Luciano Garcia Rodriguez

Electrical Engineer

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Electrical Engineer

lagarc@sandia.gov

(505) 239-0225

Biography

Luciano A. Garcia Rodriguez is a postdoctoral appointee at Sandia National Laboratories. He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He received his B.S. in electronics engineering from the Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS), Argentina in 2010. He also received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Arkansas in 2019. His research interests include converter topologies, controls and system integration for the new generation of energy storage systems.

Research Interests

  • New power electronics interfaces for energy storage systems
  • Reliability studies of new wide band gap devices, and materials for capacitors and magnetic components
  • High-voltage and high-current dc circuit breakers

Education

  • Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Arkansas, 2019
  • B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Universidad Nacional del Sur (Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina), 2010

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Publications

  • Monson, T., Pearce, C.J., Hoyt, M.R., Delaney, R.E., Garcia Rodriguez, L.A., Stevens, T.E., Mueller, J.A., & Atcitty, S. (2024). Advanced Magnetics for High Frequency Link Converters [Poster]. https://doi.org/10.2172/2586190 Publication ID: 159304
  • Garcia Rodriguez, L.A., Mueller, J.A., Rios, M.A., Cardoza, A.D., Palacios, F., Matthews, R.C., Gill, L., Wauneka, R., Dutta, O., & de Angelis, V. (2024). Modeling and Control of a Direct-Connect Medium-Voltage Storage System Featuring a Cascaded DC Subsystem [Conference Poster]. https://doi.org/10.2172/2585966 Publication ID: 158560
  • Kaplar, R.J., Garcia Rodriguez, L.A., Palacios, F., Dasgupta, S., Mueller, J.A., Gill, L., Flicker, J.D., & Atcitty, S. (2024). Reliability of Wide-Bandgap Power Electronics: Devices to Systems [Conference Presentation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/2585807 Publication ID: 158008
  • Mueller, J.A., Flicker, J.D., Dow, A., Garcia Rodriguez, L.A., & Palacios, F. (2024). Isolated Three-Phase AC-AC Converter with Phase Shift Modulation [Conference Paper]. Conference Proceedings – IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition – APEC. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85192706350&origin=inward Publication ID: 153608
  • Mueller, J.A., Kaplar, R.J., Flicker, J.D., Garcia Rodriguez, L.A., Binder, A.T., Ropp, M.E., Gill, L., Palacios, F., Rashkin, L.J., Dow, A., & Elliott, R.T. (2022). System Integration Analysis for Modular Solid-State Substations. https://doi.org/10.2172/1889517 Publication ID: 80278
  • Zhang, Z., Hu, B., Zhang, Y., Wang, J., Mueller, J.A., Garcia Rodriguez, L.A., Ray, A., & Atcitty, S. (2022). An Isolated Bidirectional DC-DC Converter with High Voltage Conversion Ratio and Reduced Output Current Ripple [Conference Poster]. https://doi.org/10.2172/2004825 Publication ID: 118124
  • Rathore, V., Prakash Reddy Siddavatam, R., Rajashekara, K., Krishnamoorthy, H., Mueller, J.A., Garcia Rodriguez, L.A., & Atcitty, S. (2022). Analysis and Experimental Validation of Isolated Multilevel High Gain DC-DC Converter [Conference Poster]. https://doi.org/10.2172/2004828 Publication ID: 118136
  • Mueller, J.A., & Garcia Rodriguez, L.A. (2022). Efficiency Optimization in Parallel Multi-Stage Energy Storage Interface Converters [Conference Poster]. https://doi.org/10.2172/2005282 Publication ID: 118580
  • Kaplar, R.J., Dasgupta, S., Mueller, J.A., Garcia Rodriguez, L.A., Flicker, J.D., Bays, N.R., Gill, L., Binder, A.T., & Atcitty, S. (2022). Wide-Bandgap Power Electronics Reliability: Device Physics to Converter Performance [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/2004868 Publication ID: 118296
  • Monson, T., Stevens, T.E., Pearce, C.J., Hoyt, M.R., Delaney, R.E., Garcia Rodriguez, L.A., Mueller, J.A., & Atcitty, S. (2022). Advanced Magnetics for High Frequency Link Converters [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/2005243 Publication ID: 118432
  • Mueller, J.A., Preger, Y., Kurzawski, A.J., Garcia Rodriguez, L.A., & Hewson, J.C. (2022). Energy Redistribution as a Method for Mitigating Risk of Propagating Thermal Runaway [Conference Presentation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/2004335 Publication ID: 116556
  • Aldosari, O., Garcia Rodriguez, L.A., Oggier, G.G., & Balda, J.C. (2022). A High-Efficiency Isolated PFC AC-DC Topology With Reduced Number of Semiconductor Devices. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, 10(4), pp. 3631-3642. https://doi.org/10.1109/jestpe.2021.3060193 Publication ID: 77284
  • Dasgupta, S., Slobodyan, O., Smith, T., Binder, A.T., Flicker, J.D., Kaplar, R.J., Mueller, J.A., Garcia Rodriguez, L.A., & Atcitty, S. (2022). Identification of the defect dominating high temperature reverse leakage current in vertical GaN power diodes through deep level transient spectroscopy. Applied Physics Letters, 120(5). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0082257 Publication ID: 79991
  • Mueller, J.A., Preger, Y., Kurzawski, A.J., Garcia Rodriguez, L.A., & Hewson, J.C. (2022). Energy Redistribution as a Method for Mitigating Risk of Propagating Thermal Runaway [Conference Presentation]. 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2022. https://doi.org/10.2172/2005253 Publication ID: 118472
  • Mueller, J.A., Preger, Y., Kurzawski, A.J., Garcia Rodriguez, L.A., & Hewson, J.C. (2022). Energy Redistribution as a Method for Mitigating Risk of Propagating Thermal Runaway [Conference Paper]. 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition Ecce 2022. https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE50734.2022.9947872 Publication ID: 115072
  • Ray, A., Mueller, J.A., Garcia Rodriguez, L.A., Atcitty, S., Baker, G., & Wauneka, R. (2021). Multi-Stage Power Conversion Systems for Next-Generation Energy Storage [Conference Presentation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/1893285 Publication ID: 76310
  • Rathore, V., Siddavatam, R.P.R., Rajashekara, K., Krishnamoorthy, H., Mueller, J.A., Ray, A., Garcia Rodriguez, L.A., & Atcitty, S. (2021). High Gain DC-DC Converter Collaborative: University of Houston Design [Conference Poster]. https://doi.org/10.2172/1891981 Publication ID: 76232
  • Zhang, Z., Hu, B., Zhang, Y., Wang, J., Mueller, J.A., Garcia Rodriguez, L.A., Ray, A., & Atcitty, S. (2021). High Gain DC-DC Converter Collaborative: The Ohio State University Design [Conference Poster]. https://doi.org/10.2172/1891978 Publication ID: 76230
  • Gill, L., Mueller, J.A., Neely, J.C., & Garcia Rodriguez, L.A. (2021). A Comparative Study of SiC JFET Super-Cascode Topologies [Conference Paper]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1883496 Publication ID: 79496
  • Rathore, V., Rajashekara, K., Ray, A., Garcia Rodriguez, L.A., & Mueller, J.A. (2021). A current-fed high gain multilevel DC-DC converter for BESS grid integration applications [Conference Paper]. Conference Proceedings – IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition – APEC. https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC42165.2021.9487339 Publication ID: 77704
  • Pickrell, G.W., Neely, J.C., Flicker, J.D., Atcitty, S., Gill, L., Mueller, J.A., Garcia Rodriguez, L.A., Schrock, E.A., Mar, A., Hjalmarson, H.P., Kaplar, R.J., Lehr, J., & Maynard, B. (2021). ARC-SAFE: Accelerated Response Semiconducting Contactors and Surge Attenuation for DC Electrical Systems Quarterly Review June 2021 [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1872180 Publication ID: 78752
  • Garcia Rodriguez, L.A., Gill, L., Mueller, J.A., & Neely, J.C. (2021). A High-Voltage Cascaded Solid-State DC Circuit Breaker Using Normally-ON SiC JFETs [Conference Presentation]. Proceedings of the Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition – Asia, ECCE Asia 2021. https://doi.org/10.2172/1870362 Publication ID: 78622
  • Garcia Rodriguez, L.A., Mueller, J.A., Gill, L., & Neely, J.C. (2021). A High-Voltage Cascaded Solid-State DC Circuit Breaker Using Normally-ON SiC JFETs [Conference Paper]. https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE-Asia49820.2021.9479388 Publication ID: 78094
  • Gill, L., Garcia Rodriguez, L.A., Mueller, J.A., & Neely, J.C. (2021). A Comparative Study of SiC JFET Super-Cascode Topologies [Conference Paper]. 2021 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2021 – Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE47101.2021.9595065 Publication ID: 76625
  • Zhang, Z., Hu, B., Zhang, Y., Wang, J., Mueller, J.A., Garcia Rodriguez, L.A., Ray, A., & Atcitty, S. (2021). An Isolated Bidirectional DC-DC Converter with High Voltage Conversion Ratio and Reduced Output Current Ripple [Conference Paper]. 2021 IEEE 8th Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications, WiPDA 2021 – Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1109/WiPDA49284.2021.9645131 Publication ID: 75632
  • Kaplar, R.J., Flicker, J.D., Slobodyan, O., Mueller, J.A., Garcia Rodriguez, L.A., Binder, A.T., Dickerson, J., Smith, T., & Atcitty, S. (2020). Reliability Studies of Wide-Bandgap Power Semiconductor Devices Under Realistic Stress Conditions [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1821084 Publication ID: 74863
  • Zhang, Z., Hu, B., Zhang, Y., Wang, J., Mueller, J.A., Garcia Rodriguez, L.A., & Atcitty, S. (2020). High Gain DC-DC Converter Collaborative: The Ohio State University Design [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1821308 Publication ID: 74909
  • Rathore, V., Rajashekara, K., Krishnamoorthy, H., Mueller, J.A., Garcia Rodriguez, L.A., & Atcitty, S. (2020). High Gain DC-DC Converter Collaborative: University of Houston Design [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1821307 Publication ID: 74908
  • Mueller, J.A., Garcia Rodriguez, L.A., & Atcitty, S. (2020). Enhancing the Capabilities of the Advanced Power Electronic Conversion Systems (APEX) Laboratory [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1821305 Publication ID: 74906
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