Concepts and tools to categorise and exploit the electrical demand

Gianfranco CHICCO, PhD, Professor, Dipartimento Energia “Galileo Ferraris”, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Research interests: power system analysis, distribution system analysis and optimization, electrical load management, energy efficiency and environmental impact of multi-energy systems, data analytics, artificial intelligence applications to power and energy systems, renewable energy sources and distributed generation, and power quality

Gianfranco CHICCO is a Full Professor of Electrical Energy Systems at Politecnico di Torino (POLITO), Italy. He graduated in Electrotechnics Engineering (honors) in 1987 at POLITO and obtained the Ph.D. in Electrotechnics Engineering in Italy in 1992. He is IEEE Fellow, Doctor Honoris Causa from the University Politehnica of Bucharest and the Technical University “Gh. Asachi” of Iaşi, Romania. He is responsible of the Torino unit of the Italian Consortium ENSIEL, and of he Torino unit of the University Association GUSEE.

In 2017 he received the title of “Doctor Honoris Causa” from the University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania. In 2018 he received the title of “Doctor Honoris Causa” from the Technical University “Gheorghe Asachi” of Iaşi, Romania. He is the Scientific Responsible of the Torino unit of the Italian Association GUSEE, and the Responsible of the Torino unit of the Italian Consortium ENSIEL. He is the Past President/Coordinator of the Electrical Engineering Courses at POLITO (2007-2015), and the Past National Secretary of GUSEE (2016-2018). He is a Fellow of the IEEE (Power & Energy Society), a Member of the Italian Association of Electrotechnics, Electronics, Automation, Informatics and Telecommunications (AEIT), and a registered professional Engineer in the Province of Torino, Italy.

He was/is the scientific responsible, the local coordinator or a participant in various projects funded by national and European grants (among which FP6 DIGENAS, FP7 SiNGULAR, FP7 eHighway2050, H2020 Flexmeter, H2020 Store&Go, H2020 MIGRATE, and H2020 OSMOSE). He is an Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid and of the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, an Associate Editor and Subject Editor of Energy, the International journal (Elsevier), an Editor of Sustainable Energy Grids and Networks - SEGAN (Elsevier), and an Editor of Energies (MDPI). His International scientific production includes one book, five book chapters, over 60 journal publications, and over 120 publications in conference proceedings. He was the Chairman of the IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT) Europe 2017 (Torino, Italy, 26-29 September 2017) and of the Sixth World Energy System Conference (WESC 2006, Torino, Italy, 10-12 July 2006). He was the Conference co-Chairman of WESC 2008 (Iaşi, Romania), WESC 2010 (Targoviste, Romania), and WESC 2012 (Suceava, Romania), and a co-Guest Editor of the Special Issues of WESC 2006 (Energy, Electric Power Systems Research) and WESC 2010 (Energy). He was an Invited Speaker, a Member of the Technical Committee and a Conference Session Chairman in various international Conferences.

Short-term Prediction of Energy Consumption in Demand Response for Blocks of Buildings: Dr-BoB Solution

Nashwan Dawood, Professor, Associate Dean, Research & Innovation, Teesside University, UK

Professor Nashwan Dawood is a specialist in project construction management and the application of IT in the construction process and energy reduction in buildings. This has ranged across a number of research topics including BIM technologies and processes, sustainability, Information Technologies and Systems (5D, VR, Integrated databases), Professor Dawood is currently Associate Dean, Research & Innovation, Teesside University, UK He has extensive experience of leading internationally recognised research work in BIM technology and processes and in the application of 5D modeling in construction processes, and has successfully generated peer reviewed funded projects from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the Technology Strategy Board, and EU H2020.

His currently involved in 5 EU H2020 projects. Professor Dawood has published over 220 research papers, and sits on the editorial board of a number of journals and conferences. His work has been recognized outside of the academic sphere, for example with its short-listing for the Constructing Excellence Innovation Award.

Professor Dawood also has significant and long-standing experience of working with major industrial partners in the UK and internationally to develop and apply research results as part of further collaborative projects. In particular he is currently running international research and development projects in South Korea, Japan, Qatar, Europe and USA in the areas of 5D modeling, serious game engine technology application to training and ICT (Information and Communication technologies) for energy efficient buildings. He is also regularly invited to be a keynote presenter in a international events.

Numerical simulation impact on engineering development

Johan Deconinck, Professor Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineerng (IR-ETEC), Research Group Electrochemical and Surface Engineering (SURF) www.vub.ac.be/SURF Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels Belgium

Scientific activities:

Head of the Computational Electrochemistry Group. Research for more than 30 years, focused on the numerical modeling of electrical and electrochemical systems in the field of electroplating, cathodic protection, electrochemical machining or forming and corrosion. The focus is on quantifying electrochemical processes in view of understanding and application.

Since 1992 Prof. Deconinck has continuously been participating in multiple European (10) and national projects often as a project coordinator. He is also involved in bilateral research projects with IMEC, SCK and EADS (München, Germany) and in two cotutelle PhD’s with the Technical University Cluj Napoca (TUCN) Romania. Member of PhD commission of the faculty of Engineering

Industrial activities:

Co-founder of a spinoff company Elsyca that focuses on electrochemical modeling of industrial processes an electrical modeling of cathodic protection and AC mitigation of buried pipelines.

Scientific Output:

95 web of science papers, h-factor 20, in various fields: mathematical modeling (boundary and finite elements), electrical engineering, plating, electrochemical machining and forming, corrosion. Promotor of 30 defended Ph.D’s.

Mircea M. Radulescu, Professor, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romaniareceived the Dipl.-Ing. degree in electrical engineering (with honours) from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in 1978, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Polytechnic University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania, in 1993.

Since 1983, he has been with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, where he is currently a Full Professor in the Department of Electric Machines and Drives, and the Head of the Special Electric Machines and Light Electric Traction (SEMLET) Research Laboratory. He is the author or co-author of more than 180 published scientific papers in refereed technical journals and international conference and symposium proceedings.

His teaching and research activities include classical and special electric machines; computer-aided design of electromechanical devices; design and control of small electronically-commutated motors; actuators and mechatronic drives; light electric traction systems; design and analysis of small-scale renewable energy equipment. He was an Invited Professor at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne – EPFL, Switzerland; Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland; RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany; University of Akron, Akron, USA; University ‘Pierre et Marie Curie’, Paris, France; University of Picardie ‘Jules Verne’, Amiens, France, and Ecole Centrale de Lille, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France. He is an Associate Editor of the international scientific quarterly ‘Electromotion’. His biography is listed in several editions of ‘Who’s Who in the World’ and ‘Who’s Who in Science and Engineering’. Prof. Radulescu is a Senior Member of IEEE, USA and a Member of IET, UK. He is also member of the International Steering Committees of several conferences and symposia in the field of electric motor drives, electric traction and renewable energy.