on the afternoon of may 15th, professor jose rodriguez, a member of the chilean academy of sciences and former president of universidad técnica federico santa maría, was invited to visit the department of electrical engineering and applied electronics (eea). he delivered two academic lectures at room 102 in zone 3 of the west main building. the first lecture was titled “advanced topics of predictive control in power electronics,” and the second was titled “how to write highly cited papers.” the seminar was chaired by professor li yongdong, with over 50 students in attendance.
during the seminar, in addition to delivering insightful and forward-looking speeches on predictive control in power electronics and motor control systems, professor jose rodriguez emphasized the importance of writing high-quality papers to report research results effectively. in his presentation, professor jose introduced how researchers’ performance is measured and how papers are evaluated, focusing on various aspects including titles, abstracts, introductions, main content and conclusions, writing style, format, and related aspects of preparing survey reports.
jose rodriguez holds a ph.d. in engineering from the university of erlangen-nuremberg, germany, and has served as the president of universidad técnica federico santa maría in chile. he has conducted extensive research in power electronics and motor control systems, publishing over 900 papers, with more than 400 appearing in top-tier journals. his work has been cited over 80,000 times, with an h-index of 113. he is the only professor in south america to have been consecutively listed as a “highly cited researcher” from 2014 to 2023, recognized among the most influential scientists globally. in 2014, he was awarded the national prize for applied and technological sciences by the chilean government.
