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MSc Students

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2024

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Tina Bouriaei University of Pavia (co-supervised with Antonella Ferrara and Carlo Cenedese)

Thesis: Validation and Application of Recently Developed Traffic Model: The METANET Model With Service Station

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2023

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Dhanush Jinnagara University of Pavia (co-supervised with Juan Machado)

Thesis: Flow rate control re-design for district heating systems with input saturation

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Harshith Nagaraju University of Pavia (co-supervised with Juan Machado)

Thesis: Numerical validation of a recently proposed controller for fair heat sharing in multi-source district heating systems

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Akshay Chakrapani University of Pavia (co-supervised with Juan Machado)

Thesis: Modeling and control of multiple producer district heating systems including standalone storage tank

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Matteo Lucchini University of Pavia (co-supervised with Antonella Ferrara and Carlo Cenedese)

Thesis: Capacity drop modeling in the CTM-s: identification and validation

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2022

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Davide Spalenza University of Pavia (co-supervised with Antonella Ferrara and Carlo Cenedese)

Thesis: Identification and validation of a newly developed traffic model: the Cell Transmission Model with service stations

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Adriano Cotta Ramusino University of Pavia (co-supervised with Antonella Ferrara and Carlo Cenedese)

Thesis: Optimal Service Station Placement on Highways: a Genetic Algorithm and Neural Networks Approach

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Luca Vaghi University of Pavia (co-supervised with Antonella Ferrara and Carlo Cenedese)

Thesis: 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)

Thesis: 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)

Thesis: 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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