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Magíster en Ciencias de la Ingeniería con mención en Ingeniería Eléctrica, Temuco, Universidad de La Frontera.
Doctor en ciencias de la Ingeniería Eléctrica , Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile.

ÁREAS DE INTERÉS

• Máquinas Eléctricas.
• Aislación en alta tensión.
• Electrónica de potencia.
• Diseño y Control de convertidores, aplicados a accionamientos eléctricos y sistemas de potencia.
• Convertidores DC-DC aplicados a sistemas eléctricos de transmisión en HVDC (hight voltage direct current)).
• Convertidores de potencia aplicados a sistemas de generación usando energías renovables.

Docencia

• IIE 512 ELECTRÓNICA DE POTENCIA
• IIE 457 MAQUINAS ELÉCTRICAS
• IIE 164 FUNDAMENTOS DE INGENIERIA ELECTRICA II
• IIE 369 MAQUINAS ELÉCTRICAS I
• IIE 544 CONVERTIDORES DE CORRIENTE CONTINUA PARA MÁQUINAS DE TRACCIÓN

Investigación

• A MULTILEVEL DC-DC CONVERTER TO HVDC APPLICATIONS, Proyecto DIUFRO DI19-0013, 2019-2021, Investigador principal.
• DESARROLLO DE CONVERTIDOR DC-DC PARA PROCESAMIENTO EN LA GENERACIÓN FOTOVOLTAICA, Proyecto DIUFRO DI09-0037, 2010-2012, Investigador principal.
• MODULAR MULTILEVEL CONVERTER TOPOLOGIES FOR FLEXIBLE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM IN MESHED HVDC NETWORKS. FONDECYT 1151325, Investigador asociado. Año de adjudicación: 2015-2017.
• CONTROL OF AN OPEN-END WINDING INDUCTION MACHINE VIA AN INDIRECT MATRIX CONVERTER. FONDECYT 1121104, Investigador asociado. Año de adjudicación: 2012-2015.
• SISTEMA INTEGRADO PARA DETECCIÓN DE FLASHOVER EN CADENAS DE AISLADORES. FONDEF ID17I10421, Investigador asociado. Año de adjudicación: 2017-2020.
• SMART-AGRO: DETECCIÓN PREMATURA DEL CELO Y COJERA DE VACAS. FONDEF ID18I10360, Investigador asociado. Año de adjudicación: 2018-2021.
• DISEÑO DE ELECTROLINERA PARA CARGA RÁPIDA DE BANCO DE BATERÍAS, PARA AUTOMÓVILES ELÉCTRICOS, Proyecto Exploratorio Macro-facultad 2017-2018, Investigador Principal.

Publicaciones

• Faults in Overhead HVDC Transmission Lines: a Case Study Based on the Kimal-Lo Aguirre HVDC System C Villegas, C Pesce, R Villalobos, G Olguin, E Richard. 2025 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering
• Humidity Range for Pollution Estimation in High Voltage Electrical Insulators E Richard, RJ Villalobos, C Pesce. 2025 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering
• Use of impedance for condition Assessment of HV Silicone-Coated Insulators R. Villalobos, E Richard, L.A. Moran, C. Pesce. 2025 IEEE Access
• Dynamic use of RSSI in LoRa networks for decision making in outdoor applications C. Muñoz, C. Pesce, I. Huircan, O. Villagra, R. Villalobos, J. Riedemann. 2025 IEEE Access
• A Low-Cost Evaluation Tool for Synchronization Methods in Three-Phese Power Systems ME Reyes, P.E. Melin, E. Espinoza, CR Baier, C. Pesce, B. Cormack. 2025 Applied Sciences 15 (3). 1176
• Humidity and harmonic current considerations for indices to estimate contamination levels on hv insulators RJ Villalobos, LA Moran, M. Inostroza, A. Hoffer, GC Pesce, F. Huenupán. 2023 IEEE Access 11, 130931-130941
• A Predictive Current Control Strategy for a Medium-Voltage Open-End Winding Machine Drive. Patricio Cataldo, Werner Jara, Javier Riedemann, Cristián Pesce, Iván Andrade, Rubén Peña. Electronics, MDPI. February 2023. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12051070
• Decoupled Control for Double-T Dc-Dc MMC Topology for MT-HVdc/MVdc Grids. Cristián Pesce, Javier Riedemann, Rubén Peña, Iván Andrade, Werner Jara and Rodrigo Villalobos.Applied Sciences, MDPI. March 2023.https://doi.org/10.3390/app13063778
• A New Current Transducer for On-Line Monitoring of Leakage Current on HV Insulator Strings, R. J. Villalobos, L. A. Moran, F. Huenupán, F. Vallejos, R. Moncada and C. Pesce G, IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 78818-78826, 2022, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3191349.
• A Modified Multi-Winding DC–DC Flyback Converter for Photovoltaic Applications. Applied Sciences, 11(24), 11999. Publicacion WoS-ISI, Diciembre 2021.
• Open and Short Circuit Post-Fault Control Strategies for Multi-Three-Phase Interior Permanent Magnet Machines. (2021) Jun 2021. Published by IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, WoS ISI – IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion.
• An Active/Reactive Power Control Strategy for Renewable Generation Systems. (2021) May 2021. Published by Electronics - MDPI, WoS ISI – Electronics – MDPI.
• Simple Finite-Control-Set Model Predictive Control of Grid-Forming Inverters with LCL Filters. (2020) 30 April 2020. Published by IEEE Access, WoS ISI – IEEE Access.
• A Modified Step-Up DC-DC Flyback Converter with Active Snubber for Improved Efficiency (2019) Volume 131, January 2017, Pages 128-141, 30 May 2019, Published by MDPI All rights reserved, WoS ISI – Energies Journal, MDPI.
• Design and Building of an Automatic Alternator Synchronizer Based on Open-Hardware Arduino Platform (2019) 31 July 2019. IEEE Access, WoS ISI – IEEE Access Journal.
• Direct Power Control Strategy for an Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine (2019) 14 Noviembre 2019. Published by Springer - Germany, WoS ISI – Electrical Engineering Journal, Springer.
• Predictive Current Control of an Induction Machine for Solar Pumping Application. (2018) 2018 IEEE International Conference on Automation/XXIII Congress of the Chilean Association of Automatic Control (ICA-ACCA) Year: 2018, Page s: 1 - 5, SCOPUS - IEEE Conferences.
• A Multi-drive Solar Pumping System with Reduced DC-link Current Ripple. (2018) 2018 International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion (SPEEDAM)Year: 2018, Page s: 236 - 241, SCOPUS - IEEE Conferences.
• Electromagnetic Analysis of a Novel PMSM with Modular Stator for Low Power Generation. (2018) 2018 IEEE International Conference on Automation/XXIII Congress of the Chilean Association of Automatic Control (ICA-ACCA) Year: 2018, Page s: 1 - 5, SCOPUS - IEEE Conferences.
• An improved DC-DC modified flyback converter topology with high efficiency. (2017) 2017 CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON)Year: 2017, Page s: 1 - 7, SCOPUS - IEEE Conferences.
• Direct power control of an Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Synchronous machine. (2017) 2017 IEEE Southern Power Electronics Conference (SPEC)Year: 2017, Page s: 1 - 6, SCOPUS - IEEE Conferences.
• A Multilevel Modular DC–DC Converter Topology (2017) Infrared Volume 131, January 2017, Pages 128-141, 2016 International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (IMACS). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., WoS ISI - Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Journal and books.
• A DC-DC Converter Based On Modified Flyback Converter Topology (2016) IEEE Latin America Transactions Year: 2016, Volume: 14, Issue: 9, Page s: 3949 - 3956, WoS ISI - IEEE Journals & Magazines.
• Power flow control using a DC-DC MMC for HVdc grid connected wind power plants (2015) IECON 2015 - 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Year: 2015 | Conference Paper | Publisher: IEEE. - SCOPUS – 2015.