Mietek T. Glinkowski was born in Czestochowa, Poland on December 29, 1956. He received his M.S. degree in Telecommunication Engineering from Poznan Polytechnic, Poznan, Poland, in 1980, the M.E. degree in Electric Power Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, in 1985, and his Ph.D. in Electric Power Engineering in 1989.

He was a Fulbright Scholar in 1984-1985. Between 1989-1997 Dr. Glinkowski was a Professor of Electric Power Engineering at Rensselaer. His area of expertise includes power switchgear (especially vacuum), electrical discharges, power systems, system protection, mathematical modeling of power system components, electrical transients in power systems, as well as novel AI techniques applied to power engineering.

Dr. Glinkowski has also taught power engineering courses, graduate and undergraduate, as well as core engineering courses in dynamic systems. At his consulting practice he has worked with many industrial and utility customers world wide concerning operation, design, and analysis of power equipment.

Dr. Glinkowski joined ABB Inc. in June 1997 where he was first a Technology Team Leader for Electric Systems Technology Institute’s Switchgear and Insulation Systems and later a Program Manager for Equipment and Application Technologies. Since 2000 Dr. Glinkowski has been a Director of Engineering for the ABB North America Technology Center (NAM TC) and more recently he is also a Global Technology Manager for MV Outdoor Equipment coordinating development projects and technologies of ABB outdoor distribution equipment worldwide.

Mietek Glinkowski is a Senior Member of IEEE Power Engineering Society, full voting member of the Switchgear Committee, Chairman of the ERP (Education, Recognition and Publication) Subcommittee, member of the IEEE Power Engineering Education Committee (PEEC), and IEEE PSRC Committee (Power System Relaying Committee). He is a member of CIGRE, Chairman of CIGRE Joint Working Group JWG 12/13/23.21, member of the CIGRE WG A3.13, member of the Current Zero Club (CZC), member of New York Academy of Sciences, and member of SEP (Society of Polish Electrical Engineers).

He is also a member of the Technical Advisory Board of the International Symposium on Short Circuit Currents (IS SCC). Dr. Glinkowski is a registered Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of New York and a member of the Sigma Xi research society. In Spring 2003 Dr. Glinkowski has been awarded an IEEE Outstanding Engineer of the Year from the IEEE Eastern Section.

Dr. Glinkowski is a member of the peer review board for IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery (IEEE TPWD), and is a member of the balloting pool for ANSI and IEEE Switchgear standards. Dr. Glinkowski co-authored one technical book and wrote over 50 technical papers and chapters of books and encyclopaedias on power equipment and systems. He holds 5 US Patents.

e-mail: mietek.glinkowski@us.abb.com