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Hossam Gaber

Hossam GaberDr. Hossam A. Gaber is a Professor at Ontario Tech University in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science where he has established the Energy Safety and Control Lab (ESCL), Smart Energy Systems Lab (SESL), and Advanced Plasma Engineering Lab (APEL). Dr. Gaber is the recipient of the Senior Research Excellence Award (2016, Ontario Tech) and is recognized among the top 2% of worldwide scientists with high citation in the area of energy. Dr. Gaber is a Fellow IET (FIET) and Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE NPSS. He is leading national and international research in the areas of smart energy grids, energy safety and control systems, and waste to energy using advanced plasma technologies.

Dr. Gaber obtained his B.Sc. degree with first class of honor from Alexandria University, and his Ph.D. degree from Okayama University. He joined Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan) [2001-2004] as a research associate and joined Okayama University (Japan) as a tenured Associate Professor, in the Division of Industrial Innovation Sciences [2004-2008]. He was a Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto [2007]. Dr. Gaber has also worked as process control, safety, and automation specialist in energy, and oil and gas industries and has more than 230 publications, including patents, books / chapters, journal, and conference papers.