Masoud Farzaneh, PhD, is an internationally renowned expert in the field of power engineering. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, the IET, and the Engineering Institute of Canada. Prof. Farzaneh is currently Director of the International Center on Icing and Power Network Engineering (CenGivre), as well as Chairholder of the NSERC/Hydro-Quebec Industrial Chair on Atmospheric Icing of Power Network Equipment (CIGELE) and of the Canada Research Chair on Engineering of Power Network Atmospheric Icing (INGIVRE) at University of Québec in Chicoutimi (UQAC), Canada. He is Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Chair of IEEE DEIS Outdoor Insulation Committee, and Convenor of CIGRé WG B2.29 on de-icing and anti-icing of overhead lines.

William A. Chisholm, PhD, is an IEEE Fellow and an internationally acknowledged expert in lightning protection, electrical insulation, and thermal rating of power systems. Dr. Chisholm is an Associate at Kinectrics in Toronto, Canada, and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Québec at Chicoutimi. He is Secretary of the PES Transmission and Distribution Committee.