Team

Our best team of professional Researches

Principal Investigator

MO

Martín Ordonez

Canada Research Chair Professor, UBC

Lab Operations & Researchers

ES

Emanuel Serban

Adjunct Professor

Graduate Students

JH

Jan Hammer

Ph.D.Student

FA

Farhad Abbasi

Ph.D. Student

MG

Maria García

Ph.D. Student

AL

Anna Lykhohub

MASc Student

HC

Hao Chen

Ph.D. Student

MG

Malinda Gunathilaka

MASc Student

NK

Navid Kashani

Ph.D. Student

JT

Jinji Tan

Ph.D. Student

GM

Gervasio Martinez

MASc Student

RA

Rolando Aguilera

Ph.D. Student

FF

Francis Fu

MASc Student

Students

FD

Franco Degioanni

Doctoral Degree
(2023)

Research assistant at the University of British Columbia

Thesis

Fast Dynamic Transient Solutions for Three-Phase PWM Converters

JM

Jun(Jeremy) Min

Doctoral Degree
(2023)

Research assistant at the University of British Columbia

Thesis

Bidirectional Resonant Chargers for E-Mobility

DH

Daniel Hsu

Doctoral Degree
(2022)

Senior Power Electronics Engineer in a stealth-mode startup, Vancouver, Canada

Thesis

High-Performance Resonant Converters for Battery Chargers: Efficiency and Dynamics Improvement

SAA

Sayed Abbas Arshadi

Doctoral Degree
(2022)

Senior Power Electronics Engineer at Innovative Circuit Technology Corporation, Langley, Canada

Thesis

Three-Phase DC-DC Resonant Converters for High-Power Battery Charging Applications

JMA

Jorge May Alvarez

Master's Degree
(2021)

Reliability Test Engineer at Tesla, Palo Alto, California, USA

Thesis

Optimization-based design of microgrids for critical loads

TS

Tomas Syskakis

Master's Degree
(2021)

Embedded Software Engineer at Alpha Technologies, Vancouver, Canada

Thesis

Advanced incremental conductance MPPT for small wind turbines

GF

Gabriel Ferreira

Master's Degree
(2021)

R/D Engineer at AquaCoustic Remote Technologies Inc., Vancouver, Canada

Thesis

Improved regenerative braking in electric vehicles through switch selection optimization

HV

Hamed Valipour

Doctoral Degree
(2021)

Power Electronics Engineer at SMPC Technologies, Vancouver, Canada

Thesis

High Efficiency Single-Phase Power Factor Correctors: Resonant Circuit and Flexible Topology

IG

Ignacio Galiano

Doctoral Degree
(2020)

Research Post Doctoral Fellow at UBC Martin Ordonez Lab

Thesis

Large-signal Transient Control in Power Electronics: an Average-Geometric Framework

FP

Francisco Paz

Doctoral Degree
(2020)

Researcher at UBC Martin Ordonez Lab

Thesis

Advanced Monitoring and Control of Distributed DC Systems: An Embedded Impedance Detection Approach

MAS

Mohammad Ali Saket

Doctoral Degree
(2020)

Sr. R&D Power Engineer at Aira, AZ, USA

Thesis

High-Efficiency and Low Noise Planar Transformers for Power Converters: Paired Layers Interleaving

MCG

Maria Celeste Garcia

Master's Degree
(2019)

Ph.D. Student at UBC Martin Ordonez Lab

Thesis

Accurate Power Loss Models of Complex Converters

GNB

German Nahuel Bogado

Master's Degree
(2019)

Self employed

Thesis

Improved Sizing of PV-BESS Microgrids: A Mixed-Integer Optimization

RS

Rouhollah Shafaei

UBC Postdoctoral Fellow

Electrical Engineer-Electric Vehicle Infrastructure at BCHydro

MMM

Mohammad Mahdavi Mazdeh

UBC Postdoctoral Fellow

Senior Power Electronics Engineer at BRP (Bombardier Recreational Products)

Q(W

Qingsong (Charlie) Wang

UBC Postdoctoral Fellow

Lecturer at Coventry University (United Kingdom)

MM

Moein Manbachi

UBC Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Associate at the British Columbia Institute of Technology

DCG

David Campos Gaona

UBC Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Fellow at the University of Strathclyde (United Kingdom)

RP

Rafael Peña-Alzola

UBC Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Fellow at the Rolls Royce University Technology Centre - University of Strathclyde (United Kingdom)

SAA

Seyed Ali Arefifar

UBC Postdoctoral Fellow

Assistant Professor at Oakland University (United States)

GGO

Germán Gustavo Oggier

UBC Postdoctoral Fellow

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 Cuarto (Argentina); Member of the Directory of the Applied Electronic Group at the National University of Río Cuarto (Argentina)

MM

Mehdi Mohammadi

Doctoral Degree
(2019)

Hardware Engineer at Fortinet Technologies (Canada)

Thesis

Three Layer Control Strategy for LLC Converters: Large-Signal, Small-Signal, and Steady-State Operation

NS

Navid Shafiei

Doctoral Degree
(2017)

Power Supply Design Engineer at Alpha Technologies (Canada)

Thesis

High Order Resonant Power Converters for Battery Charger Applications

ES

Emanuel Serban

Doctoral Degree
(2017)

Engineering Manager at Alpha Technologies

Thesis

Advanced Control Functionalities for Photovoltaic and Energy Storage Converters

SRC

Samuel Robert Cove

Doctoral Degree
(2016)

Senior Electrical Researcher at Solace Power (Canada)

Thesis

Coreless Planar Magnetic Winding Structures for Power Converters: Track-Width-Ratio

MA

Matt Amyotte

Master's Degree
(2019)

Test Engineer at Corvus Energy

Thesis

Improved Power Loss Estimation for Device- to System-Level Analysis

ESG

Ettore Scabeni Glitz

Master's Degree
(2018)

Project Manager at Smith + Andersen

Thesis

Power Loss Estimation in LLC MOSFETs: A Time Interval Analysis

FD

Franco Degioanni

Master's Degree
(2018)

UBC Ph.D. Student (Canada)

Thesis

Dual-Loop Linear Controller for LLC Resonant Converters

MAB

Marco Andres Bianchi

Master's Degree (2017)
(2017)

Electronics Control Engineer at Alpha Technologies

Thesis

Improving Dynamic Performance in DC Microgrids Using Trajectory Control

LDT

Luccas Di Tullio

Master's Degree (2016)
(2016)

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

FP

Francisco Paz

Master's Degree (2014)
(2014)

UBC Ph.D. Candidate (Canada)

Thesis

Photovoltaic maximum power point tracker with zero oscillation and adaptive step

MA

Matias Anun

Master's Degree (2014)
(2014)

Embedded Software Developer at Alpha Technologies Ltd (Canada)

Thesis

Electric Vehicle Power Trains: High-Performance Control for Constant Power Load Stabilization

PK

Peter Ksiazek

Master's Degree (2014)
(2014)

Power Electronics Engineer at EnerSys (Canada)

Thesis

Reduction of current/torque ripple in low power grid-tie PMSG wind turbines

IG

Ignacio Galiano

Master's Degree (2013)
(2013)

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

JF

Jason Forbes

Master's Degree (2013)
(2013)

Senior Software Engineer at Kraken Robotics Inc. (Canada)

Thesis

Discrete signal processing techniques for power converters : multi-carrier modulation and efficient filtering techniques

FL

Federico Luchino

Master's Degree (2012)
(2012)

Research and Project Engineer at the AOSL at Memorial University of Newfoundland

Thesis

Topology zero: Advancing theory and experimentation for power electronics education

LS

Lucas Sinopoli

Master's Degree (2012)
(2012)

Operations Manager at UBC Martin Ordonez Lab

Thesis

Marine Current Turbine Dynamic Electrical Emulator

RC

Reza Chini

Master's Degree (2012)
(2012)

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