Dr. Hsu received his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1996. As a Senior Engineer, he is currently involved in reactive planning, voltage control, and stability studies for a major power company's grid. His research interests include reactive planning, stability, power quality improvement, and adaptive compensation and power flow in non-sinusoidal systems. He received the 2000 IEEE/PES Local Chapter Outstanding Engineer Award.

Dr. Hsu is a registered Professional Engineer, a Senior Member in IEEE, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at a major state university.