Lakehead University, Canada
Dr. Apparao Dekka received an M.Tech degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India, in 2010, and a Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from Ryerson University, Canada, in 2017. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Lakehead University, Canada.
Prior to joining Lakehead University, he was a Research Engineer with the Power Electronics Laboratory at Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE from 2010 to 2012, and Post-Doctoral Research Fellow with the Laboratory for Electric Drive Applications and Research at Ryerson University, Canada, and Research Associate at McMaster University, Canada from 2017 to 2019. He has published more than 50 peer-reviewed technical papers, authored/coauthored a Wiley-IEEE press book on “Modular Multilevel Converters: Analysis, Control, and Applications”, and six book chapters. His current research interests include high-power converters, medium-voltage drives, renewable energy systems, and advanced control schemes.
Dr. Dekka was the recipient of the 2019 IET Electric Power Applications Premium Award and the 2016 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Outstanding Reviewer Award. He is a senior member of the IEEE.
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Tuesday, March 21, 2023
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