Biography:
Dr. John Lam received his B.Sc, M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Queen's University in 2003, 2006 and 2010, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at York University, Toronto. His research interests include high frequency power converters with soft-switching techniques, wide-bandgap based power electronics, renewable energy applications, power management and advanced control techniques for high frequency converters.
He received the "Lassonde Innovation Award - Early Researcher" from the School of Engineering at York University in 2020, the "2nd Runner-up of the 2022 Engineering Research Project of the Year Award" from the Professional Engineers of Ontario, and the 2nd prize paper award from the IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 2022.
Highlights of Professional Activities:
- Associate Editor:
- IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (TPEL), since 2017
- IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics (JESTIE), since 2023
- IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications (TIA), since 2023
- IET Energy Conversion and Economics, since 2021
- Organizer & Guest Associate Editor:
- IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics: "Advanced Wide Bandgap Single-Stage Grid-Connected Power Interface", 2024-2025.
- Lead Guest Editor:
- IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics on Industrial Electronics (JESTIE): "Advanced High Frequency Medium Voltage Power Electronic Systems and Control for Distributed Energy Resources (DER)", 2022.
- Guest Editor:
- IET Power Electronics: "Medium and High-Frequency Converters for Low and Medium-Voltage Applications", 2022
- IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications: "Fast, Super Fast And Ultra Super Fast Intelligent and Smart Charging Solutions for Electric Vehicles", 2022
- Guest Associate Editor:
- IEEE CPSS Transactions on Power Electronics and Applications: "Power Quality Conditioning in Modern Power Grids Integrated Emerging Power Electronic Systems", 2021
- Topic Chair:
- IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition
- Technical Session Chair:
- IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)
- IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)
- Committee Member:
- IEEE Power Electronics Society Technical Committee - High Performance and Emerging Technologies, since 2017
- IEEE Power Electronics Society Technical Committee - IEEE International Technology Roadmap on Distributed Energy Resources (ITRD) for Power Electronics, since 2020
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John Lam, Ph.D, SMIEEE, P. Eng
Associate Professor
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