Pitshou N. Bokoro obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Technology from the Durban University of Technology in 2006, a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Johannesburg in 2011, and a PhD degree from the University of the Witwatersrand in 2016. He joined the University of Johannesburg in 2007 as a Lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering Technology. He is currently an Associate Professor and Head of the Department. He is professionally registered with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA). He holds senior membership with the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE) as well as a membership with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He is also a specialist editor for the SAIEE Africa Research Journal (ARJ). As a researcher, Pitshou has authored and co‐authored several publications in international and local journals as well as in conference proceedings and book chapters. He is a recipient of the Erasmus+ funding in collaboration with the University of Klagenfurt in Austria. He has supervised several masters and a couple of doctoral students to completion, and many more are currently under his supervision. His research interests entail power quality, condition monitoring of dielectrics and insulation materials, reliability of surge protective devices, distributed generation, and economics of energy.
Gulshan Sharma is working as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering Technology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He received the Y Rated Researcher award from the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa in 2021. He is acting as Academic Editor of International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, Hindawi, and Academic Editor of the Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hindawi. He has more than 15 years of teaching and research experience. He has the qualifications of B. Tech, M. Tech, and Ph.D. from institutes of national importance. He was a Post-Doctoral research fellow at the Faculty of EBIT, University of Pretoria, South Africa from 2015 to 2016. He has published several research papers in international journals and conferences of high repute and has been continuously engaged in guiding research activities at graduate/post-graduate and Ph.D. levels. His areas of interest include power system operation and control, renewable power generation, FACTS, smart grid, hybrid electric vehicles, and the application of AI techniques to power systems.
