Ali Emadi is a Professor and Canada Excellence Research Chair Laureate at McMaster University based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, North America. Dr. Ali Emadi is the Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) Laureate and a Professor at McMaster University. He is also the holder of the NSERC/Stellantis Industrial Research Chair in Electrified Powertrains and Tier I Canada Research Chair in Transportation Electrification and Smart Mobility. The CERC appointment received $10 million in federal funding in addition to significant support from the university. Dr. Emadi’s appointment also includes a new electrified vehicle research facility that is part of the 80,000 square-foot McMaster Automotive Resource Center (MARC) at McMaster Innovation Park. Dr. Emadi is the Founder, President, and CEO of Enedym Inc. and Founder of MenloLab Inc. – two university spin-off companies of McMaster University. Before joining McMaster University, he was the Harris Perlstein Endowed Chair Professor of Engineering and Director of the Electric Power and Power Electronics Center and Grainger Laboratories at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Illinois, USA, where he established research and teaching facilities as well as courses in power electronics, motor drives, and vehicular power systems. He was the Founder and President of Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technologies, Inc. (HEVT) – a university spin-off company of Illinois Tech. He was the advisor for the Formula Hybrid Teams at Illinois Tech and McMaster University, which won the GM Best Engineered Hybrid System Award at the 2010, 2013, and 2015 competitions. Currently, he is the lead faculty advisor for the McMaster Engineering EcoCAR EV Challenge. Dr. Emadi is the principal author/coauthor of over 700 journal and conference papers as well as several books. He was the Inaugural General Chair of the 2012 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC) and has chaired several IEEE and SAE conferences in the areas of vehicle power and propulsion. He was the founding Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification from 2014 to 2020.
Current Position: Professor and Canada Excellence Research Chair Laureate
Company: McMaster University
Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, North America
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