George Cheng received Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in 1995 from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. He has been an IEEE senior member since 2009. In 2006 he joined Rockwell Automation Canada, Cambridge, ON, Canada. He worked as a Power Electronics Designer for medium voltage drive products based on both current source and voltage source inverters. He is currently working on the research, development and application of medium-voltage and low-voltage drives, such as new converter topologies, new product features and technologies for LV and MV drives application, control algorithm, semiconductors and passive components, architectural design of new products, and the application of medium voltage drives in complex industrial environments.
Marten Pape (Member, IEEE), received the B.Eng. degree in communications engineering and information technology from Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, Karlsruhe, Germany, in 2012, and the M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering in 2015 and 2022, respectively, from the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada. Currently, he is a Senior Power Development Engineer in the Medium Voltage Business of Rockwell Automation in Cambridge, ON, Canada. His research interests include the design, control and application of power electronic converters to motor drives, renewable energy-driven power systems and distributed generation.
Navid R. Zargari (M’94, SM’08, F’15) received the B.Eng. degree from Tehran University, Iran, in 1987 and the M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada, in 1991 and 1995 respectively. He has been with Rockwell Automation Canada since 1994, as a senior designer, researcher and recently in a variety of R&D leadership roles. For the past 30 years he has been involved with design of power converters for AC drives. His research interests include power converter topologies and their control aspects, power semiconductors and renewable energy sources. He has co authored more than 100 research papers and two books: “Power Conversion and Control of Wind Energy Systems” and “Modular Multilevel Converters: Analysis, Control and Applications”. He holds more than 40 granted/pending patents in areas of power converters and medium voltage applications. Dr. Zargari is registered as a Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario and was the recipient of the Premier’s Innovation Award for the Innovator of the year from the Province of Ontario in 2009.
