Dr. Manuel A. Duarte-Mermoud is currently a Full Professor and the Director of Research at the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at Universidad Central de Chile Santiago, Chile. He received a Civil Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Chile in 1977 and M.Sc., M. Phil., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Yale University in 1985, 1986, and 1988, respectively. His main research interests are robust adaptive control (linear/nonlinear and integer/fractional systems), system identification, signal processing, and pattern recognition. He is focused on applications of energy, the mining and wine industries, sensory systems, and electrical machines and drives.