aggregate systems). The research activity is associated with an intense experimentation activity in the laboratory and in the real-life application which has led to the creation of several laboratory prototypes of enabling technologies in the field of smart grids such as nano grids, smart meters and smart PV lighting systems and of a test-facility installed at the campus of University della Calabria. During the research activity there were several technical and scientific exchanges/collaborations with industries of the electrical engineering area, such as for example: SIEL, FAAM, EnelX. As an expert, (since 2013) she is a technical consultant on behalf of Italian Authority ARERA, for the evaluation of the system research projects – RdS. She collaborates with the University of Technology, Wrocaw, Poland and the University of Zaragoza- Zaragoza, Spain, as well as with the research institutes Enea and CNR. Since 2020, she is representative of UNICAL partner within H2020 BRIDGE - Cooperation group of Smart Grid, Energy Storage, Islands and Digitalization H2020 projects. She is acting as Work Package Leader in several National projects. She is the Scientific Coordinator for the Unical partner of the H2020 Project E balance plus. She also acts as Lead and guest editor for special issues associated with international scientific journals, and she has been plenary speaker in several scientific conferences, chair in international conferences and member of scientific committees. She is the author of many scientific papers published in international journals and proceedings of international conferences. She is a co-author of the National industrial patent BI2638M “DISPOSITIVO ELETTRONICO DI CONTROLLO DI UN MOTORE STIRLING DI TIPO FREE-PISTON CON ALTERNATORE LINEARE E RELATIVO METODO DI CONTROLLO”, n° 102016000065916. She is a member of the Scientific and Technical Council of the Consortium CRETA (Regional Consortium for Energy and Environmental Protection) as well as one of the founders of Spin-off Academic CRETA Energie Speciali Srl operating in the field of renewable energy sources. She is member of the Scientific and Technical Committee of Polo d’Innovazione Ambiente e Rischi Natural - NET, having as trajectories: techniques, products and devices for the analysis and assessment of hydrogeological risk and other environmental risks; devices, sensors and solutions for the earthquake protection of the territory; early warning systems and emergency management related to environmental risks; new energy technologies and reuse of scraps and waste to reduce the environmental impact. Since October 2017 she is appointed by the Regione Calabria, as technical expert and support the activity of the Head of the Procedure having the specific technical skills, as part of the implementation of the "Sistema di collegamento metropolitano tra Cosenza, Rende e Università della Calabria". She is carrying out teaching activities in the energy engineering degree courses and in several Masters in the field of smart grids and power electronic converters. She is director of the Master in Sustainable Mobility and Infrastructure Engineering (MIMI Calabria) of the University of Calabria.

Paul Grunow has completed his Ph.D at the age of 30 years from Technical UniversityBerlin and postdoctoral studies from the COPPE/UFRJ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is the general manager of Trinity Solarbeteiligungen GmbH, an investment company in renewable energies.He co-founded three companiesin the area of photovoltaics. He has published more than 12 papers in reputed journals.

Dr. Amedeo Amoresano is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering (DII), Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II. He received the M.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II in 1991 and the Ph.D. Degree in Mechanical Systems Engineering in 1994. He is the author of over 100 scientific papers published in peer-reviewed international journals and conferences proceedings. He has been responsible of international and national project about Solar Renewable Energy and other topics like Injection Systems, Dynamic Behavior of the Mechanical Systems etc... His research interests include: concentrated solar power plants, trigeneration power plants, atomization and sprays, exhaust emissions and fuel consumption of SI engines fuelled with gasoline-ethanol blends, sulphur oxides abatement in exhaust gases, geothermal systems, instability of dynamic systems, hydraulics and pneumatic systems. His research and academic profile can be found at the following link: https://www.docenti.unina.it/AMEDEO.AMORESANO

Prof. Dr.Regine Mallwitz studied electrical engineering and received the Dipl.-Ing. degree at the “Otto-von-Guericke” University Magdeburg, Germany, in 1994. After working on pulse power problems in gas and solid lasers at LAMBDA PHYSIK GmbH (today: Coherent) Goettingen and LISA Laser Products OHG Lindau in Germany she received the PhD degree in 1999 at the University of Kassel, Germany. 1999 she entered the company eupec GmbH Warstein (today: Infineon) as R&D engineer and was responsible for the development of 1700V IGBT module family and strategic R&D until 2004. From 2005 to 2013 she was with SMA Solar Technology AG in leading R&D positions for PV Inverter Development. In 2013 she was appointed professor for Renewable Energies and Electromobility at University of Applied Sciences Fulda responsible. Since 2014 she is professor of Power Electronics at Technische University of Braunschweig, (TU Braunschweig), Germany, with a strong research focus to mobility (vehicle, aviation). Her special scientific interests are the application of fast switching power semiconductors.

Yang Han received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Shanghai Jiaotong University (SJTU), Shanghai, China, in 2010. In 2010, he joined the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China, where he has been an Associate Professor in 2013, and Full professor in 2021. From March 2014 to March 2015, he was a Visiting Scholar with the Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark. He is currently with the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, UESTC. His research interests include the ac/dc microgrids, active distribution networks, power quality, grid-connected converters for renewable energy systems, active power filters, multilevel converters, and static synchronous compensators (STATCOMs). Dr. Han has received several national and provincial projects, and more than 20 industrial projects in the area of power electronics, smart grid, microgrid, and power quality analysis and compensation. He holds more than 30 issued and pending patents.Dr. Han was listed as “World Top 2% Scientist 2020” by Stanford University in 2020, and the recipient of the Young Scientist Award in CPESE 2021, the Provincial Science and Technology Award in 2020, Science and Technology Award from Sichuan Electric Power Company in 2019, Academic Talent Award by UESTC, in 2017, Baekhyun Award by the Korean Institute of Power Electronics, in 2016. He has published a book “Modeling and Control of Power Electronic Converters for Microgrid Applications”, ISBN: 978-3-030-74512-7, Springer. He served as an Associate Editor of Journal of Power Electronics (2019.01-2020.12) and IEEE ACCESS.

Je-LuengShiereceived the Ph.D. degree in Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering from National Taiwan University (NTU), Taiwan, in 2001.In 2004, he joined the Department of Environmental Engineering in National I-Lan University, Taiwan, where he has been a full professor in 2012, and distinguished professor in 2017.Dr. Shie works in the environmental field of biomass/waste conversion for biofuels, air pollution control andnegative carbon technology. Since 2000, Hemade over 275 scholarly contributionsincluding nearly 95 SCI/EI publications, 127 conference papers, 44 technical reports, 7 patients and 2 technology transfers. In 2013, Dr. Shiewas listed as “Engineering Highly Cited Papers World Top 1% (TOP 1%)” by Essential Science Indicators (ESI)of Institute for Scientific Information (ISI).In 2016, he assisted in the establishment of National Organization "Taiwan Bio-energy Technology Development Association, TBTDA", and serving as executive director to provide technical and professional suggestions to environmental and bio-energy industries in Taiwan.The purpose of TBTDAis to strengthen the link between government and industries, and enhance the legislation progress of Law. At the same time, healso teamed a scholarly group to promote the cooperationof industriesandgovernmentfor the carbon neutralityornet-zero emissions.

Dr.Biao HU is currently an Assistant Professor at the College of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Shenzhen University, P.R. China. He obtained his Ph.D. from the City University of Hong Kongin 2017. His main research focuses on composite materials & structures, structural retrofitting, and sustainable construction materials. He has published some40 technical papers in international journals and conference proceedings (including 30 SCI papers), and these worksreceived more than 500 citations recorded in Google Scholar. He is the principal investigator of 4 research projects and the co-investigator of more than 10 research projects. He serves as the editorial board member of several journals (Journal of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering,Building Technology Research and Construction Progress) and the guest editor of a SCI journal (Polymers). He is a regular reviewer of more than 30 peer-reviewed international SCI journals. He received the Moisseiff Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in 2018.

Dr Eng Sara Belarouf received his PhD in Mechanics and Energetics at the age of 29 years at the Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco in 2021, with a thesis dedicated to energy efficiency in buildings. After obtaining a The Brussels Faculty of Engineering Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) research fellowship in 2019, Currently an Phd researcher in the research laboratory in Morocco & Belgium and editor in chief of the scientific journal "Global Research Review ».

Simone Pedrazzi holds M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. He works as assistant professor of Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer at the same university and he is a co-founder of the Bio Energy Efficiency Lab (BEELab) (www.beelab.unimore.it). His main research topics are: thermochemical models and experimental tests on biomass gasification, renewable sources integration, waste biomass valorization, cost-benefit analysis of biomass to power systems.

Ali AHAITOUF, teacher and researcher in the University of Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University of Fes. He obtained his PhD in electronics since 1998 and his University doctorate at 1992 (Metz France). Currently, he is director of the laboratory of intelligent systems, georesources and renewable energies. His research fields cover microelectronics and solar compounds, digital and analog design of the integrated circuits, Image and data compression and Concentrated Photovoltaic. He managed many research multilateral projects, related to analog design optimization, electronics component characterization and optimization as well as solar energy under concentration (CPV). He works in partnership with several international teams, including the Mixed International Unit Georgia-Tech-CNRS, where he spent a full-time year and where he hold a chair of excellence on the CPV. He wrote and co-wrote more than fifty papers in the universally referenced journals. He supervised a dozen of PhD thesis and many post-graduate students.

Bogdan Marinescu was born in 1969 in Bucharest, Romania. He received the Engineering degree from the Polytechnical Institute of Bucharest in 1992, the PhD from Université Paris Sud-Orsay, France in 1997 and the “Habilitation à diriger des recherches” from EcoleNormaleSupérieure de Cachan, France in 2010. He is currently a Professor in Ecole Centrale Nantes and LS2N laboratory where he isthe Head of the chair “Analysis and control of power grids” - http://chairerte.ec-nantes.fr/home/ - (2014-2024) and the Coordinator of the POSYTYF H2020 RIA project - https://posytyf-h2020.eu/ - (2020-2023) and DREAM Erasmus Mundus Master - https://master-dream.ec-nantes.fr/ - (2021-2027). In the first part of his carrier, he was active in R&D divisions of industry (EDF and RTE) and as a part-time professor (especially from 2006 to 2012 in EcoleNormaleSupérieure de Cachan). His main fields of interest are the theory and applications of linear systems, robust control and power systems engineering.

YaminaBelkhiri is an associate research professor at the high school of applied sciences of Algiers (ESSA).She has two research areas: Phenomena related to the vicinity of power transmission lines and renewable energies. Currently, she is working on the assessment of magnetic field induced by overhead power transmission lines in Algerian National Grid using COMSOL. Since 2021, she is working on the Hybridization of diesel power plants in the isolated networks of southern Algeria.

Marius Paraschivoiu graduated with a B. Eng and MASC. in mechanical engineering from École Polytechnique de Montréal in 1991 and 1993, respectively. He received a PhD in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA in 1998. Marius Paraschivoiu has joined Concordia University as an Associate Professor in the department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering in 2003. He was formally an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto. He was promoted to the rank of professor at Concordia University in 2010. Between 2018 and 2020 he served as Associate Dean, Academic Affairs in the Gina Cody School of engineering and computer science. He is currently Vice-Provost, Planning and Student Experience. Marius’ research is focused on developing algorithm for more accurate simulations in the area of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and analysis of wind energy. He has published over 60 journal articles in the field of Computational Fluid Dynamics. Between June 2006 and June 2016, he held a Concordia University Research Chair Tier II entitled “Simulations for Clean Energy Production and Storage”. From 2008 to 2010 Dr. Paraschivoiu was the President of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering and from 2008 to 2011 he was the Director of Concordia Institute of Aerospace Design and Innovation (CIADI). In 2017 he became Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada. Since July 2017, he is the Editor-in-Chief of the Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering published by Canadian Science Publishing.

Dr. Majdi HAZAMI received his PhD in Physic: Mechanics of Fluids, Thermal and Mass Transfer from the Faculty of sciences of Tunis, Tunisia, in 2007. He is an Associate Professor in the Research and Technology Centre of Energy. From 2007, he is a Researcher in the Laboratory of Thermal Procedures in energy, environment and materials thematic.He isthe coordinator of a research team working on fundamental physics, solar energy applications, Photovoltaic/Thermal solar collectors, desalination, Applied Mechanics of Fluids and Thermal Transfer, simulation, Energy efficiency, Geothermic, Specific materials in building, Building space heating etc. In this context, he assured the supervising of (09) doctoral thesis, (06) Master supervision, (06)Research project coordination, (02) Patents, (40) Publications in indexed journal with impact factor, (05) Publications in specialized books and about (20) International Proceedings. He has been serving as an editorial board member of many Journals.He is also teaching in the Faculty of Sciences of Tunis (Master of thermal transfer) and in the Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte (Professional master in HVAC and Energy management).He Co-organized with the university of TSUKUBA in Japan, the Tunisia-Japan Symposium” entitled: Materials for Sustainable Development: Fundamentals & Applications “March 11 -13, 2022. He has ben chair for many sessions in many international Symposiums.

Belkacem OULD BOUAMAMAis full Professor of automatic control, and head of international relations and research at Polytech Lille, Graduate School of Engineering within University of Lille (France). He achieved his State Engineer diploma from the Algerian Institute of the Hydrocarbons and Chemistry (INHC), received hisPh.D from the Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, and the Habilitation to Conduct Researches (HDR) in 2002 from University of Lille, France. He is the leader of research PERSI group at the CRIStALlaboratory of the National Center for Scientific Research in Lille,where his research activities concern Integrated Design for Supervision of System Engineering based on multiphysics Bond graph modelling.Their industrial applications are mainly process engineering,renewable energies (green hydrogen), and mechatronic systems. Hemade over 180 scholarly contributionsincluding nearly 65 peer-reviewed research papers in this domain,and co-author of nearly 20 books and book chapters in Diagnosis and Prognosis,and bond graph modeling of mechatronic systems.He has given than 15 invited talks and tutorials and keynotes around the globe.

Dr Oliver D Zobo is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Electrical & Electronic Science Engineering at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, since November 2016. Prior to joining University of Johannesburg, I have been involved in various projects including the national energy efficiency audit project in Zimbabwe. I was the project leader in energy efficiency audit of mining and manufacturing sectors. The project involved developing baseline energy efficiency benchmarks for various industrial and residential sectors in the country and developing policy framework for the energy regulator to implement in order to promote energy efficiency in the country. Current research topics I am pursuing involves the implementation of new energy system optimization algorithms in smart grids that will provide the electricity user and the power utility with the capability to manage risk, pollutants emission, and energy efficiency directly, along with reducing costs, the possibility of taking financial positions where available, long term and interperiod Conditional Value-at risk (CVaR) constraints. This also include the use of Blockchain technology application in energy delivery between peer prosumers for optimal and secure operation of the power system network.

Kitmo is a teacher-researcher at the National Polytechnic School of Maroua (ENSPM). He has two research areas: Smart Grids and embedded systems. Currently, he is working on the optimization of multi-source power plants for Smart Grids using artificial intelligence. He developed several models for the prediction of energy consumption in stand Alone and Grid-connected systems. This aspect of energy control is focused focus on the reduction of total harmonics of distortion (THD) and on the design of multicellular active filters dedicated to high voltage systems. Since 2021, he is working on the optimization of North Cameroon's interconnected electrical Grids (NCIEG).

Dr. Diovu Remigius Chidiebere is currently a lecturer in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Federal College of Dental Technology and Thereapy, Trans-Ekulu, Enugu State, Nigeria. He received a B. Tech in Physics Electronics from the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. He then proceeded to the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where he obtained an M. Eng in Electronic Engineering (Communication Engineering Specialization). His PhD study was done at the Disciple of Electrical, Electronic, and Computer Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa where he graduated with a PhD in Electrical Engineering. His PhD research conducted at the Centre for Excellence in HVDC Engineering at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa was fully funded by Eskom Power Plant Engineering Institute (EPPEI). His research work at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa revolved around the smart grid with a special focus on smart grid cyber security. He has presented many papers at reputable international conferences and has a lot of publications in highly indexed journals. He was the General Chair, planning committee of the 1st International Conference on Health Technology and Biomedical Engineering (ICHTBE) held at Federal College of Dental Technology and Therapy, Trans-Ekulu Enugu, Nigeria, on August 18th – 20th 2021. He has been deeply involved in the organization of other academic programs like workshops, symposium and seminars at the same institution as the case may be. Dr. Chidiebere is certified Oracle Database Administrator and a member of IEEE, South Africa.