Senior Researcher:

• B.S. Electrical Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, 1993.

• M.S. Electrical Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, 1995.

• Researcher, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI), Tokyo, Japan, 1995-2000.

• Trainee, Chubu Electric Company, Honshu island, Japan, 2001-2002.

• Research Scientist, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI), Tokyo, Japan, 2002-2011.

• Visiting Scholar, Iowa State University, 2006-2007.

• Senior Research Scientist, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI), Tokyo, Japan, 2011-2018.

• Ph.D. Student, Michigan Technological University, USA, 2013 - 2020.

Koji Yamashita received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, in 1993 and 1995, respectively. Mr. Yamashita was a visiting researcher at Iowa State University during 2006-2007. He is a member of IEEE PES, CIGRE C2/C4/B5 and the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ). He has been a Senior Research Scientist at the Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI) in Japan since 1995. He is currently working towards his doctoral degree at Michigan Technological University. His areas of interest include power system dynamic stability and hypothesized attack scenarios and its resulting impact on system performance. He was a senior research scientist at Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI) for 24+ years and is now a full-time researcher at Michigan Tech since Summer 2018.

Country of Origin: Japan

Under NSF CPS support

Email: kyamashi at mtu.edu

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