Edison Roberto Cabral da Silva (SM′95–F′03) was born in Pelotas, Brazil, in 1942. He received the B.C.E.E. degree from the Polytechnic School of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil, in 1965, the M.S.E.E. degree from the University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1968, and the Dr. Eng. degree from the University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France, in 1972.
From 1967 to March 2002, he was with the Electrical Engineering Department, Federal University of Paraiba, Campina Grande, Brazil. Since April 2002, he has been with the Electrical Engineering Department, Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Brazil, where he is a Professor of electrical engineering and Director of the Research Laboratory on Industrial Electronics and Machine Drives. In 1990 he was with COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and from 1990 to 1991, he was with WEMPEC, University of Wisconsin–Madison, as a Visiting Professor. His current research work is in the area of power electronics and motor drives.
Dr. da Silva was the General Chairman of the 1984 Joint Brazilian and Latin-American Conference on Automatic Control, sponsored by the Automatic Control Brazilian Society, and was the General Chairman of the IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference (PESC) in 2005.
Edison Roberto Cabral da Silva (SM′95–F′03) was born in Pelotas, Brazil, in 1942. He received the B.C.E.E. degree from the Polytechnic School of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil, in 1965, the M.S.E.E. degree from the University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1968, and the Dr. Eng. degree from the University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France, in 1972.
From 1967 to March 2002, he was with the Electrical Engineering Department, Federal University of Paraiba, Campina Grande, Brazil. Since April 2002, he has been with the Electrical Engineering Department, Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Brazil, where he is a Professor of electrical engineering and Director of the Research Laboratory on Industrial Electronics and Machine Drives. In 1990 he was with COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and from 1990 to 1991, he was with WEMPEC, University of Wisconsin–Madison, as a Visiting Professor. His current research work is in the area of power electronics and motor drives.
Dr. da Silva was the General Chairman of the 1984 Joint Brazilian and Latin-American Conference on Automatic Control, sponsored by the Automatic Control Brazilian Society, and was the General Chairman of the IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference (PESC) in 2005.View more 
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