2017年7月17日，应自动化学院副院长阮新波教授邀请，IEEE Fellow、IET Fellow、加拿大魁北克大学Ambrish Chandra教授来自动化学院进行交流访问。
当天上午，在南航江宁校区电气楼学术报告厅，Ambrish Chandra教授做了题为“Hybrid Renewable Energy Standalone Systems”的学术报告。会议由自动化学院副院长阮新波教授主持，电气系80多名师生参加了学术报告会。Ambrish Chandra教授首先介绍了全球气候变暖带来的严峻形势。随后，对加拿大柴油发电的现状和存在的问题进行分析，并对加拿大风能、太阳能分布及其发电的现状和存在的问题进行了介绍。接着，对混合孤立可再生能源系统中的发电拓扑结构、电力电子变换器、微网等方面进行了系统介绍，并以矿山孤立混合能源孤立发电系统为例进行了仿真和实验研究。报告结束后，Leopoldo G. Franquelo教授与参会师生针对报告内容进行了热烈讨论，并参观了多电飞机电气系统重点实验室和江苏省新能源发电与电能变换重点实验室。Leopoldo G. Franquelo教授对自动化学院在新能源发电、高效电能变换技术、微电网等方面的研究成果给予了高度评价，并希望进一步加强合作交流。
Ambrish Chandra教授简介：Prof Ambrish Chandra did his engineering degree from the University of Roorkee (presently IIT), India, M.Tech. degree from IIT, New Delhi, India, and Ph.D. degree from University of Calgary, Canada, in 1977, 1980, and 1987, respectively. Since 1994, he is working as a Professor of Electrical Engineering at École de Technologie Supérieure (ETS), Universié du Québec, Montréal, Canada. The key differentiator of Prof. Chandra’s work is in the simplicity and practicality of the new solutions proposed by him. His most significant work is concerned with the advancement of new theory and control algorithms in the following two areas: 1) integration of renewable energy sources to distribution systems with improved power quality features, and 2) power quality improvement in distribution systems. His work has had a significant impact and is now extensively employed in the industry. During the past 20 years he has published more than 300 research articles in these two areas. He is a coauthor of the book ‘Power Quality – Problems and Mitigation Techniques’, John Wiley and Sons Ltd, (2015) which deals with the power quality problems in distribution systems. Prof Chandra is Fellow of many organisations, including IEEE, CAE, EIC, IET and others. He is a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE Power and Energy Society, and also of IEEE Industry Application Society. He is an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. He is IEEE Power and Energy Society Montreal Chapter Chair. From May 2012 to September 2015, he was the Director of a multidisciplinary graduate program on ‘Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency’ at ÉTS. Prof Chandra is a professional engineer in the province of Quebec, Canada.