Dr. Shahin Hedayati Kia received his M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 1998, and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees (Hons.) in power electrical engineering from the University of Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV), Amiens, France, in 2005 and 2009, respectively. From 1998 to 2004, he worked for several Iranian companies, namely Pars Navard Engineering Company, AAlipayam Medical Engineering Company, Saameh Company, and ONA Company. From 2008 to 2009, he was a Lecturer at Institut Supérieur des Sciences et Techniques (INSSET), Saint-Quentin, France. From September 2009 to September 2011, he was a Postdoctoral Associate at the School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering of Amiens (ESIEE-Amiens). He is currently an Associate Professor and a member of the Department of Electrical Engineering and the Modeling, Information and Systems Laboratory (MIS-UR4290).