Antonio J. Marques Cardoso - Diagnosis and Fault Tolerance of Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and Drives

Adrito N. Alcaso was born in 1966. He received the diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, in 1990. He received the MSc degree in Systems and Automation, and the PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, in 1995 and 2005, respectively. Since 1996 he is Adjunct Professor at the Polytechnic of Guarda, Guarda, Portugal, where he has been director of the Mechanical Engineering Department and member of the Pedagogical and Scientific Councils of the School of Technology and Management. He is also a Researcher of CISE Electromechatronic Systems Research Centre. He has published several papers in technical journals and conference proceedings. His current research interests are focused in renewable energy systems, particularly of the co-generation type, and in electric mobility systems, exploring the application of low-cost microcontrollers and internet of things for monitoring and optimizing the operation of these systems.

Accio M. R. Amaral was born in Luso, Angola, in 1974. He received the Electrical Engineering Diploma, the MSc degree and the PhD degree from the University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal in 1998, 2005 and 2010, respectively. Since 1998 he has been with the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, where he is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Informatics and Systems. He is also a Researcher of CISE Electromechatronic Systems Research Centre. He is the author of three books entitled: Circuit Analysis and Electronic Devices (Porto, Portugal, Publindustria, 2013, in Portuguese); Digital Systems: Principles, Analysis and Projects (Lisboa, Portugal, Edies Slabo, 2014, in Portuguese); and Analog Electronics: Principles, Analysis and Projects (Lisboa, Portugal, Edies Slabo, 2017, in Portuguese). He has also published more than 40 papers in technical journals and conference proceedings. His research activities include fault diagnosis and design of linear and switch-mode power supplies, with emphasis on the consequences of aging of electrolytic and film capacitors, as well as the development of solutions to this problem.

Fernando Bento received both the BSc and MSc degrees in Electric and Computer Engineering from the University of Beira Interior, Covilh, Portugal, in 2014 and 2016, respectively. Currently, he is a PhD student in Electric and Computer Engineering at the University of Beira Interior, and PhD student of CISE Electromechatronic Systems Research Centre. His scientific research activities focus on energy efficiency analysis, fault diagnostic and fault tolerance in electronic power converters, namely DC-DC converters.

Antonio J. Marques Cardoso received the Dipl. Eng., Dr. Eng., and Habilitation degrees from the University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, in 1985, 1995 and 2008, respectively, all in Electrical Engineering. From 1985 to 2011, he was with the University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, where he was the director of the Electrical Machines Laboratory. Since 2011 he has been with the University of Beira Interior (UBI), Covilh, Portugal, where he is Full Professor at the Department of Electromechanical Engineering and director of CISE Electromechatronic Systems Research Centre (http://cise.ubi.pt). He was Vice-Rector of UBI (20132014). His current research interests are in fault diagnosis and fault tolerance in electrical machines, power electronics and drives. He is the author of a book entitled Fault Diagnosis in Three-Phase Induction Motors (Coimbra, Portugal: Coimbra Editora, 1991), (in Portuguese) and he is also the author of around 500 papers published in technical journals and conference proceedings. He currently serves as an associate editor for the IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, and also for the Springer International Journal of Systems Assurance Engineering and Management.

Jorge O. Estima was born in Aveiro, Portugal, in 1984. He received the Dipl. Eng. and the Dr. Eng. degree from the University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, in 2007 and 2012, respectively. From 2012 to 2016, he was a postdoctoral researcher at CISE Electromechatronic Systems Research Centre (http://cise.ubi.pt), University of Beira Interior (UBI), Covilh, Portugal. Since 2016 he has been with the UBI where he is an Invited Assistant Professor at the Department of Electromechanical Engineering and Researcher of CISE. He has also been with the company Enging where he is R&D Manager. His research interests are focused on condition monitoring and diagnostics of electric machines, power electronics, fault-tolerant variable speed drives and energy efficiency in motor drive systems.

Davide S. B. Fonseca was born in Castelo Branco, Portugal, on December 23, 1972. He received the Electrical Engineering Diploma in 1996 from the University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, and the PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Beira Interior, Covilh, Portugal, in 2008. He has been with the University of Beira Interior since 1997, where he is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electromechanical Engineering, and the Coordinator of the Electrical Machines and Power Electronics Laboratory. He is also Researcher of CISE Electromechatronic Systems Research Centre. His research interests are focused on reluctance machines design and fault analysis. He has published more than 40 papers in technical journals and conference proceedings.

Natlia S. Gameiro received the Electrical Engineering Diploma, the MSc degree in Electrical Engineering, and the PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, in 1997, 2004 and 2014, respectively. Since 1997, she has been with the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal, where she is currently an Adjunct Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering. She is also Researcher of CISE Electromechatronic Systems Research Centre. Her teaching interests cover electrical machines, control systems and basic electric network analysis, and her research interests also include electrical machines and drives, control of variable electric drives, fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control. Currently, she is mainly focused on the analysis and development of fault-tolerant solutions, based on inverter and/or control reconfigurations applied to switched reluctance motor drives.