Ayman M. EL-Refaie (S’95–M’05–SM’07–F’13) received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2002 and 2005, respectively. Since 2005, he has been with the Electrical Machines and Drives Laboratory, General Electric Global Research Center, NY, USA as a Principal Engineer and Project Leader. In January 2017, he became the Thomas and Suzanne Werner Endowed Chair in Secure and Sustainable Energy at Marquette University. He is the author/coauthor of 50 journals and 85 conference publications. He holds 45 issued U.S. patents. His research interests include electrical machines and drives.