Prof. Dr. Sousso Kelouwani

Prof. Sousso Kelouwani (Senior Member, IEEE) received a Ph.D. in Robotics Systems from the Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, in 2011. He completed a postdoctoral internship on fuel cell hybrid electric vehicles at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR), in 2012. Since 2017, he has been a Full Professor of Mechatronics with the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He is currently a member of the Hydrogen Research Institute. He holds four patents in USA and Canada, in addition to having published more than 100 scientific articles. He is the Holder of the Canada Research Chair in the energy optimization of intelligent transport systems and the Holder of the Noovelia Research Chair in the intelligent navigation of autonomous industrial vehicles. He has expertise in the optimization and intelligent control of vehicular applications. His research interests include optimizing energy systems for vehicle applications, advanced driver assistance techniques, and intelligent vehicle navigation taking into account Canadian climatic conditions. He was the Co-President and the President of the Technical Committee of the IEEE International Conferences on Vehicular Power and Propulsion in Chicago, USA, in 2018, and Hanoi, Vietnam, in 2019. He is a member of the Order of Engineers of Quebec.