M. E. BALCI received B.Sc. degree from Kocaeli University, M.Sc. and D.Sc. degrees from Gebze Institute of Technology, Turkey in 2001, 2004 and 2009, respectively. During 2008 he was a visiting scholar at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA. Since 2009, he has been with the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Dept. of Balikesir University, Turkey. He is working in the field of electric machines, power electronics, power quality, power system analysis and wind power.