Eng. Radu PLĂMĂNESCU MSc in Power Engineering from UPB (2018) is pursuing the PhD at UPB on synchronized measurements and high-reporting rate PQ equipment to develop new protection and control algorithms for microgrids. He is also an Assistant Professor at UPB and Research assistant at MicroDERLab Group at UPB. Radu also spent a leave in 2019 at Colorado State University as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar, with research focused on high-reporting rate voltage and current measurements.