Viktor Kertész was born in Budapest, Hungary, on March 04, 1942, is married and lives in Budapest.

He obtained his M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Budapest University of Technology in 1966, Ph.D. in 1976, and D.Sc. in 1989. He joined the High-Power Laboratory of Electrical Power Research Institute, Budapest, as a researcher and test engineer in 1966. He became a professor of mathematics at the Budapest University of Technology in 1979 and has held the chair of full professor since 1989. He has had a working cooperation with KEMA since 1978, and has been a consultant for KEMA in the field of circuit breaker measuring problems, analysis of arc phenomena, and some high power testing related problems since 1996. He has been awarded ‘The Science, Education and Technology Division Premium’ of IEE in 1996. He was a member to CIGRE WG 13-01 (arc modeling). He is a member of CIGRE TF A3.01.

His interest is circuit breaker testing and measuring problems, the mathematics of dynamical systems, and application of mathematical and computer tools in engineering problems. He wrote a big number of publications and presented lectures on SF6 circuit breakers testing and measuring, on dynamical systems and related subjects. His activity has been research and development in the mentioned fields.

E-mail: kerteszv@hu.inter.net