Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Welcome
to University of Alberta Power
Electronics Lab (uAPEL) research group.
I am
a faculty member in Energy Systems Group
at University of Alberta. You have reached uAPEL
research group
webpage. The general goal of uAPEL is to develop highly
efficient
and reliable power electronics and integrated intelligent control
systems for various
industrial applications. One of the main objectives is to design and
implement
power electronic devices for harvesting reliable renewable energies
more
efficiently and with flexibility at a much lower cost to eliminate
barriers to
the widespread use of distributed energy technology.
The
University of Alberta is a research
oriented University located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The
University of
Alberta has been recognized by the Academic Ranking of World
Universities, the
QS World University Rankings and the Times Higher Education World
University
Rankings as one of the top five universities in Canada and one of the
top 100
universities worldwide. The department of ECE is the home to over 60
faculties,
30 staff and over 400 Graduate students.
The city of Edmonton is the capital of the province of Alberta in Canada. The city has the total 2016 population of 1,321,426 within the Edmonton census metropolitan area (CMA). Edmonton has one of the most diversified economies in Canada, as ranked by the Conference Board of Canada and it is the major economic center for northern and central Alberta and a major center for the oil and gas industry.