Dr. Suvendu Samanta

Awards

• 'The Concordia University Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Prize in Engineering and Natural Sciences', Year 2019.
• 'The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D. Convocation Award', Concordia University, Year 2019.
• 'The Canadian Governor General's Gold Medal - Technology, Industry and the Environment Category' for PhD Thesis, Year 2018.

Best Paper

S. Samanta, and A. K. Rathore, "A New Direct AC-AC Converter with Active Source Current Control for Wireless Inductive Power Transfer Application" in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 33, no. 7, pp. 5565–5577, July 2018.

Conference Travel Grants

Received grants for presenting papers at:

• IEEE IAS Annual Meeting 2017, Cincinnati, OH, USA
• APEC 2017, Tampa, FL, USA
• IEEE IAS Annual Meeting 2016, Portland, OR, USA

IEEE Activities & Services

• Associate Editor in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
• Guest Associate Editor in IET Power Electronics
• Reviewer in:
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
  • IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
  • IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification
  • IET Power Electronics
  • Electric Power Components and Systems
• Founding Chapter Chair of IEEE IAS Student Branch, Concordia University (2016–2017)
• Presented IEEE IAS SB Concordia University Chapter activities at CMD Workshop, IAS AM 2016, Portland, USA
• Organized IEEE IES & IAS Distinguished Lectures and IEEE Expert/Guest Lectures at Concordia University