Directors
Álvaro Lorca
Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering and the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Ph.D in Operations Research, Georgia Institute of Technology
Matías Negrete-Pincetic
Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Doctoral Students
Denise Cariaga
Optimal planning and operations of water distribution and energy networks
Marcel Favereau
Optimization under Uncertainty for the Management of Hydroelectric Resources
Marcelo Salgado
Patricio Castillo
Yarelys González
Master of Science Students
Andrés Lagos
Antonia Durán
Benjamín Álvarez
Cristóbal Mery
Eduards Triviño
Erick De La Cruz
Guillermo Maureira
Ignacio Serrano
Iván Astete
Manuel Portilla
María José Galilea
Martín Ibarra
Matías Aguad
Tomás Riquelme
Vicente Zehnder
Previous members
M.Sc. Martín Maluenda
Optimal Operation Scheduling of a PV-BESS-Electrolyzer System for Hydrogen Production and Frequency Regulation
M.Sc. Samuel Bascuñán
Market Design for Renewable Generation Uncertainty Assessment and Resource Adequacy
2022
Ph.D. Samuel Córdova
Operation of Microgrids with Conventional and Virtual Energy Storage Systems
M.Sc. Lucas Maulén
Optimization-based expansion planning for flexible power and hydrogen systems with feedback from a detailed unit commitment model
2022
M.Sc. Benjamín Maluenda
Expansion planning under long-term uncertainty for hydrothermal system with volatile resources
2017
M.Sc. Javier Jorquera
Impacts of different hydrogen demand levels and climate policy scenarios on the Chilean integrated hydrogen-electricity network
2022
M.Sc. Andrés Navarro
Medium-term stochastic hydrothermal scheduling with short-term operational effects for large-scale power and water networks
2022
Paula Navarrete
Researcher in the ECS-Lab
2022
M.Sc. Milena González
Modelos de optimización para la planificación de limpiezas en parques solares fotovoltaicos
2022
M.Sc. Octavio Herrera
Short and long term impacts of demand response in electricity markets
2022
M.Sc. Aldo Saavedra
Flexibilidad como producto: Control escalable de cargas eléctricas flexibles
2021
M.Sc. Alfredo Oneto
Data-driven optimization for seismic-resilient power network planning
2021
M.Sc. Felipe Haase
Reinforcement learning with neural network-based value function approximation to manage flexible electric loads and distributed energy resources
2021
M.Sc. Constanza Levicán
Metodología para el desarrollo de proyectos de microredes conectadas a la red de distribución en municipalidades de Chile
2020
M.Sc. Tomás Tapia
Robust Optimization for Wildfire Response Analysis in Highly Renewable Power Systems
2019
M.Sc. Rafael Rodríguez
Flexibility or Information: What is the value of the aggregator?
2019
M.Sc. Felipe Verástegui
An Adaptive Robust Optimization Model for Power Systems Planning with Operational Uncertainty
2018
M.Sc. Cristián Villalobos
The Impact of Short-Term Pricing Schemes on Power System Flexibility
2018
M.Sc. Pablo Sandoval
Esquema distribuido de respuesta de demanda en redes de distribución trifásica
2018
M.Sc. Enrique Véliz
Real-time robust economic dispatch with data-driven uncertainty sets
2018
M.Sc. Nicolás Lobos
A mixed-integer distribution network planning model with a tight power flow relaxation
2018
M.Sc. George Wenzel
Real-time strategies for an electric vehicle aggregator to provide ancillary services
2016
M.Sc. Rodrigo Henríquez
Participación de un agregador de respuesta de demanda en mercados eléctricos: manejo óptimo de contratos
2016
Other active members of the lab
Maqui e Ipa
Duality in infinite-dimensional spaces
Polilla y Max Steel
Stop bitting Iván
Tiaki
Law of large numbers
Lola
Schrodinger's equation
Wasabi
California rolls
Mozart
Classical music
Yoshi
I love my bowtie!
Roco
Arf
Lucas
Woof
Pipa
Meow