02-05 November 2023, University Leadership Program: Success in Developing the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem - SEED ROMANIA 2023, organized by the Romanian-American Foundation - Babson College, (Certificate of participation, offered by Babson College)

16-18 April 2024, University Leadership Program, organized by Harvard Graduate School of Education (Certificate offered by Harvard Institutes for Higher Educations).

Scientific & Didactic Activity:

I published over 50 scientific papers in journals and conferences in the fields of electrical engineering, power systems, software simulations, etc. Below it is given a selective list of my published papers:

• VINTAN M. - Different Factors Influence on the Self and Mutual Impedances of the Overhead Wires with Ground Return, Scientific Bulletin of the "Politehnica" University of Timisoara, Transaction on Power Engineering, Tom 46(60) pg. 463 - 468, ISSN 1582-7194, November 2001, Timisoara

• VINTAN M., BOGDAN M - A Practical Method for Evaluating Ground Fault Current Distribution on Overhead Transmission Lines, Scientific Bulletin of the "Politehnica" University of Timisoara, Transaction on Power Engineering, Tom 48(62) pg. 563 - 568, ISSN 1582-7194, November 2003, Timisoara

• VINTAN M. - A Simulation Program for Teaching Power System Operations, Proceedings of the Second Symposium "Extra Skills for Young Engineers ESYE 2001", ISBN 86-435-0440-8, (IEEE Slovenia Section), October 17-19, 2001, Maribor, Slovenia

• VINTAN M., BOGDAN M. - Transmission Power Potentials during Ground Faults, Proceedings of the 11-th International Symposium on System Theory SINTES - 11, vol. 2, pg. 553-556, ISBN 973-8043-415-5, 2003, Craiova, Romania

• VINTAN M. - Fault current distribution computation on overhead transmission lines, Proceedings of the Fifth International World Energy System Conference, vol. II, pg. 273-279, ISSN 1198-0729, 2004, Oradea, Romania

• VINTAN M. - Potentials of the transmission towers during ground faults, Proceedings ot the 5-th International Conference on Electromecanical and Power Systems - SIELMEN 2005, vol. II, pg. 1075-1077, ISBN GEN: 973-716-208-0, October 6-8, 2005, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

• VINTAN M., BUTA A. - Ground fault current distribution on overhead transmission lines, FACTA UNIVERSITATIS (NIS), ISSN: 0353-3670, ser.: Electronics and Energetics, vol.19, No.1, April 2006, University of Nis, Serbia

• VINTAN M. - Evaluating transmission towers potentials during ground faults, Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE A, Zhejiang University Press, co-published with Springer-Verlag GmbH, Volume 9, Number 2, ISSN 1673-565X (Print); ISSN 1862-1775 (Online), pp. 182-189, China, February 2008 (ISI Thomson Journals)

• TANASE G., BORLEA I., VINTAN M. et al - Expert system for steady state operation diagnosis of electrical distribution networks. Theory and Basic Concepts, Scientific Bulletin of the "Politehnica" University of Timisoara, Transaction on Power Engineering, ISSN 1582-7194, November 2009, Timisoara (THE 8-th INTERNATIONAL POWER SYSTEMS CONFERENCE PSC 2009)

• TANASE G., BORLEA I., VINTAN M. et al - Expert system for steady state operation diagnosis of electrical distribution networks. Software and case study, Scientific Bulletin of the "Politehnica" University of Timisoara, Transaction on Power Engineering, ISSN 1582-7194, November 2009, Timisoara (THE 8-th INTERNATIONAL POWER SYSTEMS CONFERENCE PSC 2009)

• VINTAN M., BORLEA I. - Ground wires influence on the ground fault current distribution on overhead transmission lines, Scientific Bulletin of the "Politehnica" University of Timisoara, Transaction on Power Engineering, ISSN 1582-7194, November 2009, Timisoara (THE 8th INTERNATIONAL POWER SYSTEMS CONFERENCE PSC 2009)

• VINTAN M. - About the Coupling Factor Influence on the Ground Fault Current Distribution on Overhead Transmission Lines, Advances in Electrical and Computer Engineering, ISSN 1582-7445, e-ISSN 1844-7600, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 43-48, 2010, doi: 10.4316/AECE.2010.02007 (ISI Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge Journal )

• VINTAN M. - Ground Fault Location Influence on AC Power Lines Impedance, Proceedings of the Romanian Academy, Series A: Mathematics, Physics, Technical Sciences, Information Science, Vol. 15, No. 3, ISSN 1454-9069, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, 2014 (ISI Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge Journal, Q1 Web of Science - JCR 2015, see here)

• VINTAN M. - A Comparative Parametric Analysis of the Ground Fault Current Distribution on Overhead Transmission Lines, ADVANCES IN ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING, vol. 16, issue 1, pp. 107-114, ISSN: 1582-7445, 2016 (ISI Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge Journal)

• VINTAN M. - Computing the Ground Fault Current Distribution on Electrical Power Transmission Networks, Proceedings of The Romanian Academy, Series A: Mathematics, Physics, Technical Sciences, Information Science, Volume 19, Number 3, pp. 463-471, ISSN: 1454-9069, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, 2018 (Clarivate Analytics Web of Knowledge Journal, Q2 Web of Science - JCR 2016, see here)

• TOADER D., GRECONICI M., VESA D., VINTAN M., SOLEA C. - Analysis of the Influence of the Insulation Parameters of Medium Voltage Electrical Networks and of the Petersen Coil on the Single-Phase-to-Ground Fault Current. Energies 2021, ISSN 1996-1073, Volume 14, Issue 5, 1330, https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/5, disponibil online la adresa: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/5/1330 , special Issue MVDC Grids: Modelling, Design, Power Converters, Stability, Control and Operation). This special issue belongs to the section "Electrical Power and Energy System".Revista este cotata Clarivate Analytics Web of Science: https://mjl.clarivate.com/search-results, Impact Factor: 3.004 (2020) ; 5-Year Impact Factor: 3.085 (2020), cf:, https://www.webofscience.com/ , https://doi.org/10.3390/en14051330 , WOS:000628197300001

• TOADER D., VINTAN M., SOLEA C., VESA D., GRECONICI M., Analysis of the Possibilities of Selective Detection of a Single Line-to-Ground Fault in a Medium Voltage Network with Isolated Neutral, Energies, 2021, ISSN 1996-1073, Volume 14, Issue 21, 7019, disponibil online la adresa: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/21/7019, https://doi.org/10.3390/en14217019 (registering DOI), 3.004 (2020) ; Revista este cotata Clarivate Analytics Web of Science: https://mjl.clarivate.com/search-results, Impact Factor: 3.004 (2020) ; 5-Year Impact Factor: 3.085 (2020),https://www.webofscience.com/https://doi.org/10.3390/en14217019 , WOS:000718797600001

• C. ŞOLEA, D. TOADER, M. VINȚAN, M. GRECONICI, D. VESA and I. TATAI - Framework for distribution network modelling and fault simulation using MATLAB,  PROCEEDINGS of The International Conference and Exposition on Electrical and Power Engineering (EPE), 20-22 Oct. 2022, Iasi, Romania,  IEEE Catalog Number: CFP2247S-ART , ISBN: 978-1-6654-8994-2, ISSN: 2644-223X, pp. 118-123, 2022 International Conference and Exposition on Electrical And Power Engineering (EPE), DOI: 10.1109/EPE56121.2022.9959758

• ŞOLEA, D. TOADER, M. VINȚAN, M. GRECONICI, D. VESA, I. TATAI - MATLAB Library for Simulation of High Impedance Faults in Distribution Networks and Related Protective Relay Behavior Analysis, The 13th International Symposium on Advanced Topics in Electrical Engineering (ATEE), March 23-25, 2023, Bucharest, Romania, ISBN: 979-8-3503-3193-6/23/$31.00, IEEE, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/10108076/proceeding , DOI: 10.1109/ATEE58038.2023.10108111

• C. ŞOLEA, D. TOADER, M. VINȚAN, M. GRECONICI, D. VESA, I. TATAI - The Influence of Insulation Active Power Losses on the Single Line-to-Ground Fault in Medium Voltage Electrical Networks with Resonant Grounding, 2023 10th International Conference on Modern Power Systems (MPS) 21-23 June 2023, Cluj-Napoca, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10187515,DOI: 10.1109/MPS58874.2023.10187515

• Dumitru TOADER, Maria VINTAN - Mathematical Models of the Phase Voltages of High-, Medium- and Low-Voltage Busbars in a Substation during a Phase-to-Ground Fault on High-Voltage Busbars, Mathematics, Jul. 2023, Volume 11, Issue 13, ISSN: 2227-7390. Revista a fost încadrată în “zona roșie” Q1 în funcție de Impact Factor (JIF), cf. ediției JCR 2022 din 28 iunie 2023 https://uefiscdi.gov.ro/resource-866009-zone.iunie.2023.jif.pdf, respectiv în ”zona gri” Q4 în funcție de AIS, conform ediției JCR 2022 din 28 iunie 2023  https://uefiscdi.gov.ro/resource-866007-zone.iunie.2023.ais.pdf WOS:001028167000001

In 2003 I published in Matrix Rom Publishing House (Bucharest) a monographic scientific book focused on fault-current in power systems, entitled (in Romanian / in English): "Scurtcircuitul monofazat in retelele electrice" / "Ground Fault in Power Systems ", ISBN 973-685-647-X - please see www.matrixrom.ro.

Also I published a text-book dedicated to students in electrical engineering domain, entitled "Producerea, transportul si distributia energiei electrice" / "Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution", ISBN 978-973-755-449-9, Matrix Rom, Bucharest, 2009 - see www.matrixrom.ro.

I successfully developed a Research Grant as a Project Manager, obtained through national competition, entitled (in Romanian) "Extinderea paradigmei analizei scurtcircuitelor monofazate in retelele electrice de inalta tensiune prin metode clasice si euristice" (in English) "Classical and heuristic methods for enlarging the ground fault analysis paradigm in power systems" (financed by The National Research Council CNCSIS, during the period 2009-2011). Here is the grant's first year report (2009, in Romanian); Here is the grant's second year report (2010, in Romanian); The papers published during the grant's second year (2010)

Award for Valuable Scientific Research Activity from "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu / Engineering School (2014, Q1 Clarivate Analytics Paper) and another Award for Valuable Scientific Research (2018, Q2 Clarivate Analytics Paper); Honorary Diploma from University of Ploiesti (2016)

UEFISCDI Award for a Q2 Clarivate Analytics published paper (2018).

Some citations of my papers & books:

* Virgilio De Andrade, Elmer Sorrentin, Typical expected values of the fault resistance in power systems, pp. 602 - 609, Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition: Latin America (T&D-LA), 2010 IEEE/PES; Sao Paolo, 12/2010

* Jaydeep Chakravorty, Arpit Jain, Use of Magnetic Field Sensing Coils for Fault Location in Transmission Lines, International Journal of Emerging trends in Engineering and Development (IJETED), Issue 2, Vol. 4 (May 2012)

* D. Nugent, B. K. Sovacool, Assessing the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions from solar PV and wind energy: A critical meta-survey, Energy Policy no. 65 (2014), ISSN: 0301-4215, Elsevier, available online 12 November 2013 (5-Year Impact Factor: 3.382)

* Nassereddine, M., Rizk, J., Hellany, A., & Nagrial, M., Relation between transmission lines coupling factor and over head earth wire length: its impacts on fault current distributions, IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, United Kingdom, ISSN 1751-8687, DOI: 10.1049/iet-gtd.2013.0608, 2014 (Impact Factor: 1.414, AIS: 0.608 )

* Buba, S.D.; Ahmad, W.F.Wan; Kadir, M.Z.A.Ab.; Gomes, Chandima; Jasni, J.; Osman, M., Impact of split factor value on the safe design of distribution substation earth grid, Lightning Protection (ICLP), 2014 International Conference on, pp.762-767, 11-18 Oct. 2014, doi: 10.1109/ICLP.2014.6973225

* Mohamad Nassereddine, Jamal Rizk, Mahmood Nagrial & Ali Hellany, Wind Farm Earthing System Design Using Clustering Technique, Electric Power Components and Systems, vol. 43, issue 16, pages 1813-1821, ISSN 1532-5008, 2015

* Rashid Sitdikov, Georgiy Egamnazarov, The etalon model for solving currents in ground wires at asymmetrical short circuits on overhead power transmission lines, ELEKTROENERGETIKA, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 9-14, ISSN 1337-6756, 2016

* Mohamad Nassereddine, Khaled Ali, Chadi Nohra - Photovoltaic solar farm: earthing system design for cost reduction and system compliance, International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) Vol. 10, No. 3, June 2020, pp. 2884 - 2893, ISSN: 2088-8708, DOI: 10.11591/ijece.v10i3.pp2884-2893, http://ijece.iaescore.com/index.php/IJECE/article/view/20514/pdf

* Rashid, Z. - Calculation of overhead and underground cable parameters at harmonic frequencies, Electr Eng (2020), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00202-020-01119-y

* Insu Kim - A New Single-Logarithmic Approximation of Carson's Ground-Return Impedances - Part 1, IEEE Access, International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3097377, 9, (103850-103861), Volume31, Issue4, April 2021, https://doi.org/10.1002/2050-7038.12808, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/2050-7038.12808

* Rashid, Z. Calculation of overhead and underground cable parameters at harmonic frequencies, Electrical Engineering 103, 729 - 741, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00202-020-01119-y, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00202-020-01119-y#citeas

* V. F. Syvokobylenko, V.A. Lysenko - Use of higher harmonics in currents and voltages for phase-to-ground fault protection in medium voltage networks, 2021, IEEE 2nd KhPI Week on Advanced Technology (KhPIWeek) , DOI:10.1109/KhPIWeek53812.2021.9569967, Kharkiv, Ukraine https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9569967/references#references

* Veronika Lesch, Marius Hadry, Samuel Kounev, Christian Krupitzer - A Case Study on Optimization of Platooning Coordination, 2023, https://arxiv.org/pdf/2111.09665.pdf , https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.09665 , https://scholar.google.ro/scholar?oi=bibs&hl=ro&cites=1963816665676382378

Fields of Interest:

Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, Computer Modeling, Simulation and Optimization

Last updated: April 2024