Richard Gonçalves Cornelius received a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Pampa (2021), and a master degree in the Postgraduate Program in Electrical Engineering (CAPES concept 6) from UFSM, in the Energy Systems research line. He has been a member of the Medium Voltage Testing Laboratory, and the Engineering Laboratory (Computer Aided Engineering – CAE), from the Smart Grid Institute – INRI. He works in the area of Electrical Engineering with an emphasis on: Power Transformers, Behavior of Electromechanical Stresses in Transformers and Finite Element Method (FEM).
Leonardo H. Medeiros was born in Santa Maria, Brazil, in 1995. He received the B.S., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, in 2018, 2020 and 2023, respectively. Since 2017, he has been a Researcher with the Smart Grids Institute (INRI), UFSM, linked to the High-Voltage Laboratory and Computer-Aided Engineering Laboratory. His current research interests include thermal model and design, high-voltage equipment, power transformers, distribution transformers, and computer-aided engineering.
Cristian Hans Correa holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a focus on Systems Analysis from the Educational Society of Rio Grande do Sul (2007) and a master's degree in Production Engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2016). Currently, he works at CPFL-T, focusing on the development and management of innovation projects in the areas of Electric Power Distribution, Transmission, and Generation.
Graduated in Electrical Engineering from UFSM, Postgraduate from PUC-RS and Master in Electrical Engineering from UFSM. He has already worked as a teacher and coordinator of the Technical course at FTEC Faculdades. Engineer with 20 years of experience in the Transmission and Distribution area, and dedicated to the study of Power Transformers. He currently works as Transformer Engineering Coordinator at CPFL-Transmissão. Interested in specification, design, maintenance, monitoring and operation of transformers.
Rafael Concatto Beltrame was born in Santa Maria, Brazil, in 1984. He received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil, in 2008, 2009, and 2012, respectively. He has been with the Power Electronics and Control Research Group (GEPOC) of UFSM since 2005. Since 2013, he has been with the UFSM, where he is currently a Professor. His research interests include high-performance power converters, fast chargers for electric vehicles, and tests of electric power transformers.
Has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2016). Tiago dos Santos is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Federal University of Santa Maria and the current Coordinator of the Postgraduate Program in Mechanical Engineering. Tiago is a member of the Materials Technology and Mechanics Group and works in the area of computational solid mechanics, focusing on the constitutive modeling of materials and structures subjected to dynamic loading.
(Member, IEEE) received the B.S. (Hons.) and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil, in 2003 and 2008, respectively. From 2009 to 2011, he was a Research and Development Engineer with the Power Transformer Group, WEG Electric Corporation, Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil, and a Professor with Sinos River Valley University, São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Since 2011, he has been a Professor of the Electrical Engineering Postgraduate Program, Federal University of Santa Maria. He currently works in several projects with the industry. Since 2017, he has been the Director of the Technology Center, Federal University of Santa Maria.
(Senior Member, IEEE) was born in Panambi, Brazil, in 1987. He received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the Regional University of Northwestern Rio Grande do Sul, Ijui, Brazil, in 2011, and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, Brazil, in 2012 and 2015, respectively. In 2014, he has performed a Ph.D. internship at the Universidad de Oviedo, Gijón, Spain. From 2015 to 2017, he was a Professor with the Federal University of Pampa, Alegrete, Brazil. Since2018, he has been a Professor with the Electronics and Computing Department, UFSM. He is currently a Researcher with the Smart Grids Institute (INRI), UFSM, where he is also the Manager of the High-Voltage Laboratory. He is a coauthor of more than ten journal articles and more than 50 conference papers, and is the holder of one Brazilian patent. His current research interests include lighting systems, thermal modelling and design, high-voltage equipment, power transformers, and computer-aided engineering.
