Md Omar Faruque received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, in 2008. He received his B.S. degree from Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh in 1993 and MEng. Sc. degree from the University of Malaya, Malaysia, earlier. He is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Florida State University. Prior to joining the ECE, he was working at the Center for Advanced Power Systems (CAPS) as an Assistant Scholar/Scientist. He is with the Center for Advanced Power Systems. He has worked in both industry and academia between his degree programs. He has authored or coauthored over 100 refereed technical articles. His current research interests include real-time simulation, renewable energy integration, energy management, all-electric ship power systems, and real-time monitoring of smart grids. Dr. Faruque is also the Chair of the IEEE Power and Energy Society Task Force on Real-Time Simulation of Power and Energy Systems.