João Abel Peças Lopes     

Date of Birth: 23 of May 1958

Graduation: License degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering  (FEUP, 1981)

PhD: in Electrical and Computer Engineering (FEUP, 1988)

Aggregation: Post Doc  (FEUP, 1996)

Accademic Career

Research Assistant (1981), First Assistant (1983), Assistant Professor (1988), Assistant Professor with Aggregation (1996), 

Associate Professor with Aggregation (2000)

Professor collaborator at the Iowa State University (1996 - 2001)

Research

Researcher at INESC since 1988

Coordinator of the Power Systems Unit of INESC Porto since 1996

Areas of Interest: Analysis of dynamic behaviour of electric power systems, Security assessment evaluation of electric power systems using machine learning techniques, quality of service, integration of dispersed generation and micrgeneration in electrical grids, Regulation issues and definition of market  models.

Other jobs in the Faculty

Director of the Electrical Equipment Laboratory (1995)

Coordinator of the Power Systems Branch of the Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering (2002)

Other activities

Consultat of the Portuguese Electricity Regulation Board for the definition of the model of the Iberian Electricity Market