C.R.M. graduated from Electrical Engineering at UFSM (Universidade Federal de Santa Maria) (1978) and obtained an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from UFSC (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina) (1981, 1990), respectively. At present, he is a full professor at UNESP, Câmpus of Ilha Solteira-SP. He is experienced in transient stability analysis, load flow, load forecasting, dynamic and preventive control, contingency analysis, and applications of artificial neural networks, artificial immune systems, evidence theory and fuzzy logic.