Dr. Diego Troncon
Electric Machines Technical Project Leader in the Electrification System Integration
CNH Industrial, Italy
Dr. Diego Troncon is Electric Machines Technical Project Leader in the Electrification System Integration department at CNH Industrial. He received the Ph.D. degree in industrial engineering from University of Padova, Italy, in 2021, and received the bachelor’s degree in energy engineering and the master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Padova, Padova, Italy, in 2015 and 2017, respectively. During the academic experience he gained in-depth skills in the design, simulation, and validation of synchronous and asynchronous electric machines, along with sensorless control development. His research interests include different aspects of electrified system for off-highway heavy duty machineries with focus on electric machines.
Shafigh Nategh, PhD,
Founder and CEO of SEDRIVE
SEDRIVE, Sweden
Shafigh Nategh was born in 1984. He received the Ph.D. degree in electric power engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, in 2013. He was a Visiting Scholar with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA, from 2012 to 2013. From 2013 to 2015, he was a Lead Designer of PM machines for marine segment with the Rolls-Royce Group, Trondheim, Norway. He continued his career as a Designer of traction motors for railway applications with Bombardier Transportation, Västerås, Sweden, from 2015 to 2018. He was an R&D Senior Engineer with E-mobility Department, ABB AB, Västerås, Sweden, in 2018–2020, and Principal Engineer with Volvo Cars, Göteborg, Sweden, in 2020-2022. During this period, he held a position as Adjunct Associate Professor at Chalmers University of Technology. He has been Senior Principal Engineer and also Manager of Electric Drive Unit CAE and Electromagnetic Design with Polestar, Göteborg, Sweden. Since August 2023 is Founder and CEO of SEDRIVE, a start-up company located in Göteborg, Sweden, which mission is the development of environmentally friendly, efficient and cost-effective electric drive units. Dr. Nategh is a Vice-chair of IEEE Electrical Machines Technical Committee, Associate Editor of IEEE Transaction on Industrial Electronics, and technical Chair/Co-chair of several electrical machine conferences. His research interests include different aspects of propulsion system design in e-mobility, marine, aerospace and railway applications with focus on electrical machines.
Dmitry Svechkarenko
R&D Team Manager
ABB Corporate Research, Sweden
Dmitry Svechkarenko is R&D Team Manager at ABB Corporate Research, He is an Experienced R&D Team Manager with a demonstrated history of working in Electrical industry. Skilled in Industrial R&D in Electrical Machines & Drives and Powertrain Digitalization, Project Management and Team leading. Strong research professional with a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Royal Institute of Technology (KTH).
Ugo Sitta
Head of Power Electronics development
Ferrari, Italy
Ugo Sitta is Head of Power Electronics development at Ferrari spa since November 2015.
He joined Ferrari from his previous role as SW Engineering and SW Platforms Responsible at MM System and SW Engineering Center CTO in Magneti Marelli.
Mr. Sitta holds a degree in Electronic Engineering from University of Ferrara.
Shaohong Zhu
Electric Machine Engineer
Cummins, The United Kingdom
Shaohong Zhu received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from The University of Nottingham, UK, in 2021, where he was an Early-Stage Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research Fellow from 2016 to 2019 working on developing modular electric actuators for More Electric Aircraft (MEA). Before moving to the UK, he did undergraduate study at Jimei University, China from 2009 to 2013, and then postgraduate study at Harbin Institute of Technology, China from 2013 to 2016, both in Electrical Engineering. In 2019, he joined Cummins as an industrial placement student in the department of Corporate R&T in the UK focused on hybrid motor generator and high-power high speed electric motor for Commercial Vehicles. He is currently an Electric Machine Engineer in Accelera by Cummins, working on the development of electric powertrain systems for Commercial Vehicles. His research interest includes design, analysis and control of high-speed high power electric traction machines, optimization techniques, and fault-tolerant PM synchronous motors.
Marcin Szlosek
R&D Department Manager
ABB PL, Poland
Marcin Szlosek is R&D Department Manager at ABB PL, Poland. His Extensive R&D & Engineering management background includes broad technical knowledge, ability to drive bottom-line performance in developing technologies, solutions and products. Strong business development expertise includes business acumen that brings focus to strategic areas, market, strategic planning and negotiating. Exceptional leadership skills. Experienced building professional teams, establishing vision, setting goals, communicating, motivating, empowering and developing people. MBA with special focus on International Leadership
Education:
Ph.D. (2009) and MSc (2002) from AGH University of Science and Technology Cracow, Poland, Department of Electrical Engineering, Automatics, Computer Science and Electronics, Major Electrical Engineering.
International MBA (2019) program from Cracow School of Business at Cracow Poland University of Economics and St. Gallen Business School in St. Gallen, Switzerland,
Michele Merelli
Business Development Specialist and CAE Engineer
Particleworks Europe and Enginsoft, Italy
Michele Merelli is Business Development Specialist and CAE Engineer at Particleworks Europe and Enginsoft.
He joined the company in 2019, after an internship at ABB. He achieved his Master at Rijksuniversiteit, in The Netherlands after a Bachelor in Materials Engineering at Politecnico di Milano.
E-motor cooling and thermal management simulations are his core expertise, and he supports many car manufacturers in Europe on the use of Particleworks
Antonio Camarda
Senior Application Engineer
Ansys, Italy
Antonio Camarda received the B.S. as well as the M.S degree in Electronic Engineering from the Poytechnic University of Bari, Bari – Italy in 2006 and 2010 respectively. In June 2010 he joined the TechEdge Group as a SAP Consultant by which he had the opportunity to be involved in many projects involving big companies such as Eni S.p.A. (S. Donato M.se – Italy), Telecom Italia (Rozzano (Milano) – Italy), Ferrero S.p.A. (Alba (Cuneo) – Italy) and Federal Mogul (MI – USA).
In November 2011 he joined the joint lab “ARCES” ST MicroElectronics – University of Bologna as a free-lance Analog IC Designer. In 2016 he gained his Ph.D. degree at the University of Bologna, with a dissertation on integration of magnetic and piezoelectric devices in the context of the “More than Moore” domain. During his PhD program, he joined the TUW – Vienna (Technical University of Vienna) for six months, as visiting PhD student, for the realization of MEMS piezoelectric transformers in AlN.
Up to the end of 2017 he worked as Post-Doctorate researcher at the University of Bologna, Cesena Campus in the CIRI labs (Inter-department Centre for Industrial Research) and ARCES (Advanced Research Center on Electronics Systems) labs with research activity on miniaturization of magnetic and piezoelectric devices and design of ultra low power integrated circuits for energy harvesting applications.
In 2018 he joined Metasystem s.p.a. (Reggio Emilia – Italy) as R&D simulation engineer. His activities are linked to the development and design of On-Board Chargers (OBCs) for electric vehicles, in particular EMC design, testing/problem solving. A small experience in design and simulation of power magnetic devices was achieved.
In Nov. 2022 he joined Ansys, the #1 company leader of multi-physics simulation software, as Senior Application Engineer for EMC/EMI and Power Electronics related topics
Prof. David Gerada
The University of Nottingham, UK
David Gerada received the Ph.D. degree in high-speed electrical machines from the University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK in 2012. From 2007-2016 he was with the R&D Department at Cummins Inc.
At Cummins he pioneered the design and development of high speed electrical machines, transforming a challenging technology into a reliable one suitable for the transportation market, and establishing industry-wide used metrics for such machinery. In 2016 he joined the University of Nottingham, where he is currently a Professor, responsible for developing state of the art electrical machines for future transportation which push existing technology boundaries, while propelling the new technologies to high technology readiness levels (TRL).
Prof. Gerada is a Chartered Engineer in the U.K. and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology.
Prof. Gerada is a member of the Power Electronics, Machines and Control research group.
Christian Kumar
Director of Maverx Academy
Maverx Foundation, Italy
As a British born Asian it was with Math’s or Medicine….. so Math’s it was.
After 20 years in quants, investment banking & wealth management, I finally found a calling in “mastering the startup”
Today, I find myself working with;
- Innovators
- Academia
- Fund Managers
- Family offices
Doing the same thing, “building peoples dreams”. Accelerating an idea to a concept to a business.
Prof. Andrea Cavallini
University of Bologna, Italy
Andrea Cavallini works on endurance modelling and diagnostics of insulation systems. His research focuses on partial discharges detection and identification through innovative detection system and artificial intelligence techniques. Partial discharge phenomena under PWM voltage waveforms are currently his principal line of investigation. In particular, the dependence of partial discharge phenomena on thermal aging, temperature and pressure is dealt due to its strong impact in the automotive and aerospace industry. He is also involved in the characterization of dielectrics and electrical insulation systems for power electronics.
He is co-author of about 280 scientific papers and 15 international patents, co-founder of the University spin-off Techimp and is active in IEEE DEIS (Adcom 2010-2016, Education c.tte chair from 2010, Italy Chapter President, chair of the TC on Transport Electrification), CIGRE (Italian national representative 2004-2008, convener of WG D1.43 and D1.74), IEC TC 2 MT 10 (project leader of IEC 60034-18-41 Ed. 2), and SAE (WG AE11). He is IEEE Fellow.
Prof. Gerard Capolino
distinguish lecturer IEEE, France
(Life Fellow, IEEE) was born in Marseille, France. He received the B.Sc. degree from Ecole Centrale de Marseille, Marseille, France, in 1974, the M.Sc. degree from CentraleSupelec, Paris, France, in 1975, the Ph.D. degree from Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France, in 1978, and the D.Sc. degree from Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, Grenoble, France, in 1987 all in electrical engineering.
He held positions with the University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon, University of Dijon, Dijon, France, and the Mediterranean Institute of Technology, Marseille, France. In 1994, he joined the University of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France, as a Full Professor. He was elevated to the rank of Chair Professor in 2013. Since September 2021, he has been an Emeritus Professor of electrical engineering with the University
of Picardie Jules Verne. He is the Founder of the consulting company GAC Conseils. His research focuses on design, modeling, control, and condition monitoring of electrical machines.
Prof. Carlo Cecati
University of L’Aquila, Italy
(Fellow, IEEE) received the Dr.Ing. degree in electrotechnical engineering from the University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy, in 1983. Since 2006, he has been a Professor with the University of L’Aquila. From 2015 to 2017,
he was a Distinguished Professor high-level foreign expert of “Recruitment Program of Global Experts”
(1000 Talents Plan) with the Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China. His primarily research interests include power electronics, distributed generation, e-transportation, and smart grids.
Prof. Cecati was a corecipient of the 2012 and the 2013 Best Paper Award from the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS, the 2012 Best Paper Award from the IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, and the 2019 Outstanding Paper Award from the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS. He received the Antony J. Hornfeck Award from the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, in 2017, the title of “Commander of the Republic of Italy” from the President of the Republic of Italy, in 2019,
and the Eugene Mittlemann Achievement Award from the IEEE, in 2021. He is the Chief Technical Officer at DigiPower Ltd., a Research and Development Company active in the field of power electronics. He has been a Coeditor-inChief and the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS from 2010 to 2012 and 2013 to 2015, respectively.
Prof. Jose Antonino Daviu
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
(Senior Member, IEEE) received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain, in 2000 and 2006, respectively. He is currently a Full Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de València, where he develops his docent and research work. He has been invited Professor with the Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland, in 2005 and 2007, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA, in 2010, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea, in 2014, and Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France, in 2015. He has authored or authored more than 200 contributions. He is IEEE Senior Member since 2012. He is also an Associate Editor for IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS, IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, and IEEE JOURNAL OF EMERGING AND SELECTED TOPICS IN INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS. He is an IEEE IAS distinguished Lecturer for 2019–2020. He was the General Co-Chair of IEEE SDEMPED 2013. He was the recipient of the Nagamori Award from Nagamori Fundation in Kyoto, Japan, in 2018, and SDEMPED Diagnostic Achievement Award for his contributions in electric motors condition monitoring in 2019
Prof. Elena Bassoli
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
Full Professor in Technology and Manufacturing Systems at the University of Modena
and Reggio Emilia, Department of Engineering “Enzo Ferrari”.
The research involves a number of aspects related to manufacturing technologies and systems, with a focus on additive manufacturing applied to innovative materials, but also to non-conventional processes. Since the early years, the activity has included a constant collaboration with the research group in Manufacturing Technology of the Department of Production Systems and Economics of Politecnico di Torino. There has been a strong propensity for research collaborations, which has first translated into contacts with groups of the same sector
at other universities involved in the CIRTIBS (Interuniversity Research Centre on Innovative Technologies for Instrumental Goods), then in multidisciplinary research with groups of different cultural extraction, such as the medical and mathematical fields. In recent years, these experiences have been put to good use by establishing
international collaborations with the University of Exeter (UK), Loughborough University (UK) and the Federal Technological University (Brazil). In the last years, the experience in the field of additive metal construction has been specified on the aspects of fatigue life, in collaboration with leading players in the industry such as
EOS GmBH, Poly-shape and Ferrari GES. In this context, a specific research group, RAM (Research group on Additive Manufacturing), has been set up, involving the two locations of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, the University of Parma and the Polytechnic University of Marche. The framework described led to the important result of the approval of the project Driving up Reliability and Efficiency of Additive Manufacturing (DREAM), Horizon 2020- FOF13 2016, which sees the undersigned coordinator of the entire project.