AECP team
Faculty
Post-doctoral
Mariam Saeed
Current work: Electronic power converters and high frequency transformers
Field: electronic power converters and high frequency transformers
BIOGRAPHY
Mariam Saeed (S’16) received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Ain Shams, Cairo, Egypt, in 2013 and the M.Sc. and Ph.D degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Oviedo, Gijón, Spain, in 2015 and 2020 respectively. Her research interests include electronic power converters and high frequency transformers.
Marcos Orviz
Thesis: Diseño, Control y Monitorización de Máquinas Síncronas de Imanes Permanentes de Flujo Variable
Field: Electric Drives
Affiliation: University of Oviedo
BIOGRAPHY
Marcos received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in 2018 and the M.S. degree in Electric Energy Conversion and Power Systems in 2020, from the University of Oviedo, Gijon, Spain. He has been a researcher with the Department of Electrical, Electronic, Computers and Systems Engineering, University of Oviedo since 2020. He is currently a Ph.D. in electrical engineering. His research interests include electric machines diagnosis, fault detection, sensorless control and digital signal processing.
PhD Students
Lidia Sánchez Alonso
Thesis: New technologies for the optimization of green-hydrogen generation
Field: Power Converters
Affiliation: AECP, University of Oviedo
Supervisor: David Díaz
BIOGRAPHY
Lidia received the B.S. degree in Industrial Chemical Engineering in 2019 and the M.S. degree in Electric Energy Conversion and Power Systems in 2021, from the University of Oviedo, Gijon, Spain. She has been a researcher with the Department of Electrical, Electronic, Computers and Systems Engineering, University of Oviedo since 2021. She is currently a Ph.D. student in electrical engineering. Her research interests include high power converters and renewable energy generation.
Javier Gómez-Aleixandre
Thesis: Control and monitoring of variable-flux permanent magnet synchronous machines
Field: Electric Drives and Power Converters
Affiliation: AECP, University of Oviedo
Supervisor: David Díaz
BIOGRAPHY
Javier received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and the M.S degree in Electric Energy Conversion and Power Systems from the University of Oviedo, Gijón, Spain, in 2012 and 2014, respectively. From September 2014 to November 2022, he was a R&D engineer in the steelmaking industry in various topics related to physical modelling, with his last years more focused on modeling electromagnetic phenomena. He is currently a Ph.D. student in electrical engineering. His research interests include electric machines diagnosis, fault detection, sensorless control and digital signal processing.
Javier Fuente Díaz
Thesis: Losses minimization of PM drives for EVs operating at high speed
Field: Electric Drives and Power Converters
Affiliation: AECP, University of Oviedo
Supervisor: María Martínez, Daniel Fernández
BIOGRAPHY
Saad Ahmad
Thesis: DC link control for battery hybrid trains
Field: Power Converters
Affiliation: AECP, University of Oviedo
Supervisor: Fernando Briz, Juan Manuel Guerrero
BIOGRAPHY
Parsa Behzad Nazif
Thesis: Digital twins of electric traction systems for railway
Field: Power Converters
Affiliation: AECP, University of Oviedo
Supervisor: Fernando Briz, Juan Manuel Guerrero
BIOGRAPHY
Lander Lejarza
Thesis: Control optimization of traction drives for high-speed trains
Field: Power Converters
Affiliation: INGETEAM - Traction Systems - Railway & Mobility
Supervisor: Fernando Briz, Juan Manuel Guerrero
BIOGRAPHY
Abdulrahman Mostafa
Thesis: Design and optimization of hybrid power filters
Field: Power Converters
Affiliation: AECP-UNIOVI
Supervisor: Fernando Briz, Juan Manuel Guerrero
BIOGRAPHY
Maitane Carrasco
Thesis: Advanced control strategies development and validation for electric drives wit WBG semiconductors
Field: Power Converters
Affiliation: Ikerlan
Supervisor: Juan Manuel Guerrero, Amaia López de Heredia
BIOGRAPHY
Haitham Hassan
Thesis: Analysis, design and control of cascaded PV panel converters connected with integrated transfomers
Field: Power converters, energy efficiency, microgrids & smartgrids
Affiliation: University of Oviedo
BIOGRAPHY
Past Post-doc and PhD Students
Paul Alejandro Frutos
Thesis: "Stability analysis and Control Methods to Mitigate Low Frequency Oscillation in High Speed Trains"
Field: Control and Power Converters
Current Affiliation:
Ahmed F. Abouzeid
Thesis: "Design an Efficient Control Strategy of Inverter-Fed Induction Machines for Railway Applications"
Field: Control and monitoring of electric drives
Current Affiliation: Researcher and Lecturer assistant at Port Said University
Tadele Lijalem Yirisaw
Thesis: To be defiend
Field: Electric machines and drives
Affiliation: Doctoral Candidate at Rolls-Royce-Electrical
Nihal Vishnu Vantagodi
Field: Electric Drives
Current Affiliation: ERC GmbH
Ye Gu Kang
Field: Power converters, energy efficiency, electric drives
Current Affiliation: Assistant Professor at Korea tech
Carlos Lumbreras Iglesias
Thesis: "Design and control alternatives for microwind generation systems"
Field: Power converters, energy efficiency, electric drives
Current Affiliation: AST-Ingeniería
Cristina Gonzalez Moral
Thesis: "3-phase 4-leg (3P4L) converters control for massive electric energy storage systems integration in low voltage grids"
Field: Power converters, energy efficiency, microgrids & smartgrids
Current Affiliation: ELINSA
Jose María Cuartas
Field: Power converters, energy efficiency, microgrids & smartgrids
Affiliation: ENCE
Visiting Students
Matteo Filipozzi
University of Padova
Title of MsC thesis: Torque Estimation of Synchronous Reluctance Machine Using High Frequency Signal Injection
Period: February 2020 - June 2020
Supervisors: Nicola Bianchi, Daniel Fernández
Anita Vegro
University of Padova
Title of MsC thesis: Modulation and control strategies for the elimination of the 2F filter in traction drives for railway
Period: November 2019 - April 2020
Supervisors: Nicola Bianchi, Fernando Briz
Tomasso Moretto
University of Padova
Title of MsC thesis: Simulation models and experimental verification of losses in Induction Motor Drives
Period: February 2019 - December 2019
Supervisors: Nicola Bianchi, Fernando Briz
Carlo Piccoli
University of Padova
Title of MsC thesis: Construction and commissioning of a three-phase four-leg grid-forming inverter
Period: September 2018 - April 2019
Supervisors: Nicola Bianchi, Fernando Briz
Federica Chiereghin
University of Padova
Title of MsC thesis: Comparative analysis of design and control strategies for Three-Phase Four-Legs Power Converters
Period: February 2017 - December 2017
Supervisors: Nicola Bianchi, Fernando Briz