Participación en Proyectos de Investigación
| NAME | Cooperative control of intelligent agents using reinforcement learning to support the implementation of AC/DC multi-microgrids in the energy industry, from regions in Chile to the rest of the world. |
| INSTITUTION | Universidad de O'Higgins |
| SPONSOR | Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo - ANID (Ex CONICYT) |
| GRANT | Fondecyt Iniciación. ID: 11261116 |
| KEYWORDS | Deep Reinforcement Learning, Hybrid AC/DC Microgrids, Distributed Control. |
| DURATION | 2026-2029 |
| ROLE | Principal Investigator. Formulate, implement, and validate distributed intelligent controllers, using RL, in agents that comprise interconnected AC/DC microgrids, in order to achieve optimal operation concerning available energy resources despite disturbances and failures in communication channels. |
| NAME | Sustainable Maritime Transport: Optimal Control, Operation and Propulsion of Green Hydrogen Powered Vessels. |
| INSTITUTION | Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María |
| SPONSOR | Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo - ANID (Ex CONICYT) |
| GRANT | Anillos Regulares de Tecnología. ID: ACT250059 |
| KEYWORDS | Green Vessels, Shipboard microgrids, Sustainable energy. |
| DURATION | 2025-2028 |
| ROLE | Adjunct Investigator. To support the development and testing of shipboard microgrids, including the design, construction and control of operative laboratory prototypes. |
| NAME | Robust Distributed Predictive Control Strategies for the Coordination of Hybrid AC and DC Microgrids. |
| INSTITUTION | Universidad de Chile |
| SPONSOR | Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica – CONICYT |
| GRANT | Fondecyt Regular. ID: 1170683 |
| KEYWORDS | Hybrid AC/DC Microgrids, Distributed Control, Predictive Control. |
| DURATION | 2017-2020 |
| ROLE | Thesis student (PhD). Development of a distributed control strategy for the economic dispatch in a hybrid AC/DC microgrid. Support in the construction and coordination of a DC microgrid setup for the hybrid AC/DC testbed microgrid inside the laboratory. The testbed interfaces distributed generation emulators, of the brand Triphase, which are based on embedded controllers with real-time communications and arrangements of back-to-back converters. |
| NAME | Modular Multilevel Converter Topologies for Flexible Transmission System in Meshed HVDC networks. |
| INSTITUTION | Universidad de Magallanes |
| SPONSOR | Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica – CONICYT |
| GRANT | Fondecyt Regular. ID: 1151325 |
| KEYWORDS | Power Converters, HVDC, Automatic Control |
| DURATION | 2015-2019 |
| ROLE | Research Assistant. Construction and testing of an experimental setup for an AC/DC modular-multilevel alternate arm converter topology inside the laboratory. The converter topology includes thyristors to reduce the number of active switches. |
| NAME | Conversor DC/DC Multinivel Modular (MMC) para interconexión de sistemas de transmisión en corriente continua. |
| INSTITUTION | Universidad de Magallanes |
| SPONSOR | Universidad de Magallanes |
| GRANT | Projecto Interno. ID: PR-FI-02-IE14-15 |
| KEYWORDS | Power Converters, HVDC, Automatic Control |
| DURATION | 2014-2015 |
| ROLE | Thesis student (BSc). Development of a control strategy for a modular multi-level DC-DC converter topology, which does not have DC-Link interface, for HVDC power conversion. Construction of an experimental setup using an embedded controler, CompactRIO, of the brand National Instruments inside the laboratory. |
Pariticipación en Proyectos de Investigación Aplicada e Innovación / Proyectos de Transferencia Tecnológica
| NAME | Innovación Sostenible en Energía: Reutilización avanzada de baterías de VE para acumulación estacionaria - ReBatVE. |
| INSTITUTION | Universidad de Santiago de Chile |
| SPONSOR | Corporación de Fomento de la Producción – CORFO |
| GRANT | Desafíos de I+D |
| KEYWORDS | Innovation, Second-life battery, Electric Vehicles. |
| DURATION | 2025-2028 |
| ROLE | Academic Researcher. Conditioning of spaces and operation of laboratory equipment at the University of O'Higgins for the experimental development of tests in electromobility and batteries. |
| NAME | Consultoría especializada ERNC para mejorar la competitividad y productividad de Alakaluf. |
| INSTITUTION | Alakaluf Limitada |
| SPONSOR | Corporación de Fomento de la Producción – CORFO |
| GRANT | Voucher de Innovación. ID: 17VIP-88245 |
| KEYWORDS | Innovation, Non-conventional Renewable Energy, Isolated Pico-hydro centrals. |
| DURATION | 2018-2018 (6 months) |
| ROLE | Technichal Coordinator. Local electrical representative in technical meetings with the foreigner advisor team of ACEP - Alaska Fairbanks University. Management and development of technical documentation. |
| NAME | Boyas inteligentes en tiempo real. |
| INSTITUTION | Alakaluf Limitada |
| SPONSOR | Corporación de Fomento de la Producción – CORFO |
| GRANT | Prototipos de Innovación Regional. ID: 17PIREL−88475 |
| KEYWORDS | Smart Buoys, Environmental Monitoring, Real-time Anomaly Detection. |
| DURATION | 2018-2019 |
| ROLE | Technology Transfer Coordinator. Assessment of technological development of the product and its intellectual protection. Management and development of technical documentation. |
| NAME | Sistema de monitoreo y alerta ambiental en tiempo real. |
| INSTITUTION | Alakaluf Limitada |
| SPONSOR | Corporación de Fomento de la Producción – CORFO |
| GRANT | Prototipos de Innovación Regional. ID: 16PIRE-60739 |
| KEYWORDS | Environmental Monitoring, Field-sensors, Real-time Communications |
| DURATION | 2016-2017 |
| ROLE | Technology Transfer Coordinator. Assessment of technological development of the product and its intellectual protection. Management and development of technical documentation. |
| NAME | HubTec Chile. |
| INSTITUTION | Universidad de Magallanes |
| SPONSOR | Corporación de Fomento de la Producción – CORFO |
| GRANT | Creación de hubs de transferencia tecnológica. ID: 15HUBTT-57327 |
| KEYWORDS | Entrepreneurship, Technology Transfer, Research & Development |
| DURATION | 2016-2022 |
| ROLE | Technology Transfer Representative. Assessment of the technological development and potential of the University of Magallanes' research results. Management and development of technical documentation. |
| NAME | Desarrollo de un cowork de apoyo al emprendimiento dinámico en punta arenas para la región de Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena. |
| INSTITUTION | Universidad de Magallanes |
| SPONSOR | Corporación de Fomento de la Producción – CORFO |
| GRANT | Apoyo a la operación de espacios colaborativos de trabajo para el emprendimiento. ID: 15CW-44548 |
| KEYWORDS | Entrepreneurship, Technology Transfer, Research & Development |
| DURATION | 2015-2017 |
| ROLE | Technology Transfer Coordinator. Assessment of the technological development and potential of the University of Magallanes' research results. Organisation of open entrepreneurship seminars and support for project formulation of university students in Magallanes to entrepreneurship grants. Management and development of technical documentation. |
| NAME | Energías renovables hidrocinéticas (marinas y ríos), para comunidades aisladas de Tierra del Fuego y Patagonia Austral, con capacitación para minorías en riesgo social e integración a red Latinoamericana. |
| INSTITUTION | Alakaluf Limitada |
| SPONSOR | Banco Interamericano del Desarrollo – BID |
| GRANT | IDEAS IV 2013. ID: 1846 |
| KEYWORDS | Energization, Renewable Energy, Hydro Techonologies |
| DURATION | 2014-2015 |
| ROLE | Electrical Engineer. Technical assessment and project designs for pico-hydro centrals using hydrokinetic turbines for the energization of small rural communities on Patagonia. Management and development of technical documentation. |