Akinwola Akeem Babatunde was born in Iwo, Osun State, Nigeria. He obtained his B.Tech. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, in 2015, and is currently pursuing an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He completed his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) at the Kano Electricity Distribution Company in Kano State, from 2015 to 2016, where he actively engaged in customer data enumeration for prepaid meter installations. In 2017, he began his professional career as a Site Maintenance Engineer at Biswal Limited, where he provided infrastructure support and power reliability for telecom operations. His research interests include artificial intelligence applications in power systems, renewable energy integration, frequency stability, virtual inertia control, optimization algorithms (PSO, WOA, RL), and power system reliability assessment. His work focuses on intelligent control and optimization methods to improve stability, reliability, and efficiency in renewable energy-based microgrids and modern power systems.

Abdulaziz Alkuhayli (S’11– M’19) received a B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2006, an M.S. in electrical engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, USA, in 2013, and a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA, in 2018. From 2006- 2009, he worked as an Operations Engineer at the Energy Control Center, Saudi Electricity Company. He is currently an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. His research interests include energy management, renewable energy systems, flexible AC transmission systems, power system stability, and smart grids.