Jorge Echeverría

Jorge Johnny Rocha Echeverria (M’87–SM’17) was born in Cochabamba, Bolivia. He received the electrical engineering degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUC/RS), Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 1982, the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil, in 1985, and the D.Sc. degree in power systems from the University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, in 1996. He was a Lecturer with PUS/RS in 1983 and with the University of Brasilia from 1985 to 1989. He joined ABB R&D Brazil in 1990. He was a Senior Engineer with GEVISA—GE Consumer and Industrial Brazil in 2003 and an Engineering Consultant with Voith Siemens Brazil in 1998. In 2008, he was with Alstom Power São Paulo as an Engineering Manager in the Technical Marketing and Tendering Division. From 2013 to 2017, he was with Alstom Technology Center, Brazil, as a Global Consultant Engineer. In 2017, he was a Guest Researcher with the Federal University of Itajubá, Brazil. Since 2018, he has been heading Trassínio Consulting Engineering in the area of hydrogenerators. His research interests include electrical machine design, insulation systems, manufacturing processes, and modeling/simulating/testing and machine parameter identification in hydropower generation.