Felix Alberto Farret was born in Santa Maria, RS, Brazil. He received his Bachelor and Master degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Maria, in 1972 and 1976, respectively. He was a specialist in electronic instrumentation at Osaka Prefectural Industrial Research Institute, Japan, in 1975. Later, he received his MSc from the University of Manchester, UMIST, England in 1981, and then his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of London, Imperial College, England in 1984. He followed a Postdoctoral program in alternative energy sources in the Colorado School of Mines, USA, 2003. He worked as an operation and maintenance engineer at the State Electric Power Company (CEEE), RGS, Brazil in 1973-1974. He was a visiting professor at the Colorado School of Mines in the Division of Engineering, USA in 2002-2003. Dr. Farret has published several books on electrical power sources of energy. Currently, he is a Full Professor of Electronic Instrumentation and Small Renewable Sourc
