Functional Resume

I - PERSONAL DATA

Benedito Donizeti Bonatto

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering

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II - EDUCATION

Graduate Studies:

UBC THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

VANCOUVER, B.C., CANADA

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering

Area: Electric Power Systems

Ph.D. Thesis: EMTP Modelling of Control and Power Electronic Devices

Supervisor: Dr.-Ing. Hermann W. Dommel

Co-Supervisor: Dr. William G. Dunford

Period: Setember/1997 to October/2001

UNICAMP - STATE UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS

FACULT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCES

DEPARTAMENT OF SYSTEMS AND ENERGY CONTROL

CAMPINAS SP, BRAZIL

M.A.Sc. in Electrical Engineering

Area: Electric Power Systems

Thesis title: Damping of Electromechanical Oscillations in Electric Systems

through Dynamic Reactive Compensation

Supervisor: Dr. Sigmar Maurer Deckmann

Period: August/1991 to February/1995

Undergraduate Studies:

EFEI - FEDERAL SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING OF ITAJUBA

B.A.Sc. in Electrical Engineering

ITAJUB MG, BRAZIL

Period:August/1986 to July/1991

Technical High School Studies:

ETE Pref. ALBERTO FEREZ

Professional Course: Electricity Technician

ARARAS - SP, BRAZIL

Period: March/1983 to December/1985

Idioms:

Portuguese: first language;

English: fluent;

Computer Skills:

Knowledge on engineering and scientific oriented software, such as EMTP-based programs.

III - PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ELEKTRO ELETRICIDADE E SERVI OS S.A.

SYSTEM PLANNING DIVISION

CAMPINAS - SP, BRAZIL

Electrical Engineer

Achievements and responsibilities: Electric Distribution System Planning; Electric Power Quality Monitoring in

Distribution Substations and Industrial Customer Plants; Studies and Analysis to attend Electrical Non-Linear Loads;

Studies and Technical and Economical Analysis for the Application of Capacitor Banks in Distribution Systems;

Analysis for the Optimum Application of Reclosers for the Protection of Overhead Distribution Networks

Period: May/1994 up to now (on a leave of absence from ELEKTRO to pursue Ph.D. at UBC)

CPFL - COMPANHIA PAULISTA DE FOR A E LUZ

DISTRIBUTION PLANNING STUDY SECTOR

CAMPINAS - SP, BRAZIL

Co Op.: Electrical Engineering

Activities and responsibilities: Research and applied studies about the CPFL Load Curve, for a computational

implementation in the software PLANTA - Distribution Feeder Technical Planning

Period: March/1991 to July/1991

CHAMPION PAPEL & CELULOSE LTDA.

INSTRUMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT

PULP AND PAPER, CHEMICAL AND UTILITIES

MOGI GUA - SP, BRAZIL

Co Op.: Electrical Engineering

Activities: Predictive, Preventive and Corrective Electrical Maintenance: 138kV, 13.8kV, 6.6kV and

0.44kV Substations; Synchronous and Asynchronous three-phase motors; DC motor and generators;

Steam Turbines and Generators.

Period: January/1991 to February/1991

FURNAS CENTRAIS EL TRICAS S.A.

FURNAS HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT

ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC MEASUREMENT LABORATORY

ELECTROMECHANICAL SUPPORT DIVISION - ELECTROMECHANICAL TESTS

ALTIN POLIS - MG, BRAZIL

Co Op.: Electrical Engineering

Activities: Preventive DC High Voltage tests in Synchronous Machines; contact with techniques for the dynamic

evaluation of rotating machines through the use of microcomputers;

Period: July/1990

FURNAS CENTRAIS EL TRICAS S.A.

ITUMBIARA HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT

ELECTROELETRONICS MAINTENANCE DIVISION

TUPACIGUARA - MG, BRAZIL

Co Op.: Electrical Engineering

Activities: Followed the Supervision of the Electronics Maintenance in the Power Plant and Substations,

in equipments such as: voltage regulator (static exciter); electronic speed governor; generators, transformers and

transmission lines protection systems; internal telephone system.

Period: January/1990

FURNAS CENTRAIS EL TRICAS S.A.

ITUMBIARA HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT

ELECTROMECHANICS MAINTENANCE DIVISION

TUPACIGUARA - MG, BRAZIL

Co Op.: Electrical Engineering

Activities: Followed the Supervision of the Electromechanical Maintenance in the Power Plant and 230/345/500kV

Substations, as for example: preventive or corrective maintenance in air-blasted EHV circuit breakers,

Dielectric Tests; Replacement of disk insulators chain in energized 345kV transmission lines.

Period: July/1989

INSTEL - ENGENHARIA E MONTAGENS LTDA.

ITAJUB MG, BRAZIL

Co Op.: Electrical Engineering

Activities: Followed the Project and Supervision of Industrial Electrical Installations at

COFAP - MINAS - Componentes Automotivos S.A.

Period: January/1988 to February/1988

EPROTEL - IND STRIA, COM RCIO E SERVI OS DE ENGENHARIA ELETRICISTA E PROJETOS DE

TELECOMUNICA ES S.A.

ARARAS - SP, BRAZIL

Co Op.: Electrical Engineering

Activities: Followed the Project, Installation and Commissioning of Automated Telephone Systems in services

rendered to TELESP - Telecomunica es de S o Paulo S.A.

Period: December/1986 to February/1987

AUTO PE AS GUA LTDA. ME.

MOGI GUA SP, BRAZIL

Commercial Manager

Activities: Coordination and Planning of Buying and Selling activities for automobile body parts.

Period: November/1985 to August/1986

CITROMOJIANA LTDA.

CONCHAL - SP, BRAZIL

Electrician

Activities: Industrial Electrical Maintenance in equipments such as: Three-Phase Induction Motors,

Control Panel Equipment, HV/LV Substations, Industrial Lighting Circuits, Automated Industrial Process.

Period: February/1985 to November/1985

IV - ACADEMIC AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE

UBC THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Course: EECE459 Computer Applications in Power Systems

VANCOUVER, B.C., CANADA

Teaching Assistant

Professor: Dr.-Ing. Hermann W. Dommel

Period: January/1999 to April/1999 and January/2000 to April/2000.

UBC THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Course: EECE489 Electric Power Networks

VANCOUVER, B.C., CANADA

Teaching Assistant

Professor: Dr.-Ing. Hermann W. Dommel

Period: January/1998 to April/1998

CEETEPS - CENTRO ESTADUAL DE EDUCA O TECNOL GICA PAULA SOUZA

Maintained by the Government of the State of S o Paulo

ETE Prof. ARMANDO BAYEUX DA SILVA

RIO CLARO - SP, BRAZIL

Instructor A

Activities: Teaching courses in the Professional Technical Program, in the Electric and Electronics area:

Basic of Electricity, Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electric Energy,

Basics of Electronics, Power Electronics.

Period: March/1995 to July/1997

UNICAMP - STATE UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS

FACULT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCES

DEPARTAMENT OF SYSTEMS AND ENERGY CONTROL

FAEP - FOUNDATION FOR THE SUPPORT OF TEACHING AND RESEARCH

DIDATIC SUPPORT SERVICE

CAMPINAS SP, BRAZIL

Didactic Assistant

Activities: Restructuring of the Electrical Engineering Laboratory and publication of the book:

Electrical Engineering Laboratory I, Deckmann, S.M and Bonatto, B.D., UNICAMP/FEE, December, 1992

reedited in December 1993 and 1998. (in Portuguese)

Period: August/1992 to December/1992

SOCIEDADE EDUCACIONAL XIX DE MAR O

ITAJUB - MG, BRAZIL

Instructor of Physics

Period: September/1989 to March/1990

EFEI - FEDERAL SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING OF ITAJUBA

Course: Electrical Circuits II

ITAJUB - MG, BRAZIL

Teaching Assistant

Activities: Theoretical and practical teaching in laboratory about the analysis of transient phenomena

in electric circuits.

Professor: Jos Carlos Goulart de Siqueira

Period: January/1989 to July/1990

EFEI - FEDERAL SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING OF ITAJUBA

Course: Electrical Circuits I

ITAJUB - MG, BRAZIL

Teaching Assistant

Activities: Laboratory activities about the steady state analysis of electric circuits.

Professor: Jos Carlos Goulart de Siqueira

Period: August/1988 to December/1988

V - RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

ELEKTRO - Eletricidade e Servi os S.A

Project: The Impact of Power Electronic Devices on the Quality of Power

Main research focus: CUSTOM POWER CONTROLLERS

Approved by the CSPE - Electric Energy Public Services Commission of the S o Paulo State, S o Paulo-SP, and by

ANEEL - Electric Energy National Agency - Brasilia, D.F., Brazil, as one of the ELEKTRO s Research and

Development Projects for the Technological Development of the Brazilian Electric Sector.

VANCOUVER, B.C., CANAD, CAMPINAS - SP, BRAZIL and RIO DE JANEIRO - RJ, BRAZIL.

Author of the Project, Project Coordinator, Team Coordinator and Researcher

Project s Research Team:

Dr. -Ing. Hermann W. Dommel - Microtran Power System Analysis Corporation - Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

Dr. Benedito Donizeti Bonatto - Electrical Engineer at ELEKTRO, under leave of absence for Ph.D. studies at UBC.

Dr. Eng. Edson Hirokazu Watanabe - COPPE - Funda o Coordena o de Projetos, Pesquisas e

Estudos Tecnol gicos from UFRJ - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil.

Dr.-Ing. Maur cio Aredes - COPPE/UFRJ.

Dr. Sandoval Carneiro Jr. - COPPE/UFRJ.

Consulting Engineer Shiguematsu Nosaki - ELEKTRO

Senior Engineer Ernesto Alberto Mertens Jr. - ELEKTRO

Specialized Technician Luis Fernando Souza Dias - ELEKTRO

Period: April/2000 to March/2003.

CED/USP - CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN DISTRIBUTION

Representative for CESP - Companhia Energ tica de S o Paulo S.A.

Activities: Followed as a representative for CESP - Companhia Energ tica de S o Paulo, the cooperative

research Project QUEN001 - Electric Power Quality.

COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROJECT: CEMIG - UNICAMP/FEE/DSCE

CAMPINAS - SP, BRAZIL

Researcher

Activities: Cooperation in the development of an Electric Arc Furnace Model for Simulation of the Operation

in AC Systems.

Period: July/1992 to July/1993

EFEI - FEDERAL SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING OF ITAJUBA

IEE- INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

DET - DEPARTAMENT OF ELECTROTECHNICAL

ITAJUB MG. BRAZIL

Research Assistant

Activities: Development of Computer Programs for Analysis of Transient Phenomena in Electric Circuits through the

use of the Trapezoidal Integration Method.

Professor: Jos Carlos Goulart de Siqueira

Period: November/1989 to May/1991

VI - MAIN PUBLICATIONS

B. D. Bonatto, E. A. Mertens Jr., E. S. da Silva, and L. F. S. Dias, Power Quality Assessment at Sensitive

Loads, submmitted to IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Latin America Conference (IEEE/PES T&D 2002

Latin America), S o Paulo SP, Brazil, March 18-22, 2002.

B. D. Bonatto, E. H. Watanabe, E. A. Mertens Jr., H. W. Dommel, L. F. S. Dias, M. Aredes, S. Carneiro Jr., and S.

Nosaki, Power Electronics and Electric Power Quality: Cooperative Research at ELEKTRO, COPPE/UFRJ,

and UBC, I Conference on Technological Innovation in Electric Energy (I CITENEL), Brasilia DF, Brazil, Novem-

ber 6-7, 2001 (in Portuguese).

B. D. Bonatto, EMTP Modelling of Control and Power Electronic Devices, Ph.D. Thesis, The University of Brit-

ish Columbia (UBC), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, October 2001.

B. D. Bonatto, H. W. Dommel, E. H. Watanabe, M. Aredes, S. Carneiro Jr., E. A. Mertens Jr., S. Nosaki, and L. F. S.

Dias, Custom Power Applications for the Improvement of the Quality of Power - Literature Review, IV Brazil-

ian Seminar about the Quality of Power (SBQEE 01), Porto Alegre RS, Brazil, August 12-17, 2001.

B. D. Bonatto, and H. W. Dommel, Current and Voltage Dependent Sources in EMTP-based Programs, Inter-

national Conference on Power System Transients (IPST 01), Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil, Volume I, pp. 299-304,

June 24-28, 2001.

J. Calvi o-Fraga and B. D. Bonatto, Multi-Format Graphical User Interface for EMTP-based Programs, Interna-

tional Conference on Power System Transients (IPST 01), Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil, Volume II, pp. 692-697, June

24-28, 2001.

B. D. Bonatto, E. A. Mertens Jr., F. A. Fernandes, and L. F. S. Dias, The Electric Power Quality in Coordination

with the Industrial Safety, XIV National Seminar on Electric Energy Distribution (XIV SENDI), Foz do Iguassu -

PR, Brazil, November 19-23, 2000 (in Portuguese).

B. D. Bonatto, H. W. Dommel, E. A. Mertens Jr., and F. A. Fernandes, Power Quality Analysis based on EMTP

Simulations Harmonics Case Study, 5th Brazilian Power Electronics Conference (COBEP 99), Foz do Iguassu

PR, Brazil, Volume 1, pp. 135-140, September 19-23, 1999.

B. D. Bonatto, E. A. Mertens Jr., E.A. and Fernandes, F.A., Power Quality Diagnosis in Industrial Customer -

Case Study, III Brazilian Seminar about the Quality of Power (SBQEE 99), Brasilia - DF, Brazil, August 8-12, 1999

(in Portuguese).

B. D. Bonatto, T. Niimura, and H. W. Dommel, A Fuzzy Logic Application to Represent Load Sensitivity to Volt-

age Sags, 8th International Conference on Harmonics and Quality of Power (ICHQP 98), Volume I, pp. 60-64, Ath-

ens, Greece, October 14-16, 1998.

B. D. Bonatto, B.D., E. A. Mertens Jr., and F. A. Fernandes, Power Quality Diagnosis in Distribution System, III

Latin American Conference in Electric Energy Distribution (III CONLADIS), Escola Polit cnica da USP, Cidade Uni-

versit ria, S o Paulo - SP, Brazil, September 8-13, 1998 (in Portuguese).

L. E. O Pinheiro, B. D. Bonatto, R. Torrezan, and F. A. Fernandes, Electric Power Quality Monitoring: Practical

Cases, Solutions and the Planning Perspective, XIII National Seminar in Electric Energy Distribution (XIII

SENDI), S o Paulo - SP, Brazil, May 11-16, 1997 (in Portuguese).

L. E. O. Pinheiro, O. S. I. Komukai, B. D. Bonatto, and E. Yoshida, Measurements for the Power Quality Monitor-

ing in Distribution System, I Brazilian Seminar about the Quality of Power (I SBQEE), UFU, Uberl ndia - MG, Bra-

zil, June 10-13, 1996.

S. M. Deckmann, and B. D. Bonatto, Damping Introduced by Control Means Considering Generator Capability

Limits, IFAC Control of Power Plants and Power Systems - SIPOWER 95, Cancun, Mexico, 1995.

B. D. Bonatto and S. M. Deckmann, S. M., Damping Introduced by SVC, CSC and PSS for operation on the

Synchronous Machine Capability Curve, XIII National Seminar on Production and Transmission of Electric

Energy (XIII SNPTE), Florian polis - SC, Brazil, 1995.

B. D. Bonatto, Damping of Electromechanical Oscillations in Electrical Systems through Rective Dynamic

Compensation, Master Thesis, The State University of Campinas - Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineer-

ing (UNICAMP/FEEC), February, 1995.

S. M. Deckmann, and B. D. Bonatto, Laboratory of Electrical Engineering I, UNICAMP/FEEC - Faculty of Elec-

trical and Computer Engineering, December 1992, reedited in December 1993 and in 1998.

VII MEMBERSHIP OF HONORARY SOCIETIES

Integrate the Technical Committee of the SBQEE 01 IV Brazilian Seminar about the Quality of Power,

Porto Alegre RS, Brazil, August 12-17, 2001.

Integrated the Technical Committee of the SBQEE 99 III Brazilian Seminar about the Quality of Power,

Brasilia DF, Brazil, August 8-12, 1999.

Integrated the Technical Committee of the SBQEE 97 II Brazilian Seminar about the Quality of Power,

S o Louren o MG, Brazil, November 16-19, 1997.

Student Member of the IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., USA.

Professional Engineer Registered at CREA Regional Council of Engineering, Architecture and Agronomy -

Brazil.

VIII - ACADEMIC HONORS, SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS

Scholarship for International Studies (Ph.D. at UBC) from the Federal Government of Brazil, granted by

CAPES Funda o Coordena o de Aperfei oamento de Pessoal de N vel Superior,

BRASILIA-DF, BRAZIL, September 1997 to November 2001.

Scholarship for Graduate Studies (M.A.Sc. at UNICAMP) from the Federal Government of Brazil, granted by

CAPES Funda o Coordena o de Aperfei oamento de Pessoal de N vel Superior,

BRASILIA-DF, BRAZIL, September 1991 to December 1993.

Award N CLEO TECNOLOGIA

First Class Standing in the Electric Power Engineering Option,

Graduating Students of July 1991,

ITAJUB MG, BRAZIL.

HONOR MENTION PR MIOS NON SCHOLAE SED VITAE

December 1979 - CAMPINAS SP, BRAZIL.

IX - REFERENCES

Available upon request.

Vancouver, B.C., Canada, October 2001.

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