TENURED PROFESSOR
César Antonio
DUARTE GUALDRÓN
School of Electrical, Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering
GENERAL
Biography
Electrical Engineer (1998) and Master in Electric Power (2004) from the Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS), Bucaramanga, Colombia. Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (2014) from the University of Delaware, United States. Since 2001, he has been affiliated with the School of Electrical, Electronic, and Telecommunications Engineering (E3T) at UIS, where he is currently a full-time Tenured Professor. From 2009 to 2013, he was a graduate student affiliated with the University of Delaware’s Industrial Assessment Center, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
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He has over 20 years of experience in the fields of electric power quality and signal processing, with more than 50 peer-reviewed conference and journal publications, and an h-index of 14.
He also holds two invention patents. His career has been enriched by coordinating the graduate programs of the School of Electrical, Electronic, and Telecommunications Engineering (E3T) at UIS from 2014 to 2019. Since July 2024, he has served as the Director of the Research Group on Electric Power Systems (GISEL) at UIS, where he has supervised doctoral theses, master’s research projects, and undergraduate theses. He has also participated as a principal investigator and co-investigator in research projects funded both internally and externally.
His main research interests include electric power quality, signal processing, and machine learning applied to monitoring, planning, and controlling electrical systems, smart grid functions, renewable energy, non-intrusive load monitoring, demand management, modeling of nonlinear loads, fault location in distribution systems, short-term demand forecasting, and engineering education.
EDUCATION AND
Qualifications
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Ph. D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Delaware, 2014
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Master in Electrical Power
Universidad Industrial de Santander, 2004
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Specialist in University Teaching
Universidad Industrial de Santander, 2005
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Electrical Engineer
Universidad Industrial de Santander, 1998
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CONTACT
Information
cedagua@uis.edu.co
+57 (607) 634 4000 Ext. 1454
AREAS OF
Expertise
Signal Processing and Machine Learning Applied to the Monitoring, Planning, and Control of Electrical Systems
Functions for Smart Grids
Renewable Energy
Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring
Demand Management
Nonlinear Load Modeling
Fault Location in Distribution Systems
Short-Term Demand Forecasting
Engineering Education
OFFICE
Hours


Monday
4:00 p. m. – 6:00 p. m.
Tuesday
4:00 p. m. – 5:00 p. m.
Thursday
2:00 p. m. – 3:00 p. m.
Friday
2:00 p. m. – 4:00 p. m.
UIS campus central, Edificio de Ingeniería Eléctrica, quinto piso.



Outstanding
Works
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A Method to Compute Frequency Domain Models Based on Direction-Dependent Derivative of the Variation of Voltage and Current Phasors
Article, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 2024
AWARDS AND
Recognitions
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Summa Cum Laude Distinction, Electrical Engineering Program
Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia, 1998