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Curriculum Vitae et Studiorum of Giovanni Spagnuolo

Giovanni Spagnuolo was born in Salerno (Italy) on 12 September 1967.

Current position and affiliation

Full Professor of Electrical Engineering at DIEM (www.diem.unisa.it) Department of Information Engineering and Electrical Engineering and Applied Mathematics of the University of Salerno (www.unisa.it).

Studies

  • He received the M.Sc. degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Salerno (Italy) on April 5th, 1993
  • He received the D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University "Federico II" of Naples in 1998.

Employment at the University of Salerno (Italy)

  • From November 1999 to December 2003 he was Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering.
  • From January 1st, 2004 until April 2017 he was Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering.
  • Since May 2016 he is Full Professor of Electrical Engineering.

Visiting Professor at Tampere University of Technology (Finland)

  • From August 2018 to October 2018 (three months) he was Visiting Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering.

Memberships

  • From 2010 to 2015 he was Senior Member of the IEEE.
  • Since January 2016 he is Fellow of the IEEE “For contributions to control of photovoltaic systems”.
  • Since 1996 he is member of the “Ordine degli Ingegneri della Provincia di Salerno” (Italian organization of professional engineers)

Editorial Activities

  • Since January 2011 he has been serving as Member of the Steering Committee and Editor, for the topic “PV system control”, of the IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
  • From January 2007 to June 2019 he was Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.
  • From April 2008 to December 2012 he was Associate Editor of the International Journal of Industrial Electronics and Drives, Inderscience Publishers Ltd.
  • Co-Guest Editor of two Special Issues of Elsevier journal Mathematics and Computers in Simulation dedicated to the Electrimacs 2014 and Electrimacs 2017 post-conference papers.
  • Since 2010, co-Guest Editor of six Special Sections of the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, on photovoltaic systems and fuel cells.
  • From May 2020 to March 2021 Section Editor in Chief of the Section “Solar Energy and Photovoltaic Systems Section” of MDPI Energies journal.
  • From January 2021 Associate Editor of the IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society.

Research Projects Coordination

  • H2020 FCHJU European Project “REACTT - REliable Advanced Diagnostics and Control Tools for increased lifetime of solid oxide cell Technology” (Coordinator of the research unit of the Department)
  • H2020 FCHJU European Project RUBY Robust and reliable general management tool for performance and dUraBility improvement of fuel cell stationarY units (Coordinator of the research unit of the Department)
  • H2020-GV2-2014 European Project OPTEMUS-Optimized energy management and use (Coordinator of the research unit of the University of Salerno)
  • H2020-FCH-02-5-2016 European Project INSIGHT- ImplementatioN in real SOFC Systems of monItoring and diaGnostic tools using signal analysis to increase tHeir lifeTime (participation to the research unit of the Department)
  • H2020-JTI-FCH-2014-1 European Project HEALTH-CODE-Real operation pem fuel cells health-state monitoring and diagnosis based on dc-dc converter embedded EIS (Coordinator of the research unit of the Department)
  • European Project FP7 “DC/DC COnverter-based Diagnostics for PEM systems D-CODE” (2011-2013, Coordinator of the Research Unit of the Department).
  • Progetto Vigoni 2008-2009 entitled "Reliable and efficient power electronic circuits for photovoltaic applications" with ISET-University of Kassel (Germany), funded by Ateneo Italo Tedesco (Italian coordinator).
  • Progetto Galileo 2012-2013 entitled “Fault analysis in systems employing renewable energy sources: reliability and optimization” with ENSEM-Université de Lorraine (France), funded by Università Italo Francese (Italian coordinator).
  • Project funded by Campania Region, law 05/2002, entitled "Models, circuits and algorithms for the MPPT in photovoltaic systems working in mismatched conditions", (call 2007, Coordinator)
  • European Project Leonardo Da Vinci “Energy Conversion Systems and their Environmental Impact” (I/05/B/F/PP-154181) (2005-2007, Coordinator of the Research Unit of the Department).
  • Italian Education Ministry PRIN 2020 “A holistic monitoring and diagnostic tool for photovoltaic generators HOTSPHOT” (national coordinator).
  • Italian Education Ministry PRIN 2008 “PEM fuel cells: materials and structural/electrical optimization” (national coordinator prof.A.Stella, Research Unit of the Department).
  • Project funded by National Semiconductors Corporation in Santa Clara (USA): "Reliability issues in micro-inverters for photovoltaic modules" (2008)
  • Project funded by Matrix S.r.l. in Conversano (BA-Italy): "Design and optimization of a boost battery charger for stand-alone photovoltaic applications" (2008)
  • Project funded by Bitron Industrie S.p.A. in Grugliasco (TO-Italy): "Analysis of photovoltaic-module-dedicated power electronic circuits and analysis of an autonomous street LED lighting system powered by photovoltaic and wind sources" (2009)
  • Project funded by Bitron Industrie S.p.A. in Grugliasco (TO-Italy): "Design of power electronic circuits for renewable energy systems" (triennial 2010-2013).

Patents

  • Egiziano, N.Femia, D.Granozio, G.Petrone, G.Spagnuolo, M.Vitelli: "Single stage inverter device, and related controlling method, for converters of power from energy sources, in particular photovoltaic sources", patent owned by Università di Salerno SA2005A000014 - 13.07.2005, PCT/IT2005/000747, US patent 11993453 (29.05.2012).
  • Canova, D.Nocentini, S.Macerini, N.Femia, M.Vitelli, Spagnuolo G., Petrone G, F. De Rosa, A.Sirianni. "A system for producing electric power from renewable sources and a control method thereof", patent owned by Magnetek S.p.A. PCT/IT2005/000757 22.12.2005, US patent 7952897 (31/05/2011).
  • Luigi Egiziano, Nicola Femia, Giovanni Spagnuolo, Giovanni Petrone, Massimo Vitelli: "Controller apparatus with maximum power point tracking for controlling an electric power generation system based on photovoltaic sources, controlling method and related electric power generation system ", patent owned by Università di Salerno RM2009000193 - 24.04.2009, PCT/IT2010/000167, US patent 13266073 (09/09/2014).
  • Luigi Egiziano, Nicola Femia, Giovanni Spagnuolo, Giovanni Petrone, Massimo Vitelli: "Method for controlling an electric power generation system based on energy sources, in particular renewable energy sources, and related controller device ", patent owned by Università di Salerno SA2009A000004 - 20.02.2009, PCT/IT2010/000066, EP2399179.
  • Spagnuolo, G.Petrone, M.Vitelli, P.Manganiello, P.L.Carotenuto, L.Cirillo, C.Cullino: “Method to decimate the samples necessary to identify one characteristic curve of at least one power supply module and computer program for associated distributor” - TO2013A000717 (filed on 5 september 2013) European Patent Application EP14183250 (filed on 2 September 2014) - patent owned by Bitron S.p.A.
  • Spagnuolo, G.Petrone, M.Vitelli, P.Manganiello, P.L.Carotenuto, L.Cirillo, C.Cullino: “Method to evaluate the need to perform a reconfiguration step of two or more photovoltaic panels” - TO2013A000718 (filed on 5 september 2013) European Patent Application EP14183256 (filed on 2 September 2014) - patent owned by Bitron S.p.A.

Invited Lectures

  • Keynote Speaker at 2020 IEEE Andescon - Technology and Innovation for Andean Industry, Ecuador, 13-16 October 2020.
  • "Maximizing the power production of a photovoltaic generator: power electronics and control strategies", Energy Day, in the frame of IEEE 14th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation ETFA 2009, Palma De Maiorca (Spain), 22 September 2009.
  • "Optimal control of photovoltaic arrays", Plenary Lecture in Electrimacs 2011, Paris, 6-8 June 2011.
  • "Real time techniques and architectures for maximizing the power produced by a photovoltaic array", Plenary Lecture in 22nd Italian Workshop on Neural Networks, May 17-19, 2012 Vietri sul Mare, Salerno, Italy.

Lectures given in foreign universities

  • May 2011 - Eight hours in the Second Level Master "Photovoltaic devices and systems" organized by Institute of Microelectronics Technology of the University of the Basque Country (Spain)
  • July 2011 - Invited Lecturer at Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona-Spain) Grant MAS2010-00675P Spanish Ministry of Education – eight hours on "Maximum power point tracking: main issues and algorithms" for Master and PhD students
  • August 2015 – “Introductory course on Photovoltaic (PV) systems modeling and control” (eight hours) in the frame of the Erasmus Teaching Program for PhD students in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Tampere University of Technology (Finland)
  • August 2018 – “Postgraduate course on Photovoltaic (PV) systems modeling and control” (twenty hours) in the frame of the post graduate program of the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Tampere University of Technology (Finland)

PhD Committees final defense

  • Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay - Dr.Patel Hirenkumar H. - November 2008
  • Aalborg University - Dr. Dezo Sera - March 2009
  • Universitat Rovira i Virgili - Dr. Carlos Andres Ramos Paja - July 2009
  • Politecnico di Bari Commissione Giudicatrice Conseguimento Titolo - September 2009
  • Université de Franche-Comté - Dr. Sebastien Wasterlain - January 2010
  • Universidad de Sevilla - Dr. Alicia Arce Rubio - October 2010
  • Università di Salerno - Commissione Giudicatrice Conseguimento Titolo - February 2011
  • Université de Lorraine – Dr.Hugues Reneaudineau – October 2013
  • Tampere University of Technology – Dr. Ansi Maki – November 2013
  • Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay - Dr.Buddu Somaiah - November 2014
  • University of Malaga, Spain – Dr.Francisco José Sanchez Pacheco – May 2015
  • Université de Cergy-Pontoise – Dr. Jawad Khoury – May 2016
  • Université de Lorraine – Dr. Ivano Forrisi – December 2016
  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia – Dr. Adriana Trejos – May 2018
  • Université Libre de Bruxelles – Dr. Ramon Erauskin – September 2019
  • University of Malaga, Spain – Dr. Ismail Kaaya – June 2020
  • KTH, Sweden – Dr. Aron Kondoro – October 2021

PhD Students Supervisor

  • Mario Fortunato (2008-2010)
  • Emilio Mamarelis (2010-2012)
  • Pietro Luigi Carotenuto (2012-2014)
  • Gerardo D'Elia (2012-2014)
  • Mattia Ricco (2012-2014, co-tutorship with Université de Cergy Pontoise, France)
  • D.Bastidas (2012-2014, co-tutorship with Universidad del Valle, Colombia)
  • L.Orozco (2012-2014, co-tutorship with Universidad del Valle, Colombia)
  • Trejos (2013-2017, co-tutorship with Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia)

Roles in Conferences Organization

  • 2010 IEEE ISIE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (Publicity Chair)
  • Chairman of IEEE Seminar on Renewable Energy Systems (SERENE), Salerno (Italy) 2009 and 2010.
  • Electrimacs 2011, Paris (Scientific Committee)
  • 2012 International Power Electronics and Motion Conference and Exposition – EPE-PEMC 2012 (Technical Program Committee)
  • 2012 IEEE ISIE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (Track Chair – “Power Systems, PHEV, and Renewable Energy”).
  • 2013 IEEE ICIT International Conference on Industrial Technology (Track Chair “Renewable Energy Systems”)
  • Electrimacs 2014, Valencia (Tutorial Chair)
  • 2014 IEEE ICIT International Conference on Industrial Technology (Program Chair)
  • 2014 IEEE IECON Annual Conference of the Industrial Electronics Society (Track Organizer “Renewable energy systems”)
  • 2015 IEEE IECON Annual Conference of the Industrial Electronics Society (Track Co-Chair “Renewable Energy & Sustainable Development”)
  • 2015 IEEE POWERENG International Conference on Power Engineering, Energy and Electrical Drives (Co-Chair “Renewable Energy Sources and Technology”)
  • 2015 IEEE ICCEP International Conference on Clean Electrical Power (Member of the International Steering Committee)
  • 2016 IEEE IECON Annual Conference of the Industrial Electronics Society (Special Sessions Co-Chair)
  • 2017 IEEE ISIE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (Co-Track Chair “Renewable Electric Energy Conversion, Processing and Storage”)
  • 2017 Electrimacs (Co-Track Chair “Modelling for analysis, simulation, identification and diagnosis”)
  • 2017 IEEE ICCEP International Conference on Clean Electrical Power (Member of the International Steering Committee)
  • 2017 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (Co-Track Chair “Power electronics, motor drives and electric power systems”)
  • 2017 IEEE IECON Annual Conference of the Industrial Electronics Society (Technical Track Co-Chair “Renewable Energy”)
  • 2018 IEEE ICIT IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (Technical Program Co-Chair)
  • 2019 IEEE ICCEP International Conference on Clean Electrical Power (Member of the International Steering Committee)
  • 2019 Electrimacs (Technical Program Co-Chair)
  • 2020 IEEE International Energy Conference – ENERGYCON (Track Chair T2: Power Electronics and Energy Conversion)
  • 2021 IEEE ICIT IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (Technical Program Co-Chair)
  • 2021 IEEE 15th International Conference on Compatibility, Power Electronics and Power Engineering CPE-POWERENG (Renewable Energies Technical Track Co-Chair)

Organization of Special Sessions in the frame of IEEE Conferences

  • “Power Electronics for Photovoltaics” IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE), Vigo, June 2007;
  • “Power electronics dedicated to a single photovoltaic module: grid-connected and stand-alone applications” IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT), Vina del Mar, Chile, March 2010;
  • “Granular Control of Renewable Energy Systems” IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, Bari, July 2010;
  • “Reliability and Performance Indexes of Renewable Energy Systems” IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, Bari, July 2010;
  • “Increased Penetration of Sustainable Energy Sources into the Grid: Instruments and Effects” IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference, Phoenix, November 2010;
  • “Smart devices for renewable energy systems” IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, Gdansk, July 2011;
  • “Photovoltaic systems for building integration and sustainable mobility", 2012 International Power Electronics and Motion Conference and Exposition - EPE-PEMC 2012, Novi Sad, September 2012.
  • “Smart grids”, 2017 Electrimacs, Toulouse, July 2017.

Reviewer of Research Projects

  • In 2010 reviewer of one research project submitted to the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation.
  • In 2011 reviewer of one research project submitted to the Jordanian Scientific Research Support Fund (SRSF).
  • In 2017 and 2018 reviewer of research projects submitted to the Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS)
  • In 2018, 2020 and 2021 member of the Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS) panel.
  • In 2018, 2019 and 2020 reviewer of research projects submitted to Solar-Era.Net co-fund call and member of the panel of experts.
  • In 2019 and 2020 member of the reviewer committee of the W&T7ASP-Energy, Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Mechanics of FWO Research Foundation Flanders.
  • Since 2019 reviewer of research proposals for the European Science Foundation
  • From 2022 to 2024 member of the FWO Review College (FWO-Belgium).

Other roles

  • From October 2012 to October 2014 Chairman of the "Technical Committee on Renewable Energy Systems" of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
  • Since 2017 member of the IEEE European Public Policy Initiative Working Group on Energy (http://www.ieee.org/about/ieee_europe/europe_energy.html)
  • Since June 2014 member of the IMACS Technical Committee on “Modeling and Simulation of Electrical Machines”.
  • Since January 2011 member of the Publications Committee of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
  • Member of the evaluation committee of the 2019 IEEE Italy and ABB prize for master theses and PhD Theses.
  • From January to December 2010 Vice Director of the Department he belonged to.
  • From August 2010 to July 2014 member of the Patents Committee of the University of Salerno.

Prizes and Acknowledgements

  • Included in the 2015 list of Most Influential Minds published by Thomson Reuters (https://ece.nl/wp-content/uploads/Thomson-Reuters-2015.pdf)
  • Included in the list of the Top Italian Scientists (http://www.topitalianscientists.org/home)
  • Premio Projenius from ASSIPE (ASSociazione Italiana Progettazione Elettronica) for the project "A novel photovoltaic kit for application to the sustainable mobility ", in cooperation with CNR Parma, SOLON S.p.A. and Matrix S.r.l. - Ferrara, 17 September 2008.

List of main publications

Books

  • Femia, G. Petrone, G. Spagnuolo, M. Vitelli: Power Electronics and Control Techniques for Maximum Energy Harvesting in Photovoltaic Systems, 1st Edition, CRC Press, 2012 (English and Chinese editions available).
  • Petrone, C.A. Ramos Paja, G. Spagnuolo: Photovoltaic Sources Modeling, 1st Edition, IEEE Wiley, 2017.

Book chapters

  • Petrone, G. Spagnuolo: “Solar Power Conversion”, The Industrial Electronics Handbook, Edited by J. David Irwin, CRC Press, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0285-4, February 2011.
  • Petrone, F.J. Sanchez Pacheco, G.Spagnuolo: “Real time techniques and architectures for maximizing the power produced by a photovoltaic array”, Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, pp 239-257, Springer 2012, ISSN: 2190-3018, doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-35467-0_25.
  • Petrone, G.Spagnuolo: “One-cycle controlled single-phase power inverters”, IET research book "Control circuits in power electronics", pp.53-73, 2016.

Journal papers

  • Femia, G.Spagnuolo, V.Tucci: "Interval Analysis in Power Electronics", Special Issue of the International Journal of Circuits Systems and Computers, Vol.5, No.3, September 1995, pp.317-336.

  • Femia, G.Spagnuolo, V.Tucci: "State-Space Models and Order Reduction for DC-DC Switching Converters in Discontinuous Modes", IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, Vol.10, No.6, November 1995, pp.640-650.

  • Femia, G.Spagnuolo: “Genetic Optimization of Interval Arithmetic-Based Worst Case Circuit Tolerance Analysis”, IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems - Part I, Vol.46, No.12, December 1999, pp.1441-1456.

  • Femia, G.Spagnuolo: “True Worst-Case Circuit Tolerance Analysis Using Genetic Algorithm and Affine Arithmetic”, IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems - Part I, Vol.47, No.9, September 2000, pp.1285-1296.

  • Femia, G.Spagnuolo, M.Vitelli: “Steady state analysis of soft switching converters”, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems – Part I, Vol.49, No.7, July 2002, pp.939-954.

  • Femia, G.Spagnuolo, M.Vitelli: “Unified analysis of synchronous commutations in switching converters”, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems – Part I, Vol.49, No.8, August 2002, pp.1150-1166.

  • Femia, G.Spagnuolo, M.Vitelli: “Steady state analysis of pwm dc-to-dc regulators”, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol.39, No.1, January 2003, pp.318-334.

  • Femia, G.Spagnuolo, M.Vitelli: “Steady state analysis of hard and soft switching dc-to-dc regulators”, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol.18, No.1, January 2003, pp.51-64.

  • Spagnuolo: “Tolerance design of magnetic devices by evolutionary algorithms”, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol.39, No.5, September 2003, pp.2170-2178.

  • Petrone, G.Spagnuolo, M.Vitelli: “Worst-case tolerance analysis in static field problems”, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol.40, No.2, March 2004, pp.366-370.

  • De Vivo, G.Spagnuolo, M.Vitelli: “Variability analysis of composite materials for stress relief in cable accessories”, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol.40, No.2, March 2004, pp.418-425.

  • Petrone, G.Spagnuolo: “Worst-case tolerance design of closed-loop controllers for dc-dc voltage switching regulators”, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol.40, Issue 2, April 2004, pp.661-674.

  • Femia, G.Petrone, G.Spagnuolo, M.Vitelli: “Optimization of Perturb and Observe Maximum Power Point Tracking Method”, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol.20, N.4, July 2005, pp.963-973.

  • Spagnuolo: “Detection of acceptability regions by means of an interval arithmetic-based algorithm”, The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (COMPEL), Volume 25, Issue 4, pp.964-978, 2006.

  • Femia, D.Granozio, G.Petrone, G.Spagnuolo, M.Vitelli: “Optimized One Cycle Control in Photovoltaic Grid Connected Applications”, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol.42, No.3, July 2006, pp.963-973.

  • Femia, D.Granozio, G.Petrone, G.Spagnuolo, M.Vitelli: “Predictive & Adaptive MPPT Perturb and Observe Method”, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol.43, No.3, July 2007, pp.934-950.

  • Petrone, G.Spagnuolo, M.Vitelli: “Analytical model of mismatched photovoltaic fields by means of Lambert W-function”, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Vol.91, N.18, November 2007, pp.1652-1657.

  • Egiziano, P.Lamberti, G.Spagnuolo, V.Tucci: “Robust Design of Electromagnetic Systems based on Interval Taylor Extension applied to a Multiquadric Performance Function”, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol.44, No.6, June 2008, pp.1134-1137.

  • Fortunato, A.Giustiniani, G.Petrone, G.Spagnuolo, M.Vitelli: “Maximum Power Point Tracking in a One Cycle Controlled Single Stage Photovoltaic Inverter”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol.55, No.7, July 2008, pp. 2684 - 2693.

  • Petrone, G.Spagnuolo, R.Teodorescu, M.Veerachary, M.Vitelli: “Reliability issues in photovoltaic power processing systems”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol.55, No.7, July 2008, July 2008, pp. 2569 - 2580.

  • Femia, G.Lisi, G.Petrone, G.Spagnuolo, M.Vitelli: “Distributed Maximum Power Point Tracking of Photovoltaic Arrays: novel Approach and System Analysis”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol.55, No.7, July 2008, pp. 2610 - 2621.

  • De Nardo, N.Femia, M.Nicolò, G.Petrone, G.Spagnuolo: “Power Stage Design of Fourth Order DC-DC Converters by means of Principal Components Analysis”, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol.23, No.6, November 2008, pp.2867-2877.

  • Femia, M.Fortunato, G.Petrone, G.Spagnuolo, M.Vitelli: “Dynamic Model of One-Cycle Control for Converters Operating in Continuous and Discontinuous Conduction Mode”, International Journal on Circuit Theory and Applications, 2009, Vol. 37, No.5, pp.:661-684.

  • Femia, G.Petrone, G.Spagnuolo, M.Vitelli: “A Technique for Improving P&O MPPT performances of Double Stage Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol.56, No.11, November 2009, pp.4473-4482.

  • Arsie,A. Di Domenico, A.Giustiniani, G.Petrone, C.Pianese, M.Sorrentino, G.Spagnuolo, M.Vitelli: "Enhancing Polymeric Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell Control by Means of the Perturb and Observe Technique", ASME Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology, Vol.7, February 2010.

  • A.Ramos-Paja, R.Giral, J.Romano, A.Romero, L.Martinez-Salamero, G.Spagnuolo: “A PEM fuel cell model featuring oxygen excess ratio estimation and power electronics interaction”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol.57, No.6, pp.1914-1924, June 2010.

  • De Nardo, N.Femia, G.Petrone, G.Spagnuolo: “Optimal Buck Converter Output Filter Design for Point-of-Load Applications”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol.57, No.4, pp.1330-1341, April 2010.

  • Femia, G.Petrone, G.Spagnuolo, M.Vitelli: “A New Analog MPPT Technique: TEODI", Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, Vol.18, No.1, January 2010, pp.28-41.

  • Giustiniani, G.Petrone, G.Spagnuolo, M.Vitelli "Low frequency current oscillations and maximum power point tracking in grid-connected fuel cell based system", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol.57, No.6, June 2010, pp: 2042-2053.

  • Adinolfi, N.Femia, G.Petrone, G.Spagnuolo, M.Vitelli: “Design of DC/DC converters for DMPPT PV applications based on the concept of energetic efficiency”, ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Vol.132, No.2, May 2010.

  • Spagnuolo, G.Petrone, S.V.Araujo, C.Cecati, E.Friis-Madsen, E.Gubia, D.Hissel, M.Jasinski, W.Knapp, M.Liserre, P.Rodriguez, R.Teodorescu, P.Zacharias: “Renewable energy operation and conversion schemes”, IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, Vol.4, No.1, pp.38-51, March 2010.

  • Petrone, G.Spagnuolo, M.Vitelli: “A Multi-Variable Perturb and Observe Maximum Power Point Tracking Technique Applied to a Single Stage Photovoltaic Inverter", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol.58, No.1, pp.76-84, January 2011.

  • Petrone, G.Spagnuolo, M.Vitelli: “Distributed Maximum Power Point Tracking: challenges and commercial solutions”, Automatika ‒ Journal for Control, Measurement, Electronics, Computing and Communications, Vol.53, No.2, pp.128-141, 2012.

  • Petrone, G.Spagnuolo, M.Vitelli: “An analog technique for Distributed MPPT PV applications”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol.59, No.12, pp. 4713 – 4722, December 2012.

  • Iannone, S.Miranda, S.Riemma, G.Spagnuolo: “An integrated approach to the simulation/optimization of grid-connected photovoltaic systems: the rational choice of components”, International Review of Electrical Engineering, Vol.7, No.3, pp. 4596-4606, June 2012.

  • Bianconi, J.Calvente, R.Giral, E.Mamarelis, G.Petrone, C.A.Ramos-Paja, G.Spagnuolo, M.Vitelli: “A fast current-based MPPT technique employing sliding mode control”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol.60, No.3, pp.1168-1178, March 2013.

  • Petrone, C.A.Ramos-Paja, G.Spagnuolo, M.Vitelli: “Granular control of photovoltaic arrays by means of a multi-output Maximum Power Point Tracking algorithm”, Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, Vol.21, No.5, pp.918–932, August 2013.

  • Femia, G.Petrone, G.Spagnuolo, M.Vitelli: “Optimal Control of Photovoltaic Arrays”, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Vol.91, pp.1-15, May 2013.

  • Mamarelis, G.Petrone, G.Spagnuolo: "An hybrid digital-analog sliding mode controller for photovoltaic applications", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Vol.9, No.2, pp.1094-1103, May 2013.

  • Bianconi, J.Calvente, R.Giral, E.Mamarelis, G.Petrone, C.A.Ramos-Paja, G.Spagnuolo, M.Vitelli: “Perturb and Observe MPPT algorithm with a current controller based on the Sliding Mode”, International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, Vol. 44, No.1, pp.346–356, January 2013.

  • Xiao, E.Fonkwe, G.Spagnuolo, J.Jatskevich: “Efficient Approaches for Modeling and Simulating Photovoltaic Power Systems”, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, Vol.3, No.1, pp. 500-508, January 2013.

  • D. Bastidas, E.Franco, G.Petrone, C.A.Ramos Paja, G.Spagnuolo: “Modeling of photovoltaic fields in mismatching conditions with improved calculation speed”, Electric Power Systems Research, Vol.96, pp.81-90, 2013.

  • L. Orozco-Gutierrez, J.M. Ramirez-Scarpetta, G.Spagnuolo, C.A.Ramos-Paja: “A technique for mismatched PV array simulation”, Renewable Energy, Vol. 55, July 2013, pp: 417–427.

  • Romero Cadaval, G.Spagnuolo, C.A. Ramos Paja, W.Xiao, T.Suntio, L.Franquelo: "Grid Connected Photovoltaic Generation Plants. Components and Operation", IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, Vol.7, No.3, pp.6-20, 2013.

  • Giral, E.Mamarelis, G.Petrone, C.A. Ramos Paja, G.Spagnuolo, M.Vitelli: “Reducing the hardware requirements in FPGA-based controllers: a photovoltaic application”, Revista Facultad De Ingenieria-Universidad De Antioquia, No.68, pp:75-87, September 2013.

  • Mamarelis, G.Petrone, G.Spagnuolo: “A two-steps algorithm improving the P&O steady state MPPT efficiency”, Applied Energy, Volume 113, January 2014, Pages 414–421.

  • Mamarelis, G.Petrone, C.A. Ramos Paja, G.Spagnuolo: “A perturbation strategy for fuel consumption minimization in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells: analysis, design and FPGA”, Applied Energy, Vol.119, pp.21-32, April 2014.

  • Mamarelis, G.Petrone, G.Spagnuolo: “Design of a Sliding Mode Controlled SEPIC for PV MPPT Applications”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol.61, No.7, pp.3387-3398, July 2014.

  • D. Bastidas, E.Franco, G.Petrone, C.A.Ramos Paja, G.Spagnuolo: “Maximum Power Point Tracking Architectures for Photovoltaic Systems in Mismatching Conditions: A Review”, IET Power Electronics, Vol.7, No.6, pp.1396-1413, June 2014.

  • L.Carotenuto, P.Manganiello, G.Petrone, G.Spagnuolo: “On line recording a PV module fingerprint”, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, Vol.4, No.2, pp.659-668, March 2014.

  • L. Orozco-Gutierrez, J.M Ramirez-Scarpetta, G. Spagnuolo, C.A. Ramos-Paja: “A method for simulating large PV arrays that include reverse biased cells”, Applied Energy, Vol.123, pp.:157-167, 2014.

  • Renaudineau, F. Donatantonio, J.Fontchastagner, G.Petrone, G.Spagnuolo, J.-P.Martin, S.Pierfederici: “A PSO-based Global MPPT technique for Distributed PV Power Generation”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol.62, No.2, pp. 1047 – 1058, 2015.

  • Manganiello, M. Ricco, G. Petrone, E. Monmasson, G. Spagnuolo: “Optimization of perturbative pv mppt methods through on line system identification,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 61, No.12, pp: 6812 – 6821, December 2014.

  • L. Orozco-Gutierrez, J.M Ramirez-Scarpetta, G. Spagnuolo, C.A. Ramos-Paja: “A method for the fast estimation of the maximum power points in mismatched PV strings”, Electric Power Systems Research, pp.115-125, 2015.

  • Petrone, G.Spagnuolo, B.Lehman, Y.Zhao, C.A.Ramos Paja, M.L.Orozco Gutierrez: "Photovoltaic Arrays Dynamical Reconfiguration: Fighting Mismatched Conditions and Meeting Load Requests", IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, Vol.9, No.1, pp.62-76, 2015.

  • Manganiello, M. Ricco, G. Petrone, E. Monmasson and G. Spagnuolo: "Dual-Kalman-Filter-Based Identification and Real-Time Optimization of PV Systems", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 62, no. 11, pp. 7266-7275, Nov. 2015.

  • D. Bastidas-Rodríguez, E. Franco, G. Petrone, C. A. Ramos-Paja and G. Spagnuolo: "Model-Based Degradation Analysis of Photovoltaic Modules Through Series Resistance Estimation", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 62, no. 11, pp. 7256-7265, Nov. 2015.

  • D.Bastidas-Rodriguez, E.Franco, C.A.Ramos-Paja, G.Petrone, G.Spagnuolo: “Quantification of photovoltaic module degradation using model based indicators”, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Volume 131, January 2017, Pages 101-113.

  • L.Carotenuto, A.Della Cioppa, A.Marcelli, G.Spagnuolo: “An Evolutionary Approach to the Dynamical Reconfiguration of PhotoVoltaic Fields”, Neurocomputing, Volume 170, 2015, Pages 393-405.

  • L. Orozco-Gutierrez, G. Spagnuolo, J. M. Ramirez-Scarpetta, G. Petrone and C. A. Ramos-Paja: "Optimized Configuration of Mismatched Photovoltaic Arrays", IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 1210-1220, Sept. 2016.

  • Guarnieri, P. Mattavelli, G. Petrone and G. Spagnuolo: "Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries: Potentials and Challenges of an Emerging Storage Technology", IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 20-31, Dec. 2016.

  • Ricco, P. Manganiello, E. Monmasson, G. Petrone and G. Spagnuolo: "FPGA-Based Implementation of Dual Kalman Filter for PV MPPT Applications", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 176-185, Feb. 2017.

  • Catona, E.Bianconi, R.Maceratini, G.Coppola, L.Fumagalli, G.Petrone, G.Spagnuolo: "An Isolated Semiresonant DC/DC Converter for High Power Applications", IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 53, no. 3, pp. 2200-2209, May-June 2017.

  • C. Di Piazza, M. Luna, G. Petrone, G. Spagnuolo: "Translation of the Single-Diode PV Model Parameters Identified by Using Explicit Formulas", IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 2017, vol.7, no.4, pp.1009-1016.

  • D.Bastidas-Rodríguez, L.A.Trejos-Grisales, D.González-Montoya, C.A.Ramos-Paja, G.Petrone, G.Spagnuolo: “General modeling procedure for photovoltaic arrays”, Electric Power Systems Research, Vol.155, Feb.2018, pp.67-79.

  • Gonzalez Montoya, J.D.Bastidas-Rodriguez, L.A.Trejos-Grisales, C.A.Ramos-Paja, G.Petrone, G.Spagnuolo: “A Procedure for Modeling Photovoltaic Arrays under Any Configuration and Shading Conditions”, Energies 2018, 11, 767.

  • Petrone, M.Luna, G.La Tona, M.C.Di Piazza, G.Spagnuolo: “Online Identification of Photovoltaic Source Parameters by Using a Genetic Algorithm”, Appl. Sci. 2018, 8, 9.

  • Petrone, W.Zamboni, G.Spagnuolo: “An interval arithmetic-based method for parametric identification of a fuel cell equivalent circuit model”, Applied Energy, Volume 242, 2019, pp. 1226-1236.

  • Spagnuolo, S.Kouro, D.Vinnikov: "Photovoltaic Module and Submodule Level Power Electronics and Control", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 66, no. 5, pp. 3856-3859, May 2019.

  • L. Orozco-Gutierrez, G. Spagnuolo, C.A. Ramos-Paja, J.M Ramirez-Scarpetta, B. Ospina-Agudelo: “Enhanced simulation of total cross tied photovoltaic arrays,” Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Volume 158, 2019, pp.49-64.

  • Petrone, F. Serra, G. Spagnuolo, E. Monmasson: “SoC implementation of a photovoltaic reconfiguration algorithm by exploiting a HLS-based architecture”, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Volume 158, 2019, pp.520-537.

  • Lappalainen, P.Manganiello, M.Piliougine, G.Spagnuolo, S.Valkealahti: “Virtual Sensing of Photovoltaic Module Operating Parameters”, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, Vol.10, No.3, May 2020, pp.852-862.

  • L. Erauskin, A. Gonzalez, G. Petrone, G. Spagnuolo, J. Gyselinck: "Multi-Variable Perturb & Observe Algorithm for Grid-tied PV Systems with Joint Central and Distributed MPPT Configuration" in IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 2021, Vol.12, No.1, pp.360-367.

  • Piliougine, G. Spagnuolo, M. Sidrach-de-Cardona: “Series resistance temperature sensitivity in degraded mono–crystalline silicon modules”, Renewable Energy, Vol.162, pp. 677-684, 2020.

  • Guarino, É.Monmasson, G.Spagnuolo: “SoC-based embedded real-time simulation of mismatched photovoltaic strings”, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 2021, Vol.184, pp.267-281.

  • Petrone, G.Spagnuolo, W.Zamboni, R.Siano: “An improved mathematical method for the identification of fuel cell impedance parameters based on the interval arithmetic”, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 2021, Vol.183, pp.78-96.

  • Monmasson, M. Hilairet, G. Spagnuolo and M. Cirstea: "System-on-Chip FPGA Devices for Complex Electrical Energy Systems Control", IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, doi: 10.1109/MIE.2021.3052179.

  • Piliougine, A.Oukaja, M.Sidrach‐de‐Cardona, G.Spagnuolo: “Temperature coefficients of degraded crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules at outdoor conditions”, Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications, 2021, Vol.29, No.5, pp.558-570.

  • Piliougine, A.Oukaja, P.Sanchez-Friera, G.Petrone, F.Sanchez-Pacheco, G.Spagnuolo, M.Sidrach‐de‐Cardona: “Analysis of the degradation of single-crystalline silicon modules after 21 years of operation”, Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications, 2021; 1‐ 13. https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.3409

  • Guarino, R.Trinchero, F.Canavero, G.Spagnuolo: “A fast fuel cell parametric identification approach based on machine learning inverse models”, Energy, Vol.239, Part C, 2022, 122140.

  • Guarino, G.Spagnuolo: “Automatic features extraction of faults in PEM fuel cells by a Siamese artificial neural network”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol.46, No.70, 2021, pp. 34854-34866.

  • A.Plazas-Rosas, M.L.Orozco-Gutierrez, G.Spagnuolo, E.Franco-Mejía, G.Petrone: “DC-Link Capacitor Diagnosis in a Single-Phase Grid-Connected PV System”, Energies, 2021, 14, 6754.