2026 Invited Speakers

 

M. Ashraf Khan
Saginaw Valley State University, USA

Dr. M. Ashraf Khan is an Associate Professor in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Saginaw Valley State University. He earned his PhD degree from University of Notre Dame in Electrical Engineering, EE, in 2014. He completed BSc degree in EE from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, and MSc in EE from University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
After his PhD, his academic career started as a visiting assistant professor in Jackson State University, MS. Next, he joined as an Assistant Professor in Saginaw Valley State University, MI. He got tenured and promoted to Associate Professor in 2022.
Currently he is a board member of Michigan Space Grant Consortium. He was a reviewer at IEEE and ASEE conferences in the past. He also served as a technical committee member and moderator at conferences.
Dr. Khan’s area of expertise includes semiconductor fabrication, electrical packaging reliability, assistive tool design and renewable energy. His current research is focused on renewable energy and sustainability. In his recent work, he developed the solar cage idea to study energy harvest and sustainability. His research articles were presented and published in conferences and journals.

 

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Petar Ilinčić
University of Zagreb, Croatia

Petar Ilinčić graduated at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture (FAMENA) in 2007. Doctoral dissertation Multi Zone Simulation Model for HCCI Engine with a Segregated Solver he defended in 2015. Since 2007, he has been employed at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture at the Chair of IC Engines and Motor Vehicles. His fields of interest are internal combustion engines and motor vehicles. In the field of internal combustion engines, his research is focused on engine design, energy efficiency and emissions from IC engines, while in the field of motor vehicles, his research areas are design of motor vehicles, application of composite materials in motor vehicle designs and emissions from motor vehicles. He has participated in 8 research projects. As an author or co-author he has published 58 scientific and professional papers in journals and conference proceedings. Currently, he is an associate professor and vice president of Croatian Society for Engines and Vehicles.

 

Zhuang Xu
University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China

Zhuang Xu received the M.Eng.Sci. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia, in 1999 and 2006, respectively. He was with the Energy System Group, University of New South Wales, from 2001 to 2005. He became an Associate Professor with Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, in 2006, where his research was focused on power electronics and high-performance electrical drives. He is currently an Associate Professor with the University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China. Dr. Xu is a Member of the Power and Energy Society 2017. He was the recipient of three Best Paper awards at IECON’04 IEEE ICEMS 2010 and IEEE ECCE-Asia ICPE 2011, respectively. In 2022, he won Ningbo Science and Technology first Prize.

 

Boyu Qin
Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

Boyu Qin is an Associate Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Electrical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University. He received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University in 2011 and received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Tsinghua University in 2016. His main research interests include power system stability analysis and control, integrated energy systems, power system planning and operation, energy policy and low carbon economy, energy storage technologies and MMC-HVDC transmission systems. He is the author of about 60 journal and conference papers indexed by SCI/EI, holds more than 10 invention patents. Dr. Qin is a recipient of the Second Prize for Outstanding Achievements in Scientific and Technological Research of Shaanxi Universities. He received the Excellent Paper Award 3 times in international academic conferences. He has served as an active reviewer for several IEEE Transactions, IET series, and other international journals. He is an associate editor of Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems.

 

Daniel Adu
Jiangsu University, China

Prof. Daniel Adu is currently an Associate Professor at the School of Management Science & Engineering, Jiangsu University, China, and an Adjunct Professor at the School of Energy, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani. I had my professional teaching Certificate from Mount Marry College of Education, Somanya in 2007 then Bed (Science), at the University of Education Winneba in 2011, and Teacher Qualification Status (QTS) as a professional teacher in the UK in 2011. He then proceeded to the University of Cape Coast and obtained his master’s Degree in Environmental Science in 2014. In 2019 he completed his first PhD. In Power Engineering and Thermophysics from Jiangsu University and a second PhD. In 2022 in Theology (Leadership and Administration) from Immanuel Bible Institute & Seminary Brooklyn, New York, US. My research interest focuses on Renewable energy technologies, CO2 emission, Environmental Management, Energy Management, small hydropower, and pump as turbine. He has several academically published articles in top SCI and EI Journals. He has also written some book chapters and still writing more. Prof. Adu provides services as a reviewer to several top-class academic journals. He is a renounced conference speaker, Motivational speaker, and social commentator. professional trainer and a volunteer as well.

 

Iván García Kerdan
Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico

Dr.Iván García Kerdan is an Associate Professor and Head of the School of Engineering and Sciences at Tecnológico de Monterrey Santa Fe Campus. Additionally, he is a visiting researcher from the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London (https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/i.garcia-kerdan).
Dr. García Kerdan holds a degree in Mechatronic Engineering and a Master's in Energy Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He also obtained a Ph.D. in Energy Engineering from the Energy Institute at University College London (UCL). Dr. García Kerdan spent three years as a Research Associate in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London, funded by the Newton Fund scholarship, where he developed new frameworks for simulating and optimizing energy systems. Part of his research focused on the techno-economic aspects of energy systems in various sectors and their potential impact on achieving national and global decarbonization goals. He was also a postdoctoral researcher at the UNAM Engineering Institute, working on methods involving machine learning and neural networks for energy system design. Before his current position, Dr. García Kerdan was an Associate Professor and leader of the sustainable building design and engineering program at the University of Greenwich in the United Kingdom.