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Dr. Farouk A. M. Rizk is a leading figure in high-voltage and lightning engineering, holding B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Cairo University and a Ph.D. from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, followed by a Doctor of Technology from Chalmers University of Technology. His career includes senior research and leadership roles at the Hydro-Québec Research Institute, adjunct and invited professorships, and his current work as president of engineering and lightning-technology firms in Montreal. He has authored influential research on arc dynamics, polluted insulators, long-air-gap breakdown, lightning attachment, and ultra-corona applications, earning an h-index of 27, 95 documents, and 2,657 citations by 1,801 documents. His contributions include pioneering models of insulator flashover, desert pollution performance, rain-impact behavior, and switching-impulse breakdown. Recognized as an IEEE Fellow, he has received multiple IEEE prize paper awards, the Herman Halperin Award, the CIGRE Technical Committee Award, and the 2021 ICLP Lifetime Achievement Award. He has chaired major international high-voltage forums and consulted globally on lightning protection and power transmission. His work has significantly shaped modern insulation coordination and lightning engineering, establishing him as one of the field’s most influential contributors.
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Featured Publications
(2022). “Novel Solution to Back Flashovers on High Voltage Transmission Lines: The Embedded Ground Conductor.” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery.
(2022). “Negative Impulse Ground Wire Corona Parameters for Backflash Evaluation of High Voltage Transmission Lines.” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery.
(2020). “New approach for assessment of positive streamer penetration of long air gaps under impulse voltages.” IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation.
(2018). “A simplified approach for assessment of exposure of EHV and UHV lines to direct lightning strikes.” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery.
(2017). “Modeling of UHV & double-circuit EHV transmission-line exposure to direct lightning strikes.” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery.