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Prof. Dr. Carlos Meza

Interests:
Design, evaluation, training, and dissemination of electronic systems that makes industrial and commercial activities more sustainable and with less environmental impact with a special emphasis on photovoltaics and energy efficiency.

Areas of expertise:
Control systems, analysis of dynamical systems, power electronics, photovoltaic systems

Academic Experience:
2021 to present
Gastprofessor, Hochschule Anhalt, Köthen, Germany
2020 to present
Lehrbeauftragter, Hochschule Anhalt, Köthen, Germany
2012 - 2015
Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy
2010 - actual
Associate Professor, Electronic Engineering Department, Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica (Costa Rica TEC), Cartago, Costa Rica
2008 - 2010
Researcher, University of Applied Sciences of Southern (SUPSI), Lugano, Switzerland

Professional Experience:
Since 2012
Consultor of design and evaluation of photovoltaic and renewable energy systems. Some companies which I have consulted are APRE (Italy), Dole Fruits, Campbell Scientific
2011 - 2012 and 2017 - 2020
President of the Costa Rican Solar Energy Association
2001-2002
Design Engineer in Embedded Systems for industrial processes, Smartech, Costa Rica

Professional Associations:
Since 2000
Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
2018 - 2021
Member of the Ibero-American Network on Smart and Sustainable Cities
2013 - 2015
Member of the Ibero-American Network in Microgrid
2008 - 2011
Founder of the Latin American Network of Open Source Tool for Control Systems (HeDiSC) 2010-2012. Financed by the Swiss RETECA Foundation
2010
Founder and first president of the Costa Rican Solar Energy Association (Acesolar)
Since 2010
Member of the Costa Rican Professional College of Technological Engineers

Education:
2008
Ph.D. in Advanced Automation and Robotics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - Barcelona Tech (UPC), Barcelona, Spain
2006
Diploma of Advanced Studies in System Engineering and Automation, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - Barcelona Tech (UPC), Barcelona, Spain
2003
M.Eng. Embedded System Design, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland
2001
B.Sc. Electronic Engineering, Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica-Costa Rica TEC, Cartago, Costa Rica

Publications:
An updated list of publications can be found at ORCID, Google Scholar, and Research Gate.

• Profitability Optimization of Photovoltaic Storage Systems Using Simulation of Hourly Production and Load Profiles and a Total Cash Flow Model / Momm, Christian *1963-*. - Enthalten in: Anhalt University Applied Scientific reports, Bd. 1 (2025), S.2-20
• The Energy Transition of a University Campus Through Photovoltaic and Battery Storage Systems / Dittmann, Sebastian. - Enthalten in: Rossit, Diego. Proceedings of the VII Ibero-American Congress of Smart Cities, ICSC-Cities 2024, 12–14 November, San Carlos, Costa Rica (2025), S.283-296
• Reliability, availability and maintainability analysis for grid-connected solar photovoltaic systems / Navarro, Rafael Torres. - Enthalten in: Renewable energies, Bd. 3 (2025), 1, S.1-24
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