Biography

Dr. Aboubakr Salem, Member IEEE ‘14, is an Assistant Professor at West Virginia University- Institute of Technology. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Helwan University, Egypt, in 2004 and 2009, respectively, and his Ph.D. in Electromechanical Engineering from Ghent University, Belgium, in 2015. Dr. Salem has teaching experience in many universities in Egypt, Belgium, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the USA since 2006 as TA, RA, and Assistant Professor. He is currently an assistant professor with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept., WVU Institute of Technology. Dr. Salem’s research interests include power electronic converters design using modern wide-band-gap semiconductor technologies applied to electrical drives, electric vehicles, renewable energy, and smart grid applications. Dr. Salem’s funded research activities include several international projects, with more than $30 million. He has more than 40 publications in reputable journals and conferences and three published/submitted patents in the field of power electronic converter design and control. Dr. Salem supervised and graduated many Master’s and Ph.D.’s students. Additionally, he is a reviewer in many reputable journals, i.e., Industrial Electronics and Power Electronics IEEE Transactions.