Prof. Seyed Mohammadreza Ghadiri

Head of Aviation Management & Logistics's Board 

Université Libérale de Paris, France

Biography:

Professor Dr. Seyed Mohammadreza Ghadiri is the Dean of the  Aviation Management and Logistics at the SIMI (Swiss Information and Management Institute). He is also the former Dean of the School of Transporation and Logistics and the former Head of postgraduate programs at the Malaysia University of Science and Technology. Professor Ghadiri holds a Bachelor of Civil Engineering and a Master of Structural Engineering from Iran. He obtains his Ph.D. in Highways, Traffic and Transportation Engineering in the field of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) from the School of Civil Engineering, University of Sains Malaysia (USM). Professor Ghadiri is a multidisciplinary expert, and his main research interests focus on various fields such as Engineering, Business, and Management. He is also the guest editor, editorial board member, and reviewer of many reputable journals. Over the years, he has been invited as a guest professor of various institutions and is the keynote speaker of many international events in Asia and Europe.

Assoc. Prof. Yan Xu

The Director of Center for Power Engineering (CPE)

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Biography: 

Dr Yan Xu obtained his B.E. and M.E. degrees from South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China, and PhD degree from University of Newcastle, Australia, in 2008, 2011, and 2013, respectively. After his PhD graduation, he conducted postdoctoral research with the University of Sydney Postdoctoral Fellowship. After postdoctoral training, he joined Nanyang Technological University with the Nanyang Assistant Professorship. In 2021, he was promoted to Associate Professor (with tenure), and since 2024 he has been appointed as the Cham Tao Soon Professor in Engineering (an endowed Professorship named after the founding president of NTU). He is now serving as the Director of Center for Power Engineering (CPE), and the Co-Director of SingapowerPower – NTU Joint Lab. As the first/corresponding author, Dr Xu has published 3 books on his three focused research topics with IEEE-Wiley, IET, and CRC Press, respectively, along with 135 IEEE Transaction and 35 IET journal papers. He has 22 "Web-of-Science Highly Cited Papers” and received 10 IEEE/IET paper contest and conference best paper awards, the 2022 IET Premium Award (Best Paper), the 2021 IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid Outstanding Paper Award, the 2020 IET Energy Conversion & Economics Premium Paper Award, and the 2018 Applied Energy Highly Cited Paper Award. Dr Xu's professional service roles include Associate Editor for several international journals including IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, IEEE Trans. Power Systems, CSEE-JPES, MPCE, and IET ECE, Chairman of the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Singapore Chapter (2021 and 2022), General Co-Chair of the 11th IEEE ISGT-Asia Conference in Nov. 2022. Dr Xu is the recipient of the Nanyang Research Award (Young Investigator) by NTU, and the Outstanding Engineer Award by IEEE PES Singapore Chapter.