Essam M. Rashad (Senior Member, IEEE) was born in Shebin El-Kom, Egypt, in 1960. He received the B.Sc. degree from the Department of Electric Power and Machines Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Menoufia University, Al Minufiyah, Egypt, in 1983, and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, in 1987 and 1992, respectively. From 1985 to 1990, he was an Offshore Electrical Engineer with Belayim Petroleum Company, Egypt. In 1992, he joined the Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt, where he has been a Full Professor, since 2006. From February 2000 to August 2000, he was a Visiting Researcher with the Faculty of Engineering, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan. In summer 2003, he was a Visiting Researcher with the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada. From 2004 to 2009, he was the Head of the Electrical Technology Department, Buraydah College of Technology, Saudi Arabia. From 2011 to 2014, he was the Vice Dean for education and student affairs with the Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University. From 2009 to 2011 and from 2014 to September 2020, he was the Head of electrical power and machines engineering. He authored or coauthored more than 160 technical conference and journal papers. His research interests include electrical machine analysis and design, electrical drives, power electronics, micro-grids, distributed generation, and renewable energy systems. Dr. Rashad recipient of the Outstanding Engineering Award for ‘‘Outstanding Contribution in the Electrical Power Engineering Education, Research and Industry’’ from IEEE-PES (Power and Energy Society), Egypt Chapter, in 2019. He was the General Chairman of the 21st International Middle East Power Systems Conference (MEPCON’2019), Cairo, in December 2019, and the Co-Chairman of the First IEEE Conference on Power Electronics and Renewable Energy, Aswan, Egypt, in October 2019.