He received his Bachelor degree in Electronic Engineering and his Master degree of Science in Electrical Engineering at the Instituto Tecnológico de Aguascalientes. He obtained a PhD degree in Automatic Control from Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV). In addition, he conducted a research stay at the Centro de Domótica Integral de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
Arturo Díaz has worked on issues related to high concentration photovoltaic systems, one or dual axis solar tracking, low-cost solar sensors, solar tracking algorithms, control systems, among others. He is member of the Grupo de Investigación e Ingeniería en Energía Solar of Centro de Investigaciones en Óptica (GIIE-Sol).
Research Lines:
- Concentration photovoltaic systems
- Concentration solar power
- Sistemas mecatrónicos para el aprovechamiento de energía solar.
- Control systems
Selected Publications:
- Garrido, R., & Arturo Díaz P. (2016). Cascade closed-loop control of solar trackers applied to HCPV systems. Renewable Energy, 97, 689-696.
- Arturo Díaz P. y Rubén Garrido Moctezuma. (2017, Junio). Design, manufacture and innovation of a control system and wireless industrial monitoring through a communication protocol based on IO link technology. Segundo foro internacional de talento Méxicano.
- Arturo Díaz P. y Rubén Garrido Moctezuma. (2017, Junio) Solar tracker for photovoltaic concentrator systems. Segundo foro internacional de talento Mexicano.
- Arturo Díaz P. y Rubén Garrido Moctezuma (2016, September). Cascade control system for high precision solar trackers. In AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 1766, No. 1, p. 070002). AIP Publishing.
- Arturo Díaz P. y Rubén Garrido Moctezuma. Interface for real-time communication between a MEMS ISSD5 Solar Sensor and Matlab/Simulink®. XI Congreso Iberoamericano en el Programa Científico Técnico y XXXVIII Semana Nacional de Energía Solar.