Prof. Mancilla-David received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Valparaiso, Chile, in 1999, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United State of America, in 2002 and 2007, respectively. He has been a visiting professor in several universities in Europe and has coauthored more than 60 technical articles, mostly in the area of utility applications of power electronics.