Faculty & staff

I have practical and theoretical experience in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems and Reliability.

Senior Vice President of Planning, Development and Technology, Israel Electric Corporation – 2010 until May 2017.

In April 2003 I was appointed Vice President of the Planning Development and Technology Division, in the Israel Electric Corporation.

I have been a Senior Lecturer for over 20 years at Tel Aviv University and, as such, I taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses on electrical machines, transformers, reliability evaluation of power systems and optimal operation and planning of power systems.

My publications span more than 40 articles in international professional journals; 3 books on electrical machines and transformers and a book published by Springer titled: "New Computational Methods in Power System Reliability", which has been dedicated to my son, Sharon, who was killed in military action in January 2005.

I was a member of CIGRE Study Committee C1 on System Development and Economics. I have been appointed Convenor of WG C1.8 which deals with a review of structures for System Development Activity ("Review of Structures for the System Development Activity", Brochure no. 374, April 2009 Work Group C1.8).

• Power system analysis
• Optimization of power system planning and operation
• Power system reliability
• Electrical machine and transformer
• Power system protection

1. Elmakis, D., Braunstein, A., Naot, Y., “A Probabilistic Method for Establishing the Transformer Capacity Reserve Criteria for HV/MV Substations”, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. PWRS-1, No. 4, November 1986.
2. Elmakis, D., Levy, P., “Reliability Calculation under Planned Maintenance”, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. PWRS-2, No. 1, February 1987.
3. Elmakis, D., Braunstein, A., Naot, Y., “A Probabilistic Method for Establishing the Transformer Capacity in Substations Based on the Loss of Transformer Expected Life”, IEEE/PES 1987 Winter Meeting, 87 WM 032-6, February 1987.
4. Elmakis, D., Naot, Y., “Markov Model for Reliability Evaluation of Substation and Switching Station by Computer Program”, IEEE, The 13th Convention of Elec. and Electronics Eng. in Israel, March 1983.
5. Elmakis, D., Braunstein A., “Power Supply Reliability – an Analytical Overview – Definitions and Parameters”, IEE Conference on Power Supply Reliability, Tel Aviv, March 1987.
6. Braunstein, A., Elmakis, D., Eisner, I., “Calculation of Substation Reliability Indices Based on Hottest-Spot Temperature of the Power Transformer”, The 9th Power Systems Computation Conference PSCC, August 30 – September 4, 1987, Lisbon, Portugal.
7. Levitin, G., Mazal-Tov, S., Elmakis, D., “Optimal Sectionalizer Allocation in Electric Distribution Systems by Genetic Algorithm”, Electric Power Systems Research, Vol. 31, pp 97-102 (1995).
8. Levitin, G., Mazal-Tov, S., Elmakis, D., “Genetic Algorithm for Open Loop Distribution System Design”, Electric Power Systems Research, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp 81-87 (1995).
9. Levitin, G., Mazal-Tov, S., Elmakis, D., “Optimal Allocation of Sectionalizers in Radial Distribution Networks”, Proceedings of Stockholm Power Tech. Conference, Stockholm, June 1995, Power Systems, pp 761-765.
10. Levitin, G., Mazal-Tov, S., Elmakis, D., “Genetic Algorithm for Optimal Sectionalizing in Radial Distribution Systems with Alternative Supply”. Electric Power Systems Research, Vol. 36, No. 2.,1995.
11. Levitin, G., Mazal-Tov, S., Elmakis, D., “Reliability Indices of a Radial Distribution System with Sectionalizing as a Function of Network Structure Parameters”. Electric Power Systems Research,1996
12. Lisniaski, A., Levitin, G., Ben-Haim, H., Elmakis, D., “Power System Optimization Subject to Reliability Constraints”, Electric Power Systems Research, 1996.
13. Lisniaski, A., Eliash, I., Ben-Haim, H., Elmakis, D., “Application of Stochastic Programming for Optimal Inventory Management in a Power System”, 7th International Conference on Stochastic Programming, Abstracts, Nahariya, Israel, June 26-29, 1995, pp 16.
14. Lisniaski, A., Ben-Haim, H., Elmakis, D., “Redundancy Optimization for Power System”, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of the Israel Society for Quality, Vol. 10A, Jerusalem, November 1994, pp 313-318.
15. Eliash, I., Lisniaski, A., Ben-Haim, H., Elmakis, D., “DMCS Model for the Inventory System Reorder Level Determination”, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of the Israel Society for Quality, Vol. 10C, Jerusalem, November 1994, pp 161-166.
16. Ben-Haim, H., Laredo, D., Sheffer, G., Elmakis, D., “Reliability Calculation of Planning Evaluation by Means of Fuzzy Numbers”, Proceedings of the 3rd National Conference of the Israel Society for Quality, Tel Aviv, 15-16 November 1995, pp 327-332.
17. Rubinstein, R.Y., Lisniaski, A., Ben-Haim, H., Elmakis, D., “Redundancy Optimization of Static Reliability Models”, 7th International Conference on Stochastic Programming, Abstracts, Nahariya, June 26-29, 1995, pp 60.
18. Elmakis, D., Benhaim, H., "Threshold Criterion for the System's Reliability Adequacy and Security Level", 2006 CIGRE Session.
19. Elmakis, D., "Structural changes in the world's electricity markets", Ecklimaton Industries, 2006.
20. Elmakis, D., Lisnianski, A., "Life Cycle Cost Analysis: Actual Problem in Industrial Management", Journal of Business Economics and Management, 2006.
21. "Potential Consequences of the Deregulation Policy for the Israeli Power Industry", 20th World Energy Congress – Rome 2007.
22. Elmakis, D., Benhaim, H. et al, "Review of Structures for the System Development Activity", CIGRE Technical Brochure, In Press, April 2009.
23. Elmakis, D., Benhaim, H. et al, "Review of Structures for the System Development Activity", In Press, Electra No. 243, April 2009.
24. Elmakias, D., Alush, S., Braunstein, A., "Transmission line sag influence on lightning stroke probability", IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, June 2012.
25. Z.Baum, R.Palatnik, O.Ayalon, D.Elmakis, S.Frant: “Harnessing households to mitigate renewables intermittency in the smart grid”, Renewable energy 2019 v.132 pp. 1216-1229 *

1. D. Elmackis (Ed.)
   New Computational Methods in Power System Reliability-Ed. Springer 2008
   2008, Springer, Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
2. D. Elmackis (Ed.)
   Electrical machines and transformers (in Hebrew)
   2000, Ministry of education, culture and sports
3. D. Elmackis (Ed.)
   Introduction to conversion and control systems (part 2 – in Hebrew)
   1995, Ministry of education, culture and sports

• Senior Vice President of Planning, Development and Technology, Israel Electric Corporation – 2010 until May 2017.
• Senior Lecturer for over 20 years at Tel Aviv University.
• A member of CIGRE Study Committee C1 on System Development and Economics.
• I was appointed Convenor of WG C1.8 which deals with a review of structures for System Development Activity ("Review of Structures for the System Development Activity.
• In 2006 I was elected Chairman of the World Energy Council (WEC).

Current Teaching

• Power system analysis
• Optimization of power system planning and operation.
• Power system reliability.
• Electrical machine and transformer.
• Power system protection.

Teaching History

• Power system analysis
• Optimization of power system planning and operation.
• Power system reliability.
• Electrical machine and transformer.