Principal Investigator
Martin Ordonez
Canada Research Chair
Professor, UBC
Power Converters for
Renewable Energy Systems
Lab Operations & Researchers
Graduate Students
Alumni
Franco Degioanni
Doctoral Degree (2023)
Current Occupation: Research assistant at the University of British Columbia
Thesis: Fast Dynamic Transient Solutions for Three-Phase PWM Converters
frdegioanni@gmail.com
Jun(Jeremy) Min
Doctoral Degree (2023)
Current Occupation: Research assistant at the University of British Columbia
Thesis: Bidirectional Resonant Chargers for E-Mobility
Is.jun.min@outlook.com
daniel HSU
Doctoral Degree (2022)
Current Occupation: Senior Power Electronics Engineer in a stealth-mode startup, Vancouver, Canada
Thesis: High-Performance Resonant Converters for Battery Chargers: Efficiency and Dynamics Improvement
jhihdahsu@gmail.com
Sayed ABBAS Arshadi
Doctoral Degree (2022)
Current Occupation: Senior Power Electronics Engineer at Innovative Circuit Technology Corporation, Langley, Canada
Thesis: Three-Phase DC-DC Resonant Converters for High-Power Battery Charging Applications
arshadisabbas@gmail.com
Jorge May Alvarez
Master's Degree (2021)
Current Occupation: Reliability Test Engineer at Tesla, Palo Alto, California, USA
Thesis: Optimization-based design of microgrids for critical loads
jorge.may.alvarez@gmail.com
TOMAS SYSKAKIS
Master's Degree (2021)
Current Occupation: Embedded Software Engineer at Alpha Technologies, Vancouver, Canada
Thesis: Advanced incremental conductance MPPT for small wind turbines
tsyskakis@gmail.com
GABRIEL FERREIRA
Master's Degree (2021)
Current Occupation: R/D Engineer at AquaCoustic Remote Technologies Inc., Vancouver, Canada
Thesis: Improved regenerative braking in electric vehicles through switch selection optimization
gabrielferreira38@gmail.com
HAMED VALIPOUR
Doctoral Degree (2021)
Current Occupation: Power Electronics Engineer at SMPC Technologies, Vancouver, Canada
Thesis: High Efficiency Single-Phase Power Factor Correctors: Resonant Circuit and Flexible Topology
hamed.valipour.v@ieee.org
ignacio galiano
Doctoral Degree (2020)
Current Occupation: Research Post Doctoral Fellow at UBC Martin Ordonez Lab
Thesis: Large-signal Transient Control in Power Electronics: an Average-Geometric Framework
igaliano@ieee.org
Francisco paz
Doctoral Degree (2020)
Current Occupation: Researcher at UBC Martin Ordonez Lab
Thesis: Advanced Monitoring and Control of Distributed DC Systems: An Embedded Impedance Detection Approach
franciscopaz@ieee.org
Mohammad Ali Saket
Doctoral Degree (2020)
Current Occupation: Sr. R&D Power Engineer at Aira, AZ, USA
Thesis: High-Efficiency and Low Noise Planar Transformers for Power Converters: Paired Layers Interleaving
mohammadali.saket@gmail.com
Maria Celeste Garcia
Master's Degree (2019)
Current Occupation: Ph.D. Student at UBC Martin Ordonez Lab
Thesis: Accurate Power Loss Models of Complex Converters
mceleg88@gmail.com
German Nahuel Bogado
Master's Degree (2019)
Current Occupation: Self employed
Thesis: Improved Sizing of PV-BESS Microgrids: A Mixed-Integer Optimization
gerzbogado@gmail.com
Rouhollah Shafaei
UBC Postdoctoral Fellow
Current Occupation: Electrical Engineer-Electric Vehicle Infrastructure at BCHydro
rouh.shafaei@bchydro.com
Mohammad Mahdavi Mazdeh
UBC Postdoctoral Fellow
Current Occupation: Senior Power Electronics Engineer at BRP (Bombardier Recreational Products)
mu.mahdavi@gmail.com
Qingsong (Charlie) Wang
UBC Postdoctoral Fellow
Current Occupation: Lecturer at Coventry University (United Kingdom)
qingsongwang@ieee.org
Moein manbachi
UBC Postdoctoral Fellow
Current Occupation: Research Associate at the British Columbia Institute of Technology
moeinmanbachi@ece.ubc.ca
David Campos Gaona
UBC Postdoctoral Fellow
Current Occupation: Research Fellow at the University of Strathclyde (United Kingdom)
davidcg@ieee.org
Rafael Peña-Alzola
UBC Postdoctoral Fellow
Current Occupation: Research Fellow at the Rolls Royce University Technology Centre - University of Strathclyde (United Kingdom)
rafael.pena-alzola@strath.ac.uk
Seyed Ali Arefifar
UBC Postdoctoral Fellow
Current Occupation: Assistant Professor at Oakland University (United States)
arefifar@ieee.org
GERMÁN GUSTAVO OGGIER
UBC Postdoctoral Fellow
Current Occupation: Adjunct Researcher of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Researches - CONICET (Argentina); Lecturer of the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department at the National University of Río Cuatro (Argentina); Member of the Directory of the Applied Electronic Group at the National University of Río Cuatro (Argentina)
goggier@ieee.org
MEHDI MOHAMMADI
Doctoral Degree (2019)
Current Occupation: Hardware Engineer at the Fortinet Technologies (Canada)
Dissertation: Three Layer Control Strategy for LLC Converters: Large-Signal, Small-Signal, and Steady-State Operation
mehdi.mohammadi.m@ieee.org
NAVID SHAFIEI
Doctoral Degree (2017)
Current Occupation: Power Supply Design Engineer at Alpha Technologies (Canada)
Dissertation: High Order Resonant Power Converters for Battery Charger Applications
navid@ece.ubc.ca
EMANUEL SERBAN
Doctoral Degree (2017)
Current Occupation: Engineering Manager at Alpha Technologies
Dissertation: Advanced Control Functionalities for Photovoltaic and Energy Storage Converters
emaserban@ieee.org
Samuel Robert Cove
Doctoral Degree (2016)
Current Occupation: Senior Electrical Researcher at Solace Power (Canada)
Dissertation: Coreless Planar Magnetic Winding Structures for Power Converters: Track-Width-Ratio
MATT AMYOTTE
Master's Degree (2019)
Current Occupation: Test Engineer at Corvus Energy
Thesis: Improved Power Loss Estimation for Device- to System-Level Analysis
matthieu.amyotte@ieee.org
ETTORE SCABENI GLITZ
Master's Degree (2018)
Current Occupation: Project Manager at Smith + Andersen
Thesis: Power Loss Estimation in LLC MOSFETs: A Time Interval Analysis
ettoreglitz@ieee.org
franco degioanni
Master's Degree (2018)
Current Occupation: UBC Ph.D. Student (Canada)
Thesis: Dual-Loop Linear Controller for LLC Resonant Converters
fdegioanni@ieee.org
MARCO ANDRES BIANCHI
Master's Degree (2017)
Current Occupation: Electronics Control Engineer at Alpha Technologies
Thesis: Improving Dynamic Performance in DC Microgrids Using Trajectory Control
m.a.bianchi@ieee.org
Luccas Di Tullio
Master's Degree (2016)
Current Occupation: Power Electronics Firmware and Control Engineer at SMPC Technologies Ltd
Thesis: Optimization of a Grid-Tied Inverter: An Application-Oriented Approach for Designing Multilevel Converters
luccas.ditullio@gmail.com
Francisco Paz
Master's Degree (2014)
Current Occupation: UBC Ph.D. Candidate (Canada)
Thesis: Photovoltaic maximum power point tracker with zero oscillation and adaptive step
franciscopaz@ieee.org
Matias Anun
Master's Degree (2014)
Current Occupation: Embedded Software Developer at Alpha Technologies Ltd (Canada)
Thesis: Electric Vehicle Power Trains: High-Performance Control for Constant Power Load Stabilization
manun@ieee.org
Peter Ksiazek
Master's Degree (2014)
Current Occupation: Power Electronics Engineer at Power Electronics Engineer at EnerSys (Canada)
Thesis: Reduction of current/torque ripple in low power grid-tie PMSG wind turbines
peter.ksiazek@ieee.org
Ignacio Galiano
Master's Degree (2013)
Current Occupation: UBC Ph.D. Candidate (Canada)
Thesis: Novel concepts for power electronics control : introducing the dynamic physical limits, the average natural trajectories, and the centric-based controller
igaliano@ieee.org
Jason Forbes
Master's Degree (2013)
Current Occupation: Senior Software Engineer at Kraken Robotics Inc. (Canada)
Thesis: Discrete signal processing techniques for power converters : multi-carrier modulation and efficient filtering techniques
jason.g.forbes@gmail.com
Federico Luchino
Master's Degree (2012)
Current Occupation: Research and Project Engineer at the AOSL at Memorial University of Newfoundland
Thesis: Topology zero: Advancing theory and experimentation for power electronics education
fluchino@ymail.com
Lucas Sinopoli
Master's Degree (2012)
Current Occupation: Operations Manager at UBC Martin Ordonez Lab
Thesis: Marine Current Turbine Dynamic Electrical Emulator
lucas.sinopoli@ieee.org
Reza Chini
Master's Degree (2012)
Current Occupation: Project Engineer at Acero Engineering (Canada)
Thesis: Marine energy harvesting from low cut-in speeds horizontal axis ocean current turbine: design, optimization and analysis of the rotor
rezachini@gmail.com