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Curriculum

Vito CALDERARO Curriculum

Education

Ph.D. degree in Computer Science Engineering (Power System curriculum), April 2006, University of Salerno, Italy. Thesis: “On the development of Distributed Generation in MV networks”.
M.S. Degree in Electronic Engineering, May 2001, University of Salerno, Italy.

Positions and teaching activity

  • 2019 – present: Assistant professor (Associate professor Tenure-Track)
  • 2019 – present: Professor of Electrical machines and electrical plants (6 ECTS), University of Salerno, Department of Industrial Engineering.
  • 2019 – present: Professor of Electric drives and electrical plants (3 ECTS), University of Salerno, Department of Industrial Engineering.
  • March 2019: Visiting professor at the University of Manchester on the short-courses:
    • Voltage control in smart grids and the potentiality of distributed generation
    • Electric Vehicles and Power Systems: a perspective of integration
  • 2018 – present: Professor of Complement of automatic Control (3 ECTS), University of Salerno, Department of Industrial Engineering.
  • 2014 – 2018: Professor of Production of energy from renewable energy and cogeneration (6 ECTS), University of Naples “Federico II”, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology.
  • 2009-2011: Professor of Power System Automation (6 ECTS), graduate course, Faculty of Engineering of University of Sannio.

Research

The scientific production has embraced a broad spectrum of research topics always aimed at the characterization, modeling, planning, and operation of power systems and distributed systems. The main tasks are:

  • the impact of Distributed Generation (DG) on power distribution networks, protection systems, and voltage control, with emphasis on renewable energy plants;
  • planning and control of microgrids;
  • demand-side management;
  • impact of electric vehicles and storage systems on power systems.

Main research collaboration with:

  • prof. J.V. Milanovic - Electrical Energy and Power Systems Research Group of the University of Manchester
  • prof. G. Gross - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana
  • prof. C.N. Hadjacostis - Electrical and Computer Engineering (University of Cyprus) and Coordinated Science Laboratory and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana)
  • prof. P. Mancarella and prof. N. Ochoa - Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of the University of Melbourne
  • prof. R. Palma-Behnke - Department of Electrical Engineering of the University of Chile.

Main Projects

Scientific responsable of ORs for TRAIN Consortium (Consorzio per la ricerca e lo sviluppo di tecnologie per il trasporto innovativo) in the project Sentinel “Sistema di pesatura dinamica intelligente per la gestione del traffic pesante” – PON Ricerca e innovazione 2014-2020.

Participant as Researcher for several international and national projects, the main are:

  • a research project funded by the UE 7th Framework Programme and entitled: "Concerted coordination for the promotion of efficient multimodal interfaces (DELTA)", 2009-2010, scientific coordinator prof. A. Piccolo.
  • a research project funded by the UE 7th Framework Programme and entitled: "COSMO - Cooperative Systems for Sustainable Mobility and Energy Efficiency", 2010-2014, scientific coordinator prof. V. Galdi.

Recognitions

  • National Qualification as Associate Professor from 2019.
  • IEEE Senior Member from 2016.
  • Best Paper Award at VIII Int. Conf. on Smartgreens 2019 on “Smart Cities and Green ICT Systems”. Paper: "Sizing of II-life Batteries for Grid Support: application and economic evaluations”.

Editorial experiences, organization, member of technical program committees

Associate Editor of the Journal: “Electrical Engineering”, ISSN: 0948-7921 (print version), ISSN: 1432-0487 (electronic version)

Editorial board member of the International Journals:

  • The Open Electrical & Electronic Engineering Journal”, ISSN: 1874-1290
  • Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering”, ISSN: 2090-0147
  • International Journal on Power System Optimization", ISSN: 0975-458X

Co-Chair of the Summer School on Smart Grids (5 editions – from 2014 to 2018), at the University of Salerno.

Member of several technical committees for international conferences.

Reviewer for many IEEE journals and magazines, and other international scientific journals (since 2002), among which: IEEE Transactions on Power Systems (ISSN: 1558-0679), IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid (ISSN: 1949-3053), IET Generation Transmission and Distribution (ISSN: 1751-8687), Electric Power System Research (ISSN: 0378-7796), Applied Energy (ISSN: 0306-2619), International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems (ISSN: 0142-0615).