**Meet the editor**

Dr. Lucian Mihet-Popa received the B.S. degree, M.S. degree, Ph.D. degree, and Dr. Habil from the Politehnica University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania, in 1999, 2000, 2003, and 2015, respectively, all in electrical engineering. He is currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Politehnica University of Timisoara. He published

more than 80 papers, in national and international journals and conference proceedings, and 10 books. Dr. Mihet-Popa received the second prize paper award of the IEEE Industry Applications Society in 2005. His research interest includes modeling, simulations, control and testing of DER components in Smart Micro-Grids, electrical machines and drives, detection, and diagnosis of faults, especially for renewable conversion systems.
