ISPES-2027

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Ramesh C. Bansal is affiliated with the University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. Their main field of study is Engineering, with a primary focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering and related subfields. Their research contributions span Control and Systems Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Energy Engineering and Power Technology, as well as Automotive Engineering.

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Zenghui Wang (PhD, Nankai University, China) is a National Research Foundation (NRF) B2-rated researcher in Electrical Engineering and a member of Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf). He is currently a Professor at the University of South Africa (Unisa). After graduating with a Doctoral degree in 2007, Prof Wang worked as an Associate Professor in the Department of Automation at Shandong University of Science and Technology and a post-Doctoral Fellow at the French South African Technical Institute in Electronics at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT). He joined Unisa in 2010 as an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Smart Systems Engineering and soon thereafter (July 2012) became a professor in the same Department. Prof Wang specialises in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science/Engineering. He is the leader of Intelligent System research group/laboratory. He has been involved in more than ten major research projects in South Africa and China. To January 2026, he has more than 270 papers published or accepted, including over 120 ISI master indexed journal papers.

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Dr. Debashisha Jena is a Professor and Head of the Department (HoD) of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at NITK Surathkal, specializing in control systems and renewable energy. Recognized among the top 2% of scientists worldwide by Stanford University, his research focuses on data-driven machine learning, system identification, and electric power optimization

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Dr. Panda has joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the National University of Singapore as a Lecturer in 1992. He is currently serving as an Associate Professor. He has served as Director (Education) at the Design Technology Institute, a joint-venture between NUS and TU/e, The Netherlands and funded by EDB, Singapore. He has served as the Group Head of the Drives, Power and Control Group from 2007-2009. He was appointed as Area Director, Power & Energy Research Group of the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at NUS from 1 January 2010 to 31 July 2025.

Dr. Panda has carried out extensive research in various areas of control of electric drives and power electronic converters. He has co-authored 1 book and published more than 175 papers in international refereed journals and conferences. His current research interests are in energy harvesting both at high power level as well as at very low-power level for wireless sensor nodes and networks, control of distributed renewable energy generation, assistive technology and mechatronics.

Dr. Panda has been very active member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and presently a Senior Member of the IEEE. He has served in various capacities as Chapter Officer in the IEEE Singapore Section Joint Power Electronics and Industry Applications Society Chapter. He has served as the Chairman of the IEEE Singapore Section in 2004. He was the Organizing Chairman for the International IEEE Power Electronics and Drives Systems Conference in 2003 as well as the International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies in 2008. He is the recipient of the IEEE 3rd Millennium Medal. He was awarded the Best Volunteer Award by the IEEE Singapore Section in 2006

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Dr. Fernando Yanine is a professional engineer, senior researcher, academic and scientist at the Faculty of Engineering of Universidad Finis Terrae in Santiago, Chile and professor of the MBA of Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria (UTFSM) also of Chile. He is also an industry consultant for several companies. Fernando received his M.Sc. and Sc.D. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (PUC) in March, 2014; he also holds B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at El Paso, USA (May 1988), a Bachelor of Science and a Professional Civil-Industrial Engineer’s title from Universidad Arturo Prat at Iquique, Chile, UNAP (2006), and a M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from University of Santiago de Chile, USACH (1997). His research interests and projects include energy homeostaticity of electric power systems; sustainable hybrid energy systems (SHES) for on-grid Distributed Generation. His areas of research are sustainable energy systems, environmental sustainability, energy poverty, service management & engineering, and energy homeostaticity. Dr. Yanine is an active researcher and member of several research networks and an advisory member of local organizations dedicated to Sustainable Energy and Environment. Dr. Yanine has 33 years of experience in Industry and he is the inventor of Waterless WC, a new toilet and urinary system (both in one piece) that works without water. It is fully patented and operates under a totally different sanitary system engineering paradigm, with patents in Chile.

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Dr. Matías Díaz received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Santiago, Chile, and his dual Ph.D. degrees from the University of Nottingham, UK, and the University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, in 2017. He is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Santiago, Chile. His research focuses on multilevel converters.