Advanced Solutions in Power Systems: HVDC, FACTS, and Artificial Intelligence

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MIRCEA EREMIA is Professor Emeritus in the Electrical Power Systems Department of the University Politehnica of Bucharest Romania. Dr. Eremia is author and co-author of over 180 journals and conference papers as well as 11 books in power systems. He was an active member of IEEE and CIGRE by participating in various working groups related to applications of power electronics and artificial intelligence techniques. In 2013 Dr. Eremia and Mohammad Shahidehpour published The Handbook of Electrical Power System Dynamics: Modeling Stability and Control with the Wiley-IEEE press. CHEN-CHING LIU is Boeing Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering at Washington State University Pullman WA USA and Visiting Professor of University College Dublin Ireland in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. He obtained his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees both in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University Taiwan in 1976 and 1978 and a PhD degree from the University of California Berkeley USA. ABDEL-ATY EDRIS is the Senior Manager at Exponent Failure Analysis Associates and Adjunct Professor at Santa Clara University USA. He received his BS from Cairo University MS from Ain-Shams University and PhD from Chalmers University of Technology. Dr. Edris is a leading expert in the design and operation of FACTS devices. He is the recipient of the IEEE 2006 FACTS Award the IEEE 2008 Outstanding Engineer Award and many other awards.