Jose Cobos - 2000 Young Engineer Award Winner

Dr. José A. Cobos received his Electrical Engineering and Doctoral degrees from the Technical University of Madrid in Spain (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, UPM) in 1989 and 1994.  He is an Associate Professor at this university since 1996.

His contributions are mainly focused in the field of power supply systems for telecommunications, aerospace and medical applications.  His research interests include architectures and topologies, low output voltage, magnetic components, power factor correction, converter modeling and control, piezoelectric transformers and transcutaneous energy transmission.  Many of his contributions have been applied extensively in the industry.  He has published over 75 technical papers, holds 3 patents, and has been actively involved in over 30 research and development projects.

Dr. Cobos cooperates regularly with IEEE and other professional associations, having a very active participation.  He contributed in the organization of PESC’92 and EPE’95, and he is regular reviewer of papers for technical journals, transactions and conferences.  He has conducted many courses and professional seminars in Europe and America.  He has served as thesis advisor for 20 master’s theses and five doctoral dissertations.  Recently, he received the UPM Research and Development Award for professors less than 35 years of age.

Source: Flyer from Award Presentation