Dr Waqas Hassan
University of Tasmania, Deputy Chair, IPS Connect 2026
Dr Waqas Hassan is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering and Program Leader for Power Electronics and Control at the Centre for Renewable Energy and Power Systems (CREPS), University of Tasmania, Australia. He holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Sydney and has held research and academic appointments at the University of Technology Sydney and Monash University.
Before joining the University of Tasmania, he worked as a Senior Engineer at Regal Rexnord Corporation, where he led power electronics research and design projects and successfully commercialised next-generation DC–AC power inverters.
His research focuses on power electronics topologies and advanced control, renewable energy systems, battery energy storage, microgrids, hydrogen energy systems, motor drives and electric vehicle systems.
Dr Hassan is a Senior Member of IEEE and an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications.