Mario Paolone

Publications

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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.

Biography

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.