Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Dr. Samir Kouro received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electronics engineering from the Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria (UTFSM), Valparaíso, Chile, in 2004 and 2008, respectively. In 2007 he joined the Department of Electronic Engineering at UTFSM, where he is currently a Professor. From 2009 to 2011 he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Toronto Metropolitan University (Ryerson University at that time), in Toronto, Canada. Between 2022 and 2023 he granted the Maria Zambrano Research Fellowship at Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain. His research interests include the application of power electronics to energy transition applications, such as renewable energy conversion systems (photovoltaic and wind), green hydrogen production, energy storage and automotive applications.
Dr. Kouro is Principal Investigator of the Solar Energy Research Center (SERC-Chile), and of the Advanced Center of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (AC3E), both R&D centers of excellence in Chile. He has directed over 40 R&D projects, coauthored two books, 15 book chapters, 7 patents, and over 250 refereed journal and conference papers. Heserves as Editor in Chief of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine (2025 to 2027 period). He has served as Guest Editor in 7 special sections and special issues of prestigious journals from IEEE, IET and MDPI.
Dr. Kouro was elevated to fellow in 2025, and was included in The Clarivate Analytics 2018 Highly Cited Researcher List, and received 2018 IEEE-AIE Outstanding Engineer Award, the 2016 IEEE Industrial Electronics Bimal K. Bose Award for Industrial Electronics Applications in Energy Systems, the 2015 IEEE Industrial Electronics Society J. David Irwin Early Career Award, the 2012 IEEE Power Electronics Society Richard M. Bass Outstanding Young Power Electronics Engineer Award. In addition, he has received 5 best paper awards in IEEE journals in the years 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012 and 2008.
T13.9 - Split-Source Common-Ground Inverter for Photovoltaic Applications
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
11:40 AM – 12:00 PM ET
Thursday, March 20, 2025
11:30 AM – 1:30 PM ET