Electrical Engineer and Professor at the Colombian National Service of Learning (SENA). Member of the Research Group on Electrical Systems and Energy Efficiency (GISE3) and the High Voltage and Lightning Research Hotbed (SATDEAT) at the Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (UDFJC) in Bogotá. International Affiliate at the African Centres for Lightning and Electromagnetics (ACLENet), a pan-African Network of Centres dedicated to decreasing deaths, injuries, and property damage from lightning. Worker on promoting lightning safety in Colombia since 2012 and in 2016 awarded the Young Scientist Award by the Scientific Committee of the 33rd International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP 2016) for presentation about the role of lightning risk in the context of Disaster Risk Management (DRM)

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EDUCATION

• 2017 Bachelor of Electrical Engineering - Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (UDFJC), Faculty of Engineering, Bogotá D.C.

• 2021 Specialization in Implementation of Geographic Information Systems - National Service of Learning (SENA), Pereira

• 2019 - Current Master of Engineering - Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (UDFJC), Faculty of Engineering, Bogotá D.C.

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RESEARCH PRODUCTS

Villamil D.E, Santamaría F., Diaz W., 2015; Lightning Disaster Risk Assessment Method in Colombia - A Review of the Educational Methodologies on Lightning Safety. XIII International Symposium on Lightning Protection XIII SIPDA, Balneário Camboriú - Brazil

• Villamil D.E, Santamaría F., Diaz W., 2016; Towards a Comprehensive Understanding of Lightning Risk Management in Colombia: An Insight into the Current Context of Disaster Risk Management. 33rd International Conference on Lightning Protection ICLP 2016, Estoril - Portugal

• Villamil D.E, 2017; Characterization of the Lightning Safety Education Programs in the World as a First Step for the Creation of a Lightning Safety Policy in Colombia. Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (UDFJC), Electrical Engineering Undergraduate Research-Innovation Project (https://repository.udistrital.edu.co/handle/11349/6420)

• Cooper M.A., Tushemereirwe R., Holle R.L., Villamil D.E, 2019; African Centres for Lightning and Electromagnetics – Application to South America? XV International Symposium on Lightning Protection XV SIPDA, São Paulo - Brazil

• Villamil D.E, Navarrete N., Cooper, M.A., 2021; Keraunoparalysis and burning thatch: A proposed explanation for severe lightning injuries reported in developing countries. Electric Power Systems Research (Volume 197, August 2021, 107301), ELSEVIER (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsr.2021.107301)

 

 AWARDS

• Young Scientist Award (YSA), ICLP 2016 (http://www.iclp-centre.org/awards.php)

• Best Scores Colombian Saber-Pro test - Electrical Engineering, 2014

• Full scholarship for Master Studies, Master of Engineering, UDFJC

 

LANGUAGES

• English-------- Advanced

• Spanish------- Native  

• Portugues          Basic