Ph.D. students

Ph.D. students supervision - ongoing

• Anna Malkova, “Electric Vehicles Powered Hybrid Power Plants,” Alliance Ph.D. in E.E. with NTNU and connected to ACDC and EV4EU projects, DTU, 09/2022 – 08/2025 (supervisors: M. Marinelli, C. Træholt, M. Korpås)

• Mirko Ledro, “Offshore wind-Battery Energy Li-Ion Control Scheme,” Industrial Ph.D. in E.E. with Ørsted, DTU, 09/2022 – 08/2025 (supervisors: M. Marinelli, C. Træholt, M. Paludan, O. E. Idehen)

• Simone Striani, “Electric vehicle clustering methods for behind the meter services,” Ph.D. in E.E. connected to the ACDC and FUSE projects, DTU, 07/2021 – 06/2024 (supervisors: M. Marinelli, P. B. Andersen).

• Zoltan Mark Pinter, “Advanced Management and Control of Reconfigurable Battery Systems,” Ph.D. in E.E. connected to the Topcharge projects, DTU, 07/2021 – 06/2024 (supervisors: M. Marinelli, C. Træholt, G. Rohde).

• Tim Unterluggauer, "Urban Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure - Grid Impacts and Services," Ph.D. in E.E. connected to the FUSE project, DTU, 03/2021 – 02/2024 (supervisors: P. B. Andersen, J. Rich, M. Marinelli)

• Kristian Sevdari, “Control and clustering of autonomous electric vehicle chargers,” Ph.D. in E.E. connected to the ACDC project, DTU, 12/2020 – 11/2023 (supervisors: M. Marinelli, P. B. Andersen)

• Jan Martin Zepter, “Synergies of multi-energy systems in the provision of flexibility to islanded electricity networks,” Ph.D. in E.E. connected to the Insulae project, DTU, 12/2019 – 11/2022 (supervisors: M. Marinelli, T. Gabderakhmanova)

• Jan Engelhardt, “Coordinated control of stationary storage systems and electric vehicles fast charging in AC grid embedded DC microgrids,” Ph.D. in E.E. connected to the Insulae project, DTU, 12/2019 – 11/2022 (supervisors: M. Marinelli, T. Gabderakhmanova, S. Grillo)

• Lisa Calearo, “Large-scale integration of distributed energy resources in islanded power systems considering user needs,” Ph.D. in E.E. connected to the ACES, CAR and Insulae projects, DTU, 08/2019 – 07/2022 (supervisors: M. Marinelli, R. Turri, C. Ziras)

Ph.D. students supervision - completed

• Lisa Calearo, “Large-scale integration of distributed energy resources in islanded power systems considering user needs,” Ph.D. in E.E. connected to the ACES, CAR and Insulae projects, DTU, 08/2019 – 07/2022 (supervisors: M. Marinelli, R. Turri, C. Ziras)

• Andreas Thingvad, “Enhancing the role of electric vehicles for a proactive integration in global power systems,” Ph.D. in E.E. connected to the ACES project, DTU, 01/2018 – 06/2021, defended in Sep. 2020 (supervisors: M. Marinelli, C. Træholt, P. B. Andersen). The thesis can be downloaded here.

• Antonio Zecchino, “Electric vehicles in the Nordic countries: Control strategies for coordinated grid services”, Ph.D. in E.E. connected to a Nordic collaboration with NTNU and the ACES project, DTU, 12/2015 – 12/2018, defended in Mar. 2019 (supervisors: M. Marinelli, C. Træholt, M. Korpås). The thesis can be downloaded here.

• Michel Rezkalla, “Validation of decentralized and coordinated operation of frequency and voltage control systems in the control room,” Ph.D. in E.E. connected to ELECTRA FP7 and to ELECTRA Top-up project, DTU, 04/2015 – 03/2018, defended in Jun. 2018 (supervisors: M. Marinelli, H. W. Bindner, K. Heussen). The thesis can be downloaded here.

• Michael Pertl, “Observability and decision support for supervision of distributed power system control,” Ph.D. in E.E. connected to ELECTRA FP7 and to ELECTRA Top-up project, DTU, 12/2014 – 12/2017, defended in Mar. 2018 (supervisors: H. W. Bindner, M. Marinelli, K. Heussen). The thesis can be downloaded here.

• Sergejus Martinenas, “Enabling technologies for Smart Grid integration of Electric Vehicles,” Ph.D. in E.E. connected to Cotevos and to Nikola project, DTU, 08/2014 – 07/2017, defended in Jan. 2018 (supervisors: C. Træholt, M. Marinelli, P. B. Andersen). The thesis can be downloaded here.

• Katarina Knezovic, “Control strategies and modelling of electric vehicles in the distribution network,” Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (E.E.) connected to Nikola project, DTU, 12/2013 – 12/2016, defended in May 2017 (supervisors: C. Træholt, M. Marinelli, P. B. Andersen). The thesis can be downloaded here.

Ph.D. students - not officially supervised - with whom I had fruitful and pleasant collaborations

• Alexander Prostejovsky, "Increased Observability in Electric Distribution Grids," Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (E.E.), 07/2014 - 06/2017, defended in Sep. 2017 (Supervisors: H. W. Bindner, A. M. Kosek, J. K. Kok). The thesis can be downloaded here.

• Venkatachalam Lakshmanan, "Demand Response on domestic thermostatically controlled loads; Modelling, flexibility and impact analysis with field experiments," Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (E.E.), 05/2012 - 10/2015, defended in Jun. 2016 (Supervisors: H. W. Bindner, A. M. Kosek, O. Gehrke). The thesis can be downloaded here.

• Fabrizio Sossan, "Indirect control of flexible demand for power system applications ," Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (E.E.), 12/2010 - 12/2013, defended in Jun. 2014 (Supervisors: H. W. Bindner, P. Nørgård). The thesis can be downloaded here.

• Francesco Baccino, "Smart Grids applications: examples in distribution and transmission electrical networks," Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (E.E.), 01/2011 - 12/2013, defended in Apr. 2014 (Supervisors: S. Massucco, F. Silvestro).