Raul Estrada Vazquez

MSc

Function

Site Manager Institute Electronic Engineering
Power Electronics Research & Education Hub
Hightech-Campus Kapfenberg

Phone

+43 (316) 5453 - 8369

E-Mail

Address

FH JOANNEUM
Electronic Engineering
Werk-VI-Straße 46
Room WS46a.EG.028
8605 Kapfenberg
Austria

Profile

Site Manager of the Institute of Electronic Engineering at FH JOANNEUM’s Hightech-Campus Kapfenberg, overseeing the Power Electronics Research & Education Hub.

With a career spanning Mexico, Spain and Austria, Raúl Estrada Vázquez combines deep expertise in control engineering and power electronics with extensive experience in both industrial applications and academic research.

He began his career as an Engineering Assistant at the Laguna Verde Nuclear Power Station (1998–1999). He then moved to the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (Tec de Monterrey), where he earned an MSc in Automation, specializing in Control Engineering (2002), and taught as a Junior Lecturer until 2006. From 2006 to 2009, he was a Development Engineer at ADEX S.L. in Madrid, where he led adaptive predictive control projects for major industrial clients.

In 2009, he joined FH JOANNEUM, where he now serves as Site Manager of the Institute of Electronic Engineering in Kapfenberg. In this role, he oversees the Power Electronics Research & Education Hub, bringing together teaching, applied research and industry collaboration under one roof. His technical work focuses on control engineering for highly dynamic power electronics, with applications in energy and process engineering.

Raul Estrada Vazquez

Profile

Courses

Engineering and Production Management (Master, Co-op)

Advanced Mechatronics

3.00

3.00

Electronics and Computer Engineering (Bachelor, Full-time)

Bachelor’s examination

2.00

0.00

Internship

14.00

1.00

Bachelor Thesis

13.00

0.30

Bachelor Thesis Seminar

1.00

1.00

Control Engineering and Electric Drives

5.00

4.00

Control Engineering and Electric Drives

5.00

4.00

Bachelor Thesis Seminar

1.00

1.00

Bachelor’s examination

2.00

0.00

Internship

14.00

1.00

Bachelor Thesis

13.00

0.30

Control Engineering and Electric Drives

5.00

4.00

Electronic Engineering (Master, Work-friendly)

Thesis

21.00

0.00

Thesis Seminar

4.00

2.00

Project 1

13.00

3.00

Renewable Energy and Electric Mobility

3.00

2.00

Final Examination

0.00

0.00

Electronic Engineering (Master, Work-friendly)

Master Thesis Seminar

0.00

1.00

Digital Control Systems

6.00

4.00

Power Electronic Components

6.00

4.00

Electronic Engineering Project

6.00

0.50

Electric Mobility

6.00

4.00

Digital Control Systems

6.00

4.00

Power Electronic Components

6.00

4.00

Master's Thesis