Biographies
Dr. U. Mohan Rao, SMIEEE, Secretary‐IEEE DEIS Technical Committee on Liquid Dielectrics
Post‐Doctoral Fellow and Lecturer, Research Chair on the Aging of Power Network Infrastructure (ViAHT),
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC), 555, Boulevard de l'Université, Chicoutimi, QC G7H 2B1, Canada.
U. Mohan Rao (M’15‐SM’20) obtained his bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada, India, in 2010. He obtained his master's and doctoral degrees from the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Hamirpur, India, in 2012 and 2017, respectively. At present, he is a lecturer and postdoctoral fellow at Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC), Québec, Canada, with the Research Chair on the Aging of Power Network Infrastructure (ViAHT). He is a member of the IEEE DEIS and IEEE SA. Dr. Mohan is also a secretary of the IEEE DEIS Technical Committee on “Liquid Dielectrics.” His main research interests include aging phenomena of high‐voltage insulation, condition monitoring of electrical equipment, power transformer diagnostics, alternative liquid dielectrics, and AIML Applications. He has authored/co‐authored over 60 scientific publications, 2 monographs, and edited 2 books.
Professor I. Fofana, SMIEEE, Chair‐IEEE DEIS Technical Committee on Liquid Dielectrics
Professor and Director, Research Chair on the Aging of Power Network Infrastructure (ViAHT),
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC), 555, Boulevard de l'Université, Chicoutimi, QC G7H 2B1, Canada.
Issouf Fofana (M´05‐SM’09) obtained his electromechanical engineering degree in 1991 from the University of Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire), and his master's and doctoral degrees from École Centrale de Lyon, France, in 1993 and 1996, respectively. He was a postdoctoral researcher in Lyon in 1997 and was at the Schering Institute of High Voltage Engineering Techniques at the University of Hanover, Germany, from 1998 to 2000. He was a Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung from November 1997 to August 1999. He joined Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC), Quebec, Canada, as an associate researcher in 2000, and he is now a professor there. Dr. Fofana has held the Canada Research Chair, tier 2, of insulating liquids and mixed dielectrics for electrotechnology (ISOLIME) from 2005 to 2015. He is actually holding the research chair on the Aging of Power Network Infrastructure (ViAHT), director of the MODELE laboratory, and director of the International Research Centre on Atmospheric Icing and Power Network Engineering (CenGivre) at UQAC. Professor Fofana is an accredited professional engineer in the province of Quebec and fellow of the IET. He is currently a member of the DEIS AdCom and member of the international scientific committees of few IEEE DEIS‐sponsored or technically sponsored conferences (ICDL, CEIDP, ICHVE and CATCON). He is a member of the ASTM D27 committee. He has authored/co‐authored over 300 scientific publications, two book chapters, one textbook, edited two books, and holds three patents.
Professor R. Sarathi, SMIEEE
Professor and Director, High Voltage Division
Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai ‐ 600036, India
Dr. R. Sarathi is a professor of High voltage engineering with IIT Madras, India. He has rich and varied experience of over 25 years in research, teaching, and consulting. He has been instrumental in conceptualizing and developing the state‐of‐the‐art High Voltage Laboratory at IIT Madras. His research area includes condition monitoring of power apparatus, development of nanocomposite structures for power apparatus and pulsed power technology. He reached HAG scale few years before. He guided 23 PhD scholars and around 15 MS (by research). He published his work in around 175 peer‐reviewed international journal publications. He visited Akita University, Japan, as a JSPS Fellow; visited Technical University, Munich, as DAAD Fellow, and served as visiting researcher in leading universities such as Nagaoka University, Japan, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, Kyushu University, Japan, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, and Waseda University, Japan. He received UKIERI project, an international collaboration initiative on Innovation in high voltage insulation for electrical energy networks. He is a member of Indian Standards on High voltage testing techniques, CBIP distribution system, International Reference Group for SweGRIDS, Sweden. He is a senior IEEE member, IEEE Madras Section PES Chair, Fellow, Institution of Engineers, India, FNAE, FIET, and FRSC.
List of Contributors
Carmela Oria Alonso Electrical and Energy Engineering Department, University of Cantabria, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
Ramazan Altay BEST transformer, Balikesir, Turkey
A. J. Amalanathan Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
Niharika Baruah Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India
Xin Chen State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment & System Security and New Technology, Chongqing University, Shapingba, Chongqing, China
Hans Edin School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, KTH ‐ Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Dawei Feng State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment & System Security and New Technology, Chongqing University, Shapingba, Chongqing, China
Cristina Fernández Diego Electrical and Energy Engineering Department, University of Cantabria, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
Inmaculada Fernández Diego Electrical and Energy Engineering Department, University of Cantabria, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
Alfredo Ortiz Fernández Electrical and Energy Engineering Department, University of Cantabria, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
I. Fofana Research Chair on the Aging of Power Network Infrastructure (ViAHT), University of Quebec at Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, QC, Canada
Chenyu Gao State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment & System Security and New Technology, Chongqing University, Shapingba, Chongqing, China
H. Griffiths HVDM Research Group, APEC Research Centre, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, PO, UAE
Jian Hao State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment & System Security and New Technology, Chongqing University, Shapingba, Chongqing, China
N. Harid HVDM Research Group, APEC Research Centre, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, PO, UAE
Joyce Jacob Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India
T. Jayasree Research Chair on the Aging of Power Network Infrastructure (ViAHT) University of Quebec at Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, QC, Canada
Ahmet Kerem Köseoğlu BEST transformer, Balikesir, Turkey
Sindhu Thiruthi Krishnan Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India
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