People

Staff

Manuela González Vega
Manuela González received the M.Sc. and the Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Oviedo, Spain, in 1992 and 1998, respectively. She is the founder and head of the “Battery Research Laboratory” in the Electrical Engineering Department of University of Oviedo, a multidisciplinary team that focuses its research on the electrical and chemical characterization of batteries, the design of efficient fast-charging and management methods.
With over 20 years of experience in the field of batteries, her research focuses on novel Li-ion technologies for transportation and energy storage systems applications, including the development of advanced state-of-health estimation methods. Dr. Manuela González has collaborated in more than 25 R&D battery-related projects, combining the research with the transference of results to companies.


Juan Carlos Viera Pérez
Juan Carlos Viera received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Oviedo, Spain, in 2003. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department of the University of Oviedo. Dr. Viera has over 20 years' battery researching experience. His main interest research areas include energy storage systems, new advanced battery technologies, and battery management systems, focusing on the design of battery test benches and electrical and chemical characterization under standard/stressful conditions. He leads and collaborates with several projects, especially in the field of electric vehicles and battery energy storage systems. He is a senior member of the IEEE.


Cecilio Blanco Viejo
Cecilio Blanco received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Oviedo, Spain, in 1989 and 1996, respectively. Since 1989, he has been with the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Oviedo, where he is currently an Associate Professor and the head of the Instrumentation and Energy Storage Systems Group. His research interests include electronic instrumentation systems, battery characterization, and modeling.


Víctor Manuel García
Víctor Manuel García Fernández received the Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Oviedo. Currently, he is an Associate Professor in the area of Physical Chemistry, where he teaches Applied Electrochemistry, centering around quantitative description of thermodynamic and kinetics phenomena in batteries and electrochemical corrosion cells. He is a member of the Battery Research Laboratory, where he collaborates in the electrochemical and thermal characterization and modeling of li-ion cells, and in the application of techniques such as IC (Incremental Capacity), PA (Peak Area) and EIS (Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy) to quantify the effects of aging on materials.


Juan Carlos Álvarez Antón
Juan Carlos Alvarez Antón received the M.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Valladolid (Spain) in 1996. He got his Ph.D. degree in 2007 from the University of Oviedo (Spain). He is currently with the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Oviedo, as an Associated Professor. His research interests include electronic instrumentation systems, battery modeling and Internet of Things (IoT).


David Anseán
David Anseán received the M.Eng. degree from the University of Granada, Granada, Spain, in 2007, and the Ph.D. degree (with honors) from the University of Oviedo, Spain, in 2015, both in electronics engineering.
He gained international experience (Basingstoke, U.K., and Berkeley, CA, USA) in technological companies after receiving the M.Eng. degree. After receiving the Ph.D. degree, he joined the University of Hawaii, Hawaii, USA, as a Postdoctoral Fellow, to work on advanced diagnosis and prognosis techniques on lithium-ion batteries. He joined the University of Oviedo, Spain, as an Assistant Professor in 2016. He is the Instructor of undergraduate and graduate courses including power electronics, digital integrated circuits, and embedded systems. His research interests include lithium-ion battery degradation mechanisms analysis via non-invasive methods, battery testing, and characterization, and design of battery fast charging.
As a doctoral student, Dr. Anseán was the recipient of a research fellowship stay at the Electrochemical Power Systems Laboratory, at the University of Hawaii, USA. In 2018, he was the recipient of a Visiting Scholar Research Fellowship at the Institute for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives (ISEA) at RWTH Aachen University, Germany.


PhD Students


José Luis Antuña
Received the M.Sc. in Industrial Electronic Engineer from the University of Oviedo, Spain, in 2007. He had a working grant at HC energy company during 2008. He also worked as researcher recycling industrial waste at School of Mines in 2009 and 2010. He is currently working towards the Ph.D. degree and as a researcher at the Battery Research Laboratory at University of Oviedo.



Jorge Alonso del Valle
Jorge Alonso del Valle received the M.Eng. degree from the University of Oviedo, Asturias, Spain, in 2017. He has worked with the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Oviedo as technician and researcher in the Battery Research Laboratory since 2016.
He was part of the ImpulseRacing Formula Student team at University of Oviedo and took part in the Formula Student Spain competition in August 2016 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Spain, where he designed and implemented the control system of the car. He is currently working towards his Ph.D. degree at the Battery Research Laboratory at University of Oviedo, and he is working as teaching collaborator in the Electronic Technology course at the engineering degrees at University of Oviedo. His research interests include battery testing and analysis, focusing on lithium-ion batteries, large-scale energy storage systems and hybrid/electric vehicles. He is a junior member of the IEEE.


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