Welson Bassi

Dr. Welson Bassi received the BsC degree in Electrical Engineering from the São Paulo State University (UNESP) in 1993 and the M.Sc. and Doctoral degrees in electrical engineering from the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo (USP) in 1999 and 2005, respectively. He is currently a researcher at the Institute for Energy and Environment (IEE) of the University of São Paulo within the High Voltage, Power Engineering and Energy fields. He works in research and technological services, in simulation and protection against lightning effects, assessment and diagnosis of electrical equipment by different techniques involving a.c. and impulse voltages, partial discharges, dielectric polarization and depolarization (PDC), dielectric dissipation factor (tan delta) and frequency response analysis (SFRA) in different equipment. He has solid knowledge of applications and industrial processes involving, surge arresters, insulators and insulating materials, transformers, high power cables and high voltage. His research interests are in Electrical Engineering and Energy with emphasis on High Voltage Engineering, conformity assessment, reliability and diagnostics of electrical equipment and development of new ceramic materials for surge protective devices for limiting lightning overvoltages. He is an acting reviwer for several scientific journals such as IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility and Electric Power Systems Research.

WELSON BASSI concluiu doutorado em 2005 e mestrado em 1999 ambos em Engenharia Elétrica pela Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo. Graduou-se em Engenharia Elétrica pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP), campus Guaratinguetá em 1993. Está no Instituto de Energia e Ambiente (IEE) da Universidade de São Paulo desde 1993 atuando em pesquisa, ensino e serviços tecnológicos em atividades de simulação e proteção contra efeitos de descargas atmosféricas, avaliação e diagnóstico de equipamentos elétricos por diferentes técnicas envolvendo tensões alternadas e de impulso, descargas parciais, polarização e despolarização dielétrica (PDC), fator de dissipação dielétrica (tangente delta), análise de resposta em frequência (SFRA) e em projetos nas áreas de Energia e Eficiência Energética. É revisor de diversos periódicos dentre os quais IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility e Electric Power Systems Research.