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Since 2010 coordinates the education of all PhD students of UNIPA. She’s been responsible for research funds delivered by UNIPA and other projects described below. She is responsible of agreements with Prysmian S.p.A. for Industrial PhD and reserach. She is studying microgrids technology and the energy hub model for urban systems. She has took out a patent in Italy in 2012 (n.RM2012A000114) for an apparatus for output power maximization in Photovoltaic systems.

Research projects of the last 5 years

Ricerca di sistema - 2 research contracts with ENEA on microgrids (coordinator)

PON ENERGETIC 2012-2015 on Photovoltaic generators and reconfiguration (coordinator of sub-task)

PON I-NEXT 2012-2015 on energy pricing and load aggregation (coordinator of sub-task)

Scientific and technological cooperation project Italy-Vietnam 2017-2019 (coordinator)

Human Resource strategy for reserachers (EU project local coordinator) 

Collaborations

Aalborg University Microgrids lab (J. M. Guerrero) DK

Chalmers University (M. Bongiorno) SE

Institute of Energy Science (Dr. Binh) Hanoi, VN

Active research

Services delivered under the right of third parties

Feasibility studies on the application of innovative technologies and services in urban contexts