Author: Shinichi Imai, Tepco, Japan
Shinichi Imai was born in Osaka in Japan, on January 11, 1964. He joined Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc. after he earned his Master degree from the Osaka University in 1989. After 12 year experience in power system operation & protection, his current position is Manager of Benchmarking group in the Power Network Division in TEPCO. His special fields of interest include power system protection, power system stability and Special Protection System. He is member of IEEE and IEEJ (The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan). He has been involved in international technical activities such as IEEE PSDP and PSRC since 2004. He is a Vice Chairman of working group on Undervoltage Load Shedding in the IEEE Power Systems Relaying Committee. He is registered Professional Engineer of State of California.