Dajr Alfred hails from the picturesque Caribbean island of St. Lucia, the Helen of the West. He received the B.Sc. degree (double major) in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from the Kun Shan University, Tainan, Taiwan, in 2019. During this time, he facilitated several robotics and programming initiatives aimed at introducing the youth of St. Lucia to the world of STEM. He obtained his M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the New York University Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, New York in 2021. During his tenure as an M.Sc. student, Mr. Alfred served as a Graduate Research Assistant in the Power Electronics Laboratory in the ECE Department at NYU Tandon. Mr. Alfred was a recipient of the NYU Tandon 2021 Myron M. Rosenthal Award for Best MS Academic Achievement in Electrical and Computer Engineering, has since returned to NYU Tandon as a Future Leaders Fellow, and is currently reading for his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering. His current research interests include the use of machine learning in control systems, wireless power transfer for EV applications, MCU-based field-oriented motor control, image/signal processing, and real-time embedded systems.