Bio
Renata Rezende da Costa Reis Kimpara is currently a R&D Assistant with the Grid Systems Architecture Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Renata was born in Campo Grande, Brazil. She earned her B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS) in Campo Grande, Brazil, in 2019 and 2022, respectively.
Prior to joining ORNL, she worked as a researcher at BATLAB - Power Electronics and Drives, Artificial Intelligence, and Energy Systems Laboratory at UFMS, where she worked on decision systems utilizing flexible computation. Her projects included developing data-driven models, applying AI-based optimization techniques, and implementing hardware for power electronics converters and machine drives.
Her research interests span power electronics applications for electrical grids and power systems, artificial intelligence, and the design and operation of electric machines and drives.
Awards
IEEE International Future Energy Challenge, 2015
Education
2019 B.E. in Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Brazil
2022 M.S. in in Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Brazil
Other Publications
Journal Papers (4)
R. R. C. Reis, M. L. M. Kimpara, L. Galotto and J. O. P. Pinto, "Genetic Algorithm-Based Commutation Angle Control for Torque Ripple Mitigation in Switched Reluctance Motor Drives," in IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 97331-97339, 2023, 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3313436.
M. L. M. Kimpara, R. R. C. Reis, L. E. B. Da Silva, J. O. P. Pinto and B. Fahimi, "A Two-Step Control Approach for Torque Ripple and Vibration Reduction in Switched Reluctance Motor Drives," in IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 82106-82118, 2022, 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3195493.
R. R. C. Reis, M. L. M. Kimpara, J. O. P. Pinto, and B. Fahimi, “Multi-Physics Simulation of 6/4 Switched Reluctance Motor by Finite Element Method”, Eletrônica de Potência, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 9–18, Mar. 2021, 10.18618/REP.2021.1.0004.
M. Kimpara, S. Wang, R. Reis, J. Pinto, M. Moallem and B. Fahimi, "On the Cross Coupling Effects in Structural Response of Switched Reluctance Motor Drives," in IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 620-630, June 2019, 10.1109/TEC.2018.2863199
Conference Papers (1)
Reis RR, Kimpara ML, Garcia RC, Gentil G, Estrabis T, Pinto JO. "Controle dos Ângulos de Comutação do Motor de Relutância Chaveada para Melhoria de Desempenho de Torque via Algoritmo Genético" (in Portuguese). In Congresso Brasileiro de Automática-CBA, Vol. 3, no. 1, October 2022 , 10.20906/CBA2022/3344
Books (1)
15th WCEAM Proceedings - Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, 10.1007/978-3-030-96794-9