Lazhar Ben-Brahim (senior member, IEEE) received B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from the National School of Engineering in Tunis, Tunisia, in 1985 and 1987, respectively, and a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan, in 1991. From 1991 to 1997, he was with Toshiba Corporation, where he was engaged in the research and development of power electronics and motor drive systems. In September 1997, he joined the Industrial Technology Department, College of Technology, Qatar University. He served as the head of the Industrial Technology Department from 1998 to 2005. In September 2005, he joined the electrical engineering department at Qatar University. He was also the Industrial Electronics Chair for the QatarGas Company and the head of the electrical engineering department. He invented several new techniques for use in motor drives, power electronics, sensors, and related areas. These inventions are registered in more than 12 international patents. His current research interests include power electronics, renewable energy, electric vehicles, electric drives, and sensor and instrumentation. He is a member of IEE Japan. He is an Associate Editor of the Electronics journal (MDPI) and was an Associate Editor of the Journal of Electrical Engineering (Springer).