Ali Emadi
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Award-winning auto expert and Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Ali Emadi, is the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Hybrid Powertrain. Since joining McMaster in 2011, he’s developed one of North America’s best transportation electrification programs. He was also the Founder, Chairman, and President of Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technologies, Inc. (HEVT). He advised the Formula Hybrid Teams at Illinois Tech and more recently at McMaster, with his teams winning the GM Best Engineered Hybrid System Award at the 2010, 2013, and 2015 competitions. He is the author/co-author of over 400 journal and conference papers as well as several books. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification. Dr. Emadi received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, and his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University.