Miquel Massot has been awarded the best MSc Thesis in mechatronics by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. The award was delivered by Jordi Ortuño from Tecnotrans Bonfiglioni. Miquel’s thesis describes the design, implementation and control of a DC/DC converter using supercapacitors for hybrid or electric vehicles.
The award ceremony was part of the opening year ceremony, which was held on the 9th of October in the “Escola Tècnica Superior d’Enginyers Industrials de Barcelona” (ETSEIB).
The publication derived from his work, co-authored by Daniel Montesinos, Joan Bergas, Samuel Galcerán and Alfred Rufer got also the 2nd best paper award in the 2014 journal IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. The article is available here.