Professor Nicholas A. Vovos has more than 35 years of experience in the field of academia and research, specifically in the areas of electrical and computer engineering. He is the Director of Power Systems Laboratory that was established in 1974. He has directed more than 20 research projects funded by industry and EU. He is a Professor at Patras University Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (Greece). He is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal “International Journal of Automation and Power Engineering (IJAPE). He is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE) the International Council on Large Electric Systems (CIGRE) and is active in a number of working groups. He was Visiting Professor at the Southern Illinois University (United States). He has served as Session Chair for many international conferences, as well as the International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED). He is the author of seven books and he has more than 100 publications. He holds the M.Sc. degree in Electrical Power Systems from University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (U.K.) and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Patras (Greece).
Scope of Expertise: Renewable Energy, Distributed Generation, Smart Grids, Power Systems Control, Industrial Systems, Robotics and Machines.
Primary Country of Work: Greece