General data P.O. Box 11, Cd. Universitaria, 66450 San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L. México. Phone: +52 (81)8329-4020, x5773, Fax: +52 (81)1052-3550
Education Industrial Electronics Engineering, ITCH, Chihuahua. Chih., México, 1987. MSc Electronics Engineering, ITCH, Chihuahua, Chih., México, 1994. DEA - Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies, Génie Electrique, IPNT, Toulouse, France, 1997. Dr. Electrical Engineering, Université de Paris VI / SUPELEC, France, 2001.
Research topics Power electronics including: - Multilevel power conversion : topologies, applications and control - Control of electrical machines - Power electronics in electrical networks: FACTS controllers, active filters, power factor correction. - Control of power electronics systems using microprocessors/DSPs.
Publications
M. ESCALANTE, J.C. VANNIER, A. ARZANDE " Flying Capacitor Multilevel Inverters and DTC Motor Drive Applications ", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, August 2002, vol. 69, No. 4 pp. 809-815.
M.F. ESCALANTE - J.C. VANNIER : " Direct Approach for Balancing the Capacitor Voltages of a 5-Level Flying Capacitor Converter ". 8th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications EPE'99. 7-9 September 1999, Lausanne, Switzerland.
M. F. ESCALANTE, J.C. VANNIER, A. ARZANDEH, " DTC of an Induction Motor Using a 5- Level Flying Capacitor Inverter ", ICEM 2000, 28-30 August 2000, Espoo Finland, pp. 690- 694
M. F. ESCALANTE, J.C. VANNIER, " Control of a 5-Level Flying Capacitor Multilevel Inverter for DTC Applications ", EPE-PEMC 2000, 5-7 September 2000, Kosice, Slovak Republic, vol. 7, pp. 86-90.
ESCALANTE M., " Pulse Width Modulated Inverter With Current Control ", IV IEEE International Power Electronics Congress, CIEP'95. October 1995. San Luis Potosi, México.
ESCALANTE M., GONZÁLEZ R. " Método de Modulación de Vectores de Espacio para Inversores Trifásicos ". Memoria ELECTRO 95. Octubre 1995. Chihuahua, Chih., México.
Current projects
Electrical Networks Compensation Using Multilevel Conveters