Joel Perez Osses is a Lecturer and PhD Researcher in the Marine Engineering Research Group in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University College London (UCL). Prior to this, Joel spent four years in the Merchant Navy, working as a Third Engineering Officer on-board tankers and bulk carriers. Following this Joel lectured at UACh, before moving to UCL, where he obtained an MSc in Marine Engineering.

Joel’s current research interests are low carbon shipping, focused on conventional and hybrid propulsion and auxiliary systems. Joel has been working within several maritime environmental projects to take advantage of alternative fuels on marine applications to reduce GHG emissions also worked in the use of waste heat recovery systems for marine engines.

Affiliation: Naval and Maritime Sciences Institute, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Universidad Austral de Chile, 5111187 Valdivia, Chile.

Graduated in Naval Engineering from the Universidad Austral de Chile (2008) with mention in marine machinery, Master in Oceanic Engineering from the Universidad Federal de Río de Janeiro (2013) and PhD in Oceanic Engineering from COPPE / UFRJ (2019).

He has experience in the field of Naval and Oceanic Engineering, with emphasis on Naval Machinery and Structures. He is currently an assistant professor at the Institute of Naval and Maritime Sciences of the Universidad Austral de Chile.

Naval Engineer with mention in Naval Architecture (2007), Master in Engineering for Innovation (2014), from the Universidad Austral de Chile, with experience in the design of the architecture of ships and floating platforms, design and selection of propellers (propellers).

The project will investigate technological alternatives for the incorporation of green hydrogen as a source of energy for the operation of ships and floating platforms.

Earned the B.Eng. degree in Naval Electrical Engineering from the Academia Politécnica Naval (APOLINAV) in 2001, and served in the Chilean Navy for 20 years. He also received the Masters in Asset Management, the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Power Electronics from Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria (UTFSM), in 2010, 2014 and 2020 respectively.

From 2011-2019, was a a lecturer in APOLINAV and in 2015 he became a lecturer at UTFSM. In 2020 became Associate Professor at Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso. His main research interests include sensorless control, Power Converters and Electric Ship applications.

Hector A. Young was born in Valparaiso, Chile in 1984. He received the B.Eng. and the M.Sc. degrees in electronics engineering in 2009 from the Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, Chile. He received the PhD degree in power electronics from the Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Valparaiso, Chile in 2014.

From 2014 he has been an Assistant Professor with the Electrical Engineering Department, Universidad de La Frontera. His research interests include modeling and control of power converters and electrical drives, renewable energy systems and microgrids.

Marcelo A. Perez (M'07, SM'14) was born in Concepcion, Chile, in 1976. He received the Engineer degree in electronic engineering, the M. Sc. degree in electrical engineering, and the D. Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the Universidad de Concepción, Concepcion, Chile, in 2001, 2003, and 2006, respectively.

From 2006 to 2009, he held a postdoctoral position, and from 2009 to 2013, he worked as an associate researcher at the Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Valparaiso, Chile. From 2013 to 2015, Dr. Perez worked as a research fellow at the Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany. Since 2015 he is an associate professor at the department of electronic engineering in Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria.

Dr. Perez is currently an associated researcher of the Solar Energy Research Center (SERC- Chile) and the Advanced Center for Electric and Electronic Engineering (AC3E). He has co-authored two book chapters and more than 130 journal and conference papers. Dr. Perez was the recipient of the IEEE Industry Applications Magazine 1st prize paper award of 2012, the second-best paper award in the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics in 2016. He has been the IEEE-IES Region 9 Chapter Coordinator, and currently he is President of the IEEE-IES Chapter Chile. Dr. Perez is Associate Editor in the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics and  the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.

His main interests are multilevel power converters topologies, control of power converters, electromobility, smart grids, HVDC systems, and energy harvesting. He is co-founder of the SunAndPlay SpA, a company that develops energy harvesting solutions.