Taizo Matsuda ([email protected]) was awarded a bachelor’s degree from Kagoshima University in Kagoshima in 2007, after which he joined the Chubu Electric Power Co. Inc. Since then, he has been engaged in system design of HVDC systems and flexible ac transmission systems (FACTS). Matsuda is now an assistant manager of the utility’s HVDC technical groups and a member of the IEE in Japan.