Ihor Shchur is a Doctor of Science, professor, and the head of the Department of Electric Mechatronics and Computerized Electromechanical Systems, Institute of Power Engineering and Control Systems at Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine. He has authored or coauthored more than 200 scientific publications and six books, and he holds 14 patents. He has managed four government scientific research projects and several projects for industry. His research interests include direct drives based on synchronous machines with permanent magnets, electric drives and control systems for electric vehicles, small power renewable energy conversion systems, including photovoltaic and wind turbine, hybrid energy storage systems, including batteries and supercapacitors, energy-based mathematical modeling of multi-physics systems, and passivity-based controlled systems.