Plug In Electric Vehicles in Smart Grids: Energy Management (Power Systems)

Dr. Sumedha Rajakaruna received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University  of  Toronto,  Ontario, Canada. He was a Lecturer at University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka until 2000 and then an Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore until 2007. Since 2007, he is at Curtin University, Perth, Australia. He is the founding Director and Lead Designer of Green Electric Energy Park at Curtin University, a state of the art renewable energy laboratory built at the cost of over $1.2 million in 2012. He is the supervisor of more than 10 PhD graduates and has published 2 book chapters and over 40 research articles.

Dr. Farhad Shahnia received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering  from  Queensland  University  of  Technology,  Brisbane,  Australia.  He  is  currently  a  Lecturer  in  Curtin  University,  Perth,  Australia.  His professional experience includes three years at Research Office-Eastern Azarbayjan Electric Power Distribution Company, Tabriz, Iran. Prior to joining Curtin University, he was a research fellow in Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. He has published 5 book chapters, 8 journal papers and 55 conference papers.

Dr. Arindam  Ghosh  received his  Ph.D.  in  Electrical  Engineering  from  University  of  Calgary, Canada in 1983. Currently, he is a Professor of Power Engineering at Curtin University, Perth, Australia. Prior to joining the Curtin in 2013, he was with Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia from 2006 to 2012 and with the Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Kanpur, India, for 21 years. He is a fellow of INAE and IEEE. He has published 1 book, 6 book chapters and more than 350 papers in international conferences and journals.