Amir Taghavipour received his BASc. and MASc. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran in 2007 and 2010, respectively. He obtained his PhD at the Systems Design Engineering Department, University of Waterloo in 2014 on design and implementation of a real-time optimal energy management systems for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in collaboration with Toyota Technical Centre North America and MapleSoft Canada. His research mainly focuses on model-based and real-time controllers design for Mechatronic and sustainable energy systems, especially energy management systems for full electric, hybrid (electric and hydraulic), plug-in hybrid and fuel cell-powered vehicles. His research interests include intelligent hybrid and electric vehicles, automotive systems control, modeling and prototyping, model predictive control, nonlinear and hybrid systems, and optimization approaches.