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We are thrilled to present the committed team from POLIMI, Italy, who are playing a crucial role in advancing the objectives of the Erasmus+ 3E-Partnership Project, supported by the European Commission.

Their expertise and commitment are pivotal in achieving our shared goals for the 3E-Partnership Project!

Luigi Piegari received the M.S. (cum laude) and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Naples Federico II, Italy, in 1999 and 2003, respectively. From 2003 to 2008, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Naples Federico II. From 2009 to 2012, he was Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. From 2013 to 2023 he was Associate Professor and from 2024 he is Full Professor of power electronics, electrical machines and drives with the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano. He is the author of more than 200 scientific papers published in international journals and conference proceedings. His research interests include storage devices modeling, wind and photovoltaic generation, modeling and control of multilevel converters and dc distribution grids.

Davide De Simone, born on November 5, 1993, in Varese, obtained his master's degree and European Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 2017 and 2021, respectively. During the final year of his Ph.D., he held the position of electronic R&D engineer in the field of power electronics in a company specialized in the integration of grid-scale energy storage systems. Between 2022 and 2023, he worked as a research fellow at the Power Electronics, Drives, and Storage Systems (PeDS) laboratory of Politecnico di Milano, focusing on modular multilevel converters for automotive and stationary applications. Currently, he serves as a researcher at the Department of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering (DEIB) in Politecnico di Milano. His research interests encompass modular multilevel converters, openended electrical drives, and energy storage systems.

Maria Stefania Carmeli received the M. Sc. And Ph. D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy in 1997 and 2000 respectively. Since 2022 she is an Associate Professor in the scientific field of “ Electrical converters, machines and drives" at the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering of Politecnico di Milano. Her research interests include power converter and drives, control of power converters, static converters for distributed generation, storage systems.