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About the Editors
Wardiah Mohd Dahalan had received her B.Eng.
(Hons.) in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from
University of Dundee, Scotland, UK and Master in Decision Science from Universiti Utara Malaysia. She had
obtained her Ph.D. in Power System from the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2014. She is
currently appointed as a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Marine Electrical and Electronics Engineering
of University of Kuala Lumpur (UniKL-MIMET). As
the Head of Research & Innovation Department, she
actively administers all research activities in UniKLMIMET. Supervision of internal and external research
grants and organization of all activities related to innovation such as exhibitions, competition and conferences
are her core activities at UniKL-MIMET. She participates in research as a principle or co-principle in many
research grants. At the same time, she also shares her
expertise by becoming either the author or co-author of
the publications of local as well as international journals,
books and proceedings especially in the area of power
system and energy. Besides, she has also successfully
supervised postgraduate and undergraduate students of
several universities. Such track record has led her to
be appointed as a reviewer for various international
journal such as IEEE Transaction on Power Systems, IET
Generation, Transmission & Distribution, International
Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems. Her deep
research interest includes network reconfiguration, optimization techniques and renewable energy. She is also
a member of IEEE, Rina-IMARest, Malaysian Society
for Engineering & Technology (MySET) and Malaysia
Board of Technologist (MBOT).
Andreas Öchsner is a Full Professor of Lightweight
Design and Structural Simulation at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Having obtained
a Dipl.-Ing. degree in Aeronautical Engineering at the
University of Stuttgart (1997), Germany, he served as
a research and teaching assistant at the University of
Erlangen-Nuremberg from 1997 to 2003, while working
to complete his Doctor of Engineering Sciences (Dr.Ing.) degree. From 2003 to 2006, he was an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Head of the Cellular Metals Group affiliated
with the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He spent seven
About the Editors
Wardiah Mohd Dahalan had received her B.Eng.
(Hons.) in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from
University of Dundee, Scotland, UK and Master in Decision Science from Universiti Utara Malaysia. She had
obtained her Ph.D. in Power System from the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2014. She is
currently appointed as a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Marine Electrical and Electronics Engineering
of University of Kuala Lumpur (UniKL-MIMET). As
the Head of Research & Innovation Department, she
actively administers all research activities in UniKLMIMET. Supervision of internal and external research
grants and organization of all activities related to innovation such as exhibitions, competition and conferences
are her core activities at UniKL-MIMET. She participates in research as a principle or co-principle in many
research grants. At the same time, she also shares her
expertise by becoming either the author or co-author of
the publications of local as well as international journals,
books and proceedings especially in the area of power
system and energy. Besides, she has also successfully
supervised postgraduate and undergraduate students of
several universities. Such track record has led her to
be appointed as a reviewer for various international
journal such as IEEE Transaction on Power Systems, IET
Generation, Transmission & Distribution, International
Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems. Her deep
research interest includes network reconfiguration, optimization techniques and renewable energy. She is also
a member of IEEE, Rina-IMARest, Malaysian Society
for Engineering & Technology (MySET) and Malaysia
Board of Technologist (MBOT).
Andreas Öchsner is a Full Professor of Lightweight
Design and Structural Simulation at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Having obtained
a Dipl.-Ing. degree in Aeronautical Engineering at the
University of Stuttgart (1997), Germany, he served as
a research and teaching assistant at the University of
Erlangen-Nuremberg from 1997 to 2003, while working
to complete his Doctor of Engineering Sciences (Dr.Ing.) degree. From 2003 to 2006, he was an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Head of the Cellular Metals Group affiliated
with the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He spent seven