Silveira, Fernando Henrique

Improving Calculation of Lightning Performance of Transmission Lines: Constraints on Applying Statistical Distributions of Current Parameters (in English)

Prof. Silveira received his B.Sc., M.Sc. and Doctoral Degrees in electrical engineering from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He has worked in the Electrical Engineering Department of UFMG since 2009 and is currently an Associate Professor. He is also an Associate Researcher with the Lightning Research Center (LRC). He is author or co-author of more than 200 scientific publications in reviewed journals and conferences. His research interests include lightning performance of transmission lines, lightning, lightning interaction with power systems, computational electromagnetics, and high voltage engineering. He has participated in several CIGRE international Working Groups related to lightning performance of transmission lines and electromagnetic computation modelling (WG C4.23, C4.37, C4.66, C4.73) and is currently Secretary of JWG B2/C4.76 (Lightning & Grounding Considerations for Overhead Line Rebuilding and Refurbishing Projects AC and DC). He is also a senior member of IEEE.