S.A. (Sebastian) Rivera Iunnissi PhD
S.A. (Sebastian) Rivera Iunnissi PhD
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Dr. Sebastian Rivera received the M.Sc. degree in Electronics Engineering from Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria (UTFSM), Valparaiso, Chile, in 2011, and the Ph.D. degree (Hons.) in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, in 2015. During 2016 and 2017, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto, and the Advanced Center of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (AC3E), UTFSM, respectively. From 2018 to 2023, he was with the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Universidad de los Andes, Chile.
Since 2023, he has been an Assistant Professor for the Department of Electrical Sustainable Energy at Delft University of Technology and part of the DC Systems, Energy Conversion and Storage Group. His research focuses on DC distribution systems, electric-vehicle charging infrastructure, high efficiency DC-DC conversion and high-power modular converters.
Dr. Rivera was the recipient of the 2022 IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine Best Paper Award, the Academic Gold Medal of the Governor General of Canada in 2016, the Ph.D. Scholarship from the Chilean National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT) in 2011, and the Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program Scholarship from Canada Global Affairs and the Canadian Bureau for International Education in 2010.
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2023
Charging Infrastructure and Grid Integration for Electromobility
Sebastian Rivera / Stefan M. Goetz / Samir Kouro / Peter W. Lehn / Mehanathan Pathmanathan / Pavol Bauer / Rosa Anna Mastromauro
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2021-6
Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure
From Grid to Battery
Sebastian Rivera / Samir Kouro / Sergio Vazquez / Stefan M. Goetz / Ricardo Lizana / Enrique Romero-Cadaval -
2021-4
Bipolar DC Power Conversion
State-of-the-Art and Emerging Technologies
Sebastian Rivera / Ricardo Lizana F. / Samir Kouro / Tomislav Dragicevic / Bin Wu -
2022
Partial-Power Converter Topology of Type II for Efficient Electric Vehicle Fast Charging
Sebastian Rivera / Julian Rojas / Samir Kouro / Peter W. Lehn / Ricardo Lizana / Hugues Renaudineau / Tomislav Dragicevic
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2021-8
Decentralized Coordinated Cyberattack Detection and Mitigation Strategy in DC Microgrids Based on Artificial Neural Networks
Mohammad Reza Habibi / Subham Sahoo / Sebastian Rivera / Tomislav Dragicevic / Frede Blaabjerg
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Courses 2024
Courses 2023
Prizes
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2022-6-25
2022 IEEE Best Paper Award for the IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine
To recognize the best paper published in the IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine (IEM). For the paper, ”Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure: From Grid to Battery,” IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 37-51, June 2021.
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2016-10-19
Governor General’s Academic Gold Medal
The Governor General Gold Medal (GGGM), Ryerson University’s most prestigious academic award, is awarded annually to the graduate student who achieves the highest academic standing in a graduate degree program