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Biography

Marcelo A. Perez (M'07, SM'14) was born in Concepcion, Chile, in 1976. He received the Engineer degree in electronic engineering, the M. Sc. degree in electrical engineering, and the D. Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile, in 2001, 2003, and 2006, respectively.
From 2006 to 2009, he held a postdoctoral position, and from 2009 to 2013, he worked as an associate researcher at the Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Valparaiso, Chile. From 2013 to 2015, Dr. Perez worked as a research fellow at the Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany. From 2015 to 2019 he was an assistant professor and since 2019 he is an associate professor at the department of electronic engineering in Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria.
Dr. Perez is currently a main researcher of the Advanced Center for Electric and Electronic Engineering (AC3E) and an associated researcher of the Solar Energy Research Center (SERC- Chile). He has co-authored three book chapters and more than 150 journal and conference papers. Dr. Perez was the recipient of the IEEE Industry Applications Magazine 1st prize paper award of 2012, the second-best paper award in the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics in 2016. He has been the IEEE-IES Region 9 Chapter Coordinator and President of the IEEE-IES Chapter Chile. Dr. Perez is Associate Editor in the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics and the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.
His main interests are multilevel power converters topologies, control of power converters, electromobility, smart grids, HVDC systems, and energy harvesting. He is co-founder of the SunAndPlay SpA, a company that develops energy harvesting solutions, and Electroveja, a company that develops technological solutions for art and education.

More information:
Researchgate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marcelo-Perez-13
OrcID: 0000-0003-4166-448X
Publons: https://publons.com/a/1491916
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcelo-a-perez-leiva-2735a1113/

Students

Ongoing

Alvaro Carreño Henriquez, Ph.D. thesis (c), Development of hybrid Solid State Transformer.
Leonardo Solis Zamora , Master thesis, Control of hybrid electric drive for marine applications.
Ivan Choque Serrano, Master thesis, Design of a wireless power transfer system using a modular multilevel converter.
Sebastian Pastén Carvajal, Final project 2022-II, Design and implementation of a wireless humidity sensor for agriculture.
Miguel Alvarez Gonzalez, Final project 2023-I, Design and implementation of a half-bridge GaN Converter.
Felipe Salgado Zuñiga, Final project 2023-II, Development of operation and maitenance plans for the electrical system in the TrolleyAssist CAEX project from Dona Ines de Collahuasi SCM, mining Company.
Claudio Zuñiga Oyanadel, Final project 2023-II, Design of a energy storage power converter for maritime electromobility.
Nicolás Valenzuela Mackenzie, Final Project 2024-I, Assesment of electronic waste management and recycling.

Exquiel Ponce Darhbacur, Final pre-Project 2024-I, Analysis and simulation a High Voltage Pulse generator converter based on MMC.

Bastian Rivas Cordero, Final pre-Project 2024-I, Design and implementation of a robotic hand.

Joaquin Carrillo Luengo, Final pre-Project 2024-I, Optimization of power transfer for submarine drones.

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2024

Alejandro Fuentes Herrera, Final project, Design and implementation of an amplifier circuit for memristors, Marzo 2024.

2023

Felipe Ruiz Allende, Ph.D. thesis, Bidirectional Solid State Transformers for Microgrids based on Modular Multilevel Converters, November 2023.
Henry Zapata Fonseca, Ph.D. thesis, Optimization of energy harvesting in wave energy conversion systems, November 2023.
Cristobal Aranda Estay, Final project, Design and implementation of SiC NPC converter for grid connection., August 2023
Andrés Reyes Zuleta, Final project, Design and implementation of an H-bridge converter topology for modular converters, July 2023.
Julio Contreras Fuica, Final project, Design and implementation of a CO2 wireless sensor, March 2023.
Francisca Adasme Garrido, Final project, Design and implementation of a modular multilevel converter for wireless power transfer, March 2023.
Ivan Choque Serrano, Final project, Analysis of wireless power transfer using modular multilevel converters, March 2023.

2022

Sofía Franco Vergara, Final project, Analysis and design of a virtual inertia control system for grid converters, August 2022.
Sebastian Neira Gonzalez, Final project, Design of a modular multilevel converter for wireless power transfer, August 2022.
Cesar Gonzalez Rojas, Final Project, Resonant Frequency Control of a Wireless Power Transfer System, March 2022.

2021

Alejandro Peralta Gajardo, Final Project, Energy harvesting platform, December 2021.
Robinson de la Fuente Bravo, Final project, Design and implementation of a memristor test module, June 2021.
Ricardo Alfaro Bevilacqua, Final project, Design of a power supply for soccer robot "Sysmic" , March 2021.
Francisca Solis Garrido, Final Project, Partial power converter for microinverter, January 2021.
Leonardo Solis Zamora, Final project, Design and implementation of a power submodule for a modular solid state transformer, January 2021.
Fernando Dattwyler Rodriguez, Final project, Design of a Control board for a Solid State Transformer cell., January 2021.

2020

Matías Licanqueo Mansilla, Final project, Design of a digital controller for a three-phase power factor corrector., December 2020.
Fernando Cabrera Espinoza, Final project, Implementation of a linear drive., November 2020.
Sebastian Adamas Spencer, Final Project, Evaluation of the operation of a DC-DC converter for hybrid energy storage system., October 2020.
Mario Lopez Cáceres , Master thesis, Current control of interleaved DC-DC converter in continuous and discontinuous mode., September 2020.
Jiapeng Yin, Visiting Student, Control and Modulation of Modular Multilevel Converter., February-June 2020.

2019

Jiapeng Yin, Visiting Student, Control and Modulation of Modular Multilevel Converter, March-August 2019.
Marcelo Ehrenfeld Aranda, Final project, Design and Implementation of a Wireless Power Transfer Converter., June 2019.
Daniel Morales Rainaga, Final project, Simulation and implementation of an Interleaved DC-DC converter, June 2019.
Alfredo Montenegro Herrera, Final project, Distributed modeling of a DC line, March 2019.

2018

Miguel San Martin Agurto, Final project, Implementation of a magnetohidrodynamic propulsion system for vessels, October 2018.
Alvaro Carreño Henriquez, Master thesis , Frequency control methods for AC grids connected to large HVDC station, September 2018.
Victor Arredondo Quintana, Master thesis , Minimization of capacitor voltage ripple in Modular Multilevel Converters, June 2018.
Diego Cabezas Vasquez, Final project, 25kW Converter for supercapacitor storage, April 2018.
Camilo Urqueta Belaunde, Master thesis, Control and optimization of a DC microgrid, March 2018.
Christian Alcota Argandoña, Master thesis , Multi-terminal HVDC transmission system control based on local variables, January 2018.

2017

Enzo Velasquez Carcamo, Final project, Dual boost converter for PV microinverters, August 2017.
Sebastian Barbosa Martorell, Final project, Miniaturized Ultra-capacitor management drive, August 2017.
Rodrigo Gonzalez Botto, Master thesis, Optimized algorithm of maximum power point tracking (MPPT) for photovoltaic sytems, July 2017.
Andres Farias Borquez, Final project, LED lightning driver , July 2017.
Victor Santana Romero, Final project, Antenna Design for Wireless Power Transfer, March 2017.
Pablo Leon Torres, Final project, Droop Control of Multi-terminal HVDC, March 2017.
Olga Gomez Gonzalez, Final project, Modelling and simulation of a DC microgrid, January 2017.

2016

Julian Rojas Villarroel, Final project, Design and Implementation of a Modular Multilevel Converter, December 2016.
Felipe Hooper Carmona, Final project, Predictive control of a Z-source Converter, October 2016.
Rodrigo Llano Orbenes, Final project, Design and implementation of an autonomous auxiliary DC supply for power converters, September 2016.
Nicolas Ramirez Didier, Final project, Design and implementation of a fiber optic communication system for Power Converters, September 2016.
Camilo Urqueta Belaunde, Final project, Design and Implementation of a modular gate drive, July 2016.
Pablo Homes Ovando, Final project, Implementation of a Battery Management System (BMS) and a State of Health (SOH) estimator for Electric Vehicles, June 2016

2015

Rodrigo Worner Torres, Final project, Power converter for storage integration in PV systems connected to single-phase grids, July 2015.
Ricardo Lizana Fuentes, Ph.D. thesis, Decoupled modelling and control of modular multilevel converters, June 2015.
Sebastian Munoz Garrido, Master thesis, Power control methods for active front end rectifiers, June 2015.

2013

Sebastian Paillan Storzer, Final project, Multicell converter for connection of PV plant to HVDC grids, November 2013.
David Arancibia Gonzalez, Master thesis, Control of a three-phase/three-phase modular multilevel converter, October 2013.
Pablo Urrejola Gonzalez, Master thesis, Predictive torque control of an asynchronous machine fed by a three-level NPC, October 2013.
Abraham Altamirano Papagallo, Final project, Hybrid supercapacitor and battery storage system design, October 2013.
Francisco Olivares Villena, Final project, Predictive control of systems with different dynamics, October 2013.
Freddy Acuña Jorquera, Final project, HVDC lines modeling, October 2013.
Sebastian Gopel Perez, Final project, Parameter sensitivity study of model predictive control, September 2013.
Camilo Azocar Reyes, Final project, Simulation and control of a current based modular multilevel converter, May 2013.
Carolina Fuentes Rozas, Final project, Development of a Matlab/Simulink Library of power converters and control, March 2013.
Barbara Salazar Sepulveda, Final project, Power electronics in smart grids and evaluation of the Chilean electrical grid, March 2013.

Lectures

2022-2	Industrial Electronics - ELO382	Teaching Score 3.7/4 (21 students)
2022-2	Introduction to Power Systems - IPD417	Teaching Score 4.0/4 (2 students)
2022-1	Industrial Electronics Laboratory - ELO382	Teaching score 4.0/4 (18 students)
2022-1	Analog Electronics - ELO108	Teaching Score 3.7/4 (29 students)
2021-2	Industrial Electronics - ELO382	Teaching Score 3.9/4 (17 students)
2021-2	Introduction to Power Systems - IPD417	Teaching Score 4.0/4 (5 students)
2021-1	Industrial Electronics Laboratory - ELO382	Teaching Score 3.9/4 (11 students)
2021-1	Analog Electronics - ELO108	Teaching Score 3.8/4 (22 students)
2020-2	Industrial Electronics - ELO382	Teaching Score 3.9/4 (20 students)
2020-2	Introduction to Power Systems - IPD417	Teaching Score 4.0/4 (3 students)
2020-1	Analog Electronics - ELO108	Teaching Score 3.5/4 (3 students)
2019-2	Industrial Electronics - ELO382	Teaching Score 3.9/4 (11 students)
2019-2	Introduction to Power Systems - IPD417	Teaching Score 2.9/4 (1 student)