PhD · Research Scientist

Lorena Guadalupe González Juárez

Electrical engineering: advanced control systems, propulsion plants and wind turbines

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About me

Researcher in electrical, electronic and automation engineering.

Writing my engineering thesis at the Salamanca thermal power plant and interning at the RIAMA refinery confirmed my passion for control and digital systems.

Curiosity led me to a master’s degree in electrical engineering, specialising in digital systems and control. A sense of adventure helped me reset my life and move to Spain, where I earned a PhD in Electrical, Electronic and Automation Engineering.

I enjoy learning something new every day, and running even more. My greatest achievement was finishing my first marathon. My greatest pleasure: eating taquitos and mole.

EducationPhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering · UC3M · cum laude
ExpertiseAdvanced control (modern control and reinforcement learning), Hardware in the Loop and smart grids
ExperienceOver 8 years at Capgemini Engineering · Aerospace & Defense, hybrid-electric propulsion and wind energy
LanguagesSpanish (native) · English (C1)
Outside workMarathon runner · taquitos and mole

Experience

2018 – 2026
R&D Consultant · Control and Systems

Capgemini Engineering (formerly Altran) · Madrid, Spain
- Aerospace & Defense Division: R&D on hydrogen (H₂) technology applied to the aircraft sector.
- Hybrid-electric propulsion (2020 – 2021): R&D on hybrid-electric propulsion systems.
- External consultant at Skydweller Aero (2019 – 2020): design, development and implementation of electronic hardware and control systems for aircraft, in line with international certification standards.
- External consultant at Siemens Gamesa: control algorithms for wind, photovoltaic and compensation devices in real distributed generation systems.
- Design of automated validation tests for control algorithms in continuous integration systems (Software in the Loop).
- GUIDE applications integrated into MATLAB-Simulink for real-time control system validation.
2017 – 2018
Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Fundación CIRCE · Zaragoza, Spain
- IdEAS project: interoperability of substation automation equipment.
- Design and development of a Hardware in the Loop test bench for electrical substation equipment.
- HIL testing: Omicron, ZIV relays, RTDS.
- Electrical protection of distribution and transmission power systems.
- IEC 61850 standard: design and practical application.
2011 – 2017
Technical Researcher · Project Support

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid · Department of Electrical Engineering · REDES Group · Madrid, Spain
- OSIRIS: optimisation of intelligent monitoring of distribution networks.
- PRICE-GEN: smart grid project in the Henares Corridor (power management).
- DOMOCELL: residential electric vehicle charging system.
- PhD research.
2007 – 2010

CONACYT Fellow · Training Abroad

Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (Mexico) · Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
2003 – 2006
Industrial Safety Supervisor

Conjunto de Servicios Industriales · REYSA Designs · Refinería Ing. Antonio M. Amor (RIAMA) · Salamanca, México
- Safety supervision of electrical installations during repair works at the refinery.
2002 – 2003
Intern Engineer

Siemens · Refinería Ing. Antonio M. Amor (RIAMA) · Salamanca, México
- Desktop and embedded software: RTOS and embedded control systems.

Education

2008 – 2015
PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid · Grade: cum laude
- Smart grid distribution network models, implemented on the OPAL-RT real-time digital simulator.
- Demand management algorithms integrated into Hardware in the Loop simulation.
- Control systems for renewable generation, conventional generation and FACTS devices; STATCOM control on the dSPACE real-time platform.
- Coordinated voltage control in active distribution networks.
2005 – 2007
Master’s in Electrical Engineering · Digital Systems and Control

Universidad de Guanajuato · Full CONACYT research scholarship
- Signal processing with VHDL for the design of digital controllers on FPGAs.
- Control projects in LabVIEW, C++ and Visual Studio.

Publications

A selection of my work; the full list is on LinkedIn.

Oct 2016
Gestión de congestiones en redes eléctricas inteligentes

III Congreso Smart Grids (in Spanish)
- Congestion management that coordinates real-time optimisation of distributed energy resources (STATCOM, distributed generation) with dynamic network reconfiguration, tested on a pilot of the European IDE4L project.
Oct 2016
Control coordinado de tensión en redes inteligentes: desarrollo e implementación «Hardware in the loop»

III Congreso Smart Grids (in Spanish)
- Hierarchical control architecture with demand estimation, state estimation and coordinated voltage control, implemented experimentally on the OPAL-RT platform.