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   Professor Domenico Casadei

SHORT CURRICULUM

Domenico Casadei received the “Laurea” degree with honors in Electrical Engineering from the University of Bologna, Italy, in 1974.

He joined the Electrical Engineering Department, University of Bologna, in 1975. He is currently Professor of Electrical Drives. His scientific work is related to electrical machines and drives, linear motors and power electronics. He has published extensively in technical journals and conference proceedings. His present research interests include direct torque control of induction motors, brushless motors, matrix converters and power quality. Since 1994 he has been a member of the international editorial board of the International Journal ELECTROMOTION.

Dr. Casadei is a member of the IEEE Industrial Electronics and IEEE Power Electronics Societies and the Italian Electrotechnical and Electronic Association (AEI). He is a Registered Professional Engineer in Italy.

TOPICS

The main research activity has been carried out within the following topics:

1.      Electromechanical systems design and modelling
2.      Linear motors and actuators
3.      Direct torque control and vector control of induction motors
4.      Matrix converters
5.      Power Electronics and Powerconditioning systems
6.      Electromagnetic compatibility
7.      Electric vehicles (pdf file, 19 MB)

LIST OF THE RESEARCH PROJECTS

3.       Research Projects under development with Italian Companies

Domenico Casadei is the Institutional Coordinator of the Electrical Engineering Department for the Erasmus/Socrates exchange students programme with the following Universities:

Université de Picardie Jules Verne -  Amiens, France

Institute of Energy Technology, Aalborg University- Denmark

The Engineering College of Odense, Denmark

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) – Throndeim, Norway

Universitad de Zaragoza, Spain

Technical University of Budapest, Hungary

Ecole Superieure d’Ingegnieurs de Marseille (ESIM), France

1.      Electrical Drives (Electrical Engineering – University of Bologna)
2.      Dynamic Behaviour of Electrical Drives (Electrical Engineering – University of Bologna)
3.      Electromechanical Systems Modelling (Automation Engineering – University of Bologna)
4.      Electrical Machines and Drives (Mechanical Engineering – University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)

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Domenico Casadei has been involved in the organization and teaching activity of the following tutorials and seminars.

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