KEYNOTES > Conference 10

Alben CARDENAS, 

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada

Abstract:

The electrification of transport is a necessity for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. We are witnessing a technological and economic upheaval around new technologies for the transport of goods and people. Electric, plug-in hybrid and fuel cell vehicles are expected to take a large share of the market within a few years. However, to use these new vehicles we must have suitable, available and efficient charging infrastructure. We therefore approach the subject of "Charging Systems and Electrification of Transport" to give, from a technological point of view, an overview of the current situation, the prospects and the challenges.

Biograpghy: 

Alben Cardenas (Member, IEEE) received the B.S. degree in electronic engineering from Antonio Nariño University, Villavicencio, Colombia, in 2003, and the M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières (UQTR), Canada, in 2008 and 2012, respectively. He was a Researcher with the Hydrogen Research Institute (HRI), UQTR, where he was also a Lecturer with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, from 2011 to 2019. He is currently a Professor at the Electrical Engineering Department of UQTR. He is a member of the Research Group on Industrial Electronics (GREI), and the Hydrogen Research Institute (HRI) of UQTR. His research interests include control, embedded systems, and artificial intelligence applications for smarts grids, renewable energy, distributed generation, power electronics, and VLSI technologies for energy conversion and power quality applications. In 2009, he joined the Ordre des Ingénieurs du Quebec, where he received the engineer’s permit, in 2013. He is also a member of the IEEE Power & Energy Society, the IEEE Industry Applications, and the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.