Farzin Asadi received his B.Sc. in Electronics Engineering, his M.Sc. in Control Engineering, and his Ph.D. in Mechatronics Engineering. Currently, he is with the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at the Maltepe University, Istanbul, Turkey.

Dr. Asadi has published more than 50 international papers and 15 books. He is on the editorial board of 7 scientific journals as well. His research interests include switching converters, control theory, robust control of power electronics converters, and robotics.

Essentials of MATLAB^®: basic operations on real numbers; operations on complex numbers; differentiation/integration; roots of equations; solution of ordinary differential equations; Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), drawing different types of graphs; control statements; optimization.- Essentials of Simulink^®: modelling of dynamical systems; circuit analysis.- Essentials of Multisim^(TM): basic resistive circuits; first and second order circuits; diode circuits (clamp circuit, rectifier, etc); amplifiers (common base/emitter/collector, differential); calculation of gain, frequency response, etc.); op-amp circuits (Filters, amplifiers, oscillators); transmission lines and digital circuits.