Akshay Rathore

Akshay Kumar Rathore received the M.Tech. degree in Electrical Machines and Drives from the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India, in 2003 and Ph.D. degree in Power Electronics from University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, in 2008. He had two Postdoctoral Research Appointments with the University of Wuppertal, Germany, and University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA. He was an Assistant Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore. He is currently an Associate Professor at in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Canada.

He has published more than 200 research papers in international journals and conferences including 73 IEEE Transactions. His research is mainly focused on current-fed converters and multilevel inverters.

He received the Gold Medal during his M.Tech. degree for securing highest academic standing among all electrical engineering specializations. He received the 2013 IEEE IAS Andrew W. Smith Outstanding Young Member Achievement Award, 2014 Isao Takahashi Power Electronics Award, and 2017 IEEE IES Davin Irwin Early Career Award.

He is an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, IEEE Journal of Emerging Selected Topics in Power Electronics and an Editor of IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy and IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. He served as paper review chair for Industrial Automation and Control in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. He is currently Prominent Lecturer and Executive Board Member-at-Large of IEEE Industry Applications Society and was Distinguished Lecturer for 2017-18. He has served and has been serving several technical committees and conference organizing committees in various roles.

Education

• Postdoctoral Research Associate University of Illinois at Chicago (2009 — 2010)
• Postdoctoral Bergische Universität Wuppertal (2008 — 2009)
• PhD University of Victoria (2004 — 2008)
• M. Tech. Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi (2001 — 2003)
• B.E. Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology (1997 — 2001)

Companies

• IAS Awards Department Chair IEEE Industry Applications Society (2020)
• Prominent Lecturer (PL) of IEEE Industry Applications Society IEEE IAS (2019)
• Chair IEEE IAS Montreal Chapter (2016)
• Associate Professor Concordia University (2016)
• Member-at-Large IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS) (2017 — 2019)
• Distinguished Lecturer (DL) IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS) (2017 — 2018)
• IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Paper review Chair, IACC IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS) (2016 — 2018)
• Assistant Professor National University of Singapore (2010 — 2016)
• Research Associate University of Illinois at Chicago (2008 — 2010)

Skills

• Electrical Engineering
• Modeling
• C

Other

Pspice, C++, LabVIEW, Mathematical Modeling, PSpice, Algorithms, Labview, Teaching, Analysis, Research, Simulink, Simulations, Renewable Energy, Matlab, Power Electronics