1- Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I.; Cosme, Antonio*; Alvarez, Jaime*; “Compact Fluorescent Lamps, an Anticipatory Mind to Mercury” IEEE Potentials-Magazine Jan./February 2011 Vol.30 No.1Open
2- Balaguer, Irvin; Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I.; “Survey of Distributed Generation Islanding Detection Methods” IEEE Latin America Transactions, October 2010 vol. 8 No. 5Open
3- Fang Zheng Peng; Joseph, A.; Jin Wang; Miaosen Shen; Lihua Chen; Zhiguo Pan; Ortiz-Rivera, E.; Yi Huang; “Z-source inverter for motor drives” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Volume 20, Issue 4, July 2005 Page(s):857 – 863 Open
4- Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I. “Analytical Model for a Photovoltaic Module using the Electrical Characteristics provided by the Manufacturer Data Sheet” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. (Accepted) Open
5- Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I. “A Novel Method to Estimate the Maximum Power for a Photovoltaic Inverter System.” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (Accepted) Open
6- Lugo-Cordero, H.M.; Fuentes-Rivera, A.; Guha, R.K.; Ortiz-Rivera, E.I.; "Particle Swarm Optimization for load balancing in green smart homes" 2011 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), Publication Year: 2011 , Page(s): 715 - 720 Open
7- Lugo-Cordero, Hector M.; Fuentes-Rivera, Abigail; Guha, Ratan K.; Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I.;"A cognitive approach to load balancing for Green Houses" 2011 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, Publication Year: 2011 Open
8- Otero, Ruben;* Santiago, Juan*; Cruz, Joel*; Lopez, Victor*; Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I.; “Three Phase Induction Motor Drive Using Flyback Converter and PWM Inverter Fed from a Single Photovoltaic Panel” 2011 Power and Energy Society General Meeting, Detroit, MI Open
9- Santiago, Juan*; Gonzalez, Pedro*; Garcia, Sergio*; Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I.; “Design of an Observer and Speed Controller for a DC Motor Fed by Fuel Cells and DC to DC Converters” 2011 Power and Energy Society General Meeting, Detroit, MI Open
10- Ortiz, Eliud; Maldonado, Ricardo; O’neill, Harry, Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I.; “Proposed System Model and Simulation for Three Phase Induction Motor Operation with Single PV Panel” 2011 Power and Energy Society General Meeting, Detroit, MI Open
11- Garcia, Sergio*; Pabon, Jose*; Diaz, Yancy*; Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I.; “An Integrated Undergraduate Research Experience in Control, Power Electronics, and Design using a Micromouse" 2010 Frontiers in Education Conference, Washington, DC (Nomination for 2010 IEEE FIE Young Faculty Award) Open
12- Mendez, Edgardo; Serrano Guillermo; Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I.; “A Monolithic Integrated Solar Energy Harvesting System”, 2010 IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conf., Hawaii, June 2010 (IEEE Student Award: Best Photovoltaic Terrestrial Application!)
13- Díaz-Mercado, Yancy*; García-Vergara, Sergio*; Pabón-De León, José*; Ortíz-Rivera, Eduardo I.; “Maximum Power Control Based on Matching D.C. Motor Dynamics and Fuel Cell Dynamic Behavior” Proc. 2010 CPES Annual Conf., D2.9, Blacksburg, VA, April 11-13, 2010
14- Cabrera, Rafmag; Merced, Emmanuelle J.; Suarez, Ramon; Santiago, Jorge; Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I. “Self-sustainable Voltage Regulator for Photovoltaic Systems using Optimal Control Algorithm” Proceedings 2010 CPES Annual Conf., D2.10, Blacksburg, VA, April 11-13, 2010
15- Soltero, Daniel E. *; Francisco, Luis S.; Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I.; “Optimal Control for Buck Converter with PV Module” Proceedings 2010 CPES Annual Conference, D2.10, Blacksburg, VA, April 11-13, 2010
16- Jimenez-Brea, Emil A.; Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I.; Salazar, Andres; "Simple Photovoltaic Solar Cell Dynamic Sliding Mode Controlled Maximum Power Point Tracker for Battery Charging Applications" 23rd IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, Palms Springs, CA, February 21-25, 2010 (IEEE Award: Best Presentation on Renewable Energy!) Open
17- Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I. Salazar, Andres; Gonzalez, Jesús; "A Mathematical Model for Online Electrical Characterization of Thermoelectric Generators Using the P-I Curves at Different Temperatures" 23rd IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, Palms Springs, CA, February 21-25, 2010 Open
18- Jimenez-Brea, Emil A.; Salazar, Andres; Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I.; Gonzalez, Jesús; “A Maximum Power Point Tracker Implementation for Photovoltaic Cells Using Dynamic Optimal Voltage Tracking" 23rd IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exp., Palms Springs, CA, February 21-25, 2010 Open
19- Gonzalez, Jesús; Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I.; Salazar, Andres; Jimenez-Brea, Emil A.; "Analyzing the Optimal Matching of DC Motors to Photovoltaic Modules via DC-DC Converters" 23rd IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exp., Palms Springs, CA, February 21-25, 2010 Open
20- Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I.; Salazar, Andres C.; Velez, José*; “An Enriched Undergraduate Research Experience based on the Simulation, Experiments, and Theory of Fuel Cells” 2009 Frontiers in Education Conference, San Antonio, TX , October 18-21, 2009 (Nomination for 2009 IEEE FIE Young Faculty Award) Open
21- Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I.; Castro, Marcel; “Integration of Hands on Laboratory Experience of Power Electronics and Renewable Energy Applications: Work in Progress” 2009 Frontiers in Education Conference, San Antonio, TX, October 18-21, 2009
22- Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I.; Gonzalez, Jesús; Salazar, Andres C.; “Bringing Renewable Energy to the Electrical Engineering Undergraduate Education & Research at UPRM” 2009 Frontiers in Education Conference, San Antonio, TX, October 18-21, 2009 Open
23- Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I.; Feliciano, Luisa; “Performance Evaluation and Simulation of a Solar Thermal Power Plant” 2009 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (Former IEEE PESC Conf.) San Jose, CA, USA, Sept. 20-24, 2009 (IEEE IAS Myron Sucker Award!) Open
24- Diaz, Andrés J.; Saltares, Roger; Rodríguez, Christian; Nuñez, Roberto; Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I.; Gonzalez, Jesús; “Induction Motor Equivalent Circuit for Dynamic Simulation” IEEE International Machines and Drives Conference, Miami, FL, May 3-6, 2009 Open
25- E. E. Jimenez-Toribio, A. A. Labour-Castro, F. Muniz-Rodriguez, H. R. Perez-Hernandez, and E. I. Ortiz-Rivera; “Sensorless Control of SEPIC and Cuk Converters for DC Motors using Solar Panels” IEEE International Machines and Drives Conference, May 3-6, 2009
26- Gonzalez-Llorente, Jesús; Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I.; Diaz, Andrés J.; “A Maximum Power Point Tracker using Positive Feedforward Control based on the DC Motor Dynamics and PVM Mathematical Model” IEEE International Machines and Drives Conference, May 3-6, 2009 Open
27- Balaguer, Irvin J.; Kim, Heung-Geun; Peng, Fang Z.; Ortiz, Eduardo I.; “Survey of Photovoltaic Power Systems Islanding Detection Methods” 34th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, November 10-13, 2008
28- Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I.; Diaz, Andrés J.; “An Approximation of a PVM Model using Integer Polynomials” 34th Annual Conf. of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Soc, November 10-13, 2008
29- Jimenez-Brea, Emil A.; Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I.; Gil-Arias, Omar; “A Dynamic Maximum Power Point Tracker using Sliding Mode Control” 11th IEEE Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Zurich, Switzerland, Aug 18-20, 2008 Open
30- Gil-Arias, Omar; Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I.; “A General Purpose Tool for Simulating the Behavior of PV Solar Cells, Modules and Arrays” 11th IEEE Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Zurich, Switzerland, August 18-20, 2008 Open
31- Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I.; Pan, Zach; Wang, Jin; “A Mathematical Model to Describe the Electrical Characteristics for a Fuel Cell” IEEE 39th Power Electronics Specialists Conference, Rhodes, Greece, June 15-19 2008 Open
32- Jimenez-Brea, Emil A.; Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I.; “Sliding Mode Control for PV Power Systems” Proceedings CPES General Meeting 2008, Blacksburg, Virginia, April 6-9, 2008
33- Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I.; “Maximum Power Point Tracking using the Optimal Duty Ratio for DC-DC Converters and Load Matching in Photovoltaic Applications” 22nd IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, Austin, Texas, February 24-28, 2008 Open
34- Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I.; Rodriguez, Luis*; “The Z-Source Converter as an Introduction to Power Electronics and Undergraduate Research” Proceedings 2007 Frontiers in Education Conference, Milwaukee, WI, October, 10-13, 2007 Open
35- Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I.; Reyes-Hernandez, Angel L.*; Febo, Rey A.*; “Understanding the History of Fuel Cells” Proceedings 2007 IEEE Conference on the History of Electric Power, New Brunswick, New Jersey, August 3-5, 2007 Open
36- Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I.; “A MPPT Method Based on the Approximation of a PVM Model using Fractional Polynomials” 38th IEEE Power Electronics Spec. Conf., Orlando FL, June 18-22, 2007. Open
37- Arias, Omar G.; Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I.; “Emulation of the Behavior of a Photovoltaic Module in SABER” Proc. CPES General Meeting 2007, Blacksburg, Virginia, April 15, 2007
38- Rodriguez, Luis*; Lugo, Salvador*; Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I.; “Undergraduate Research: Introduction to Power Electronics Using The T-Filter and Z-Source Converter” Proceedings CPES General Meeting 2007, Blacksburg, Virginia, April 15, 2007
39- Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I.; Peng, Fang Z.; “Algorithms to Estimate the Temperature and Effective Irradiance Level over a Photovoltaic Module using the Fixed Point Theorem.”, 37th IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conf., Jeju, Korea, June 18-22, 2006. Open
40- Ortiz Rivera, E.I.; Peng, F.Z.; “Linear Reoriented Coordinates Method”, 2006 IEEE International Conf. on Electro/information Technology, 7-10 May 2006 Page(s):459 – 464 Open
41- Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I., “A Novel Method of Area Optimization for a System Modeled with Transcendental Functions.” AIAA 3rd International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, San Francisco, California, August 15-18, 2005
42- Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I.; Peng, Fang Z.; “A Dynamic Photovoltaic System Using the Z-Source Converter.”, AIAA 3rd International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, San Francisco, California, August 15-18, 2005
43- Ortiz-Rivera, E.I.; Peng, F.Z.; “Analytical Model for a Photovoltaic Module using the Electrical Characteristics provided by the Manufacturer Data Sheet” PESC '05. IEEE 36th Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 2005. 16-16 June 2005 Page(s):2087 – 2091 Open
44- Ortiz-Rivera, Eduardo I. and Fang Z. Peng “A Novel Method to Estimate the Maximum Power for a Photovoltaic Inverter System.” The 35th IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference (PESC), Aachen, Germany, June 20-25, 2004
45- Ortiz-Rivera, E.I.; “Study of power quality: problems in commercial buildings in Puerto Rico” Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Electric Utility Deregulation, Restructuring and Power Technologies, 2004. (DRPT 2004). Volume 1, 5-8 April 2004 Page(s):301 - 305 Vol.1 Open