Mir Sayed Shah Danish(Dr. Eng., MBA, CEng., SMIEEE, MIET) has been an engineering and technology expert, and an academician for several years. Since 2004, Dr. Danish has been involved in multidisciplinary engineering and technology by leading several projects in those fields, continuing as an active scholar and researcher. He has worked as an assistant professor with Kabul University, University of the Ryukyus, and Nagoya University; founder and past-chair of the IEEE-Sustainable Energy and Intelligent Engineering Society (SEIES-PES & FRID joint chapter, Fukuoka Chapter); founder and facilitator of several academic branches of IET, ACM; and member of the board of directors, REPA - Research and Education Promotion Association. In addition, Dr. Danish has worked with national and international organizations and companies as an urban electric power planner, team leader, technical advisor, department head, educational manager, and director. He is a Chartered Engineer, UK (CEng.), Senior Member of IEEE, Member of IET (MIET), and holds membership in many other academic societies. He chaired and has been a committee member of several national and international conferences and symposiums. He has more than 100 scholarly publications.
Tomonobu Senjyu was born in Saga, Japan, in 1963. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan, in 1986 and 1988, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from Nagoya University, Aichi, Japan, in 1994, all in electrical engineering. Since 1988, he has been with the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of the Ryukyus, where he is currently working as a Professor. His research interests include stability of ac machines, advanced control of electrical machines, renewable energy, and power electronics. Prof. Senjyu is a member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan.