Behrooz Mirafzal received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA, in 2005. 

From 2005 to 2008, he was with Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley, Mequon, WI, USA, as a Senior Development/Project Engineer, where he was involved in research and development related to motor-drive systems. From 2008 to 2011, he was an Assistant Professor with Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA. He is currently a Professor at Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA. He has published over 100 articles in professional journals and conferences and holds four U.S. patents. His current research interests include the applications of power electronics in grid-interactive converters and energy conversion systems. He was a recipient of the 2008 Second Best IEEE Industry Applications Society Transactions Prize Paper Award in 2007, the Best 2012 IEEE Power and Energy Society Transactions Prize Paper Award in 2011, the 2014 U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER Award, and the 2019 Frankenhoff Outstanding Research Award, Kansas State University. He has served as the Technical Co-Chair for the IEEE IEMDC Conference in 2009. He has been serving as an Associate Editor for the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS since 2011 and the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER ELECTRONICS since 2018. 

Fariba Fateh joined the department of electrical and computer engineering at Kansas State in January 2016. She teaches control systems design, advanced systems theory, and system identification and adaptive control. 

Fateh’s main research areas involve system modeling, linear and nonlinear control, adaptive and intelligent systems control, and control education. In the past five years, her research focus has been on modeling and control applications in electromechanical and energy systems. 

Fateh is a senior member of the IEEE and a member of Control Systems Society, as well as Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma-Xi Honor Societies. She has served as an associate editor in Modeling, Estimation & Control Conference (MECC) since 2021, and American Control Conference (ACC) 2016-22 and Dynamic Systems and Control Conference 2016-22. She has authored or co-authored more than 25 conference and journal papers. She served as session and topic chairs for IEEE conferences, reviewer of several IEEE transactions.

Milad Sadoughi was born in Maragheh, East Azerbaijan, Iran. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc degrees in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Urmia University in 2016 and 2022, respectively. He worked as a teacher assistant and research assistant at Urmia University. He is currently a Ph.D. student at Kansas State University. He joined SPECS Research Group in August 2022. His research interests are power electronics and power systems.

SPECS Research Associate: August 2022- Present

Arya Ponnarassery Sadasivan was born in Kerala, India. She received her B.Tech degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Calicut, Kerala in 2018, and her M.Tech degree in Infrastructure Engineering with a Specialization in Energy from the Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Rajasthan in 2022. She is currently a Ph.D. student at Kansas State University. She joined SPECS Research Group in January 2023. Her research interests are power electronics and power systems. 

SPECS Research Associate: August 2023- Present

Eduard Plett is an Associate Professor in Electronic and Computer Engineering Technology and Robotics and Automation Engineering Technology at Kansas State University Salina Aerospace and Technology Campus. He received his Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University in 2003 and is currently working on finishing his PhD from Kansas State University. His areas of interest are automation, control systems, robotics, microcontrollers, power systems, and artificial intelligence. He has also worked as an industrial electronic technician for 12 years, and as a control engineer (full time and part time) for more than 15 years  

Gannon Bird is from Maize, Kansas. He is pursuing a B.S in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State university, with plans to graduate in may 2025. His research interests include embedded systems in Power Systems.

SPECS Research Associate: January 2023- Present

SPECS Research Associate: January 2024- Present

Fahmid Sadeque is from Bangladesh. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh, in 2014 and 2017, respectively. He received his Ph.D. degree from Kansas State University in August 2022 and joined the SPECS team at Kansas State University as a fellow postdoctoral associate in September 2022. He has been working as a graduate research assistant for the SPECS team since August 2018. Fahmid was a former faculty at Daffodil International University, Bangladesh, where he served as a lecturer from 2014 to 2018. His research interest includes power electronics, start inverters, grid-forming inverters, and renewable energy. 

SPECS Research Associate: August 2018- Present

Dushyant Sharma is from Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan in India. He received his B.Tech. (Hons.) degree and Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from National Institute of Technology Rourkela and Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, in 2012 and 2019, respectively. In January 2020, he joined the Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur as a Young Faculty Associate where he served till January 2021. Dr. Sharma Currently working as an Assistant professor at the Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad. His research interest includes automatic load frequency control, renewable energy systems, distributed control in power systems, microgrids, and active power control of interconnected power systems. 

SPECS Research Associate: April 2021- Present

Aswad Adib received the B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), in 2012, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA, in 2018. He worked as a Software Engineer with Samsung Research and Development Institute Bangladesh, from 2012 to 2014. In 2019, he worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow with Kansas State University. He currently works on grid-interactive smart inverters as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, USA. His research interests include power electronics and advanced control schemes for smart inverters. 

SPECS Research Associate: January 2014- 2019.

Oben Dag received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Yildiz Technical University, Turkey, in 1999, M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, in 2018, and Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, in 2010. He worked as a Maintenance Chief Engineer at Turkish Land Forces, and he was a Postdoctoral Fellow with Kansas State University. Dr. Dag is now the Department Head of Electrical Engineering at Istanbul Arel University. 

SPECS Research Associate: Jan 2015- July 2016.

Mehmetcan Gursoy was born Istanbul, Turkey, in 1991. He received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Yeditepe University, Istanbul in 2014, and his M.Sc. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, in 2019. He is currently working toward his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Kansas State University. His research interests include applications of power electronics in power grids and control of power converters.

SPECS Research Associate:  August 2020 -  April 2024

Tareq Hossen is from Chittagong, Bangladesh. He received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh in 2013. He obtained his M.Sc. degree from University of North Dakota, USA in 2018. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Kansas State University. He has joined SPECS Research Group in January 2020. His research interests are power electronics and power system.

SPECS Research Associate: January 2020- August 2023

Fahmid Sadeque is from Bangladesh. He received his M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh, in 2017 and 2014, respectively. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University in 2022. He is currently a fellow (Post Doc.) research associate at Kansas State University. He joined SPECS Group in August 2018. His research interest includes power electronics, start inverters, grid-forming inverters, and renewable energy.  

SPECS Research Associate: August 2018- Present

Mohsen S. Pilehvar was born in Mashhad, Iran, in 1988. He received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran, in 2011, and his M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Shiraz University of Technology, Shiraz, Iran, in 2013. He is currently working toward his Ph.D. degree in the Power Electronics Research Group at Kansas State University. His research interests include grid-tied inverters, switching patterns, power electronics applications in microgrids and renewable energy systems. He has joined SPECS Research Group in January 2017. He was an intern at Tesla in Fall 2019.

SPECS Research Associate: January 2017- December 2020.

Joseph Benzaquen was born in Caracas, Venezuela. He received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from the Universidad Simón Bolívar. Dr. Benzaquen received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University in 2020. His research interests include power electronics for more electric powertrains, electric vehicles, grid-tied applications, and electric drives.

SPECS Research Associate: January 2016- August 2020.

Aswad Adib received the B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), in 2012, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA, in 2018. He worked as a Software Engineer with Samsung Research and Development Institute Bangladesh, from 2012 to 2014. In 2019, he worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow with Kansas State University. He currently works on grid-interactive smart inverters as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, USA. His research interests include power electronics and advanced control schemes for smart inverters. 

SPECS Research Associate: January 2014- 2019.

Akanksha Singh was born in Varanasi, India, in 1987. She received the B.E. degree from Bengal Engineering and Science University, Howrah, West Bengal, India in 2010. She worked from 2010 to 2012 as a Research and Development Engineer in ESAB India Limited. She received her Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kansas State University in 2017. Her research interests include the application of power electronics in renewable energy systems, power electronic converters, and renewable energy systems. Dr. Singh is currently working for National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Colorado. 

Jacob Lamb was born in Portland, Oregon in 1991. He received the B.S. degree in mathematics and the B.S.E. degree in electrical engineering from Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, in 2013. He received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, in 2017. Dr. Lamb is currently a senior firmware/control engineer with Rockwell Automation in Mequon, WI. His research interests include power electronics and switching algorithms for fault tolerance in reconfigurable converters. 

Ali K. Kaviani was born in Gorgan, Iran, in 1982. He received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2005, the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, in 2008, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA, in 2012. His research interests include applications of power electronics, modeling and control of power converters, and power system planning and optimization. He is currently working as a Specialist Engineer-Motor-Drives & Controls for Eaton at Portland, Oregon Area. 

Peter Bontorno was born in Vermont, USA. He received his M.Sc. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Kansas State University in 2020. His research interests include power electronics converters and application of power electronics in grid-interactive systems. He is currently working at Naval Nuclear Power Laboratory, Tulsa, Oklahoma to provide onsite vendor support for development of cutting edge Navy training equipment.

Chintan Raval was born in Ahmedabad, India in 1991. He received his BS degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Silver Oak College of Engineering & Technology (GTU), Gujarat. He was an intern at Institute for Plasma Research (IPR) India. He received his Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University in 2017. His research interests are in Power Electronics and Non-conventional energy sources. He is currently working for AEP as a Distribution Planning Engineer, Columbus, Ohio.

Faleh Alskran was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 1988. He received the B.S. and MS. degrees in electrical engineering from the Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, in 2011 and 2014, respectively. His Thesis was on modeling and analysis of grid-interactive VSI. He is currently working toward his Ph.D. degree at Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO. 

Alireza A. Milani was born in Tabriz, Iran in 1989. He received the B.Sc. degree from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran in 2011, and the M.Sc. degree from Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS in 2013 both in electrical engineering. He is currently working toward his Ph.D. degree at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. His research interests include power electronic applications in renewable energy systems, motor drive systems and electric vehicles. 

Brian Hadley was born in Miami, FL on September 11, 1981. He received a B.S.E.E degree in Electrical Engineering with a specialization in Power Systems in 2009, and an M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering with a focus in Power Electronics, in 2011, both from Florida International University. From 2003 to 2009, Brian worked as an Industrial Electrician in the Surface Aggregate Mining Industry, and in 2009, he joined Pantropic Power as a Field Engineer working on control systems for industrial motor systems. In 2011, he joined Locust Power as a Power Electronics Development Engineer, where he developed ultra-high speed brush-less DC motor drives for micro gas turbine engines. Since 2013, Brian has been with Bloom Energy, where he is a Sr. Staff Electrical Engineer, and the lead electrical engineer in manufacturing at Bloom Energy's flagship manufacturing center in Newark, DE.