Jose Roberto Cardoso was born in Marilia, SP Brazil, in 1949. He received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D degree in electrical engineering from Escola Politecnica da USP, SP, Brazil, in 1974, 1979 and 1986, respectively. Since 1999, he has been a Professor with the Energy and Electrical Automation Department, Escola Politecnica da USP. He is the author of three books, more than 70 articles, and has advised more than 40 theses/dissertations. His research interests include numerical methods for electromagnetics, theoretical electromagnetics, electrical machines, electromechanical biomedical application, electrical railway research and engineering education. He is the former president of SBMAG - Brazilian Electromagnetics Society and former Dean of Escola Politecnica da USP. He is the founder of the LMAG - Electromagnetic Applied Laboratory. Prof. Cardoso was a recipient of the 2013 Emeritus Engineer of the Year in Sao Paulo. Dr. Rooney Ribeiro Albuquerque Coelho is a distinguished researcher and lecturer at the Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil. Dr. Coelho has over nine years of experience in electrical engineering and data science, serving as both a professor and technical consultant. His research focuses include, electrical grounding systems, metro-railway systems, stratified soil analysis, and frequency-domain propagation in multiconductor submarine power systems
