Автор: Hebertt Sira-Ramirez

H. Sira-Ramírez obtained an Electrical Engineer”s degree from the Universidad de Los Andes in Mérida (Venezuela) in 1970; an MSc in Electrical Engineeringand an Electrical Engineer”s degree in 1974, and a Ph D in Electrical Engineering in 1977, all from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA). Dr. Sira-Ramírezworked for 28 years at the Universidad de Los Andes, becoming an Emeritus Professor. Currently, he is a Titular Researcher in the Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Cinvestav-IPN) in Mexico City, Mexico.He is a co-author of five books on automatic control, and theauthor of over 460 technical articles in book chapters, creditedjournals, and international conferences. Dr. Sira-Ramírez isinterested in the theoretical and practical aspects of feedbackregulation of nonlinear systems, with special emphasis on variablestructure feedback control, algebraic methods in automatic control, power electronics, and active disturbance rejection control. C. García-Rodríguez received a B.Eng. degreefrom the Technological Institute of Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico in2002, and Master”s and Doctor of Science degrees from the Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute, Cinvestav-IPN, Mexico in 2005 and 2011, respectively, all in Electrical Engineering. He was with the Technological Institute for Higher Studies of Ecatepec, Edo. de México, in 2005. Since 2010, he has been a Professor at the Electronic and Mechatronic Institute, Technological University of Mixteca, Oaxaca, Mexico. He is currently also Coordinator of the Master”s Program in Electronics with Option in Applied Intelligent Systems of this university. Dr.García-Rodríguez is a candidate member of the National System of Researchers and a member of the CONACYT Registry of Accredited Evaluators. His current research and teaching interestsinclude control of electrical machines, power converters forvariable-speed systems, power electronics, robust control, andalgebraic identification. A. Luviano Juárez received a BS degree in Mechatronics Engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute(Mexico), an MSc in Automatic Control from the Department of Automatic Control at the Center of Research and Advanced Studies ofthe National Polytechnic Institute (Cinvestav-IPN), and a Ph D in Electrical Engineering from the Electrical Engineering Departmentat Cinvestav -IPN. Currently, he is a Professor at the National Polytechnic Institute – UPIITA in the Research and Postgraduate Section. His teaching and research interests includecontrol of mechatronic systems, algebraic methods in estimation, identification and control, robotics, and related subjects. John Cortés-Romero, Ph D is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the National University of Colombia. During histenure at the National University, Professor Cortés-Romeroserved as the coordinator of the Industrial Automation Master”s program. Professor Cortés-Romero received his BS in Electrical Engineering, MSc in Industrial Automation, and MScin Mathematics from the National University of Colombia in 1995, 1999, and 2007, respectively. In 2007, he was selected for theprestigious OAS fellowship program and earned his Ph D in Electrical Engineering from the Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), Mexico City, Mexico in 2011. He is the author of over 40 technicalpapers in journals and international conference proceedings. Hismain research areas include nonlinear control applications, activedisturbance rejection control, algebraic identification andestimation methods in feedback control systems, and supervisorycontrol of industrial processes.