Dr Yazan Alsmadi

Dr Yazan Alsmadi

Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, Jordan University of Science and Technology

Dr Yazan Alsmadi is a young distinguished scientist received the B.S. degree in Electrical Power Engineering from Yarmouk University, Jordan, and the M.S. and PhD degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The Ohio State University (OSU), Columbus, OH, USA, in 2012 and 2015, respectively.

He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at Jordan University of Science and Technology, and also a Senior Lead Engineer in the Advanced Transmission Studies and Technology group at American Electric Power (AEP), Columbus, OH, USA and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at The Ohio State University. Dr. Yazan has participated in the establishment the new Center for High Performance Power Electronics (CHPPE) ($10 M) at The Ohio State University.  Dr. Alsmadi is the recipient of several prestigious awards: the 2016 Outstanding Performance Award from American Electric Power, 2014 Presidential Fellowship; the Best Presentation Award at the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress &Expo(ECCE 2014), and the Yarmouk University Presidential Award for academic distinction. Dr. Alsmadi also served as a president for the IEEE Graduate Student Body at The Ohio State University (IEEE GSB).