Energy Conversion applied to industry, mining processes, utilities and electric traction systems. Power Electronics, Renewable Energies, Energy Storage, Motor Drives and Control.

Ph.D. Supervisor
1. Cristian Pineda, "High Voltage DC-DC Converters with High Step Ratio," 2017-2022.
2. Sebastián Neira, "New Multilevel Converters with Battery Energy Storage Cells," 2019-2023.
3. Pablo Poblete, "Distributed Hybrid Control in Multilevel Converters," 2019-present.
4. Rodrigo Cuzmar, Model Predictive Control in Multilevel Converters," 2020-presen.
5. Pavel Ilyan Masoliver Aguirre, "Improved spatial resolution in a mixed architecture particle detector," 2020-present.

Postdoc Supervisor
1. Juan Gómez Quintero, "Predictive Control in Microgrids," ANID/PIA ACT192013. 2020-2022.
2. Cristián Pesce Gonzalez, "Power conversion for mining," ANID/FONDEF ACT192013. 2021-2022.
3. Walter Naranjo Lourido, "Electric Vehicle Charger with energy storage,"ANID/FONDEF ID20I10267. 2021-2022.

International Ph.D. Co-supervision
1. Martin Moreno, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico, “Resonant Converters for Fast Charging of Electric Vehicles,” (1 year in Chile) 2017-present.
2. Walter Naranjo, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, “Energy Management of Electric Vehicles Powered by Ultracapacitors,” (2 year in Chile), 2013-2017.

M.Sc. Supervisor
1. Rodrigo Cuzmar, "Balance Power Injection in CHB photovoltaic plant under partial shading" 2017-present.
2. Gabriel Yuseff, "Stability of Soft-Open-Point in Distributed Generation" 2017-present.
3. Felipe Radrigan, "Modulations of Multilevel Converters" 2018-present.
4. Felipe Chaparro, "Power Hardware in the Loop of a Micro-Grid" 2018-present.
5. Pablo Bravo, “Modular Multilevel Topologies for Medium and High Voltage AC Substations,” 2016-present.
6. Santiago Aldunate, Highest Honor, “Hybrid Control of Multilevel Converters with Multiple Floating Capacitors,” 2014-2016.
7. Tomás Durán, highest honor, Best Thesis of the Electrical Engineering Department, “New Continuous Vector Space Modulation and Novel Dual H-Bridge Converter,” 2013-2015.
8. Julian de la Barrera, "Thesis topic not decided," 2022-present.
9. Victor Ramírez, "Thesis topic not decided," 2022-present.
10. Ignacio Bravo, "Thesis topic not decided," 2022-present.
11. Felipe Rubio, "Thesis topic not decided," 2021-present.
12. José Gajardo, "Thesis topic not decided," 2021-present.
13. Tomas Salvadore, "Data-driven Methods for Fault Detection and Identification in Power Converters" 2020-present.
14. Francisco Rubio, "Long Horizon Model Predictive Control for multilevel Modular Converters" 2020-present.
15. Alvaro Donoso, "Distributed Control for Multilevel Converters" 2020-present.
16. Rodrigo Aguilar, "MMC with SST in dc-link to balance small capacitors" 2019-present.
17. Alonso Lizana, "Three-port Converter for Fuel Cell and Battery Energy Storage System" 2019-present.

Undergraduate Supervisor
1. Pablo Poblete, IPRE "Battery Management System for 18650 LI-ion module pack," 2017-2018.
2. Andrea Suárez, IPRE "Sustainability strategies for micro renewable energy networks in the Mapuche community José Painecura," 2018.
3. Juan Irarrazabal, IPRE "Battery Management System for 18650 LI-ion module pack," 2017-present.
4. Cristián Aguirre, IPRE "Electric Vehicle Battery Charger," 2017-present.
5. Martin Delanghe, IPRE "Field Oriented Control of PMSM," 2016-2019.
6. Jerónimo Fuenzalida, IPRE "Field Oriented Control of PMSM," 2016-2019.
7. Vicente Peña, IPRE "High efficiency inverter using SiC MOSFETs for V-Solar," 2016-2017.
8. Johannes Sindt, IPRE "High efficiency inverter using SiC MOSFETs for V-Solar," 2016-2017.
9. Fernando Herrera, IPRE "Power Conversion for Marine Energy," 2016-2018.
10. Daniela Muñoz, IPRE "Reconditioning of Electric Vehicle," 2016-2017.
11. Xavier Vásquez, IPRE "State of Charge Estimation," 2014-2017.
12. Paula Ortega, IPRE "State of Charge Estimation," 2014-2017.
13. Víctor Yunis, IPRE "SEVCON Set-up for Electric Vehicle Volta UC," 2013-2014.
14. Sebastián Manzur, IPRE "ABB AC80 PEC Set-up", 2014-2015.
15. Javier Pereira, IPRE "ABB C80 PEC Set-up," 2013-2014.

Ph.D. Examination Committees
1. Matías Diaz, University of Chile and University of Nottingham, U.K. "Control of the Modular Multilevel Matrix Converter for Wind Energy Conversion Systems," 29-9-2017.
2. Eider Narvaez Cubillos, National University of Colombia, Colombia. "Design and construction

M.Sc. Examination Committees
1. Matías Uriarte, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, “Validación experimental de un algoritmo de sobremodulación para UPS," 0-6-2019, Chile.
2. Arturo Letelier, Universidad de Chile, "Implementation of a MMC Rectifier," 5-12-2018, Chile.
3. Camilo Urqueta, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, "Voltage control and cost optimization of a DC micro-grid," 29-03-2018, Valparaíso, 29-03-2018, Chile.
4. Enrique Espina, Universidad de Chile, "Phase Droop Control applied to Four-Wire Micro-Networks," 27-6-2017, Chile.
5. Cristián Garcés, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, "Position sensor based on serial n-bit coding," 17-12-2013, Chile.

Undergraduate Examination Committees
1. Andrea Suárez, Polytechnic University of Valencia, University of Chile, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, "Sustainability strategies for micro renewable energy networks in the Mapuche community José Painecura," 9-8-2018.
2. Claudia Cáceres Zapata, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Department of Industrial and System Engineering, "Determinants in R \& D expenditure in Chilean companies for the period 2009-2014," 27-9-2017, Chile.
3. Francisco Correa Moller, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Department of Computer Science Engineering"Design and development of a minimal system for the creation of exercises that cover the curriculum of 3rd grade in mathematics," 10-1-2014, Chile.

Consultancy and Transfer
1. 2022 Technical Analysis and Consultancy, Tracktec - DICTUC. Study of degradation of batteries in buses that are operating in the public transport system of Santiago.
2. 2021 Technical Test and Consultancy, Magotteaux - DICTUC. Harmonic distribution analysis of current in production plant with passive filters.
3. 2021 Technical Test and Consultancy, Tandem - DICTUC. Validation test and report for Electric Bus Yutong ET13 on the Rancagua-El Teniente route.
4. 2021 Technical Test and Consultancy, Vivipra - DICTUC. Validation test and report for Electric Bus King Long 6130 eTech on the Rancagua-El Teniente route.
5. 2020 Consultant National Expert, Claro y Cia. - DICTUC. Legal document to be presented in court: Technical Report about Lithium-ion batteries in phones.
6. 2017–2018 Consultant National Expert, ENEL - UC Energy Research center - DICTUC. Study for ENEL: National Infrastructure of EV Chargers.

Outreach
1. Invited speaker, Conicyt-Explora seminar series: 1000 Scientists 1000 Classrooms, “Playing with Energy”, School Madre de Jesús, Maipú, 21-10-2016.
2. Newspapers, 53 interviews about my research projects, electric vehicles, batteries and energy (El Mercurio, Las Últimas Noticias, La Tercera, EMOL, Diario Financiero, Revista Eléctricidad, El Mostrador, Estrategía, La Nación, Publimetro, La Hora, Bio-Bio online, Cooperativa online, Revista Caras), 2016-2019.
3. Television, 13 interviews about electric vehicles, batteries and energy (Mega, Chilevisión y Teletrece), 2016-2019.
4. Radio, 2 interviews about my research projects and electric vehicles (Futuro and ADN Radio), 2016-2019.
5. Producer of a video to disseminate the laboratory research (https://vimeo.com/51039861) and a brochure of the the laboratory of electric vehicles. I raised 16.000USD for all these activities.

Keynotes, Plenaries, Workshops, Seminaries and Talks
1. 2018, "Hydrogen in Electromobility, "Do Smart Cities, Santiago, Chile.
2. 2018, "The future of Electromobility, "First Seminar of AMECH, Santiago, Chile.
3. 2017,"Flexible Distribution Networks, "UTFSM Workshop, Valparaiso, Chile.
4. 2017, Discussion panel of experts, Launch of AMECH, Santiago, Chile.
5. 2017, "Reconfigurable Distribution Networks," USACH Workshop, Santiago, Chile.
6. 2014, "Soft-Open-Points in MV networks," IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.
7. 2013, Discussion panel of experts, Seminar SCAAP, Valparaiso, Chile.