Alben Cardenas (Member, IEEE) received his B.S. degree in electronic engineering from Antonio Nariño University, Villavicencio, Colombia, in 2003, and his M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres (UQTR), Canada, in 2008 and 2012, respectively. He was a Researcher with the Hydrogen Research Institute (HRI), UQTR, where he was also a Lecturer with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, from 2011 to 2019. He joined Ordre des Ingénieurs du Quebec in 2009 and has held an engineer’s permit since 2013. He is currently a Professor with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, UQTR, and the Director of Undergraduate ECE Programs. He is a member of the Research Group on Industrial Electronics (GREI) and the Hydrogen Research Institute (HRI), UQTR. His research interests include robotics, control, embedded systems, artificial intelligence for smart grids, renewable energy, transport, and agriculture applications. Prof. Cardenas is a member of the IEEE Power and Energy Society, the IEEE Industry Applications, and the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. He has been the Chair of the St-Maurice Section of IEEE since 2023.