Dr‎.‎ Mehrdad Ehsani has been at Texas A&M University‎,‎ College Station‎,‎ since 1981 and is the Robert M‎.‎ Kennedy Endowed Chair of electrical engineering and director of the Advanced Vehicle Systems Research Program and the Power Electronics and Motor Drives Laboratory‎.‎ He is Fellow of IEEE ‎(‎Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers‎)‎‎,‎ Fellow of SAE ‎(‎Society of Automotive Engineers‎)‎‎,‎ the recipient of the Avant Garde Award for hybrid vehicle technology development in the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society‎,‎ founder of IEEE Power and Propulsion Conference‎,‎ as well as numerous other honors and recognitions‎.‎ He is the author of numerous books‎,‎ technical publications‎,‎ and patents in power electronics‎,‎ motor drives‎,‎ and vehicle electrical and propulsion systems‎.‎ Dr‎.‎ Yimin Gao received his BS‎,‎ MS‎,‎ and Ph‎.‎D in mechanical engineering ‎(‎major in development‎,‎ design‎,‎ and manufacturing of automotive systems‎)‎ in 1982‎,‎ 1986‎,‎ and 1991‎,‎ respectively‎,‎ all from Jilin University of Technology‎,‎ Cha‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎