"Viktor Perelmuter, DSc, earned a candidate degree in technical sciences (PhD) from the Electromechanical Institute Moscow, Soviet Union, in 1967, and a doctorate degree in technical sciences from the Electrical Power Institute Moscow/SU in 1991. He is the author or a coauthor of 11 books and approximately 75 articles and holds 19 patents in the Soviet Union and Ukraine. Since 2001, Dr. Perelmuter has been working as a scientific advisor in the National Technical University (Kharkov Polytechnic Institute) and in Ltd ""Jugelectroproject,"" Kharkov. He is also a Life Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers."