Ricardo Arias Velásquez, PhD.
IEEE PES PERU Chapter Chair
EDITOR ASSOCIATE, IEEE LATIN AMERICA TRANSACTIONS
IEEE PUBLICATION CHAIR – ISGT 2021 LATIN AMERICA.
ENEL, OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY EXPERT FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY & POWER SYSTEM
Universidad Tecnológica del Perú, PROFESSOR AND RESEARCHER
Ricardo Arias helps large organizations develop strategies to get on the right side of innovation—for their own sake, and for the sake of their local innovation ecosystems.
BIO:
Ricardo Arias Velásquez is a Peruvian-Spanish-American scholar known for his contributions to Renewable energy solutions, artificial intelligence in energy design & engineering failure analysis. He did his postdoctoral research for MIT – UTEC, he holds a PhD in Engineering from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Master Science degree in Engineering and three Bachelor degrees in Electrical engineering, Project engineering & Computer Science by Universidad Nacional de San Agustín.
About research/scientist profile, Arias is IEEE PES PERU Chapter Chair 2021-2022, Editor associate in IEEE Latin America Transactions, IEEE Publication chair in IEEE ISGT 2021 Latin America, professor and researcher in “Universidad Tecnológica del Perú – UTP”. Prior, he was researcher at the Universidad Nacional de San Agustín and a Postdoctoral researcher of Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Universidad de Tecnología e Ingeniería – UTEC’s School of Engineering from 2019 – 2020.
Between 2016 and 2020 Arias led MIT’s Collective Researching group as an leader and Professor at UTEC. Prior to joining UTEC-MIT, Arias was a research fellow at UNSA, UAP, UPA, UTEC & MIT. Arias is also a founder of Advanced Smart Solutions, a company dedicated to artificial intelligence specialized in the creation of data visualization, knowledge management, sharing value, IA and machine learning applications
Work experience (+ 15 years): Currently, He is accountable of the operational efficiency in the biggest renewable power plants (BESS, Solar, Wind & Hydro) and innovation projects in ENEL, he evaluates all the wind farms around the world for ENEL, with artificial intelligence techniques, for more than 14 countries and 6,500 wind turbines generators. Before, He has been Project Manager in Engie and ISA, project engineer in Engie, coordinator in REP, operation head in ElectroSur, mining supervisor in Freeport-McMoRan and Yura. He has extensive experience in EPCM energy and mining projects from CAPEX, pre-feasibility, execution, commissioning, operation & maintenance. Summary, He has built more than 20 substations in industry and mining, 4500 km of transmission lines and power plants in 3 countries: USA, Peru and Chile.
Arias’s contributions have been recognized with numerous awards, including the 2021, 1st award in Innovation for Power G ENEL (Colombia, Perú), in 2020: He obtained the IEEE outstanding volunter 2020, 1st award in Digital Hackaton ENEL, drone award – ENEL and multiple Innovation award in (SNMPE) 2017, 2015; transmission projects in ISA (Colombia) 2015, REP in 2013, 2014, 2016 (Perú) and Uruguay – CIER in 2014. Arias‘s is also the author of several papers associated to: Engineering, decision science, energy, material science, mathematics, physics and environmental science.
WEB
SCOPUS: Author ID: 57190567776: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57190567776
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1067-9753
Web of Science: ID R-6348-2019 :https://publons.com/researcher/2982307/ricardo-manuel-arias-velasquez/
CONCYTEC Researcher certified: N° P0033742: http://dina.concytec.gob.pe/appDirectorioCTI/VerDatosInvestigador.do;jsessionid=0a57f731d8f19e91a96dd3446392?id_investigador=33742
TIMELINE:
- 2021: First award in Region, Power G ENEL , for his contributions in Artificial Intelligence associated to operational efficiency improvements in the Renewable power plants.
- 2020: IEEE PERU outstanding professional 2020.
- 2019-Present: Renewable energy in Operational Efficiency Expert, ENEL.
- 2021-Present: IEEE PES PERU chapter chair.
- 2018-2020: IEEE PES PERU. vice chapter chair.
- 2019-2020: Postdoctoral, Researcher, Associate Professor, UTEC & MIT.
- 2019-2019: Project Manager, ENGIE.
- 2016–2021: Researcher UTEC, UNSA, UAP, UPA, PUCP, MIT.
- 2018-2019: Mining & Power supervisor, Freeport-McMoRan – USA.
- 2015-2017: PhD in Engineering, PUCP.
- 2012-2018: Power system Coordinator, Red de Energía delPerú, Perú.
- 2012-2014: MSc. in Engineering, UNSA.
- 2009-2012: Project Manager, Interconexión Electrica SA ESP – Colombia.
- 2008-2009: Project specialist, Yura.
- 2007-2009: Bachelor in Computer Science, UNSA.
- 2007-2008: Bachelor in Project engineering, UNSA.
- 2007-2008: Operation Head, ElectroSur.
- 2002-2006: Bachelor in Electrical Engineering, UNSA.
PHOTOGRAPHS:
Ricardo Arias
Individual Awards:
- (2021) Power G Innovation program Colombia – Perú. 1st award.
- (2020) Digital Hackaton, ENEL. 1st award.
- (2020) Drone Award, ENEL. 1st award.
- (2017) Innovation award, SNMPE Perú. 1st award.
- (2016) Primer puesto Innova-REP, REP, Perú. 1st award.
- (2015) Innovation award, SNMPE Perú. 2nd award.
- (2015) Transmission project, ISA Colombia. 1st award.
- (2013) Primer puesto Innova-REP, REP, Perú. 1st award.
- (2014) Transmission Project, CIER Uruguay. 1st award.
Current projects include:
- Fast motion-vision coordination in robots; robotic catching of free-flying objects
- Analytics edge, energy politics, Smart Grids and renewable non-conventional generation.
- Adaptive multiresolution approximation networks for real-time control and prediction
- Failure engineering analysis, dynamic and transient analysis.
- Industrial Internet of Things and advanced sensor with AI.
- Nonlinear observer design techniques for real-time brain imaging; mathematical model with chaos theory.
Topics of interest:
- Decision science
- Engineering failure analysis
- Nonlinear Control
- Robotics and automation
- Learning Systems
- Applied Mathematics
- Substations, Overhead lines and Generation.
- Applied Citizen, Data Science and Engineering
- Adaptation and Learning in Robots applied to energy companies.
- Data mining, artificial intelligence, Fuzzy logic
- Advanced design in power systems
- Hydro, Solar and Wind power plant efficiency and performance improvement with artificial intelligence applications.
- Battery energy storage system, Smart Grid.
- Advanced design in power systems.
Working groups and Research Labs:
IEC (2020) Working group TC38 – Instrument transformers: Senior member technical. https://iectest.iec.ch/dyn/www/f?p=103:14:3816759128432::::FSP_ORG_ID,FSP_LANG_ID:20984,25
– CIGRE (2019): Working Group C1.43: Requirements for Asset Analytics data platforms and tools in electric power systems. (Canada): https://cigre-usnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/TOR-WG-C1_43_Requirements-for-Asset-Analytics-data-platforms-and-tools-in-electric-power-systems.pdf
– UTEC – MIT (2019): Senseable city Lab: Citizen Science with IIoT and Low-cost sensors.: https://www.utec.edu.pe/utec-and-massachusetts-institute-technology-conduct-air-quality-measurement-project
Laboratory – Project Leader.
Laboratory – Project Leader.
Hub – Project Leader.
Project Leader Perú.
Project Leader Perú.
Member
Project Leader Perú.
Research articles.
Technology in Society, 2021.
2020 | journal-article.
NEWS PAPERS:
Business Empresarial, 2020-08-20 | newspaper-article
2. Relación entre número de casos de COVID-19 y contaminación del aire, JC Magazine, 2020-07-31 | newspaper-article
3. Investigadores confirman que existe relación entre el número de casos de COVID-19 y la contaminación del aire en Lima
Peruinforma, 2020-07-30 | newspaper-article.
4. Investigadores confirman que existe relación entre el número de casos de COVID-19 y la contaminación del aire en Lima
El economista, 2020-07-30 | newspaper-article
5. Hay relación entre COVID-19 y la contaminación del aire en Lima, Sucesos, 2020-07-28 | newspaper-article
6. El efecto mariposa ayuda a predecir el futuro del COVID-19, Sucesos, 2020-05-30 | newspaper-article.
Financing – ORCID PROJECTS:
GRANT_NUMBER: Unsa 2020-1 (6892)
URL: http://190.119.145.150:8010/proyectos_vri/index.php/report/index/6892
GRANT_NUMBER: Unsa 2020-1 (6893)
URL: http://190.119.145.150:8010/proyectos_vri/index.php/report/index/6893
GRANT_NUMBER: UNSA 2019-2 (6683)
URL: http://190.119.145.150:8010/proyectos_vri/index.php/report/index/6683
GRANT_NUMBER: UNSA 2019-2 (6684)
URL: http://190.119.145.150:8010/proyectos_vri/index.php/report/index/6684
GRANT_NUMBER: 2019-1b (5894)
URL: http://190.119.145.150:8010/proyectos_vri/index.php/report/index/5894
GRANT_NUMBER: UNSA, 2019-1b (5893)
URL: http://190.119.145.150:8010/proyectos_vri/index.php/report/index/5893
GRANT_NUMBER: UNSA 2019-1 (5126)
URL: http://190.119.145.150:8010/proyectos_vri/index.php/report/index/5126
GRANT_NUMBER: UNSA 2019-1 (5125)
URL: http://190.119.145.150:8010/proyectos_vri/index.php/report/index/5125
Affiliated Departments, Labs & Centers
- UTP : Power System and Artificial Intelligence.
- IEEE Power & Energy Society.
- UTEC | MIT : electrical machine and advanced research.
- UAP advanced research, innovation and development.
- ENEL RoBoost program: Smart Glasses, drones, robots for hydro, solar and wind technology, associated to Renewable energy.
- CIGRE Canadá: Working Group C1.43 Advanced analytics in energy companies.
VIDEO
- SCIENTIFIC INTERVIEWS
1. Relación entre número de casos de COVID-19 y contaminación del aire, JC Magazine, 2020-07-31 | newspaper-article.
2. Investigadores confirman que existe relación entre el número de casos de COVID-19 y la contaminación del aire en Lima, El economist, 2020-07-30 | newspaper-article.
3. Hay relación entre COVID-19 y la contaminación del aire en Lima, Sucesos, 2020-07-28 | newspaper-article.
4. El efecto mariposa ayuda a predecir el futuro del COVID-19, Sucesos, 2020-05-30 | newspaper-article.
5. Salarios y desigualdad, GESTIÓN, 2016-10-25 | newspaper-article
6. Interconexión eléctrica Perú-Chile, GESTIÓN, 2015-01-06 | newspaper-article.
IEEE INVOLVEMENT:
2021: IEEE PES PERU chapter chair.
2018 – 2020: IEEE PES PERU Vice Chair.
2020-2021: IEEE Editor associate IEEE Latin America Transactions.
2020-2021: IEEE Publication chairman ISGT 2021.
2020: IEEE PES PERU (Speaker) Model for failure analysis for overhead lines with distributed parameters associated to atmospheric discharges.
2020: IEEE PES PERU (Speaker ) Forecast and evaluation of COVID-19 spreading in USA with reduced-space Gaussian process regression.
2020: IEEE PES PERU (Speaker): Renewable energy projects design for wind technology. Case study Colombia
2020: IEEE T&D Latin America 2020 (speaker)
2020: IEEE Eircon 2020. (Speaker).
2020: IEEE Intercon 2020. (Speaker)
2020: IEEE Peru Speaker. (Frontera analítica convirtiendo datos en conocimiento aplicado a los transformadores.).
2020: IEEE reviewer in international journals associated to power & energy society:
- Electric power systems research International Journal. (More than 143 reviews).
- Solar Energy International Journal.
- Informatics in medicine unlocked International Journal.
- Engineering Failure Analysis International Journal.
- Construction and building materials International Journal.
- Renewable & Sustainable energy reviews International Journal.
- Environmental pollution International Journal.
- Science of the total environmental International Journal.
- Sustainable Cities and Society International Journal.
- IEEE Latin America Transactions.
2019: IEEE Speaker Shircon – Citizen science approach for spatiotemporal modelling of air pollution quality and traffic in Lima, Peru
2018: IEEE Latin American Transactions, Health Index for transformer condition assessment.
2018: IEEE Latin American Transactions. Secondary arc and critical time of fault clearance in overhead lines.
2018: IEEE T&D 2018: Methodology for Overhead Line Conductor Remaining Life Aging infrastructure and asset management.
2017: Speaker IEEE Intercon – Implementation of knowledge management in energy companies,
2017: Speaker IEEE Intercon – Expert System for Power Transformer Diagnosis
2017: IEEE Senior Member.
2016: Speaker IEEE Andescon – Robot unit for cost and time balance using automatic inspection on overhead lines.
2016: IEEE Latin American Transactions. Electrical Assessment by Lightning Phenomenon in Power Lines of Double Circuit.
2015-2017: IEEE PES PERU SECRETARY.
LECTURES & SPEAKER:
- 2020 – IEEE Perú: Forecast and evaluation of COVID-19 spreading in USA with Reduced-space Gaussian process regression.
- 2020 – IEEE Perú: Frontera analítica y aprendizaje automático en transformadores : construyendo datos en conocimiento.
- 2020 – Renewable energy projects design for wind technology – Universidade Nacional de San Agustín.
- 2020 – Diseñó de proyectos de Energía Renovable – Caso Colombia. IEEE PERÚ.
- 2020 – IEEE Transmission & Distribution Latin America 2020. (Uruguay). Research paper.
- 2020 – IEEE Intercon 2020. (Perú).
- 2019 – Power System and Renewable Energy. (Perú – UTEC).
- 2019 – Advanced Electrical Machine design. (Perú – UTEC).
- 2019 – Speaker Shircon – Citizen science approach for spatiotemporal modelling of air pollution quality and traffic in Lima, Peru; https://site.ieee.org/peru-pes/2019/11/12/nuevo-evento-patrocinado-por-ieee-en-peru/papers/
- 2018 – Automation and IEC 61850 in substations. (Perú – TECSUP).
- 2017 – Intelligent Robot for substations. (Colombia – ISA).
- 2017 – Speaker IEEE Intercon – Implementation of knowledge management in energy companies.
- 2017 – Speaker IEEE Intercon – Expert System for Power Transformer Diagnosis
- 2016 – Speaker IEEE Andescon – Robot unit for cost and time balance using automatic inspection on overhead lines.
- 2015 – Digital Protection. (Perú – Engie/TECSUP).
- 2015 – Digital protection in substations and power plants (Perú – TECSUP).
- 2015 – Robot for transmission lines. (Colombia – ISA).
- 2015 – Grounding system in overhead lines in high voltage. (Uruguay – CIER).
- 2014 – Overvoltage and surge arrester design in overhead lines and FSC. (Perú – UCSM).
- 2014- Power Systems HVDC & HVAC (Perú – TECSUP).
- 2014 – Digital protection in substations and power plants (Perú – TECSUP).
- 2013- Power Systems HVDC & HVAC (Perú – TECSUP).
- 2013 – Digital protection in substations and power plants (Perú – TECSUP).
- 2012 – Knowledge management in high voltage projects (Colombia – ISA).
- 2008 – Power system and stability modelling (Perú – UNSA).
CONTACT
To get in touch with professor Arias, contact Ricardo Arias (ricardo.ariasv@pucp.pe), for private sector speaker events.