Mario Paolone

Mission The research activities of the Distributed Electrical Systems Laboratory (DESL) refer to the development of smart grid concept solutions in order to efficiently deliver sustainable, economic and secure electricity supply. These solutions aim to integrate intelligently the actions of all users connected to the electrical network whatever they are generators or consumers. They rely on innovative products and services together with intelligent monitoring, control, communication and self-healing technologies to:- facilitate the connection and operation of generators of all sizes and technologies;- allow consumers to play a part in optimizing the operation of the system;- provide consumers with greater information and choice of supply;- significantly reduce the environmental impact of the whole electricity supply system;- deliver enhanced levels of reliability and security of supply while accounting for the uncertainty of renewable energy sources, the increase of dispersed generation and storage facilities and the rules inherent to the liberalization of electricity market.The activities of the DESL are sponsored by the Swiss National Science Foundation, the Swiss Commission for Technology and Innovation, the Swiss Electric Research and Swiss and foreign electrical industries and utilities and the European Union.The major research topics are:- dynamic phenomena (modeling and control) in power systems;- integration within the power distribution networks of the distributed generation and storage technologies;- power distribution networks monitoring and advanced metering;- real-time operation and control of electrical grids with special reference to power distribution networks;- advanced protection techniques;- ICT integration into smart grids: from generation to appliances. Mario Paolone received the M.Sc. (with honors) and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Bologna, Italy, in 1998 and 2002, respectively. In 2005, he became an Assistant Professor in power systems at the University of Bologna, where he worked in the Power Systems Laboratory until 2011. Since 2011, he has been with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland, where he is a Full Professor and the Chair of the Distributed Electrical Systems Laboratory. His research focuses on power systems, with particular emphasis on real-time monitoring, operational aspects, protection, dynamics, and transients. Dr. Paolone has made significant contributions in the field of PMU-based situational awareness for Active Distribution Networks (ADNs) and in developing exact, convex, and computationally efficient methods for the optimal planning and operation of ADNs. Dr. Paolone was the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier journal Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks. In 2022, he has been nominated Fellow of the IEEE. Teaching & PhD PhD Students Enea Figini, Matthieu Benoit C. Jacobs, Pål Forr Austnes, Ginevra Larroux, Vladimir Sovljanski, Keyu Jia, Dawn Virginillo, Lucien André Félicien Pierrejean, Angela Meshkova, Wenyu Liu Past EPFL PhD Students Reza Razzaghi, Stela Sarri, Mostafa Nick, Paolo Romano, Lorenzo Enrique Reyes Chamorro, Marco Pignati, Asja Derviskadic, Andreas Martin Kettner, Enrica Scolari, Yihui Zuo, Sherif Alaa Salaheldin Fahmy, Rahul Kumar Gupta, Denis Tudor, Ji Hyun Yi, Martin Seydoux, Johanna Becker, Alexandra Cameron Karpilow, Plouton Grammatikos, Willem Lambrichts, Aldo Leonardo Alerci, Simone Rametti, Shubham Sharad Bhoir Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector Konstantina Christakou, Maryam Bahramipanah, Ramanunni Parakkal Menon, Gina Kristin Steinke, Lorenzo Zanni, Mohammad Azadifar, Zhaoyang Wang, Arooj Akbar, Francesco Gerini Courses Energy conversion EE-360 The course aims at providing the elements related to the energy conversion with particular reference to the electricity production by means of conventional and renewable energy sources. The course illustrates the fundamental notions for the modeling of energy conversion systems. Power systems analysis EE-362 The course provides the fundamental concepts to model power systems, understand their operation and design/coordinate some of its main components. Smart grids technologies EE-472 Learn the technologies and methodologies used in the context of the operation of future power grids and be able to deploy/implement/test them. Awards IEEE EMC Society Technical Achievement Award IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 2013 IEEE Fellow IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 2022 Richard B. Schulz Best IEEE Trans. on EMC paper award For the paper On Lightning Electromagnetic Field Propagation Along an Irregular Terrain 2017 Richard B. Schulz Best IEEE Trans. on EMC paper award For the paper 2018 2020 IEEE PES Working Group Recognition Award for the Technical Report PES-TR66 IEEE PES-TR66 2020 2020 IEEE Power System Dynamic Performance Committee’s prize paper award For the paper 2020 Basil Papadias Best Paper award For the paper 2013 IEEE PowerTech 2013 Best paper award 13th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems 2014