Wilmar Martinez received his B.S. degree in Electronics Engineering and the M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Universidad Nacional de Colombia in 2011 and 2013, and the Ph.D. degree in Electronic Function and System Engineering from Shimane University, Japan in 2016. He was a postdoctoral researcher at the Toyota Technological Institute, Japan in 2016, and at Aalto University, Finland in 2017. From 2018, he is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT) at KU Leuven, Belgium.
His current research interests include multi objective optimization of power converters, evaluation of iron losses of magnetic materials, and study of SiC and GaN Switches for Electric Vehicles and Renewable Energy Systems.
Wilmar Martinez
Wilmar Martinez
Associate Professor & Research Line Coordinator
- Assistant Professor at the ESAT Department – EnergyVille
KU Leuven
- Teaching – Research in Power Electronics for Power Systems – Renewable Energies
- Post-doctoral Researcher at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation
Aalto University
- Supervising Students – Research in Power Electronics for Power Systems – Renewable Energies
Commissioned Scientist at the Electromagnetic Energy Systems Laboratory
Toyota Technological Institute
- Power loss analysis of magnetic materials for PM motors – High frequency inverters with GaN
Research Assistant at the Power Electronics Laboratory
Shimane University
- Magnetic integration in DC-DC converters for EVs – High voltage gain converters for EVs
Visiting Researcher
Nippon Chemi-Con, Fukushima
- ESR evaluation of Electrolytic Capacitors – Manufacturing process of Electrolytic Capacitors
Teaching Assistant at the Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
National University of Colombia
- Teaching “Analog Electronics” course – Conducting experimental sessions with Students
- Doctor of Philosophy in Power Electronics
Shimane University
- Thesis: Applications of Magnetic integration for DC-DC converters
- Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering
National University of Colombia
- Thesis: Power electronics for a high performance electric vehicle
- Electronics Engineer (Five-year bachelor’s degree)
National University of Colombia
- Final Project: Harmonic compensation circuit for residential loads
