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Process optimization, Network control systems, Automation systems, Macroeconomic multifactor models, Control engineering education
United Kingdom, Costa Rica

Biography

PhD in wireless networked control systems.
Master in Business Administration and Management with an emphasis on Finance.
Research track record in control and communications design.
Member of the Control Engineering Research Laboratory.
Consultant for automation projects.
12 + years of teaching experience, including undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
5 + years experience in control engineering industry.

Activities

Employment (6)

University of Costa Rica: Montes de Oca, San José, CR

2012-06-01 to 2033-12-31 | Associate (Electrical Engineering)
Employment
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

Supervisory Body of Civil Aviation of Costa Rica: Alajuela, CR

2021-03-01 to 2022-10-31 | Electrical and Control Engineering Consultant (Technical Support Unit for the Auditing of the Interested Management Contract of the Juan Santamaría International Airport (UTAF).)
Employment
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

Ministry of Environment, Energy and Telecommunications of Costa Rica: San Jose, CR

2018-03-01 to 2019-05-31 | Electrical Engineering Consultant (Energy Subsector Planning Secretariat)
Employment
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

University of Strathclyde: Glasgow, Scotland, GB

2015-09-01 to 2017-05-31 | Teaching Assistant (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
Employment
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

Emerson Electric Costa Rica Limited: San Jose, CR

2011-01-01 to 2012-08-31 | Proposals Engineer (Process Systems and Solutions division)
Employment
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

Kimberly Clark: Cartago, CR

2010-07-01 to 2010-09-30 | Practitioner (Electrical Engineering)
Employment
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Education and qualifications (5)

Universidad de Costa Rica: Montes de Oca, San José, CR

2021-01-03 to 2023-06-30 | Master's Degree in Business Administration and Management with an emphasis on Finance (with honors) (Graduate Program in Business Administration and Management)
Education
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

University of Strathclyde: Glasgow, Glasgow, GB

2014-10-01 to 2017-10-01 | PhD (Electronic and Electrical Engineering)
Education
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

Universidad de Costa Rica: Montes de Oca, San José, CR

2010-10-01 to 2012-10-01 | Licentiate in Electrical Engineering with emphasis on Digital Electronic Control (Electrical Engineering)
Education
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

Exida: USA, US

2011-10-01 to 2012-03-01 | Certified Functional Safety Professional (Board Governance)
Qualification
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

Universidad de Costa Rica: Montes de Oca, San José, CR

2006-03-10 to 2010-10-01 | Bachelor of Electrical Engineering with emphasis in Electronics and Telecommunications (Electrical Engineering)
Education
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

Professional activities (6)

IEEE: USA, US

2017 to present | Professional (Electrical Engineering)
Membership
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

Universidad de Costa Rica: Montes de Oca, San José, CR

2012 to present | Collaborator (Control Engineering Research Laboratory)
Membership
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

Colegio de Ingenierios y Arquitectos: Curridabat, San José, CR

2010 to present | Ingeniera Electricista (CIEMI Ingenieros Electricistas, Mecánicos e Industriales)
Membership
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

Engineering Student Council: Montes de Oca, San José, CR

2022 | Recognition of teaching work (Engineering Faculty)
Distinction
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

Universidad de Costa Rica: Montes de Oca, San José, CR

2020-11-10 | Best research in progress of the Engineering Conference of the University of Costa Rica (Engineering Faculty)
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University of Strathclyde: Glasgow, GB

2014-10-01 to 2017-10-12 | PhD student (Industrial Control Centre)
Membership
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Funding (2)

Research Stimulus Fund for Development and evaluation of control strategies for network control systems

2019-01 to 2024-12 | Grant
Vice-rector's Office for Research of the University of Costa Rica (San Jose, CR)
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

Incentive Fund

2015 to present | Contract
Ministry of Science, Innovation, Technology and Telecommunications of Costa Rica (San Jose, CR)
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

Works (25)

“Mujer en la Ingeniería”: iniciativas y experiencias para disminuir la brecha de género en ingeniería

Hablando (de) las mujeres : comunicación, representaciones de género y activismos feministas
2024 | Book chapter
Contributors: Mercedes Chacón Vásquez
Source: Self-asserted source
Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

Digital Control Education, Engaging and Skill-Oriented

IFAC-PapersOnLine
2024 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2405-8963
Contributors: Mercedes Chacón Vásquez
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

Digitalization and social education

Annals of the Constantin Brancusi
2024 | Journal article
Contributors: Mercedes Chacón Vásquez
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

Control and Automation Education: academia and industry together

2024 28th International Conference on System Theory, Control and Computing (ICSTCC)
2024-10-10 | Conference paper
Contributors: Mercedes Chacón Vásquez
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

Application of Fractional-order PID controllers in a Greenhouse Climate Control System

IFAC-PapersOnLine
2024-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2405-8963
Contributors: Emmanuel B. Edet; Mercedes Chacón-Vásquez; Emmanuel C. Onyeocha
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

Factores que impulsan y que inhiben el ingreso y la permanencia de mujeres en las carreras de Ingeniería de la Universidad de Costa Rica

Actualidades Investigativas en Educación
2024-05-01 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 1409-4703
Contributors: Carolina Vásquez Soto ; Mercedes Chacón Vásquez; Sylvia Mesa Peluffo; Silvia Arguedas Méndez
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez
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DISEÑO E IMPLEMENTACIÓN DE UN MODELO FINANCIERO CUANTITATIVO PARA LA ESTIMACIÓN DE LA TENDENCIA DE LAS TASAS DE INTERÉS DE LOS BONOS DEL TESORO DE ESTADOS UNIDOS A DOS AÑOS PLAZO PARA EL BANCO CENTRAL DE COSTA RICA

2023 | Dissertation or Thesis
Contributors: Mercedes Chacón Vásquez
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

Wind power model-based control strategies for green energy generation

2023 IEEE 2nd Industrial Electronics Society Annual On-Line Conference (ONCON)
2023-12-08 | Conference paper
Contributors: Mercedes Chacón Vásquez; Jose Miguel Pizarro Viales
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

Talleres para atraer estudiantes mujeres de secundaria a las carreras de ingeniería: una metodología exitosa en el proyecto «Mujer en la Ingeniería»

Mujeres en la educación universitaria de ciencia, ingeniería, tecnología y matemáticas: Atracción, acceso y acompañamiento para reducir la brecha de género en Hispanoamérica
2023-05 | Book chapter
Contributors: Mercedes Chacón Vásquez
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

Análisis de estabilidad y diseño de un sistema no lineal con controladores PI

III Jornadas de Investigación de la Facultad de Ingeniería 2021
2022 | Conference paper
Contributors: Mercedes Chacón Vásquez
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

Control over networks: A case study of Wastewater Treatment Plants

2022 IEEE 20th International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN)
2022 | Conference paper
Contributors: Mercedes Chacón Vásquez
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

Mujer en la Ingeniería: iniciativas y experiencias para disminuir la brecha de género en ingeniería

III Encuentro de Investigación Feminismos, Género y Comunicación del Centro de Investigación en Comunicación de la Universidad de Costa Rica
2022 | Conference paper
Contributors: Mercedes Chacón Vásquez
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

Stability analysis of a nonlinear system with immune PD controllers

III Jornadas de Investigación de la Facultad de Ingeniería 2021
2022-10 | Conference paper
Contributors: Mercedes Chacón Vásquez
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

A DMC implementation for a binary distillation column: a MIMO approach

2022 IEEE Biennial Congress of Argentina (ARGENCON)
2022-09-07 | Conference paper
Contributors: Elena Villalobos Herra; Mercedes Chacon Vasquez
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

Control over networks: A case study of Wastewater Treatment Plants

2022 IEEE 20th International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN)
2022-07-25 | Conference paper
Contributors: Mercedes Chacon Vasquez
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

Optimal immune PI tuning rules for networked control systems with long time delays

2021 25th International Conference on System Theory, Control and Computing (ICSTCC)
2021-10-20 | Conference paper
Contributors: Raul Brenes Astorga; Mercedes Chacon Vasquez
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

Design of an optimal immune PI controller

II Research Conference of the Faculty of Engineering, Engineering Journal of the University of Costa Rica
2020 | Conference paper
Contributors: Mercedes Chacón Vásquez
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

Implementation of a DMC for a binary distillation column

II Research Conference of the Faculty of Engineering, Engineering Journal of the University of Costa Rica
2020 | Conference paper
Contributors: Mercedes Chacón Vásquez
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

Factores determinantes en la escogencia de la carrera de Ingeniería Química en la Universidad de Costa Rica

II Research Conference of the Faculty of Engineering
2020-11 | Conference paper
Contributors: Mercedes Chacón Vásquez
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

Decentralized wireless networked model predictive control design for large and complex systems

2020 International Conference on Control, Automation and Diagnosis (ICCAD)
2020-10 | Conference paper
Contributors: Mercedes Chacon Vasquez; Reza Katebi
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

Decentralised wireless networked model predictive control design for wind turbines

2020 24th International Conference on System Theory, Control and Computing (ICSTCC)
2020-10-08 | Conference paper
Contributors: Mercedes Chacon Vasquez
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

New Constrained Predictive PID controller for packet dropouts in Wireless Networked Control Systems

IFAC-PapersOnLine
2018 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2405-8963
Contributors: Mercedes Chacón Vásquez; Reza Katebi
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

New predictive PID controllers for packet dropouts in wireless networked control systems

2017 IEEE 15th International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN)
2017-07 | Conference paper
Contributors: Mercedes Chacon Vaquez; Reza Katebi
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

Comparison of PID methods for Networked Control Systems

2016 UKACC 11th International Conference on Control (CONTROL)
2016-08 | Conference paper
Contributors: Mercedes Chacon Vasquez; Reza Katebi
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Mercedes Chacón Vásquez

Application of IMC adaptive control to the control of congestion (AQM) en TCP

XXX Convention of Central America and Panama of the Institute of Engineers in Electricity and Electronics (IEEE)
2010 | Conference paper
Contributors: Mercedes Chacón Vásquez
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