Rafael dos Santos

Assistant Professor at UNESP, affiliated with the Department of Control and Automation Engineering at the Institute of Science and Technology (ICTS), Sorocaba campus. He serves as the Vice-Coordinator of the Graduate Program in ''Intelligent Technologies, Innovation, and Sustainability.'' He holds a Ph.D. (2023) and an M.Sc. (2020) in Electrical Engineering from UNESP, and a B.S. in Control and Automation Engineering (2019), including a sandwich period at the Limerick Institute of Technology (Ireland).His research focuses on Control Applied to Intelligent and Sustainable Energy Systems, emphasizing Power Electronics, Motor Drives and Renewable Energy through Model Predictive Control (MPC) and Linear Control techniques. He has extensive experience in RD projects in partnership with Petrobras and industrial expertise from the Power Control Business unit at Rockwell Automation. He leads and participates in research projects funded by FAPESP and CNPq, actively supervising undergraduate and graduate students.A published author in international journals and book chapters, he also serves as an ad hoc reviewer for high-impact scientific publications. At the undergraduate level, he teaches Control Systems and Electric Drive Laboratories, manages the ICTS Control Laboratory, and supervises the junior enterprise Dinâmica Eng. Jr. He is a guest lecturer in Power Electronics for UNESPs graduate programs across the Sorocaba, Bauru, and São João da Boa Vista campuses. He is a member of SBA, SOBRAEP, and IEEE. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)