As part of the “Energy and Technologies for Eco-Sustainability” research sector, the department of electronic engineering provides expertise in the following areas:
Industrial and power electronics
Keywords: static power converters, electric motor drives, photovoltaic systems, new generation electrical networks (Microgrids, Smart Grids)
Contact Person: Stefano Bifaretti
Conventional and organic Photovoltaics
Keywords: Dye-sensitized Solar Cells
Contact person: Aldo di Carlo
Keywords: polymer photovoltaics
Contact Person: Thomas Brown
Piezo-electric nano-generators
Keywords: nano generators for energy harvesting
Contact person: Christian Falconi
Automotive control
Key-words: electronic active steering; electronic differential; vision-based autonomous vehicles; cold start-up speed control for internal combustion engines; electronic control for four-wheel-steering vehicles; cruise control in electric vehicles with induction motors.
People: Prof. Riccardo Marino, Cristiano Maria Verrelli
Electric motor control
Key-words: output-feedback adaptive speed tracking control for induction and permanent magnet synchronous motors; sensorless adaptive speed tracking control for induction and permanent magnet synchronous motors; observers for induction motors; speed sensor fault detection in induction motors; position learning control for permanent magnet step and synchronous motors; position learning control for induction motors; synchronization of permanent magnet synchronous motors.
People: Prof. Riccardo Marino, Prof. Patrizio Tomei, Stefano Bifaretti, Cristiano Maria Verrelli, Marco Tiberti
Robot control
Key-words: adaptive learning control; repetitive learning control; nonlinear adaptive control.
People: Prof. Patrizio Tomei, Stefano Bifaretti, Cristiano Maria Verrelli
Power system control
Key-words: adaptive transient stabilization and voltage regulation of synchronous generators in power networks.
People: Prof. Riccardo Marino, Cristiano Maria Verrelli
Heart rate control during exercises
Key-words: heart rate regulation in cycle-ergometer exercises; heart rate regulation in treadmill exercises; heart rate variability control.
People: Prof. Patrizio Tomei, Cristiano Maria Verrelli, Marco Tiberti
Active disturbance compensation
Key-words: adaptive estimation of uncertain sinusoidal and periodic disturbance signals; adaptive compensation of sinusoidal disturbances in linear and nonlinear systems.
People: Prof. Riccardo Marino, Prof. Patrizio Tomei, Prof. Giovanni Luca Santosuosso