Marcelo Simoes, Associate Professor

University of São Paulo, Brazil, D.Sc.

The area of Power Electronics is really exciting because it is applied in many sectors of our everyday life. For example, power electronics is used in computers, automobiles, telecommunications, motors, lighting and alternative energy (solar and wind energy applications). The main areas for power electronics engineering and research include: electronic devices, control and regulation, power converter circuit of various topologies for converter circuits, magnetic components, electronic circuit packaging, manufacturing and control of electrical motors.

Homepage - http://inside.mines.edu/~msimoes/
Marcelo Godoy Simões received a B.Sc. degree from University of São Paulo, Brazil, an M.Sc. degree from University of São Paulo, Brazil, and a Ph.D. degree from The University of Tennessee, USA in 1985, 1990 and 1995 respectively. He received his D. Sc. degree (Livre-Docência) from the University of São Paulo in 1998. He has been an IEEE Senior Member since 1998.
He was a faculty member at University of São Paulo, Brazil, from 1989 to 2000 where he was involved in organizing undergraduate courses in the Department of Mechatronics, teaching graduate courses in Power Electronics and Drives and also conducting research in applications of Intelligent Systems. Dr. Simões joined Colorado School of Mines in Fall 2000. He worked as visiting professor with UTBM – University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard (France) during the first semester of 2007. He is working to establish research and education activities at CSM. His interests are in the development of intelligent applications, neural network, fuzzy logic and genetic algorithms for industrial systems and high power electronics applications for distributed energy systems.
Dr. Simões has been working on research of fuzzy logic and neural networks applications to power electronics, drives and machines control. He published the first book in Portuguese language on fuzzy modeling. He published two pioneering books, one with CRC Press on the application of induction generators for renewable energy systems and the other with Wiley/IEEE on the integration of alternative sources of energy.
Dr. Simões is a recipient of an NSF - Faculty Early Career Development
(CAREER) Award. This is the NSF's most prestigious award for new faculty members, recognizing activities of teacher-scholars who are considered most likely to become the academic leaders of the 21st Century.

Current Courses - Fall 2009
EGGN486A - Practical Design of Small Renewable Energy Systems
EGGN582A - Renewable Energy & Distributed Generation