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 and PWRS are sponsored by the Swiss National Science Foundation, the Swiss Commission for Technologyand 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 the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Bologna, Italy, in 1998 and 2002, respectively. In 2005, he was appointed assistant professor in power systems at the University of Bologna where he was with the Power Systems laboratory until 2011. In 2010, he received the Associate Professor eligibility from the Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Since 2011 he joined the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland, where he is now Full Professor, Chair of the Distributed Electrical Systems laboratory. 
He has been the Head of the Swiss Competence Center for Energy Research (SCCER) FURIES (Future Swiss Electrical infrastructure)  and of the EPFL Energy Centerl.
His research interests focus on power systems with particular reference to real-time monitoring and operational aspects, power systems protections, dynamics and transients. Dr. Paolone’s most significant contributions are in the field of synchrophasors-based situational awareness of Active Distribution Networks (ADNs) and in the field of exact, convex and computationally-efficient methods for the optimal planning and operation of ADNs. Dr. Paolone was the founder Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier journal Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks. 
Dr. Paolone is author or coauthor of over 360 scientific papers published in mainstream journals and international conferences in the area of power and energy systems.