Robin van der Sande

Electrical Power Engineer

Contact

Skills

Programming
Matlab/Simulink
R
VHDL 
C/C++ 
LaTeX

Operating Systems

MacOS
Windows
Linux

Software & Tools
PLECS
LTspice
OrCAD Capture
Office
Maple

Hardware
Imperix 
OPAL-RT

Languages
Dutch (native)
English

Driving 
Category AM
Category B

About me

I am a highly motivated and analytical PhD candidate in Electrical Engineering at the DCE&S group within the ESE department at TU Delft. My research focuses on improving the reliability and survivability of MVDC shipboard power systems through system architecture design, contributing to a greater availability and fault tolerance of future all-electric ships. I hold a BSc and MSc in Electrical Power Engineering (both Cum Laude) from TU Delft. With a strong perseverance in tackling complex engineering challenges, I excel in problem-solving, critical thinking, effective communication, and teamwork

Work experience

PhD Researcher – Delft University of Technology
Nov 2022 – Present
• Reliability of MVDC shipboard power systems – ESE department.

Guest Researcher – Netherlands Defence Academy
Feb 2024 – Present
• Survivability of Naval shipboard power systems – Faculty of Military Sciences.

Electrical Technician – EP Elgo
Jun 2015 – May 2024
• Network and electronics service technician
• Design, service, and installation of residential solar and power systems
• Monitoring and fault diagnostics of solar systems
• Sales and customer advice

Education

MSc Electrical Engineering – Delft University of Technology
Sep 2020 – Sep 2022
• Cum Laude | Power Electronics & Electrical Machines.

BSc Electrical Engineering – Delft University of Technology
Sep 2017 – Jul 2020
• Cum Laude | Finance minor

Pre-university education – Willem van Oranje College
Sep 2011 – Jul 2017
• Cum Laude | Physics and Technology

Publications

First author:
• 2025 – IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
Dynamic DC Voltage Enhancement for Modular Multilevel Converter Using Capacitor Voltage Ripple

• 2025 – IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society
Reliable DC Shipboard Power Systems – Design, Assessment, and Improvement

• 2024 – IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics
Reliability and Sensitivity Analysis of Meshed DC Shipboard Power Systems using Stochastic Simulation

• 2024 – IEEE 6th International Conference on DC Microgrids
Reliability Assessment of Meshed DC Shipboard Power Systems Using Stochastic Simulation

• 2023 – IEEE 11th International Conference on Power Electronics and ECCE Asia
DC Link Capacity Enhancement for MMC-based Distribution Link using Dynamic Voltage Operation

Co-author:
• 2026 – IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
A Control Approach for Performance Improvement of MMR-Based SST in H2 Electrolyzer Applications

• 2024 – IEEE 21st International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference
Adequacy of Hybrid AC-DC Grids with Reliability Oriented Modular Multilevel Converter Design-A Case Study Using Modified RTS-24 Network

• 2023 – IEEE Belgrade PowerTech
Development of Reliable Power Electronic Systems using Real Time Digital Twin Based Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Testbed