Miguel Aybar awarded as Researcher of the year 2022
Researchers Ulises Jauregui-Haza and Félix Santos were also recognized at the event, as well as two editors of INTEC academic journals and two past members of the university's Research Council.
SANTO DOMINGO. - The doctor Miguel Aybar, Research professor in the Engineering Area of the Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC), was recognized as researcher of the year 2022, during the closing of the fourth Science Week held by the university.
Aybar, who is the first graduate of INTEC's doctorate in Energy Management for Sustainable Development, had high scientific production during the year that was evaluated, with publication of articles in academic journals in which he appeared as the main author.
Aybar developed the doctoral thesis "Energy management system for smart microgrids, integrated into low-voltage electrical networks for the conditions of the Dominican Republic", with the objective of designing an energy management system that allows the integration of a smart electrical microgrid with renewable penetration in low voltage electrical systems, adapted to the climatic conditions of the country.
As part of the development of the research, to opt for the title of Doctor in Energy Management for Sustainable Development, the INTEC research professor obtained financing from the National Fund for Innovation and Scientific and Technological Development (FONDOCYT) of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. Technology (MESCyT). With the resources, he implemented a microgrid on the INTEC campus that had a year of uninterrupted operation.
The results of the research have been presented at international conferences and published in specialized scientific journals including: Applied Energy, Applied Sciences, IEEE Access, Energies and Electronics, where it is indicated that the control strategy used in the microgrid, and in the controllers of the elements that make it up, maintains stable control parameters.
Aybar is a graduate of several INTEC training programs, he completed the degree in Electrical Engineering (2000-2005), and the Postgraduate Data Telecommunications (2007-2008), Masters in Renewable Energy Technology (2010-2013) and Master of Engineering Maintenance (2013-2015).
The Researcher Award ceremony was led by Carlos Sanlley, director of Research, who, when giving the opening speech, valued the work carried out by the INTEC research teachers, whose research projects respond to the problems that affect society and are part of the contribution of the university to the development of the country.
Other acknowledgments
Research teachers were also recognized during the event. Ulises Jauregui-Haza, coordinator of the Sargassum Interdisciplinary Research Group of the Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC) and a doctorate in Environmental Sciences, who has a doctorate in Technical Sciences and a master's degree in Physical and Mathematical Sciences; and Felix Santos, coordinator of the doctorate in Energy Management for Sustainable Development, doctorate in Thermotechnics, who obtained second and third place, respectively as researchers during 2022.
The responsibility of choosing the researchers of the year 2022 fell on a jury made up of Manuel Madé, Research coordinator; Elsi Jiménez, director of the university's Emilio Rodríguez Demorizi Library, and Luisa Taveras, director of the Academic Development Division.
Doctors Aida Alexandra González Pons and Sixto Inchaustegui Miranda, past members of the INTEC research council, were also recognized for having carefully and continuously remained on the university's research council until 2023.
Likewise, the pediatrician Elbi Morla, who served as editor of the academic journal Ciencia y Salud, since its foundation in 2017 and until 2023, was recognized; and Dr. Omar Paíno Perdomo, for having directed the academic journal Ciencia, Ambiente y Clima, since its first publication in 2018 and until 2023.