Fernando Silva

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J. Fernando A. Silva

Contents:

A. Identification
B. Education
C. Professional activities
D. Research
E. Teaching
F. Publications
G. Other activities

A. Identification

José Fernando Alves da Silva, Dr.-Eng. Habil.

Born in Monção (Viana do Castelo), Portugal in 1956.

Full Professor of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (DEEC) of Instituto Superior Técnico ( IST ),
University of Lisbon (UL);

Researcher at INESC-ID;

Member of Ordem dos Engenheiros Portugal.

IEEE Senior Member since 2000.

ADDRESS:

J. Fernando Alves da Silva
DEEC, A. C. Energia, Pav. Electricidade Piso 2, 2.29
INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO, Universidade de Lisboa
Av. Rovisco Pais 1, 1049-001 Lisboa
PORTUGAL
Tel (+351) 21 8417436
Fax (+351) 21 8417190
email: fernando.alves@tecnico.ulisboa.pt
https://fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/homepage/ist11962

B. Education

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B. Education

Year	Academic Degree	Institution
2002	Habilitation (Agregação) in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2002 (Lecture Theme: Multilevel conversion in power electronics)	IST/UTL
1990	Doctor Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Power Electronics and Control) (Thesis: Predictive control of thyristor rectifiers with elimination of commutation failures)	IST/UTL
1980	Dipl. Ing. in Electrical Engineering (Telecommunications and Electronics)	IST/UTL

C. Professional Activities

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C. Professional Activities

Period	Activity	Institution
2013/	Full Professor	Scientific Area of ENERGY (ACEnergia)/ DEEC / IST
2006/2013	Associate Professor with Habilitation (Agregação)	Scientific Area of ENERGY (ACEnergia)/ DEEC / IST
2002/005	Associate Professor with Habilitation (Agregação)	Secção Máquinas Eléctricas e Electrónica de Potência (SMEEP) / DEEC / IST
1998/2003	Coordinator Professor (Invited)	Secção de Electrónica Industrial, Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica e Automação (DEEA), Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL), Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa (IPL)
1996/2002	Associate Professor	SMEEP / DEEC / IST
1996/2002	Coordinator Professor (Invited)	Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica, Escola Superior de Tecnologia (EST), Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal (IPS)
1990/1996	Assistant Professor	SMEEP / DEEC / IST
1984/1990	Assistant Lecturer	SMEEP / DEEC / IST
1980/1984	Teaching Assistant	Secção Electrónica / DEEC / IST

C. Research

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D. Research

D.1. Research interests

Main research interests include:

power semiconductor devices;
converter modeling and simulation;
new converter topologies for clean power;
control of power converters and drives (predictive control, sliding mode control, fuzzy control)
Power quality and power flow applications of power converters (multilevel converters, matrix converters, unity power factor rectifiers, FACTS, UPFC, STATCOM, DVR, energy storage)
Pulsed Power

D.2. Scientific Area

Electrical and Computer Engineering;
Electrical Energy Systems;
Industrial Electronics;
Power Electronics
Power Electronics and Power Quality
Power Electronics and Power Flow
Pulsed Power

D.3. Research experience

Period	Activity	Institution
2013/	Power Electronics and Power Quality group coordinator	INESC-ID
2007/2012	Power Electronics and Power Quality group coordinator	CIEEE
2003/2006	Research Coordinator	LabEIE / CAUTL
2002/2003	Director of the research Lab of Industrial Electronics and Electromechanics (LabEIE) of CAUTL	LabEIE / CAUTL
1996/2002	Research Coordinator	CAUTL
1993/1995	Co-director of the Research Council	CAUTL
1993/1995	Principal researcher of projects in the field of Industrial Electronics, MSc and Ph.D thesis supervisor	CAUTL
1990/1993	Researcher	CAUTL
1985/1990	Research Assistant of CAUTL	CAUTL
1980/1985	Research Assistant of Center of Applied Electronics of UTL (CEAUTL)	CEAUTL

D.4. Thesis Supervisor

D.4.1. PhD Thesis

D. 4.1.1. UTL/ IST PhD Thesis supervised (or co-supervised):

Year	Title	Researcher	Professional Activity	Institutions
2014	· Multilevel Conversion in Generation and Grid Connection	Miguel Cabral Ferreira Chaves	MSc, Joined Professor of DEEA, ISEL	CIEEE/ISEL
2012	· Restauradores Dinâmicos de Tensão com Conversores Matriciais e Volantes de Inércia	Paulo Gambôa	MSc, Joined Professor of DEEA, ISEL	CIEEE/ISEL
2010	· Conversão Matricial Trifásica no Condicionamento do Trânsito de Energia Eléctrica	Joaquim Monteiro	MSc, Joined Professor of DEEA, ISEL	CIEEE
2008	· Conversão Electrónica Multinível: Optimização para Aplicações em Qualidade da Energia Eléctrica,	João Dionísio Barros	Aux Prof. Universidade da Madeira	CIEEE
2006	· Conversores Comutados de Potência para Amplificação Digital de Alta Resolução	Victor Manuel Esteves Antunes	MSc, Joined Professor of DEE, EST, IPS	LabEIE / CAUTL / EST
2004	· Fontes de Alta Tensão Pulsada para Implantação Iónica de Imersão em Plasma - Utilização de Semicondutores de Baixa Tensão	Luís Manuel do Santos Redondo	MSc, Joined Professor of DEEA, ISEL	ITN / ISEL
2003	· Conversores Matriciais Trifásicos: Generalização do Comando Vectorial Directo (	Sónia Maria Nunes Ferreira Pinto	MSc, Assistant Lecturer of DEEC, IST	LabEIE / CAUTL
2000	· Rectificadores do Tipo Redutor-Elevador de Alto Rendimento e Factor de Potência Quase Unitário (High Efficiency Topologies and Advanced Controllers for Buck-boost Unity Power Factor Rectifiers)	Vitor Manuel de Carvalho Fernão Pires	MSc, Joined Professor of DEE, EST, IPS	CAUTL
2000	· Accionamentos Electromecânicos Inteligentes - Metodologia de Controlo para Posicionadores Angulares (Intelligent Controllers for Angular Position Control with Induction Motors)	José Carlos Lourenço Quadrado	MSc, Joined Professor of DEEA, ISEL	CAUTL
2000	· Motor Trifásico de Indução - Posicionamento Angular do Rotor por Inversão Diametral (Angular Position Control of Induction Motors Using Sliding-Mode Diametrical Inversion of Stator Voltages) (in co-operation with Prof. Manuel da Silva Garrido)	Manuel Gaspar de Oliveira Guerreiro	MSc, Joined Professor of DEE, EST, IPS	CAUTL

D. 4.1.2. UTL/ IST PhD Thesis under supervision (or co-supervision):

Year to be concluded	Title	Researcher	Profissional Activity	Institutions

D.4.2. MSc Thesis

D. 4.2.1. UTL/ IST MSc Thesis supervised (or co-supervised):

For the complete list see https://fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/curriculum/final-work/document-confirmation

Year	Title	Researcher	Profissional Activity	Institutions
2002	Conversores Multinível: Comando e Controlo por Computador	João Dionísio Barros	Eng., Teaching Assistant of Universidade da Madeira	CAUTL
2000	Conversor de Potência com Tremor Nulo e Alto Rendimento,	Acácio João Galhardo Baptista	Eng., Teaching Assistant of DEEA, ISEL	CAUTL
1998	Contactores Electromecânicos com Ampla Gama de Tensões de Comando	Paulo Jorge da Costa Santos	Eng., Teaching Assistant of DEE, EST, IPS	CAUTL
1995	Rectificadores Dodecafásicos: Modelos Comando e Controlo	Sónia Maria Nunes Ferreira Pinto	Eng., Teaching Assistant of DEEC, IST	CAUTL
1995	Rectificador Dodecafásico Paralelo Associado a Nova Topologia de Filtragem Psofométrica	Vitor Manuel de Carvalho Fernão Pires	Eng., Teaching Assistant of DEE, EST, IPS	CAUTL
1993	Posicionadores Electromecânicos: Introdução à Síntese de Controladores Inteligentes	José Carlos Lourenço Quadrado	Eng., Teaching Assistant of DEEA, ISEL	CAUTL
1993	Controlo Automático de Voo: Controladores e Algoritmos de Implantação em Microprocessador Digital de Sinal	Eduardo Agostinho de Paiva Brito Coelho	Major Electrotechnical Eng. and Professor of Academia da Força Aérea Portuguesa (FAP)	CAUTL

D. 4.2.2. UTL/ IST MSc Thesis under supervision (co-supervision):

Year to be concluded	Title	Researcher	Profissional Activity	Institutions
2007	Estudo de uma plataforma electromecânica de Gough-Stewart	Rita Marcos F. Murta Pereira	Eng., Teaching Assistant of DEEA, ISEL	LabEIE / CAUTL / ISEL
2007	Análise de Sistemas Dinâmicos não Lineares através do Método da Função Descritiva	Pedro Miguel Silva Costa Braga de Oliveira	Eng.	IST/ISEP
2007	Compensador Multinível de Potência Reactiva (STACOM)	Luís Rocha Encarnação	Eng., Teaching Assistant of DEEA, ISEL	LabEIE / CAUTL / ISEL
2007	Conversores de Comando para Accionamentos Electromecânicos Lineares	Ricardo Jorge Ferreira Luís	Eng., Teaching Assistant of DEEA, ISEL	LabEIE / CAUTL / ISEL
2007	Conversores Multinível para UPFC	Ivo Manuel Valadas Marques Martins	Eng., Teaching Assistant of Universidade do Algarve	LabEIE / CAUTL
2007	Geradores de Impulsos Bipolares de Alta Tensão	Hiren Canacsinh	Eng., Teaching Assistant of DEEA, ISEL	LabEIE / CAUTL

D.4.3. Recent Final Year Projects

TFC.12. Alimentações Eléctricas não Interruptíveis, (1999/2000).
TFC.13. Conversores Multinível Trifásicos Reversíveis, (1999/2000).
TFC.14. Conversor de Potência com Baixa Tensão de Entrada e Alta Tensão de Saída para Amplificadores Digitais de Áudio, (2000/2001).
TFC.15. Conversores Matriciais: Estudo do Processo de Comutação dos Interruptores, (2000/2001).
TFC.16. Estudo de Controladores para Amplificadores Comutados de Áudio, (2000/2001).
TFC.17. Alimentações não Interruptíveis com Conversores Multinível Trifásicos Reversíveis, (2000/2001).
TFC.18. Modelação, Simulação e Controlo de um Conversor Bidireccional, para Aplicação em Alimentações não Interruptíveis (UPS) do tipo Interactivo, (2000/2001).
TFC.19. Estudo de Moduladores para Amplificadores Comutados de Áudio, (2000/2001).
TFC.20. Amplificador Áudio Comutado de Alto Rendimento, (2000/2001).
TFC.21. Comando Electrónico de Disjuntores, (2001/2002).
TFC.22. Amplificador Comutado de Áudio de Baixa Tensão de Alimentação, (2001/2002).
TFC.23. Alimentações Eléctricas não Interruptíveis (ANI_UPS) com Conversor Multinível no Ondulador de Saída, (2001/2002).
TFC.24. Sistema Amplificador Comutado para Áudio Digital, (2001/2002).
TFC.25. Processamento de Energia Eléctrica Comutado e não Poluente com Conversores Multinível, (2001/2002).
TFC.26. Processamento de Electricamente não Poluente de Energia: Conversor Matricial Trifásico, (2001/2002).
TFC.27. Estimador/Medidor de Binário em Máquinas Eléctricas Trifásicas, (2001/2002).
TFC.28. Conversores Multinível na Optimização da Capacidade de Transporte de Redes de Energia Eléctrica, (2002/2003).
TFC.29. Filtro Activo Monofásico de Harmónicas de Corrente, (2002/2003), with WVA – Sistemas de Energia, Lda.
TFC.30. Conversor cc-cc Isolado de 2 kW com Comutação Suave, (2002/2003) with Sislecton.
TFC.31. Bancada para Ensaio de Conversores de Tracção do Metropolitano de Lisboa e seus Subsistemas, (2003/2004) with Metro Lisboa.
TFC.32. Topologias Elementares de Conversores cc-cc Comutados, (2003/2004).
TFC.33. Topologias Elementares de Conversores cc-ca Comutados, (2003/2004).

D.5. Projects

Period	Number and Title	Funding Institution
2006/2008	POSC/EEA-ESE/60861/2004 – “*Sparse-Matrix Multilevel Power Converter for Flexible AC Transmission Systems”,* Co-ordinator	FCT
2004/2007	CONC-REEQ/664/2002 FCT I‑Lab ‑ Power Electronics integration of renewable energy sources and energy storage (Integração baseada em Electrónica de Potência de Fontes de Energia Renovável e de Armazenamento de Energia), (Co-director) (Director Prof. Adriano Carvalho)	FCT
2002/2005	POCTI/ESE/38963/2001, 50 kV/ 1A pulse generator for plasma immersion ion implantation, (Co-ordinator)	FCT
2003/2005	(109789-CP-1-2003-1-BE-MINERVA-M), e-Learning in Electrical Engineering, eLEE Investigador do Projecto Minerva (Researcher)	UE
2002/2005	Amplificadores Digitais de Áudio	IPS
2000/2004	FCT, PCTI/1999/ESE/33648, *Digital power amplifiers for audio,* (Co-ordinator)	FCT
2001/2003	POSI/EEI/10235/2001, *Matrix converters and power quality (phase II),* (Co-ordinator)	FCT
2001/2003	Support Project of SCI Panel, Research Flight Simulator, *Installation of a Research Flight Simulator, (Co-director)* (Director Prof. Braga Campos)	DUT, Aerospace Department, Flight Stability and Control Group
1998/2000	PRAXIS/P/EEI/12152/98, Control of multilevel converters, (Conversores Multinível: Modelos e Controlo), Co-ordinator	FCT
1998/2000	PRAXIS/P/EEI/10235/98, *Conversores Matriciais na Qualidade de Energia Eléctrica (Matrix* Converters in Electrical Power Quality),** Co-ordinator	FCT
1997/1999	*Microprocessor implementation of diametrical inversion controlled induction motors* (Researcher)	IPS
1997/1999	*New electronic power converter topologies with "intelligent" control* (Researcher)	IPS
1996/1999	AGARD P115, *Creation of a research flight simulation capability in Portugal* (Co-director)	AGARD
1996/1998	PBIC/C/CEG/2389/95, *Controladores Fuzzy* para Accionadores em Veículos Automóveis Eléctricos** (Co-ordinator)	JNICT
1996/1998	PBIC/C/CEG/2397/95, *High power factor PWM rectifiers* (Co-ordinator)	JNICT
1993/1995	STRD-ENR-0083, *High power near unity power factor thyristor rectifiers* (Co-ordinator)	JNICT/FEDER/STRIDE

E. Teaching

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E. Teaching

Head of the following courses:


2006/Present	*Energy Systems for Telecomunications*, Master degree course in Electrical and Computer Engineering
2002/2005	*Control of Switching Power Converters* , Master degree course in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Industrial Electronics area, IST
2001/Present	*Switching Power Processing* , PhD degree course in Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST
1994/2002	*Power Electronic Processors* , PhD degree course in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Industrial Electronics area, IST
2001/Present	*Power Quality*, (with Prof. Teresa Correia de Barros), Master degree course in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Energy area, IST
1992/Present	*Control and Drive Electronics* , 3rd year, undergraduate course of the Electrical and Computer Engineering degree, Power Systems area, IST
2001/2002	*Power Electronics II* , (with Prof. Beatriz Borges), 4th year, undergraduate course of the Electrical and Computer Engineering degree, Power Systems area, IST
1998/Present	*Applied Electronics* , 3rd year, undergraduate course of the Automation and Power System Bachelor degree of Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa
1990/1993	*Power Electronics* , 3rd year, undergraduate course of the Electrical Engineering Bachelor degree, Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Instituto Politécnico de Setubal
1984/1985	*Power Electronics I, Power Electronics II*, 3rd year, undergraduate course of the Electrical and Computer Engineering degree, Power Systems area, IST

F. Publications

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Please see:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=M5GcH2QAAAAJ

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2164-0739

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?newsearch=true&queryText=J.+Fernando+Silva

http://www.researcherid.com/rid/L-5037-2013

G. Other activities

Vice-President of:

2015/2016 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST.
2006/2008 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST.

Coordinator of:

1999/2002 Power Systems, major area of the Electrical and Computer Engineering degree, IST;
1998/2002 Industrial Electronics and Automation, major area of the Master Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST;
1992/1996 Industrial Electronics and Automation, major area of the Master Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST.

Coordinator of the teaching staff :

1997/1999 Section of Electrical Machines and Power Electronics of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering;
1993/1995 Section of Electrical Machines and Power Electronics of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Associate Editor of

IEEE transactions on Industrial Electronics;

Reviewer of:

Scientific periodicals

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics;
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics;
European Power Electronics Journal (EPE Journal), EPE Association
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Part I;
Journal of Electrical Engineering (J. E. E.) in electronic form through INTERNET;
IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems;
Robótica e Atomação, Portugal;
Revista Brasileira de Electrónica de Potência, Sociedade Brasileira de Electrónica de Potência (SOBRAEP), IEEE;
IEEE Special Issue of the WWW'95 Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) LNArtificial Intelligence series;
Special Section on Current Mode Control, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics;
Special Section on PWM rectifiers, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics;
Special Section on Multilevel Converters, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics;
Special Issue on Modeling, Design and Applications of Switching Systems in the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Part I;
Special issue on Fractional Derivatives and Their Applications (FDTA), Kluwer journal of Nonlinear Dynamics (jND);
Special Issue on Modern Rectifiers, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.

Scientific Conferences:

IMACS-89, 12th IMACS Word Congress on Computation and Applied Mathematics;
MELECON'91, Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference, organizada conjuntamente pelo IEEE- region 8
ECCTD'91, 1991 European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design
COBEP'91, Congresso Brasileiro de Electrónica de Potência
MSCS'95, 38th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, IEEEIEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
ELECTRIMACS'96, 1996 IMACS- TCI Conference
ISIE'97, IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics
EAEEIE'98, Ninth annual conference of the European Association for Education in Electrical and Information Engineering, EAEEIE
ELECTRIMACS'99, 1996 IMACS- TCI Conference
ISCS 2001, IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
ECC 2001, European Control Conference
EAEEIE'01, X annual conference of the European Association for Education in Electrical and Information Engineering
IEEE-PESC 2001, Power Electronics Specialist Conference
IEEE-PESC 2002, Power Electronics Specialist Conference
EPE 2003, European Power Electronics and Applications
IEEE-PESC 2003, Power Electronics Specialist Conference
IEEE-IECON 2003, Industrial Electronics Conference
IEEE-OPTIM ’04, Optimization of Electrical and Electronic Equipment
IAV 2004, 5th IFAC Symposium on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles
VIRTUAL-LAB'2004, 1st Workshop on e-learning and Virtual and Remote Laboratories
IEEE ICIT 2004, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, reviewer of the Power Electronics track