Samir Kouro

Background

About Samir Kouro

Samir Kouro received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electronics engineering from the Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria (UTFSM), Valparaíso, Chile, in 2004 and 2008, respectively. In 2004, he joined the Electronics Engineering Department, UTFSM, where he currently is Associate Professor. From 2009 to 2011 he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada. His research interests include power electronics, control, renewable energy power conversion systems (photovoltaic and wind), and electromobility applications. Dr. Kouro is founding member and Principal Investigator of the Solar Energy Research Center (SERC) one of the national priority areas centers of excellence of Chile, and founding member and Titular Researcher of the Advanced Center of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (AC3E), one of the technology transfers centers of excellence in Chile. He has coauthored one book, seven book chapters and over 170 refereed journal and conference papers. He has served as Special Session organizer and Chair in over 20 international conferences and has been Guest Editor of Special Issues in 7 occasions for several Transactions and IET journals. Dr. Kouro received the 2016 Industrial Electronics Bimal K. Bose Award for Industrial Electronics Applications in Energy Systems, the 2015 Industrial Electronics Society J. David Irwin Early Career Award, the 2012 Power Electronics Society Richard M. Bass Outstanding Young Power Electronics Engineer Award, the 2012 Industry Applications Magazine 1st prize paper award, the 2011 Transactions on Industrial Electronics Best Paper Award, the 2008 Industrial Electronics Magazine Best Paper Award, the 2005 “Ismael Valdes” award from the Institute of Engineers of Chile, and was recognized by the President of the Republic as the youngest researcher of the National Science and Technology Commission in 2004.