International Summit on Conventional and Sustainable Energies March 30-31, 2018 Orlando, Florida, USA

Bimal K. Bose (Life Fellow, IEEE) received the B.E. degree from Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), India, the M.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and the Ph.D. degree from Calcutta University, India. Currently, he is Emeritus Chair Professor of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Formerly, he was an associate professor of electrical engineering at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York (1971-1976) and a research engineer in GE Corporate Research and Development, Schenectady, New York (1976-1987). Since 1987, he had been an Endowed Chair Professor in the University of Tennessee. He specializes in power electronics and motor drives that include AI applications and renewable energy systems. He has authored/edited seven books in power electronics, holds 21 U. S. patents, and large number of publications. He was awarded IEEE Power Electronics Society Newell Award, the IEEE Millennium Medal, the IEEE Meritorious Achievement Award in Continuing Education, the IEEE Lamme Gold Medal, the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES) Eugene Mittellmann Award (for lifetime achievement), the IEEE Region 3 Outstanding Engineer Award, the IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS) Outstanding Achievement Award, GE Silver Patent Medal, GE Publications Award, and Calcutta University Mouat Gold Medal.. He also received the IIEST Distinguished Alumnus Award, D. Sc. Degree (Honoris Causa) from IIEST, and Distinguished Lecturership of IAS and IES. He is a member of National Academy of Engineering. The IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine published a special issue (June 2009) “Honoring Dr. Bimal Bose and Celebrating His Contributions in Power Electronics” with a cover photo. The IES Dr. Bimal Bose Energy Systems Award was established from 2014 which is funded by the IEEE Foundation and the IE Society.

Power electronics, Motor drives, Renewable energy systems

Professor Nicholas A. Vovos has more than 35 years of experience in the field of academia and research, specifically in the areas of electrical and computer engineering. He is the Director of Power Systems Laboratory that was established in 1974. He has directed more than 20 research projects funded by industry and EU. He is a Professor at Patras University Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (Greece).

Renewable Energy, Distributed Generation, Smart Grids, Power Systems Control, Industrial Systems, Robotics and Machines.

Dr Azharul Karim is currently working as a Senior Lecturer in the Mechanical Engineering Discipline, Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Australia. He received his PhD degree from Melbourne University in 2007. Through his scholarly, innovative, high quality research, he has established a national and international standing. His excellence in research has been demonstrated by development of many innovative new products, 2 international patents, 142 high quality refereed publications (including 57 Journal papers, 2 books and 12 book chapters), 13 research grants amounting A$3.1 million including one highly competitive Advanced Queensland fellowship, being invited by reputed universities for seminars and establishment national and international research collaboration. In last 5 years, 12 of his papers have attracted about 1000 citations with h-index 15. His current research areas are Solar thermal energy, use of nano-fluid in Thermal Storage, Concentrating PV-thermal collector, Food Drying and Lean manufacturing. He is regarded one of the emerging researchers in Australia in ‘solar thermal research’ and ‘lean manufacturing’ areas. He has chaired many reputed conferences and is reviewer of many reputed journals. Dr Karim’s innovative product development capability is well recognised.

Solar thermal energy,Concentrating PV-thermal collector,Food Drying and Lean manufacturing

Dr Masa Noguchi is an Associate Professor in Environmental Design at the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne, Australia. He is a Chartered Engineer, Environmentalist, and Technological Product Designer registered respectively with the Engineering Council, Society for the Environment, and the Institution of Engineering Designers in the UK. In 2002, he also became a member of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, and today he serves as a Certified Passive House Designer registered with the Passive House Institute in Germany. Dr Noguchi is the founding coordinator of ZEMCH Network which consists of over 500 partners from nearly 40 countries and initiated a number of industry-academia knowledge transfer events. ZEMCH international conferences (from 2012), ZEMCH engineering design workshops (from 2014), and ZEMCH technical missions (from 2006) are amongst the events being organised by ZEMCH Network today in partnership with the regional experts centres based currently in Brazil, Italy, UAE and UK. At the Melbourne School of Design, he leads ZEMCH (Zero Energy Mass Custom Home) design courses, i.e. "Travelling Studio" and "Design Thesis Studio", within the graduate program. Before coming to Melbourne, he was a Reader at the Mackintosh School of Architecture, The Glasgow School of Art affiliated with the University of Glasgow, where he established a ZEMCH pathway within the Master of Architectural Studies program. His research is based on ZEMCH engineering design and socially, economically and environmentally sustainable housing community developments in developed and developing countries. Inventing a "mass custom design" system approach to sustainable housing, he developed a digitalised interactive mass custom design communication tool, which was demonstrated in the US Department of Energy Solar Decathlon's Canadian house 2005. In 2006, he designed Canada's first net zero energy home - Alouette Homes' EcoTerra house - built and commercialised in 2007 through the federal government's Equilibrium sustainable housing initiative/competition.

Environmental design, mass custom design