KOKSAL ERENTURK was born in Erzurum, Turkey, in 1973. He received the B.S. degree Hons. in electrical engineering from Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, in 1994, the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Istanbul University, Istanbul, in 1997, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey, in 2002. He is currently a Full Professor with the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in the meantime Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey. He has authored and coauthored more than 150 journal and conference papers. His work has focused on the development and application of control theory to a variety of mechatronic systems, with a focus on observation and estimation-based control as well as highly efficient power converters, resonant and multilevel converters, including the modeling, control, and development of prototypes for various industrial applications in electric traction, renewable energy, power supplies for drives, energy storage devices, and their optimal control for electrified transportation and renewable energy application. Much of his recent work has focused on the analysis and control of dynamical systems that arise in engineering applications.