To all of them I am very grateful for their passion and cooperation
ALUMNI
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PhD Students
Amirreza Silani (co-supervised with Jacquelien M. A. Scherpen and Mohammad J. Yazdanpanah)
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MSc Students
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2022
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Luca Vaghi University of Pavia (co-supervised with Antonella Ferrara and Carlo Cenedese)
Topic: Including service stations dynamics in freeway traffic: an enhanced Cell Transmission Model
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Marleen Sissing University of Groningen (co-supervised with Jacquelien Scherpen and Juan Machado)
Topic: Optimal Energetic Management of the Combined Heat and Power Plant by A2A in Cremona, Italy
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Ard de Reus University of Groningen (co-supervised with Jacquelien Scherpen and Juan Machado)
Topic: Physics-based Modeling and Control of a Heat Pump for District Heating
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2021
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Tisi Lushaj University of Pavia (co-supervised with Davide Raimondo and Carlo Cenedese)
Thesis: Optimal charging scheduling of a plug-in electric vehicle's fleet
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Nina Pronk University of Groningen (co-supervised with Jacquelien Scherpen and Juan Machado)
Thesis: Volume regulation of multiple storage tanks in a district heating system
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2020
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Piter de Graaf University of Groningen (co-supervised with Jacquelien Scherpen and Amirreza Silani)
Thesis: Optimality, control and social behavior of electric vehicles with V2G options
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Vincent Otten University of Groningen (co-supervised with Jacquelien Scherpen)
Thesis: Power sharing in DC microgrids
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Benjamin Wentink University of Groningen (co-supervised with Jacquelien Scherpen and Carlo Cenedese)
Thesis: Smart charging scheduling of electric vehicles to reduce highway traffic congestion
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Sandor Kruse University of Groningen (co-supervised with Jacquelien Scherpen)
Thesis: The potential of solar carports in an AC/DC hybrid microgrid
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2019
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Maximiliaan Apel University of Groningen (co-supervised with Jacquelien Scherpen and Krishna Kosaraju)
Thesis: Distributed model predictive control for DC power networks
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2018
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Melle de Vent University of Groningen (co-supervised with Jacquelien Scherpen and Carlo Cenedese)
Thesis: Distributed optimal control of smart electricity grids: home battery and electric vehicle implementation
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Koen van Tilborgh University of Groningen (co-supervised with Jacquelien Scherpen and Sebastian Trip)
Thesis: Maximizing profits for an aggregator providing V2G and smart charging services in the Dutch market
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Maarten van Ruitenbeek University of Groningen (co-supervised with Jacquelien Scherpen and Sebastian Trip)
Thesis: Multi-level control in an electric vehicle smart parking lot
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2016
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Simone Rosti University of Pavia (co-supervised with Antonella Ferrara)
Thesis: Decentralized higher order sliding mode control of DC microgrids with arbitrary topology
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2015
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Giacomo Della Croce University of Pavia (co-supervised with Antonella Ferrara)
Thesis: Hierarchical MPC/Sliding mode control of microgrids
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Mauro Guastalli University of Pavia (co-supervised with Antonella Ferrara and Gian Paolo Incremona)
Thesis: Sliding mode control for maximum power point tracking of photovoltaic inverters in microgrids
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Ram Abed University of Pavia (co-supervised with Antonella Ferrara and Gian Paolo Incremona)
Thesis: Yaw rate control via sliding mode generation in four-wheeled vehicles
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