Plenary Speech 2

Plenary  Speech 2 : TBA

Ralph Kennel (IET Fellow) received the Diploma and Dr.-Ing. (Ph.D.) degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, in 1979 and 1984, respectively. From 1983 to 1999, he was with Robert Bosch GmbH, Gerlingen, Germany. Until 1997, he was responsible for the development of servo drives. From 1994 to 1999, he was a Visiting Professor with the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. From 1999 to 2008, he was a Professor of Electrical Machines and Drives with Wuppertal University, Wuppertal, Germany. From 2008 to 2021, he was a Professor of Electrical Drive Systems and Power Electronics with the Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany. His main research interests include sensorless control of ac drives, predictive control of power electronics, and hardware-in-the-loop systems. Dr. Kennel is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and a Chartered Engineer in the U.K. Within IEEE, he is a Treasurer of the Germany Section.