Martin Gurtner

Power System Optimization

Prague, Czechia

About

Experience

  • Power System Optimization - Developer at ČEZ
    Jan 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 6 mos

    * Tech lead in a team developing and managing advanced mathematical optimization models for diverse energy assets across the Czech Republic, including nuclear, hydro, CCGT, and coal. * Specializing in sophisticated mixed integer models to optimize energy production over time horizons from hours to years, crucial for operational efficiency and long-term planning. * Ensuring the reliability of these models in production. * Leveraging the latest technologies and tools to continuously improve the performance and also the ease of maintenance of the models.

  • Research and Development at Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague
    Mar 2014 - Present · 12 yrs 4 mos

    * Co-developed SK8O, a two-legged wheeled balancing robot, handling software development and co-designing the balancing controller. * Engaged in PhD research on real-time optimization-based control and estimation for dielectrophoretic (DEP) micromanipulation. * Innovated and published a method for precise position measurement in DEP setups. * Derived a control-oriented DEP force field model, making complex equations analytically tractable. * Addressed electric field shaping for targeted microparticle movement, utilizing advanced optimization techniques. * Contributed to teaching a course on Optimal and Robust Control, refining its content to emphasize numerical optimization methods, enhancing students’ understanding of practical application in control theory.

  • Summer Research Internship at Czech Technical University in Prague
    Jul 2013 - Aug 2013 · 2 mos

  • Visiting Student at TU Delft
    Mar 2013 - Mar 2013 · 1 mo

    Athens Programme - Introduction to Finite Element Method

  • Visiting Student at Hochschule Trier
    Oct 2012 - Oct 2012 · 1 mo

    Alice Project 2012