Speakers of ICNEPE 2023

Prof. Akhtar Kalam

IEEE Life Member

Victoria University, Australia

Biography:

Professor Akhtar Kalam has been at Victoria University (VU) since 1985. He is a former Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science and Head of Engineering of the College of Engineering and Science.Currently, he is the Head of External Engagement. He is also the current Chair of the Academic Board in the Engineering Institute of Technology, Perth, Australia, and the Editor in Chief of Australian Journal of Electrical & Electronics Engineering. Further, he has a Distinguished Professorship position at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, three Indian and five Malaysian universities. He has also been appointed as the Editor in Chief of the Australian Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Professor Kalam has wide experience in educational institutions and industry across four continents. He received his B.Sc. and B.Sc. Engineering from Calcutta University and Aligarh Muslim University, India. He completed his MS and PhD at the University of Oklahoma, USA and the University of Bath, UK. He has worked with Ingersoll Rand and other electrical manufacturers. Other teaching appointments include the University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq and Capricornia Institute of Advanced Education, Rockhampton, Queensland.

Professor Kalam is regularly invited to deliver lectures, work on industrial projects and examine external thesis overseas. His major areas of interests are power system analysis, communication, control, protection, renewable energy, smart grid, IEC61850 implementation and cogeneration systems. He has been actively engaged in the teaching of Energy Systems to undergraduates and postgraduates, and has provided professional courses to the industry both in Australia and overseas.He regularly offers Continuing Professional Development and Masterclasses on Power System Protection, Renewable Energy, IEC61850, Cogeneration & Gas Turbine Operation and PBL in engineering education to practising engineers, the Energy Supply Association of Australia (ESAA) and Australian Power Institute (API). He also runs a postgraduate distance education program on Power System Protection for the ESAA. Professor Kalam has conducted research, provided industrial consultancy and published more than 542 publications on his area of expertise. He has written 26-plus books in the area. More than 35 PhD students have graduated under his supervision and he is an external examiner of many external doctoral students in Australia and overseas. Professor Kalam provides consultancy for major electrical utilities, manufacturers and other industry bodies in his field of expertise. He is a Fellow of EA, IET, AIE, a life member of IEEE and a member CIGRE AP B5 Study Committee.

Prof. Ying Hu

IEEE Senior Member

Xidian University

Biography:

Dr. Ying Hu is a Doctor at Nanyang Technological University and Professor at Xidian University in Singapore. He was awarded the title of Top Ten Young Teachers of Xidian University，Senior member of IEEE, senior member of Chinese Institute of Electronics，Expert on Evaluation of start-up fund Project for returned overseas students of Ministry of Education，Expert of New Energy Key Projects and international cooperation projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology，Member of Expert Committee of China Energy Society，Expert of Shaanxi Science and Technology Project evaluation，Member of Expert Committee of Shaanxi Hydrogen Energy Alliance，Certificate of Honor awarded by MS&T '06 Conference， 7th Committee member of the Organizing Committee of the 2007 International Conference "7th East Asian Conference On Chemical Sensors (EACCS-07), Singapore" and Invited presentation. Personal information was included in the first edition of "Whos Who in Asia" (2006) in the United States, "LEADING ENGINEERS of the WORLD 2007" in Cambridge, England, and "OUTSTANDING INTELLECTUALS OF 2000. THE 21st CENTURY "(2008). She has published more than 40 papers，in which 30 papers have been included in three major indexes, and cited for about 120 times. She have been a reviewer of several famous international journals. Four books have been published, in which New Energy and Micro and Nano Electronic Technology is "Twelfth Five-Year" national key book publishing planning project. She has been authorized more than 20 invention patents from China, the United States and Singapore.

Title: The properties of photoelectrocatalysis SrFeO3-δ under visible-light irradiation in hydrogen evolution from splitting water

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