Dr. Sebastian Dambone Sessa

Dr. Sebastian Dambone Sessa was born in Venezia, Italy. He received the Dr. Ing. Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Padova, Italy, in 2010, and the Ph.D. Degree in Electrical Engineering in 2017. He was appointed as Research Associate in 2018 and as Assistant Professor in 2022 for the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Padova. His main fields of research include transmission line modelling (cables, overhead lines and GIL), network black start operation and optimization, power line fault location techniques, stationary electrochemical and hybrid storage systems and high-voltage direct current installations. He is an author of over 90 scientific publications including articles in scientific journals, articles in international conferences and technical brochures in collaboration with several companies operating in the power systems field, such as Terna, National Grid, NGK, Prysmian, NZ Sonick, Fiamm, RSE. He has been a lecturer at 16 international congresses. Since 2019, he taught at the University of Padova in courses of “Technologies for HVAC and HVDC transmission systems” and “Power systems”. He is a member of IEEE and of Italian AEIT.