I am a PhD Candidate in Electric Power Engineering at the Electrical, Computer, and Systems Department of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. My current research  is mainly on applications of synchronized phasor measurement data for estimation of power systems, oscillatory analysis, and voltage stability.

A copy of my resume is available here.

Education

Currently: Ph.D. Candidate in Electric Power Engineering

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA.

Research Topics: i. Novel methods for state estimation based on phasor measurement data. ii. Analysis of voltage and frequency oscillations from inter area modes using linearization techniques.

Advisor: Prof. Joe H. Chow.

M.Sc. Electric Power Engineering, August 2007.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA.

Major: Electric Power Engineering, Minor: Control Systems.

Thesis Title: “Notions of Phasor Measurement-Based Power System Model Reduction of Large Power Systems”, July 2007.

Advisor: Prof. Joe H. Chow.

Visiting Researcher, Dept. of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Fall 2005.

The University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

Research Topics: (i) Individual Channel Analysis and Design (ICAD) for power system applications. (iii) Dynamic Power Flows. Advisor: Enrique Acha.

Licenciatura in Electrical Engineering (Electric Power Concentration), June 2005.

Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala.

Graduation Project Title: “Modeling and simulation of the synchronous machine and its operation in power systems” .

Awards and Prizes

⋄ NSF Sponsored Graduate Student Scholarship, “Cyber Security for Process Control Systems Summer School” organized by Information Trust Institute (ITI), University of Illinois. June 2008.

⋄Student Support Award, for attendance to IEEE PES General Meeting 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009; and IEEE PES PSCE 2006, 2009.

⋄ Service Award, Electrical Computer and Systems Eng. Department, RPI, 2007.

⋄ Third Place, Student Poster Contest, IEEE Power System Conference and Exposition (PSCE) 2006.

⋄ Francisco Vela award for best overall academic achievement and undergraduate research graduation project. Awarded by Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, February 2006.

Scholarly Activities

⋄ Journal Peer Reviewer: IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Simulation Modeling Practice and Theory (Elsevier).

⋄ IEEE Officer Positions: Secretary, RPI IEEE Student Branch, 2008. Interim Chairman, RPI IEEE PES Student Branch 2008.

⋄ IEEE Member of: Research Initiatives Task Team (NASPI), Open Source Software Task Force (IEEE PES), Power System Dynamic Measurements Working Group (IEEE PES), and Modal Identification of Electromechanical Modes Task Force (IEEE PES).