Fossas Colet, Enric

Enric Fossas Colet (Aiguafreda, 1959) graduated in Mathematics in 1981 and received the Ph.D. degree in Mathematics in 1986, both from Universitat de Barcelona. In 1986 he joined the Department of Applied Mathematics, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya,where he served as Head of Department from 1993 to 1999. In 1999 he moved to the Department of Automatic Control and Computer Engineering and to the Institute of Industrial and Control Engineering, being the director of the Institute from July, 2003 to July, 2009. His research interests includes nonlinear control (theory and applications), particularly Variable Structure and Hybrid Systems, with applications to switching converters. He is author/co-author of more than 100 scientific papers presented in conferences or published in specialized journals. He is co-author of four books: Nonlinear Dynamics in Power Electronics (IEEE), Variable Structure Systems and Applications (IEE, LNCS) and Port-Controlled Hamiltonian Systems (LNCS). He is member of the UPC research group "Advanced Control on Energy Systems". He is full professor in Control Systems and Automation.