Prof. Dr. Abu H. M. A. Rahim did his Ph.D. from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada in 1972. Since his Ph.D., he has worked at the University of Alberta, Bangladesh University of Engineering, University of Strathclyde (Glasgow), University of Bahrain, DeVry Institute of Technology, Calgary and  at the University of CalgaryDr. Rahim is presently working at the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran where he is a Professor. Dr. Rahim's main fields of interest are power system stability, control and application of artificial intelligence to power systems. Dr. Rahim is a senior member of the IEEE and Fellow of the Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh.