PhD Program 

Our research-intensive PhD program cultivates the next generation of leaders in academia and industry. Engineering doctoral students work alongside faculty, fellow students, and researchers. The Doctoral Program in Engineering of Uniandes is oriented to researchers capable of conducting and guiding, in an autonomous manner, research that is a contribution to the advancement of science and technology.

SNIES: 16071 Qualified Registry: Resolution 4325 of March 14, 2018 for 7 years. Duration: 3 years. Location: Bogotá D.C.

Ongoing Ph.D. Thesis:

• Juan David Rivera, "Methodology for evaluation and projection of the behavior of carbon intensity in the context of energy policy, considering the industrial and energy generation sectors", Advisor: Prof. Paulo M. De Oliveira-De Jesus 

Completed Thesis:

• Alexander Molina, “Control of Transmission Systems under a WAMS system and considering delayed signals”, Advisor:Prof. Mario Alberto Ríos. 
• David Celeita, “Real‐time testing of setting‐less protection methods applied to adaptive relaying based on alternative architectures of hardware/software”, Advisor: Prof. Gustavo Andrés Ramos.
• Juan Ramón Camarillo, “Estimación y clasificación de eventos de PQ en sistemas de potencia y su posible aplicación en microrredes”, Advisor: Prof. Gustavo Andrés Ramos.
• Ricardo Delgado, “Evaluation of economic impacts of climate change mitigation and adaptation measures in the Colombian energy sector”, Advisor: Prof. Angela Inés Cadena.
• José Lenin Morillo, “Long-term energy planning model with renewables”, Advisor: Profs. Angela Inés Cadena y Nicanor Quijano.
• Miguel Velásquez, “Stochastic dispatch model for smart grids”, Advisor: Profs. Nicanor Quijano y Angela Inés Cadena.
• Monica Espinosa, “Analysis of environmental externalities from Colombian transportation”, Advisor: Profs. Eduardo Behrentz y Angela Inés Cadena.
• Miguel Hernández Figueredo, “Real-Time Platform for Instantaneous Electrical Power Systems Simulation”, 2017. Advisor: Prof. Gustavo Andrés Ramos
• Davis Montenegro, “Diakoptics based on actors for the simulation, control and monitoring of Smart Grid Applications”, Dec. 2015, Advisor: Prof. Gustavo Andrés Ramos.
• Oscar Gómez Carmona, “On-line Monitoring of Electric Power System for Controlled Islanding”, Dec 2014, Advisor: Prof. Mario Alberto Ríos.
• Ricardo Moreno Chuquen, “Topological assessment in the determination of the security of the electricity grid infrastructure”, July 2012, Advisor:Prof. Alvaro Torres Macias.
• Camilo Tautiva M., “Optimal placement of distributed generation and economic impacts on the electrical system”, July 2012, Advisor: Prof. Angela Cadena.
• Juan Manuel Alzate, “On the economics of power supply systems”, June 2011, Advisor: Prof. Angela Cadena.
• Carlos Julio Zapata, “Planning of interconnected power systems considering security under cascading outages and catastrophic events”, 2010, Advisor: Prof. Alvaro Torres Macías.