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Founded in 1863, Politecnico di Milano is the largest school of architecture, design and engineering in Italy, with two main campuses located in Milan and five more branches around the Lombardy region. Many important scientists and architects studied and taught here, among them Achille Castiglioni, Gio Ponti, Gae Aulenti, Renzo Piano and Aldo Rossi, both Pritzker Prize in 1990 and 1998 respectively, and Giulio Natta, Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1963.

According to the 2022 QS World University Rankings by subject, Politecnico di Milano is

• 18th university in the world for Engineering & Technology

• 8th university in the world for Art & Design

• 10th university in the world for Architecture/Built Environment

• Among the first 50 universities in the world in 8 disciplinary areas: Architecture & Built Environment; Art & Design; Computer Science & Information Systems; Chemical Engineering; Civil & Structural Engineering; Electrical & Electronic Engineering; Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing Engineering; Mineral & Mining Engineering.

According to the 2023 QS World University Rankings, Politecnico di Milano is

• 1st in Italy

• 139th in the world

The Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria (DEIB) is one of the largest European ICT departments. With nearly 1000 members, researchers, collaborators, PhD students, technical and administrative staff, the Department is a vital institution capable of promoting education, fundamental and applied research, and technology transfer to companies.

Research is the main focus of DEIB, pursued according to the highest international quality standards. The six department sections bring together consolidated competences in systems and control, computer science and engineering, electronics, telecommunications, bioengineering and electrical engineering. They also contribute, each with their peculiarities, to the methodological, technological and applicative development of five transversal research areas: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technologies; High Performance Computing, Smart Sensors and Big Data; Health Sciences and Technologies; Smart Cities and Smart Mobility; ICT for Industry 4.0. All the research sections have a broad network of partnerships with the best international institutions, which makes the Department one of the fundamental players in the worldwide scenario of scientific and technological innovation.

DEIB has always been able to attract projects and investments, from both public institutions and private companies, at the national and international level. Passing harsh selections, some DEIB Professors have earned prestigious awards from the European Research Council: in 2008 Stefano Ceri and Carlo Ghezzi won two Advanced Grants, in 2015 Daniele Ielmini a Consolidator Grant, in 2016 Stefano Ceri an Advanced Grant, in 2019 Daniele Ielmini and Marco Rasponi two Proof of Concept, in 2021 Daniele Ielmini an Advanced Grant and in 2022 Daniele Ielmini a Proof of Concept and Paola Occhetta a Starting Grant. The DEIB participated in 131 H2020 projects, for a total value of about € 43M, 20 of which as Coordinator, and participated in about 18 Horizon Europe projects, for a total value of almost € 11M, 4 of which as Coordinator.

DEIB shares with the Politecnico di Milano a strong commitment to cooperating with the industry and with the society, and the effort to bring real world’s problems closer to academic research. DEIB researchers engage both in long-term research activities and in applied research projects targeted to the immediate industrial exploitation. Today DEIB is a leading contributor in terms of delivered patents, spin-offs, and incubated companies.

Project Team:

Prof. 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.

Mr. 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.

Ms. 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.