Professional Services
New Activities and Services
2020/10, IEEE ITRD Initiative, Standard and Business Engagement Committee, Chair
2020/10, IEEE PELS TC5 JESTPE Coordination Co-Chair
Editorial Board Services
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (TPEL), Associate Editor, 2015-present
IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics (JESTPE), Associate Editor, 2015-present
IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy (OAJPE), Editor, 2020-present
IEEE TPEL Special Issue on High-Frequency-Link Power Conversion Systems, Invited Guest Associate Editor (GAE), 2014
IEEE JESTPE Special Issue on Resilient Microgrids, Invited GAE, 2016
IEEE JESTPE Special Issue on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications, Invited GAE, 2016
IEEE JESTPE Special Issue on Modeling and Control of Power Electronics in Renewable Energy and Power Systems, Invited GAE, 2014
IEEE JESTPE Special Section on Topics of Power Electronics Interfaced Battery Energy Storage Systems, Invited GAE, 2021
Professional/Honor Society Membership
IEEE Membership, 18 years, active
IEEE Senior Member, 9 years, active
IEEE Power Electronics Society, 12 years, active
IEEE Power and Energy Society, 7 years, inactive
IEEE Industry Application Society, 3 years, inactive
IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 2 years, inactive
IEEE Electron Devices Society, 1 year, inactive
IEEE Communications Society, 1 year, inactive
IEEE Transportation Electrification Community, 8 years, active
IEEE Smart Grid Community, 8 years, active
IEEE Smart Cities Community, 7 years, active
IEEE Internet of Things Community, 7 years, active
IEEE Young Professionals, 2 years, inactive
Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, 5 years, inactive
Conference Technical Program Committee (TPC) Services
IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications (WiPDA), 2015, Technical Program Chair; 2013, Steering Committee.
IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition (ECCE), 2020, TPC Vice-Chair; 2016, TPC Vice-Chair and Session Chair; 2015, TPC Vice-Chair, Topic Chair, and Session Chair; 2013, Program Subcommittee and Topic Chair.
IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2020, Professional Education Seminars Review; 2014, Track Chair, Session Chair; 2013, Session Chair; 2012, Session Chair.
IEEE International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG), 2018, Session Chair; 2014, TPC Member; 2013, TPC Co-Chair; 2010, Session Chair.
IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), 2009, TPC Member-at-Large.
Research Grant/Paper Reviewer
Invited reviewer for Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Canada's federal funding agency for university research
Invited reviewer for Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E), a United States government agency under Department of Energy
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion
IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy
IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
Elsevier International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems
IET Electric Power Applications
Wiley OCAM (Optimal Control, Applications and Methods)
IEEE ECCE, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020
IEEE APEC, 2013, 2015, 2020
IEEE PEDG, 2013, 2014, 2015
IEEE CCECE, 2008, 2009
IEEE ISIE (International Symposium on Industrial Electronics), 2012
Technical Committee and Industry Advisory Board (IAB)
International Technology Roadmap for Distributed Energy Resources (ITRD), IEEE Power Electronics Society, 2019-present
International Technology Roadmap for Wide Bandgap Power Semiconductor (ITRW), IEEE Power Electronics Society, 2017-present
The Center of Power Electronics Systems (CPES) at Virginia Tech, IAB, 2009-2015
DOE NETL-RUA Grid Technologies Collaborative, Industry Committee, 2014-2015
The FREEDM Center at North Carolina State University, IAB, 2011-2013
IEEE Power Electronics Society, TC5 - Sustainable Energy Systems
IEEE Power Electronics Society, TC1 - Power and Control Core Technologies
IEEE Power and Energy Society, IGCC and WGi8
IEEE Admission and Advancement Committee, IEEE Senior Member Review Panel, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Dec. 8, 2012
GREATER Lakes: a consortium for Grid-level Renewable Energy Accelerated Training, Education, & Research in the Great Lakes region, OSU DOE proposal, 2013
Science and Technology Center on Energy Efficient Intelligent Building, VT/MIT/UCLA NSF proposal, 2011
U.S.-India Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center, VT/IIT-Kanpur DOE proposal, 2011
IEC USNC Technical Advisory Groups (Representing for Siemens)
IEC TC 120 - Energy Storage Systems, TC 120 (Representing for Siemens)
IEC Advisory Committee on Energy Efficiency (Representing for Siemens)
NEMA Energy Storage Council and Smart Grid Advisory Panel (Representing for Siemens)
ANSI Energy Storage Systems Committee (Representing for Siemens)
Invited Technical Workshops
NIST/DOE Workshop on Medium-Voltage Wide-Bandgap Power Electronics for Advanced Distribution Grids, NIST HQ, Apr. 15, 2016.
Invited Speaker, ONR/CPES Workshop on Control Architectures for Modular Power Conversion Systems, Arlington, VA, Apr. 27-28, 2015.
DOE Resilient Grid Workshop, 2014.
DOE NETL-RUA Grid Technologies Collaborative 1st Annual National Conference, Arlington, VA, Jun. 10, 2013.
DOE Microgrid Workshop, Chicago, IL, Jun. 2012.
DOE Microgrid Workshop, San Diego, CA, Sept. 2011.
Invited Speaker, EPRI Power Electronics for Utility Applications Workshop, Nov. 17, 2011.
Invited Speaker, DOE/NSF CURENT, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Nov. 18, 2011.
Invited Speaker, Siemens/Lehigh University Workshop, Oct. 27, 2011.
Invited Speaker, Siemens: A Day in the Life, Innovative Solutions for Industry Virtual Event, Feb. 16, 2011.
Invited Speaker, Siemens/Penn State University Workshop, Sept. 24, 2010.
Invited Speaker, Siemens/Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Workshop, Jan. 29, 2010.
Working Groups and/or Task Forces
IEEE P1547 standard development
IEEE P2030 standard development
IEEE P1547a standard development
IEEE P2800 standard development
EPRI Energy Storage Integration Council
DOE PNNL Energy Storage Protocol User Group
DOE Energy Storage Safety Working Group
NERC Smart Grid Task Force
NIST ASHRAE/NEMA SPC 201P, Facility Smart Grid Information Model
SEPA Energy Storage working group
SEPA Electric Vehicle
SEPA Transactive Energy
SEPA Microgrid
SEPA Energy Services Interface.
SGIP Home-to-Grid Domain Expert Working Group
SGIP OpenFMB Working Group
SGIP Orange Button Initiative