Dr. Don O. Koval is a full professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He teaches classes in Reliability Engineering, Power Quality, Power System Analysis and "IEEE Gold Book - IEEE Std 493". He worked 12 years as a distribution special studies engineer for B.C. Hydro and Power Authority in Vancouver, B.C. and for two years as a subtransmission design engineer for Saskatchewan Power in Regina, Saskatchewan.

He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the Provinces of Alberta and British Columbia and a Fellow of the American Biographical Institute and a Life Fellow of the International Biographical Centre (Cambridge, England). He serves on the Board of Directors of several international societies (e.g., IASTED, ICSRIC) . He has authored or co-authored over 350 technical publications in the fields of emergency and standby power systems, power system reliability, distribution reliability, reliability cost - reliability worth, human reliability, power system disturbances and outages, power quality and computer system performance. He is listed in Marquis's "Whos' Who in the West", "Who's Who in America", "Who's Who in World", "Personalities of the Americans", "Who's Who in Science and Engineering", "5000 Personalities of the World", and in the International Biographical Centre's : "International Leaders of Achievement", "International Who's Who of Intellectuals", and "Men of Achievement".

He was the Editor of IASTED international proceedings on "High Technology in the Power Industry", 1996. He was co-chairman of the 1998 IEEE I&CPS Conference held in Edmonton, Canada. He is chairman of IEEE Std. 493 (IEEE Gold Book). He was elected as one of the six Distinguished Lecturers of the IEEE Industry Applications society (IAS) for the period 2000-2001. He was appointed to the rank of Distinguished Visiting Professor and elected Fellow by the International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics in Germany.