Alexandre Piantini

ALEXANDRE PIANTINI concluiu o Doutorado em Engenharia Elétrica pela Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo em 1997. É Prof. Associado (Livre Docente) do Instituto de Energia e Ambiente (antigo Inst. Eletrotécnica e Energia), onde ingressou como pesquisador em 1986 e, na carreira docente, como professor doutor em 2001. Atua no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Energia (PPGE/USP). Senior Member do IEEE desde 2004, é autor ou coautor de mais de 210 artigos científicos publicados em periódicos indexados e em anais de eventos nacionais e internacionais, além de 4 CIGRE Technical Brochures. É Editor de dois livros e autor ou coautor de 9 capítulos de livro. Entre 1987 e 2020 participou de 26 projetos de pesquisa, tendo coordenado 21 destes, 15 dos quais financiados por empresas de energia (Programa de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico do Setor de Energia Elétrica regulado pela ANEEL), indústria aeroespacial e agências nacionais de apoio à pesquisa. A maioria dos projetos envolveu o tema interação entre descargas atmosféricas e sistemas de transmissão e distribuição de energia e compreendeu desenvolvimentos teóricos e experimentais. Foi vice-editor chefe do Journal of Lightning Research e atualmente é Editor do periódico Electric Power Systems Research e Editor Associado dos periódicos IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility e High Voltage. Coordena o CIGRE WG C4.67 (Lightning Protection of Hybrid Overhead Lines). Coordenou o CIGRE WG C4.408 (Lightning Protection of Low-Voltage Networks) e atuou como membro de vários outros grupos, como o CIGRE WG C4.407 (Lightning Parameters for Engineering Applications), o CIGRE WG C4.26 (Evaluation of Lightning Shielding Analysis Methods for EHV and UHV DC and AC Transmission Lines) e o Joint CIGRE-CIRED WG C4.402 (Protection of MV and LV networks against lightning). É o líder do Centro de Estudos em Descargas Atmosféricas e Alta Tensão (CENDAT/USP), coordenador do International Symposium on Lightning Protection (SIPDA) e membro dos comitês científicos de vários congressos internacionais, como a ICLP (International Conference on Lightning Protection) e ICHVE (International Conference on High Voltage Engineering and Application) e vice-chairman do GROUND&LPE (International Conf. on Grounding and Earthing & International Conf. on Lightning Physics and Effects). É membro fundador do Institute for Lightning Protection and Safety - ILPS, membro do Award Committee of the Sun & Grzybowski IEEE Award, oferecido pela Caixin Sun Education Foundation (Chongqing University, China) e Distinguished Lecturer da IEEE EMC Society (2021-2022). Recebeu o "Technical Achievement Award" da IEEE EMC Society em 2021. Atua no campo da Engenharia Elétrica, nas áreas de qualidade de energia, descargas atmosféricas, transitórios eletromagnéticos e alta tensão, com ênfase na interação entre descargas atmosféricas e estruturas e sistemas elétricos.

Alexandre Piantini graduated in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Paraná in 1985 and received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, in 1991 and 1997, respectively. He joined the University of São Paulo in 1986 as Researcher with the Institute of Energy and Environment (IEE/USP) and currently teaches postgraduate courses in the areas of power quality and lightning transients at IEE/USP. Prof. Piantini is the head of the Lightning and High Voltage Research Center and has been responsible for several research projects related to lightning and power systems and involving theoretical and experimental developments, supported by power companies and governmental agencies. His research interests include modeling of lightning phenomena, lightning protection, power quality, and power systems electromagnetic transients. Prof. Piantini is Senior Member of IEEE since 2004 and member of the CIGRE WG C4.26 ?Evaluation of Lightning Shielding Analysis Methods for EHV and UHV DC and AC Transmission Lines?. He is the convener of the CIGRE WG C4.67 (Lightning Protection of Hybrid Overhead Lines). He was the Convener of the CIGRE WG C4.408 ?Lightning Protection of Low-voltage Networks? and participated as member of the CIGRE WG C4.407 ?Lightning Parameters for Engineering Applications?, and of the Joint CIGRE-CIRED WG C4.402 ?Protection of MV and LV networks against lightning?.He was Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Lightning Research and is currently Editor of the Electric Power Systems Research and Associate Editor of the journals IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility and High Voltage. Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE EMC Society for the period 2021-2022, he received the "Technical Achievement Award" from the IEEE EMC Society in 2021. He is the Chairman of the International Symposium on Lightning Protection (SIPDA), member of the scientific committees of the International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP), International Conference on High Voltage Engineering and Application (ICHVE), and vice-chairman of the International Conference on Grounding and Earthing & International Conference on Lightning Physics and Effects. Prof. Piantini is founder member of the Institute for Lightning Protection and Safety - ILPS, Editor of two books published by IET and author or co-author of over 210 scientific papers published in prestigious reviewed journals or presented at international conferences with review board, as well as 9 book chapters and 4 CIGRE Technical Brochures.