Akash Samanta received a B.Tech. degree (1st class) in Electrical Engineering from the West Bengal University of Technology in 2012. He also received M.Tech. (1st class) and MBA (1st class) degrees in Electrical Engineering and Energy Management from the University of Calcutta in 2018 and 2014, respectively. From 2014 to 2018 he was a Project Officer and Solar Energy Master Trainer with the Department of Energy Management, Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management, Kolkata, India. He is currently a Doctoral Research Scholar with the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Software Engineering at Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, ON, Canada. His research interests include electric energy storage systems, battery management systems, power electronics converters, and the application of machine learning and artificial intelligence in the related field. Sheldon Williamson (Fellow, IEEE) received a B.Eng. degree (Hons.) in electrical engineering from the University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India, in 1999, and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees (Hons.) in electrical engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA in 2002 and 2006, respectively. He is currently a Professor with the Department of Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering and the Director of Smart Transportation Electrification and Energy Research (STEER) Group, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, ON, Canada. His current research interests include advanced power electronics, electric energy storage systems, and motor drives for transportation electrification. He holds the prestigious NSERC Canada Research Chair position in electric energy storage systems for transportation electrification.
