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DESCRIPTION:The technical talk will be on the “Advanced Power Converter T
 opology and Control in Grid Connected Renewable Energy\, Motor Drives and 
 Energy Storage Systems”. The keynote speaker of this talk is Professor F
 iruz Zare from Queensland University of Technology\, and his brief biograp
 hy is as follows:\n\nProfessor Firuz Zare is a Fellow of IEEE\, IEEE disti
 nguished lecturer\, a Fellow of Engineers Australia\, and the Head of the 
 School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics at Queensland University of 
 Technology in Brisbane\, Queensland.\n\nHe has over 20 years of experience
  in academia\, industry\, and international standardisation committees\, i
 ncluding eight years in two large R&D centres working on Grid Connected In
 verters\, Energy Conversion Systems\, and Power Quality Projects.\n\nHe ha
 s been an active member of IEC\, Danish\, and Australian standardisation c
 ommittees and has been a Task Force Leader (International Project Manager)
  of Active Infeed Converters to develop the first international standard I
 EC 61000-3-16 within the IEC standardisation SC77A.\n\nProf. Zare has rece
 ived several awards such as an Australian Future Fellowship\, John Madsen 
 Medal\, Symposium Fellowship\, and early career excellence research award.
  He was awarded a technology leadership program by the Danish Innovation C
 ouncil\, to attend one-year leadership program delivered by Harvard Busine
 ss School in Boston USA in 2015.\n\nProf Zare is a Senior Editor of IEEE A
 ccess journal\, a Guest Editor and Associate Editor of the [IEEE Journal o
 f Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics and an Editorial board
  member of several international journals.](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xp
 l/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6245517)\n\nHe has supervised 30 PhD students\,
  post-docs\, and research engineers and published over 300 peer-reviewed c
 onference and journal papers.\n\nThis is a day-long program where both und
 ergraduate and postgraduate students by coursework and research work will 
 be invited. This program will be ended by presenting an appreciation token
  to the keynote speaker.\n\nRoom: 312\, Bldg: 6\, Northfields Ave\, Wollon
 gong\, New South Wales\, Australia
LOCATION:Room: 312\, Bldg: 6\, Northfields Ave\, Wollongong\, New South Wal
 es\, Australia
ORGANIZER:msh085@uowmail.edu.au
SEQUENCE:32
SUMMARY:Addressing harmonics issues of grids with high penetration of grid-
 connected power converters
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/366508
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>The technical talk will be on the &ldquo\;
 Advanced Power Converter Topology and Control in Grid Connected Renewable 
 Energy\, Motor Drives and Energy Storage Systems&rdquo\;. The keynote spea
 ker of this talk is Professor Firuz Zare from Queensland University of Tec
 hnology\, and his brief biography is as follows:</p>\n<p>Professor Firuz Z
 are is a Fellow of IEEE\, IEEE distinguished lecturer\, a Fellow of Engine
 ers Australia\, and the Head of the School of Electrical Engineering and R
 obotics at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane\, Queensland.</
 p>\n<p>He has over 20 years of experience in academia\, industry\, and int
 ernational standardisation committees\, including eight years in two large
  R&amp\;D centres working on <em>Grid Connected Inverters\, Energy Convers
 ion Systems\, and Power Quality Projects</em>.</p>\n<p>He has been an acti
 ve member of IEC\, Danish\, and Australian standardisation committees and 
 has been a Task Force Leader (International Project Manager) of Active Inf
 eed Converters to develop the first international standard IEC 61000-3-16 
 within the IEC standardisation SC77A.</p>\n<p>Prof. Zare has received seve
 ral awards such as an Australian Future Fellowship\, John Madsen Medal\, S
 ymposium Fellowship\, and early career excellence research award. He was a
 warded a technology leadership program by the Danish Innovation Council\, 
 to attend one-year leadership program delivered by Harvard Business School
  in Boston USA in 2015.</p>\n<p>Prof Zare is a Senior Editor of IEEE Acces
 s journal\, a Guest Editor and Associate Editor of the <a href="https://ie
 eexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6245517">IEEE Journal of Em
 erging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics and an Editorial board mem
 ber of several international journals.</a></p>\n<p>He has supervised 30 Ph
 D students\, post-docs\, and research engineers and published over 300 pee
 r-reviewed conference and journal papers.</p>\n<p>This is a day-long progr
 am where both undergraduate and postgraduate students by coursework and re
 search work will be invited. This program will be ended by presenting an a
 ppreciation token to the keynote speaker.</p>
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