Gleisson Balen, M.Sc.

I have accomplished a Master's Degree at the Federal University of Santa Maria – UFSM, Brazil, in Power Electronics and Control. The project entitled “Development of a DC Fast Charge Station with Energy Storage Element for Electric Vehicles” has received the 1st place at IEEE IAS 2018 Master Thesis Contest.

I graduated in Electrical Engineering in January 2015 at UFSM. During my under-graduation, I took part in the exchange program Science without Borders. For one year, I studied engineering and English disciplines at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. In addition, I developed research activities with fast chargers for electric vehicles at Concordia University and performed a capstone project on the same subject at UFSM.

In 2019, I worked as a substitutive electrical engineering professor and developed weekly laboratory classes in the fields of electrical machines, transformers, building installation, and electronics. In concomitance, I worked as an IEEE UFSM Student Branch Chair and IEEE IAS UFSM SB Chair. As a result of our dedication, we received the IAS Outstanding Chapter Award 2020.

Moreover, for two years 2015 to 2018, I worked as a teacher at the Industrial Technical College of Santa Maria – CTISM. I taught theoretical and practical classes for Industrial Automation, Electrical Installations Projects, Digital Circuits, Electrical Maintenance, Programmable Controllers, and Basic Electricity courses.

My professional experience also includes an internship in 2014 at Bruning Tecnometal Ltd. - a large metallurgical company that employs almost 2 000 employees - with activities in automation projects and in industrial machinery and electronic devices maintenance.