Abbas A. Fardoun

Abbas A. Fardoun Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Curtin University of Technology Australia

Biography

Abbas A. Fardoun was born in Lebanon. He received his BS degree from the University of Houston, in 1988, & MS and Ph.D. from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1990 and 1994, respectively. He was with Advanced Energy Inc. from 1994-1996 where he was involved with high frequency power supply design. From 1996 until 1998, he was with Delphi where he worked on Electrical Power Steering. From 1998 until 2006, Dr. Fardoun has been with TRW Automotive working on electrical power steering development for column and rack drives. Since 2006, Dr. Fardoun has been with the Department of Electrical Engineering at the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) where he is a full professor and directing the Renwable Energy Laboratory at UAEU. Dr. Fardoun received the Hariri Foundation distinguished graduate award in 1994. He holds seven awarded patents related to ac drives & automotive applications. His main interests are AC-DC and DC-DC power supplies; His recent research interest has been directed on developing power electonics circuits for renewable energy systems (Wind, Solar, and Fuel Cells) and battery charging/discharging management for renewable energy applications. Dr. Fardoun is a senior IEEE member since 2005.