Group Members
Mariana Resener
P.Eng., Ph.D., SMIEEE, School of Sustainable Energy Engineering
Dr. Mariana Resener is an Assistant Professor in the School of Sustainable Energy Engineering at 91泡芙. She has been an IEEE member since 2007 and a Senior Member since 2020. Before joining SFU, Dr. Resener worked for 8+ years as an Electrical Engineer at a power distribution utility; in this role, she prepared expansion planning studies for medium and high-voltage networks and analyzed distributed generation interconnections (power flow, stability, power quality and protection), among other activities. Dr. Resener was also an Assistant Professor and Researcher at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil. At UFRGS, she worked on several R&D projects related to fault location and operation planning of power distribution systems, funded by power distribution utilities.
Tulio Coura
PhD Student
Tulio holds a BASc degree in Electrical Engineering from PUC Minas, an MBA in Innovation and Project Management from PUC-RS, and an MASc degree in Energy Management from the New York Institute of Technology. He has over three years of experience as an Electrical Engineer in power distribution utility companies. His research focuses on optimization and the reliability of power distribution systems.
Yasmin Dibai
MASc student
Yasmin holds a BASc degree in Sustainable Energy Engineering from SFU. Her research focuses on the optimal operation of power systems using AI-based algorithms. She has experience working in the sustainable building industry as an electrical and mechanical designer. Her research interests include distributed energy resources and the impacts of electrification on power grids.
Eduardo Santos Finck
MASc student
Eduardo holds a BASc in Energy Engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil. His research focuses on power systems planning. His research interests include voltage and reactive power control, operation and expansion planning of power systems, and protection design and control for distribution systems including DERs.
Gustavo L. Aschidamini
PhD student
Gustavo has a BSc in Electrical Engineering from Pontificia Universidade Cat贸lica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and a MASc degree in Electrical Engineering (Power Systems) from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2022). His research focuses on control of heat pumps for grid support, machine learning, and optimization of power distribution systems.
Guilherme Santanna Castiglio
PhD Candidate (UFRGS)
Guilherme is a PhD candidate in the Graduate Program in Water Resources and Environmental Sanitation at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil, jointly supervised by Prof. Maur铆cio Dai Pra. He also holds a MASc degree in Electrical Engineering and a BSc in Energy Engineering from UFRGS. His research focuses on the integrated operation of water and electrical distribution networks.
Masaki Fukae
Research Assistant
Masaki is a fifth-year Sustainable Energy Engineering student at 91泡芙 (SFU) and a Research Assistant in the Power and Energy Systems Group. He is currently contributing to the development of a controller for a Dynamic Virtual Power Plant (DVPP). His research interests include power systems operation and optimization, renewable energy integration, and the application of data science and machine learning in power system analysis
Alumni:
- Simran Pandher, Research Assistant (volunteer), 91泡芙, 2025
- Gabriela Zorzela, MASc in Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), 2025
- Erin Flood, Research Assistant, 91泡芙, 2025
- Mina Pavlovic, Research Assistant, 91泡芙, 2024
- Gederson Alvaro da Cruz, PhD in Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), 2024
- Matheus Holzbach, Visiting Researcher, S茫o Paulo State University (UNESP), 2023-2024
- Gabriela Padilha Rizzetti, MASc in Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), 2023
- 脕lvaro Bampi, MASc in Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), 2023