Dr David Campos-Gaona
Senior Lecturer
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Personal statement
I am a Senior Lecturer at the electronic & electrical engineering department and member of the WECC (Wind Energy and Control Group) from University of Strathclyde. Over the course of my academic career, I have focused my research efforts in the improvement of production, transmission and distribution of electric energy by integrating power electronics into the power systems, with a strong reliance on prototype and digital control development to validate the proposed solutions. I have worked with internationally recognized research groups in power electronics/systems such as the Alpha Laboratory of Power Electronics at the University of British Columbia, Canada (2014-2016), The Wind Energy & Control Centre at the University of Strathclyde, UK (2016-present), and the PGIIE, Mexico (2013). Additionally, I have carried out research,prototype development and Consultancy with industrial partners such as Prolec-General Electric, Mexico (2013), Alpha Technologies LTD, Canada (2015), and Offshore Renewable Energy CATAPULT, UK, (2018) and Auto Motive Power, Inc (2021). I am a Senior Member of the IEEE (SMIEEE) and Member of the Mexican National Investigator System (SNI-I). Taught Courses: EE472/EE972, Control Principles (2019 - present), for final year undergraduate and MSc students. EE821, Wind Generators Modelling and Control (2020 - present), for final year undergraduate and MSc students. EE577/977 Wind Energy And Distributed Energy Resources (2018 - present), for final year undergraduate and MSc students.
Prize And Awards
- Poster Award Winner
- Recipient
- 20/6/2018
- ETP PECRE Award 2017
- Recipient
- 2/2017
- 2-year Posdoctoral Research Fellowship at University of British Columbia
- Recipient
- 1/2/2014
Publications
- Control design for wind-diesel hybrid power systems retrofitted with fuel cells
- Monroy-Morales José Luis, Peña-Alzola Rafael, Sajikumar Adwaith, Campos-Gaona David, Melgoza-Vázquez Enrique
- Energies Vol 19 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.3390/en19061573
- Providing system level frequency support from wind over the full operating range
- Isbister Callum, Anaya-Lara Olimpo, Campos-Gaona David, Morris Jennifer F
- IET Conference Proceedings Vol 2025, pp. 958-965 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2025.4538
- Supercapacitor-based energy storage system using two- and three-level converter topologies
- Zalapa Andrea Xiomara Monroy, Manjarrez Daniela Bobadilla, Monroy-Morales José Luis, Peña-Alzola Rafael, Campos-Gaona David
- 2025 IEEE International Autumn Meeting on Power, Electronics and Computing (ROPEC) 2025 IEEE International Autumn Meeting on Power, Electronics and Computing (ROPEC) 2025 IEEE International Autumn Meeting on Power, Electronics and Computing (ROPEC), pp. 1-5 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/ropec68163.2025.11353982
- Modeling and control of a doubly fed induction generator under realistic wind speed variations
- Pérez-Martínez José M, Monroy-Zalapa Andrea X, Monroy-Morales José L, Madrigal-Martínez Manuel, Campos-Gaona David
- 2025 IEEE International Autumn Meeting on Power, Electronics and Computing (ROPEC) 2025 IEEE International Autumn Meeting on Power, Electronics and Computing (ROPEC) 2025 IEEE International Autumn Meeting on Power, Electronics and Computing (ROPEC), pp. 1-6 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/ropec68163.2025.11354001
- SSSSub/super synchronous oscillations in wind power generation systems : triggering factors, characteristics, and analysis methods
- Pourmirasghariyan Mirhamed, Campos-Gaona David, Papadopoulos Panagiotis N, Anaya-Lara Olimpo, Rogdakis Georgios, Perze-Martinez Helena
- 2025 4th International Conference on Power Systems and Electrical Technology (PSET) 2025 4th International Conference on Power Systems and Electrical Technology (PSET), pp. 969-976 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/pset66242.2025.11296595
- A universal, communication-free inductive power transfer system achieving uniform voltage gain for electric vehicle charging
- Issa Mahmoud, Hamad Mostafa S, El-Zonkoly Amany, Gaona David Campos, Anaya-Lara Olimpo
- 2025 10th IEEE Workshop on the Electronic Grid (eGRID) 10th IEEE Workshop on the Electronic Grid IEEE Workshop on the Electronic Grid (eGRID) Vol 2025 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/egrid63452.2025.11255006
Professional Activities
- Machines (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 8/2023
- Internal Examiner, PhD VIVA (Mathieu Kervyn De Meerendre)
- Examiner
- 19/8/2022
- Artificial Intelligence Review (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 2022
- Internal Examiner, PhD VIVA (Walid Mohamady Hassan Nassar)
- Examiner
- 23/8/2021
- Invited Talk: ¿Cómo hacer viable la transmisión de energia eolica fuera de costa usando corriente alterna de baja frecuencia?
- Speaker
- 28/5/2021
- Faculty of Engineering Spring Webinar Series: Making Low Frequency AC power transmission a viable option for offshore wind farms
- Speaker
- 8/3/2021
Projects
- Northern Power Grid Intro to Power Systems 2025 Course
- Campos-Gaona, David (Principal Investigator) Bell, Keith (Co-investigator) Kockar, Ivana (Co-investigator) Recalde Camacho, Luis (Co-investigator)
- 27-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2025
- Renewable Energy Systems (RES) - Innovation Centre Project #1 (Aux battery load consumption)
- Stephen, Bruce (Principal Investigator) Campos-Gaona, David (Co-investigator) Hart, Edward John (Co-investigator)
- 15-Jan-2024 - 14-Jan-2024
- Hybrid generation load site control and grid code compliance
- Ahmed, Khaled (Principal Investigator) Campos-Gaona, David (Co-investigator) Egea Alvarez, Agusti (Co-investigator) Xu, Lie (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
- Novel long-term electricity storage technologies for flexible hydropower (STORE2HYDRO)
- Anaya-Lara, Olimpo (Principal Investigator) Campos-Gaona, David (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2027
- Feasibility Study: Decoupled Electrolyser, Storage, and Offshore Wind
- Campos-Gaona, David (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2024
- BeSPOT: Experimental Validation of Ancillary Service Strategies Part I
- Campos-Gaona, David (Principal Investigator) Syed, Mazheruddin Hussain (Co-investigator) Soltowski, Bartosz (Researcher)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2022
Contact
Dr
David
Campos-Gaona
Senior Lecturer
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Email: d.campos-gaona@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted