Innocent Kamwa is a Canadian electrical engineer who is a professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Decentralised Sustainable Electricity Grids for Smart Communities at Université Laval. He was elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Engineering in 2022.
Early life and education
Kamwa studied applied science at the Université Laval, where he studied electronic engineering. He stayed at Laval for his doctoral research, where he modelled synchronous machines.[1]
Research and career
Kamwa joined the Hydro-QuébecSmart Grid Innovation program, where he spent 25 years.[2] He has worked on improving power system stability, developing intelligent algorithms for application in industry. He developed Hydro-Quebec's first Multiband Power System Stabiliser.[citation needed] In 2021, he was made a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair, and became a full professor at the Université Laval.[3]