Experience

NHOA

• Italy
• Electric Power Transmission, Control, and Distribution
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Power Plant Control Specialist

  • Sep 2021 - Present



Vestas

• Denmark
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Plant Control Engineer

  • Jan 2019 - Sep 2021

  Design and implementation of control solutions, software architecture and technologies for the Vestas Power Plant Controller, specifically the role includes: · Handling of technical requests for plant control from regional business units and projects; · Improvement and customization of the wind power plant control products; · Creation and review of requirement specifications, design descriptions, test and verification reports; · Verification of software functionalities using various testing tools and environments Show less



Mitsubishi Electric Europe BV

• United Kingdom
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• HVDC Engineer

  • Jan 2016 - Jan 2019

  Responsible for the technical management of the research activities led by Mitsubishi Electric in the frame of the EU Horizon2020 project “Progress on Offshore Meshed DC Transmission Network”. The research activities include: · Development of DC Grid protection schemes for multi-vendor offshore DC grids that connect offshore wind farms to onshore AC networks; · Design of test environment and test procedures for HVDC mechanical circuit breakers (logistics, test monitoring, maintenance); · Testing of mechanical-concept based HVDC circuit breaker in -house and in independent test laboratory; · Delivery of high standard technical reports to the European Union realized in collaboration with other consortium partners; · Interface, communication and coordination with the industrial and academic partners of the consortium; · Project management, cost allocation and cost monitoring related to Mitsubishi Electric research activities. HVDC engineering activities: · Design of HVDC systems with multi-level converters and system studies relevant to HVDC projects; · Design of HVDC converters control loops in accordance with grid code requirements and the ancillary service markets; · Preparation and revision of the technical documentation required for the bidding phase and execution phase of HVDC projects. Show less



Imperial College London

• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Postgraduate

  • Nov 2011 - Sep 2015

  Power Systems:· Modelling of large transmission grids (e.g. GB and Scandinavia) for load flow and RMS studies; · Modelling of mixed AC and DC networks with a large penetration of renewable energy sources (wind).AC/DC Converters and Wind Turbine: · Modelling of High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) converters (two-level and modular multi-level VSC); · Modelling of wind turbines (type Fully Rated Converters and Doubly Fed Induction Generators).Assessment of System Stability and Design of Ancillary Services:· Analysis of frequency stability in large AC transmission grids interconnected via HVDC links; · Investigation of dynamic performance of mixed AC and DC systems considering the introduction of large shares of wind.· Design of ancillary services for frequency support provided by HVDC links to AC grids.· Development of a control strategy for multi-terminal DC grids including wind farms.Production of 6 peer-reviewed publications for international IEEE conferences and journals. Show less

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Oct 2011 - Jul 2014

  • Lab demonstrator: managed groups of 30 to 40 2nd year undergraduate students in different experiments. • Coordination of the 2nd year undergraduate electrical lab: preparation of experiments, assisting students during activities, correction of students’ reports and evaluation of students in interviews.• Math tutor: provision of one-to-one support for 1st year electrical engineering students.



State Grid Corporation of China

• China
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Visiting Researcher

  • May 2013 - Oct 2013

  • Investigation of the limits of the traditional methodologies for controlling multi-terminal DC grids. • Modelling of a multi-terminal DC grid (with VSC modular multilevel converter stations and DFIG wind farms). • Design of a control strategy for voltage stability in DC networks including offshore wind generation. • Investigation of the limits of the traditional methodologies for controlling multi-terminal DC grids. • Modelling of a multi-terminal DC grid (with VSC modular multilevel converter stations and DFIG wind farms). • Design of a control strategy for voltage stability in DC networks including offshore wind generation.



Gastec Vesta Srl

• Milan Area, Italy

• Internship

  • Apr 2010 - Jul 2010

  • Design of a small scale photovoltaic plant for the self-supply of the industrial site, comparing technical and economical options for solar panel technologies. • Internship as a part of the fulfillment of the Bachelor degree • Design of a small scale photovoltaic plant for the self-supply of the industrial site, comparing technical and economical options for solar panel technologies. • Internship as a part of the fulfillment of the Bachelor degree



Università di Pavia

• Italy
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • Oct 2008 - Jun 2010

  - Tutor of circuit theory and power electronics for large groups of undergraduate students (1st and 2nd year). - Guided resolution of exercises and explanations of the theory. - Tutor of circuit theory and power electronics for large groups of undergraduate students (1st and 2nd year). - Guided resolution of exercises and explanations of the theory.