Biography:

Enrique López Parra was born in Lota, Chile. He received the electrical engineer degree from the Universidad Técnica del Estado, Santiago of Chile, and the Dr.Ing. in electrical engineering from Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG), Grenoble, France.

Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the Electrical Engineering Department of the University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile. His areas of interest are planning, optimization, control, modelling, reliability, quality, artificial intelligence, stochastic processes, microeconomic, market, and regulation applied to electric energy systems.

Professor López has been director of numerous projects for heavy industry and power utilities.Finally, Dr. López has been a visitor professor at the École Supérieure d´Électricité de Paris, University Pierre and Marie Curie, University of Chile, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, University of Mendoza, University of Texas El Paso, University of Delaware, University of London, among the most outstanding.

Degrees: Ing. Civil Eléctrico, Universidad Técnica del Estado, 1974. Dr. Ing. Instituto Politécnico de Grenoble, Francia (1983).

Telephone: +56 41 2202747

Office: Oficina 239, Edificio Central de Ingeniería

Web page: www.udec.cl/~elopez/

Email: elopez@udec.cl

Areas of Interest: 

• Electrical power systems