Prof. Ali M. El-Rifaie, Senior Member of IEEE, received his B.Sc. in Electrical Power and Machines (1998), M.Sc. in Electrical Power System Engineering (2005), and Ph.D. in Power System Protection (2011) from Helwan University, Egypt. Since September 2015, he has been serving as an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the American University of the Middle East (AUM), Kuwait. He is the author of one book and has published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and conference papers in various areas of electrical engineering. In addition to his academic contributions, he is actively involved in the technical committees of several reputable journals and international conferences. His research interests include renewable energy, smart grids, optimization techniques, power system protection, optimization, wireless communication and electrical metrology.