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1. Name: Valentina Cecchi
Academic Rank: Assistant Professor
2. Degrees:

3. Number of years at UNC Charlotte: 00

4. Other related experience:
 Researcher, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 2005 - 2010  Design Engineer, Italferr, Gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato, Rome, Italy, 2008  Engineering Intern, Exelon Nuclear, Kennett Square, PA 2003
5. Consulting, patents:

6. Research Project Participation:

7. States(s) in which registered: None
8. Principal publications of last five years:
 V. Cecchi, A. St. Leger, K. Miu, and C. Nwankpa. “Modeling Approach for Transmission Lines in the Presence of Non-Fundamental Frequencies”, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 24 (2009): 2328-2335.  V. Cecchi, X. Yang, K. Miu, and C. Nwankpa. “Instrumentation and Measurement of a Power Distribution System Laboratory for Meter Placement and Network Reconfiguration Studies”, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 56 (2007): 1224-1230.  V. Cecchi, X. Yang, K. Miu, and C. Nwankpa. “Instrumentation and Measurement of a Power Distribution System Laboratory for Meter Placement and Network Reconfiguration Studies”, IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine, Vol. 10 (2007): 10-19.  K. Miu, V. Cecchi, M. Kleinberg, A. Deese, M. Tong, and B. Kleinberg. “A Distribution Power Flow Experiment for Outreach Education,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 25 (2010): 3-9.  V. Cecchi, A. St. Leger, K. Miu, and C. Nwankpa. “Loading Studies for Power Transmission Line Models in the Presence of Non-Fundamental Frequencies”, Proceedings of the 2007 Summer Computer Simulation Conference (2007).  V. Cecchi, A. St. Leger, K. Miu, and C. Nwankpa. “Experimental Setup for Investigating Gamma Transmission Line Models in the Presence of Non-Fundamental Frequencies”, Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting (2007).  C. Schegan, V. Cecchi, X. Yang, K. Miu. “A Model Specific Simulation of Power Distribution Grids for Non-Destructive Testing of Network Reconfiguration Schemes,” Proceedings of the SCS Grand Challenges in Modeling and Simulation Conference (2010).  K. Miu, A. Deese, X. Yang, V. Cecchi, M. Kleinberg, C. Schegan, “Integrating distribution automation and control techniques into power system curriculum”, Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (2009).
9. Scientific and Professional societies of which a member:
 ASEE, Member, 2005 - Present.  SWE, Member.
10. Honors and awards:
 2nd Place: Student Poster Competition, IEEE Power Engineering Society, Transmission and Distribution Conference, 2008.  1st Place: Student Paper Competition, IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement
11. Institutional and professional service in the last five years:
 Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 2010 - Present.  Reviewer, IEEE Intelligent Systems magazine, 2010 - Present.
12. Professional development activities in the last five years:
 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, 2007 - 2010.  IEEE Power & Energy Society, Transmission and Distribution Conference, 2008 - 2010.  IEEE Power & Energy Society, Transmission and Distribution Conference, 2008 - 2010  ASEE Annual Conference, 2005 - 2007.  Summer Computer Simulation Conference, 2007.
13. Percentage of time available for scholarly activity: 25%
14. Percentage of time committed to the program: EE: 90%, CpE: 10%

Source: https://ece.uncc.edu/sites/ece.uncc.edu/files/abet-cv-2010-Cecchi.pdf