The Team
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 An IIT (Illinois Institute of Technology) Startup in Chicago Emadi-thumb.jpg "Dr. Ali Emadi")
 An IIT (Illinois Institute of Technology) Startup in Chicago Anderson-thumb.jpg "Robert F. Anderson")
 An IIT (Illinois Institute of Technology) Startup in Chicago Atul-thumb.jpg "Atul Thakkar")
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 An IIT (Illinois Institute of Technology) Startup in Chicago Anthony-thumb.jpg "Anthony Baroud")
Founder, President, and CTO
Ali Emadi received his Ph.D. degree from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. He is the Harris Perlstein Endowed Chair Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director of the Electric Power and Power Electronics Center and Grainger Laboratories at Illinois Institute of Technology. He is the world renowned academic leader in the field of vehicular power and propulsion systems and electric, hybrid electric, and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. He is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions. He has been named the Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Young Electrical Engineer of the Year 2003 (single international award) by virtue of his outstanding contributions to hybrid electric vehicle conversion. Dr. Emadi is the principal author/co-author of over 200 journal and conference papers as well as five books including Vehicular Electric Power Systems (Marcel Dekker, 2003), Energy Efficient Electric Motors (Marcel Dekker, 2004), and Modern Electric, Hybrid Electric, and Fuel Cell Vehicles (CRC Press, 2004). He is also the editor of the Handbook of Automotive Power Electronics and Motor Drives (Marcel Dekker, 2005). Dr. Emadi was the founding General Chair of the 1st IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, which was co-located under his chairmanship with the SAE International Future Transportation Technology Conference in 2005. He is currently the Chair of the IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Steering Committee, Chair of the Technical Committee on Transportation Power Electronics of the IEEE Power Electronics Society, and Chair of the Power Electronics Technical Committee of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. He has served as the Chair of the prestigious International Future Energy Challenge and the Editor (North America) of the International Journal of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles.