Dr. Martin Ordonez is dedicated to exploring new possibilities in the field of power conversion and crafting strategies to achieve them. As the Canada Research Chair in Power Converters for Renewable Energy Systems, he helps maximize the use of renewable energy resources by developing methods and power architectures to store and deploy renewable energy. His recent research achievements include the development of high performance power conversion architectures, power electronic topologies, and advanced control schemes. He leads an active research program at UBC and collaborates with several partners in the power and renewable energy industry. He enjoys the challenges posed by this emerging field where, more often than not, obtaining successful solutions requires thinking outside the box. As a supervisor/advisor, his objectives are to recognize the skills and develop the potential of his graduate students, but most of all, to help them achieve their professional goals. He is an energetic team builder who has a personal commitment to his students. His enthusiastic approach makes the educational and research process a rewarding experience. Visit Dr. Ordonez’s website at www.martinordonez.com to learn about his research program. Dr. Ordonez is a Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UBC in Vancouver, Canada. He was an Adjunct Professor with Memorial University of Newfoundland and Simon Fraser University. He was born in Neuquen (Patagonia), Argentina, and received an Ing. Degree in Electronics Engineering from the National Technological University (UTN-FRC), Cordoba, Argentina, in 2003. He holds a Master’s and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Memorial University, Canada (2006 and 2009 respectively). Dr. Ordonez has contributed more than 90 publications and R&D reports to the field of power conversion. He is an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, serves on several IEEE committees, and reviews widely for IEEE/IET journals and international conferences. He was awarded the David Dunsiger Award for excellence (2009) and the Birks Graduate Medal (2006), and was made a Fellow of the School of Graduate Studies (2009 and 2005), Memorial University. His industrial experience in Power Conversion includes research and development at Xantrex Technology Inc./Elgar Electronics Corp. (now AMETEK Programmable Power), Deep-Ing Power Electronics, and TRV Dispositivos, where he developed high density dc-dc power converters, UPS inverters, and digital controllers using DSPs.
ELEC 451 |
Power Electronics Power diodes, thyristors, transistors and FETs; analysis of idealized circuits with generalized loads; AC-DC, DC-DC, DC-AC, AC-AC converters, modulation techniques, gating circuits; practical design and applications. [3-2-0] Course Outline We will study AC-DC, DC-DC and DC-AC passive and switched mode power converters. The pre- requisite skills for this course in include circuit analysis ability, knowledge of state-space and basic control theory. |
ELEC 203 |
Basic Circuit Analysis Ideal passive elements and sources; Kirchhoff's Laws; DC circuits; natural, and complete response of first order circuits; operational amplifiers; impedance; phasors; complex power. Not open to students in Electrical and Computer Engineering. [3-2*-1] Corequisite |
EECE 550 |
Topics in Power Electronic Design New devices and applications in power electronics. |
EECE 571L |
Fundamentals of Information Processing Course Description |
EECE 571M |
Machine Learning Fundamentals for Engineers This is a Special Topics course focusing on foundations and concepts of machine learning and its applications to engineering problems. Students are expected to have obtained a solid background in probability and random variables, as demonstrated by successfully completing one of the following courses: ELEC/STAT 321, MATH/STAT 302, MATH 318. |
2015 |
DC distribution systems for homes Conference Paper | 2015 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting |
2014 |
Swinging bus technique for ripple current elimination in fuel cell power conversion Journal Article | Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on |
2014 |
Fast transient boundary control and steady-state operation of the dual active bridge converter using the natural switching surface Journal Article | Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on |
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