Biography
R. Gobbi received the Bachelor degree in electrical engineering from University of Technology, Malaysia, and the Master degree in technology management from the National University of Malaysia, and the Ph.D. degree in the area of torque control of switched reluctance motors from Multimedia University, Malaysia. He has been associated with technical education for more than ten years. He was an R&D Engineer in an electronics company before became a Lecturer in electrical and electronics engineering. He has supervised many research projects on power electronics, variable-speed drives, automation, and domestic electrical installations. He is a project leader and member of various government research projects related to electric motors and drives system. He is a consultant providing solutions for many problems associated to electric motors and drives system for various industries. He has published more than 40 technical papers in international journals and conferences. He is an associate professor in faculty of Engineering, Multimedia University, Malaysia. His research interests are in reliability of electric motors, power electronics applications to save electric energy, switched reluctance motor drives system and Induction motor drives. Dr. Gobbi is a corporate member of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia, a professional engineer registered to Board of Engineers, Malaysia, Electric Energy Manager Registered to Energy Commission, Malaysia, and a Senior Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, US.