Ignacio Galiano Zurbriggen

Research interests

• Power Converter Modelling & Control
• Energy Systems Integration and Optimization
• Multi-domain Systems
• Innovative Power Conversion Hardware and Magnetics

Teaching interests

• Power Electronics
• Feedback Control Systems
• Sustainable Energy Systems Integration

Selected recent publications

• N. A. Meineri, I. Santana and I. Galiano Zurbriggen, "Ultra-Fast MPPT for Residential PV Systems With Low DC-Link Capacitance and Differential Power Processing," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2024.3416928.
• J. Dubreuil, I. Galiano Zurbriggen and J. Pieper, "Dual-Loop Geometric Control of Stator Flux for Improved LVRT Response in DFIG-Based Wind Turbine Systems," 2024 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Long Beach, CA, USA, 2024, pp. 3053-3060, doi: 10.1109/APEC48139.2024.10509067.
• R. Samani, I. Galiano Zurbriggen, M. Sposito and I. Santana, "Fast Transient DC-Bus Dynamics in GaN-based PFCs: Dual-Loop Geometric Control," 2024 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Long Beach, CA, USA, 2024, pp. 659-665, doi: 10.1109/APEC48139.2024.10509182.
• J. Hammer, I. Galiano Zurbriggen and M. Ordonez, "Multi-Pulse Si-MOSFET Gate Driving Utilizing Gate Loop Inductance," in IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics, vol. 4, pp. 913-922, 2023, doi: 10.1109/OJPEL.2023.3328830.
• J. A. May Alvarez, I. Galiano Zurbriggen, F. Paz and M. Ordonez, "Microgrids Multiobjective Design Optimization for Critical Loads," in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 17-28, Jan. 2023, doi: 10.1109/TSG.2022.3195989.
• N. A. Meineri, I. Santana and I. Galiano Zurbriggen, "Fast MPPT for Residential PV Systems with Low DC-Link Capacitance and Differential Power Processing," 2023 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Nashville, TN, USA, 2023, pp. 79-84, doi: 10.1109/ECCE53617.2023.10361976.
• I. Santana, N. A. Meineri and I. Galiano Zurbriggen, "System Identification and Adaptive Control for Boost Converter with Constant Power Loads," 2023 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Nashville, TN, USA, 2023, pp. 816-821, doi: 10.1109/ECCE53617.2023.10362381.
• I. Galiano Zurbriggen, N. A. Meineri, I. Santana and A. Rybitska, "Rapid Curve Scanning Global MPPT for PV Applications Under Partial Shading," 2023 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Orlando, FL, USA, 2023, pp. 600-605, doi: 10.1109/APEC43580.2023.10131440.
• C. Blanco, F. Paz, I. Galiano Zurbriggen, P. Garcia and M. Ordonez, "Distributed Islanding Detection in Multisource DC Microgrids: Pilot Signal Cancelation," in IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 78370-78383, 2022, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3193491.
• F. Degioanni, I. Galiano Zurbriggen and M. Ordonez, "Enhanced DC-Link Voltage Dynamics for Grid-Connected Converters," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 69, no. 11, pp. 10787-10796, Nov. 2022, doi: 10.1109/TIE.2021.3116590.
• F. Degioanni, I. Galiano Zurbriggen and M. Ordonez, "Minimum Recovery Time Transients for Three-Phase Converters in the Synchronous Reference Frame," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 1579-1591, Feb. 2022, doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2021.3108408.

Scholarly activities and affliations 

Associate Editor - IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics