Eleonora Riva Sanseverino has been a full professor of power systems at the University of Palermo, Italy since November 2019. During her career, she has been the principal investigator for several industrial research projects in Europe and Asia. She has been invited to deliver speeches at several national and international conferences and seminars. The most recent are listed below. In September 2018, she was invited to CEA INES in Grenoble, France to deliver a keynote speech about Energy blockchain technology. In November 2019, she was a keynote speaker at the International Conference “Model to Develop Ninh Thuan Province into The National Renewable Energy Center, Solutions and Criteria” in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
In 2022, she was a keynote speaker regarding blockchain technology in the energy sector at the international conference Medpower 2022. She has authored more than 300 papers. Now she is the Italian expert in Cluster 5 of the Thematic Committee of Horizon Europe (Energy, Climate, and Mobility) and the Italian representative for the Driving Urban Transition partnership in Horizon Europe. She is on the editorial board of the UNIPA SPRINGER Series, Springer Nature.
Pierluigi Gallo is an Assistant Professor at the Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi di Palermo. He holds a Ph.D. in Telecommunication Engineering. His research interests include Computer Networking, Information and Communication Technology, Wireless Communications, and Wireless Sensor Network. He has authored more than 60 publications in international peer-reviewed journals.
Yash Kotak received his B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from Rajasthan Technical University, India, in 2010, his M.Sc. in Renewable Energy Engineering from Edinburgh Napier University, UK, in 2013, and his Ph.D. in Solar Photovoltaic from Heriot-Watt University, UK, in 2017. He was a lecturer at Edinburgh Napier University, UK, and Edinburgh College, UK, from 2014 to 2017 and thereafter, Programme Leader at Blackpool and Fylde College, UK, from 2017 to 2020. He is currently the Technical Head of C-ECOS, CARISSMA, Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt (THI) as well as High-Voltage Responsible Electrician (VEFK) for the CARISSMA, THI. He is an experienced professional in the fields of Battery Technology, Electric Vehicles, High Voltage, Renewable Energy, and Project Management. He has authored several publications that include books, book chapters, international journal articles and conferences, encyclopedia chapters, and reports. He is the guest editor and reviewer for various MDPI and Elsevier journals. He is also in collaboration with organizations such as Batteries European Partnership Association (BEPA) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) for electric vehicle and battery safety.
Sergej Diel graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Fachhochschule Landshut (2005) and received his Doctor of Engineering from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in 2015. He was a Calculation Engineer in the field of transmission development at BMW AG (2005–2009) and a Development Engineer in the area of complete vehicles at AUDI AG (2014–2021).
He has been a Professor of Engineering Mechanics and Numerical Methods at Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt since 2021. His research is in the area of lightweight construction, material mechanics, hybrid construction methods, multi-material design, composite materials, material and component testing, and fatigue strength.
Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Schweiger received his Dr. rer. nat. degree in chemistry from the University of Regensburg in 2004. He joined EVA Fahrzeugtechnik GmbH (Munich) as a development engineer for HEV energy storage systems in 2005. In this position, he was appointed as an engineering consultant to BMW AG (Munich). He joined the HEV department of Continental AG (Berlin) in January 2007. In this company he worked as an expert for lithium ion batteries. In 2008, he was appointed as project leader for energy storage systems in the same company. In this position, he was leading series development projects for HEV and EV battery systems as well a basic research project for the development of 5 V Lithium ion cells. He was also a part time lecturer on electrochemical energy storage systems at the Technical University of Berlin (2009-2011). Prof. Schweiger was appointed as Professor for Automotive Electronics and Electric Mobility at Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt in 2011. He is currently establishing a research group at this university. The primary fields of his group are energy storage systems for automotive applications and automotive safety of electric vehicles. His workgroup of 10 coworkers is working on five industry and government financed research projects in the field of automotive energy storage systems. He is also the director of study programs in the field of electric engineering and electric mobility.
Hudson Zanin received a Physics degree from the University of São Carlos (UFSCar), São Carlos, Brazil, and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil. He is currently an Assistant Professor with the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a Researcher in material science with the Center for Innovation on New Energies, both at the University of Campinas. His expertise is in advanced materials development and cell engineering for energy storage devices.
