Epaminondas D. Mitronikas was born in Agrinio, Greece, in March 1973. He received the Dipl.-Eng. degree in electrical and computer engineering and the Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Patras, Rio-Patras, Greece, in 1995 and 2002, respectively. He is an Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Patras. His research interests include power electronics, electrical machines, modeling, design, digital control and diagnostics of electric motor drive systems, and control of low power electromechanical systems. Dr. Mitronikas is a member of IEEE and the Technical Chamber of Greece.