Dr. Omid Beik is currently an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) with the Department of Electrical Engineering at Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA. He founded Enercs Inc., an early-state technology startup in Toronto, Canada that was specialized in research & development of state-of-the-art technologies in power electronics, electric machines, and drives for applications in renewable energy systems and electrification. Enercs Inc. held exclusive rights to a portfolio of patents and related inventions. Dr. Beik has authored the book ‘DC Wind Generation Systems, Design, Analysis, and Multiphase Turbine Technology’, Springer, 2020, and co-authored the books ‘Wind and Solar Power Systems: Design, Analysis, and Operation’, CRC Press, 2021, ‘Multiphase Hybrid Electric Machines: Applications for Electrified Powertrains’, Springer, 2021, and ‘Spacecraft Power Systems’ CRC Press, 2024. He has authored/co-authored a portfolio of peer-reviewed journal & conference papers and patents. Dr. Beik is a Senior Member of IEEE, and has served as an Editor for IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion and IEEE Power Engineering Letters, an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification and IEEE Electrification eNewsletter, and a Guest Editor for Special Issues in MDPI Electronics and MDPI Sustainability. Dr. Beik has served in various roles in the organizing committee of IEEE/International conferences. Dr. Beik is the recipient of NASA Early Career Faculty Award 2025.