Dr. Ali-Akbar Gharaveisi was born in Kermanshah, Iran, 1967. He received B.Sc., M.Sc., and PhD degrees from the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran, in 1990, 1995 and 2001 all in electrical engineering, respectively. His field of knowledge and experience includes Control Systems, Power Systems Studies, Power Quality and Harmonic Mitigation, Electrical Machines and Drives.