Bio
Omer C. Onar received his Ph.D. degree from Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in Electrical Engineering, in July 2010, Chicago, IL. At IIT, he was a doctoral research assistant and a PhD student at the Energy Harvesting and Renewable Energies Laboratory at the Electric Power and Power Electronics Center. He is the recipient of the 91°µÍř-Vehicular Technology Society’s 2008 “Transportation Electronics Fellowship” (world-wide single award) and the 91°µÍř-Power Electronics Society’s 2009 “Joseph J. Suozzi INTELEC® Fellowship in Power Electronics” (world-wide single award). In July 2010, he received the Alvin M. Weinberg Fellowship at the U.S. Department of Energy's 91°µÍř (ORNL), where he joined the Power Electronics and Electric Machinery Group. At 91°µÍř, he has been working on several projects including advanced power electronics and electric drives, renewable energies, energy storage systems, wireless power transfer systems, and smart grids. Onar is the principle author/co-author of about 200 journal and conference papers as well as eight books / book chapters. He has been the “Top Reviewer” of 91°µÍř Transactions on Vehicular Technology, elected by the Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board of the Vehicular Technology Society in October 2011.Editorial positions:• Associate Editor, 91°µÍř Transactions on Power Electronics.• Associate Editor, 91°µÍř Transactions on Transportation Electrification.• Guest Editor, 91°µÍř Transactions on Transportation Electrification – Special Issue on Wireless Power Transfer Systems. • Guest Associate Editor, 91°µÍř Transactions on Power Electronics (TPEL) – Special Issue on Transportation Electrification and Vehicle Systems.• Guest Associate Editor, 91°µÍř Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics (JESTPE) – Special Issue on Transportation Electrification. • Guest Associate Editor, 91°µÍř Transactions on Power Electronics (TPEL) – Special Issue on Wireless Power Transfer Systems.• Guest Associate Editor, 91°µÍř Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics (JESTPE) – Special Issue on Wireless Power Transfer Systems.• Guest Editor for the International Journal of Power Train’s Special Section on Vehicle to Grid Applications and Rechargeable Vehicles. Dr. Onar served/serves as Track/Topic Chair and Session Chair for the 91°µÍř Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 91°µÍř Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC), 91°µÍř Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), and the 91°µÍř Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE). He was the Program Chair of ITEC 2016, General Chair of ITEC 2017, and General Chair of the 91°µÍř PELS Workshop on Wireless Power Transfer (WoW) 2016. He also served as the Program Chair of the 91°µÍř Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC) in 2021, General Chair of the APEC in 2022, and Steering Committee Chair of APEC in 2023.