Lab Director
Dr. Carl Ho received his BEng and MEng double degrees and PhD degree in electronic engineering at the City University of Hong Kong in 2002 and 2007, respectively. His PhD research was focused on dynamic voltage regulation and restoration technology for power quality and energy saving issues.
Before he started his PhD study, he has been an Engineer in a technology company in Hong Kong for two years. In 2007-2014, he has been at ABB Switzerland Ltd., Switzerland, and was appointed different positions, including Scientist, Principal Scientist, and the last position was R&D Principal Engineer for developing advanced technologies of PV inverters and UPS systems. In October 2014, he joined University of Manitoba, currently he is Professor and Associate Head (Electrical Engineering) of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Manitoba. He was the Canada Research Chair in Efficient Utilization of Electric Power from 2014 - 2024.
Dr. Ho is an IEEE Senior Member and serves as an Editor of the IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics (JESTPE), an Associate Editor (AE) of the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (TPEL) and he was the Associate Editor-in-Chief (AEiC) of the IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems (JETCAS) in 01/2022—12/2023. He received the Second Place Winner for 2018 Prize Paper Awards of TPEL and he was the recipient of the Associate Editor Awards of the MPCE in 2020, the IEEE JESTPE in 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, and the IEEE TPEL in 2023. And his leading project team Winnie the Power received Best Student Team Regional Award of the IEEE Empower a Billion Lives 2019 competition in the Americas region.
Co-PhD Student, University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship
PhD Student, University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship
PhD Student
PhD Student, MITACS Accelerate Internship
PhD Student
PhD Student
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BSc Student, RIGA Lab URA
BSc Student, UofM URA
BSc Student, RIGA Lab URA
