FELIX A. FARRET, PhD, is Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Federal University of Santa Maria. Dr. Farret received a CAPES fellowship from the Brazilian government for his research in fuel cells and alternative sources of energy as part of a joint program between the Colorado School of Mines-Engineering Division and the Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil. M. GODOY SIMOES, PhD, Livre-Docente, is Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. He is a recipient of a National Science Foundation Faculty Early CAREER Development Award. He served as Program Chair of IEEE PESC 2005, General Chair of IEEE PEEW 2005, and is currently serving as Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics as well as Secretary of the IEEE IAS Industrial Automation and Control Committee.