Gianluca Gatto graduated in Electrical Engineering in November 1994 at the University of Cagliari.  From October 1997 is at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Cagliari where he is an Associate Professor of Converters, Electrical Machines and Drives since October 2014. He cooperates with researchers of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials and Engineering of the Territory of the University of Cagliari and the Department of Security Engineering - Tomas Bata University in Zlin - Faculty of Applied Informatics. He is a member of the IEEE Society with an affiliation with the Industrial Electronic Society, the Electromagnetic Compatibility Society and the Power Electronic Society.

 

Research Activities

Gianluca Gatto has done academic research on power electronic converters, electric drives, electromagnetic compatibility in industrial and hospital environments and the  planning in the use of renewable energy resources for the smart buildings.
In 2003, he has started a research activity in the Laboratory of Electromagnetic Compatibility at the University of Cagliari. In particular, it has concerned the EMC certification of electro-hydraulic actuators used in oil refineries and the evaluation of the electromagnetic noise emission of power electronic converters employed in wind and solar power plants.
In recent years, his research activity is focused on the real time implementation of predictive control algorithms by means of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) for permanent magnet synchronous machines, synchronous reluctance motors and DC/DC power electronic converters. It is currently doing research on the electromagnetic compatibility of radio frequency identification devices placed in industrial and hospital environments.

 

Academic activities
Member of the Committee on Curriculum Studiorum for the Master Degree on Electrical Engineering.
Member of the Committee of the PhD school in Electronic and Computer Science Engineering.
President of the Committee on Curriculum Studiorum for the Master Degree on Energy Engineering.
Member of the self-assessment group (SAG) and the Review Committee on Master Degree of Electrical Engineering.
Since 2012, board member of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
Since 2012, member of the Academic Senate of the University of Cagliari.

 

Research projects in which G.Gatto coordinated the research activity

Project: " SYT- Solar Yatch Tecnology" - proposto dalla "Cantiere Savona" e Finanziato, a seguito di procedura selettiva, dalla Regione Autonoma della Sardegna all'interno del bando Pia 2010 - "Bando per interventi a sostegno della competitività e dell'innovazione, ai sensi della D.G.R. n. 39/3 del 10.11.2010 - Pacchetti Integrati di Agevolazione "Industria, Artigianato e Servizi" (annualità 2010). Finanziamento 287 k€

Project: " Ottimizzazione della logistica in ambito sanitario attraverso l'utilizzo di sistemi RFId" Finanziato nell'ambito della Legge regionale n° 7 – Annualità 2012”, approvato con Determinazione n° 5651 rep. n. 722 del 25.06.2012 e pubblicato sul BURAS della Regione Autonoma della Sardegna n. 30 del 5 luglio 2012; Responsabile scientifico per il Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica ed Elettronica "DIEE"; finanziamento 300 k€

Project: “Effetto di KLA, ALFA e SOTE dei diffusori sul consumo di energia di un reattore biologico” nell’ambito della Legge regionale 7 agosto 2007, n.7 “Promozione della ricerca scientifica e dell’innovazione tecnologica in Sardegna ”. Bando annualità 2013 "Invito a presentare progetti di ricerca fondamentale o di base orientata a temi di carattere specifico di stretto interesse regionale " (Det. n. 9519 rep. n. 798 del 19-12-2013) finanziamento 300 k€.

Project: " Studio di Sistemi di Alimentazioni di Dispositivi per la Medicina e per la Sicurezza - SADMES ", presentato nell’ambito dei progetti innovare “Invito alla presentazione di progetti di sviluppo congiunti Università e Impresa, aventi natura di progetti pilota” annualità 2014;- finanziamento 112.866,00 euro

Project “Smart Area Marina Protetta -Capo Carbonara” finanziato nell’ambito del  OR FESR Sardegna 2014 – 2020 Asse 1 Azione 1.1.3 ; Strategia 2 “Creare opportunità di lavoro favorendo la competitività delle imprese”- Programma di intervento 3 “Competitività delle imprese”

Project “E2Read - Efficientamento Energetico dei processi di REfrigerazione della catena Alimentare nella grande Distribuzione”; finanziato nell’ambito del POR FESR Sardegna 2014 – 2020; asse 1 azione 1.1.3 strategia 2 “creare opportunità di lavoro favorendo la competitività delle imprese” programma di intervento 3 “competitività delle imprese”

 

Management activities

Scientific director of the University Laboratory of Electromagnetic Compatibility of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Cagliari.

Teaching

2001-12:“Power Electronics and Electromagnetic Compatibility of Energy Systems” for the Master degree in Electrical Engineering. 2012-2016: "Electrical Drives and Electromagnetic Compatibility” for the Master degree in Electrical Engineering.

Since 2013: “Static Electric Energy Conversion and Electromagnetic Compatibility” for the Laura degree in Electrical and Energetic Engineering.

 

Other Teaching experience

Since 2003: course of "Eco-Sustainable Industrial Development" for PhD students.
Since 2006: series of lectures regarding the exposure of workers to electromagnetic fields generated by industrial equipment (RSPP training courses).
1999 course of Electric Drives, addressed to secondary school teachers of Mechanics.
2009-2010: teaching modules "Power Electronics", "Sensors, Actuators and Electric Drives for Process Control" and "Renewable Energy from Sun" for the training project "Estatelab" funded by the MIUR.
2007-08: teaching of "Physics Education (class A049)" as part of the Habilitation Special Courses for the Secondary School (dm No. 85).

 

Review Activity

Reviewer of the international journals: IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics and Journal of Energy and Power Engineering. Reviewer of several international conferences.

 

last update on: 13/05/2024