Tyrone Fernando obtained his bachelor of engineering with honours and the degree of doctor of philosophy from the University of Melbourne in 1990 and 1996 respectively. In 1996 he joined the University of Western Australia, Department of Electrical Electronic and Computer Engineering (EECE) where he is currently a Professor. He was the Deputy Head of School in 2009 and 2010. His research interests are in power systems, renewable energy, estimation theory and its applications. He has served as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine and also as guest editor for the journal of Optimal Control Applications and Methods. He has authored many journal and conference articles and also two books. Professor Fernando is a senior member of IEEE, past Chair of the Power and Energy technical committee of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society and serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II and IEEE Access. In 2019 he was received the Outstanding Engineer award by IEEE PES WA Chapter.