Thanapong Suwanasri received his M.Sc. from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York, USA, in 1995, and his Dr.-Ing. in High-Voltage Technology from the Institute for High-Voltage Engineering (IFHT), RWTH Aachen University, Germany, in 2006, all degrees being in Electrical Engineering. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical and Software Systems Engineering at the Sirindhorn International Thai-German Graduate School of Engineering (TGGS), King Mongkut’s University of Technology, north Bangkok, Thailand. His research interests include power transformers, power circuit breakers, high-voltage equipment, transient simulation and analysis, asset management, condition- and risk-based maintenance, and maintenance strategies.