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Dr. Mehdi Abolhassani received his PhD in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University, (Texas, USA) in 2003. Prior to joining Resilient, Mehdi was R&D Manager of Toshiba's Drives group. He was previously Director of Gtest Transportation lab and assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Houston in Texas, USA. He has solid industrial background in designing, manufacturing, and testing of power electronic converters and PM electric drives from fractional Hp to 15 MW in various applications in automotive, traction, industrial, home appliances, and wind energy. He also has years of leadership experience in various product development from concept to production. He contributed in some chapters of DSP-Based Electromechanical Motion Control, and of Handbook of Power Electronics, 2nd Edition: Devices, Circuits and Applications. Dr. Abolhassani holds 31 granted and pending US and international patents. He is also the author of several journal and conference papers. His main research interest areas include multi-level inverters, electrical machine design; variable speed drives for traction and propulsion applications, power electronics for automotive, and wind energy conversion systems.