MARCO ANTONIO VILLANI

Nome: Marco Antonio Cognome: Villani Qualifica: Professore associato Settore Scientifico Disciplinare: ING-IND/32 (Convertitori, Macchine E Azionamenti Elettr.) Struttura di afferenza: Dipartimento di Ingegneria industriale e dell'informazione e di economia Email: marco.villaniunivaq.it Telefono Ufficio: +39 0862434419 Altro telefono: +39 0862434428 Fax Ufficio: +39 0862434407

Curriculum scientifico

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Marco Villani received the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of L'Aquila, Italy, in 1985. In the same year he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering of University of L'Aquila as Associate Researcher, contributing to the development of the Power Electronics and Drives Laboratory “F. Ferri”. In 1987 he received the "Ferdinando Filauro" scholarship and in 1988 he was Research Fellow at the University of Dresden where he studied the modeling and design of stepping motors. In 1989 he was Research Fellow at CESI of Milan where he cooperated in the design of high efficiency single-phase induction motors for household appliances. In 1995 he was at the Nagasaki University, where he studied the design of PM synchronous motors for traction. In 1998 he cooperated in two SAVE projects concerning the “Energy efficiency improvements in three-phase Induction Motors” and the “Barriers against energy efficient motor repair”.

He has been involved in National Research Projects (CNR, MIUR and COFIN) and took the responsibility of several research contracts between the University of L'Aquila and industrial partners.  He is currently project in charge, for the University of L'Aquila, of the Horizon 2020-Call Green Vehicles (2017-2020) project on the automotive, titled "RefreeDrive" and the MIUR project (“Progetti di ricerca industriale e sviluppo sperimentale nelle 12 aree di specializzazione individuate dal PNR 2015-2020, area di specializzazione: Aerospazio”) titled "LubforLife"

Reference Teacher for the bilateral agreements of Erasmus programs with the ESIEE-École Supérieure d'Ingénieurs en Électrotechnique et Électronique of Amiens (France) and with the KUT - Kaunas University of Technology of Kaunas (Lithuania), for the period 2007-2010.

He is reviewer for several International Conferences and Journals, including IEEE Transaction on Industry Applications and Energy Conversion, Journal of Energy Efficiency, IEEE Conference of Industrial Electronic Society (IECON), International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM), IEEE Energy Conversion Congress (ECCE).

He is Associate professor of Electrical Machines Design and Electric Systems for Mobility for the Master-level degree courses of Electrical Engineering at the University of L'Aquila.

His research interests are focused on modeling and design of electrical machines, high efficiency induction motors (IE3,IE4), line-start synchronous Reluctance motors, design of brushless motors for household appliances, optimization techniques for the electrical machines design, Finite Element analysis of electrical machines, design of PM synchronous motors, Reluctance motors and Switched-Reluctance motors for industrial, automotive and aerospace applications.

He is author of more than 170 technical papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings. 

Publications of the last 10 years

M. Villani, M. Tursini, G. Fabri, L. Castellini “Fault-tolerant PM brushless DC drive for aerospace application”, ICEM 2010, XIX International Conference on Electrical Machines, Roma, September 2010, DOI:  10.1109/ICELMACH.2010.5608295, E-ISBN: 9781424441754

F.Parasiliti, M.Villani, S.Lucidi, F.Rinaldi “A new optimization approach for the design of IPM synchronous motor with wide constant-power region”, ICEM 2010, XIX International Conference on Electrical Machines, Roma, September 2010, DOI: 10.1109/ICELMACH.2010.5608188, E-ISBN: 9781424441754.

G.Fabri, L.Castellini, M.Tursini, M.Villani “Multi-phase fault tolerant drives for aircraft applications”, ESARS 2010 Conference, Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway and Ship Propulsion, Bologna, October 2010, pp. 1-6, DOI: 10.1109/ESARS.2010.5665246.

M. Villani, M. Tursini, G. Fabri, L. Castellini “Multi-phase permanent magnet motor drives for fault-tolerant applications”, IEEE International Electric Machines & Drives Conference (IEMDC), Niagara Fall, 2011, pp. 1351-1356, DOI: 10.1109/IEMDC.2011.5994802.

F.Parasiliti, M.Villani, S. Lucidi, F.Rinaldi“Finite Element Based Multi-Objective Design Optimization Procedure of Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors for Wide Constant-Power Region Operation”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 59,  pp. 2503-2514, ISSN: 0278-0046, DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2011.2171174.

M. Villani, M. Tursini, G. Fabri, L. Castellini “High reliability permanent magnet Brushless motor drive for aircraft application”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 59, pp. 2073-2081, ISSN: 0278-0046, DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2011.2160514.

S. Cicale’, L. Albini, F. Parasiliti, M. Villani, “Design of a permanent magnet synchronous motor with grain-oriented electrical steel for direct-drive elevators”, ICEM 2012, XX International Conference on Electrical Machines, Marsiglia, September 2012, pp. 1254-1261. ISBN 978-1-4673-0141-1

S.Cicale’, L.Albini, S.Fortunati, M.Villani, “Usage of anisotropic electrical steels in rotating machines: advantages and critical points”, 5th International Workshop on Magnetism and Metallurgy, Freiberg (Germany), June 2012.

M. Villani, M. Tursini, G. Fabri, L. Castellini “Electromechanical actuator for helicopter rotor damper application””, ICEM 2012, XX International Conference on Electrical Machines, Marsiglia, September 2012, pp. 2550-2556. ISBN 978-1-4673-0141-1

E.Chiricozzi, F.Parasiliti, M.Villani, “IE3 high efficiency Induction Motors with aluminum and copper rotor cage: a comparison”, World Magnetic Forum, Coiltech 2012 Exibition, Pordenone, September 2012.

M.Tursini, G.Fabri, E.D.Loggia, M.Villani, “Parallel positioning of twin EMAs for fault-tolerant flap applications”, Electrical Systems for Aircraft Railway and Ship Propulsion (ESARS), Bologna, 2012, pp. 1-6.

F.Parasiliti, M.Villani, “High performance synchronous reluctance motors for electric vehicles”, World Magnetic Forum, Coiltech 2013 Exibition, Pordenone, September 2013.

A.M. Gazdac, L.Di Leonardo, L.Mabwe, F.Betin, M.Villani, “Electric circuit parameters identification and control strategy of dual-rotor Permanent Magnet Induction machine”, IEEE Electrical Machines & Drive Conference (IEMDC), 2013, pp. 1102-1107. 

L.Di Leonardo, F.Parasiliti, M.Tursini, M.Villani, “Transient analysys of PM synchronous motor drives by Finite Element model co-simulation”,  IECON 2013, 39th annual conference, Vienna, November 2013, pp.6832-6838.

L.Castellini, M.Carmignano, M.D’Andrea, M.Villani, “Brushless PM actuator for metal bending machine”, IECON 2013, 39th annual conference, Vienna, November 2013, pp.2642-2647.

M. Villani, M. Tursini, G. Fabri, L. Castellini, “Electromechanical Actuator for Helicopter Rotor Damper Application”, IEEE Transactions on  Industry Applications, Vol. 50,  Issue 2, March-April 2014, pp. 1007-1014, ISSN: 0093-9994.

A.Ometto, F.Parasiliti, M.Villani, “Permanent Magnet-assisted synchronous reluctance motors for electric vehicle applications”, Energy Efficiency in Motor Driven Systems Conference (EEMODS 2015), Helsinki, September 2015.

G.D’Ovidio, C.Masciovecchio, A.Rotondale, M.Villani, “Design of in-wheel motor for “zero-emission” city bus”, Proceedings of the 19th Transport Means 2015  International Conference – pp 59-62,  ISSN 1822-296X (print), ISSN 2351-7034 (online) Kaunas University of Technology, Lituania  October 2015.

M.Villani, F.Parasiliti, M.Tursini, G.Fabri, L.Castellini, “PM Brushless motor design for helicopter tail rotor”, ICEM 2016, XXII International Conference on Electrical Machines, pp.2669-2675, Losanna, September 2016.

M.Tursini, M.Villani, A.Di Tullio, G.Fabri, F.Parasiliti, “Off-line co-simulation of multiphase PM motor drives”, ICEM 2016, XXII International Conference on Electrical Machines, pp. 1138-1144, Losanna, September 2016.

M.Tursini, M,Villani, G.Fabri, L.Di Leonardo, “A switched-reluctance motor for aerospace application: design and analysis and results”, Electric Power System Research 142, pp.74-83, Elsevier, 2017.

G.Fabri, F.Parasiliti, M.Tursini, M.Villani, L.Castellini, “PM brushless motor for helicopters electric tail rotor drive system”, IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference (IEMDC) 2017, pp. 1-7, Miami, 21-24, May 2017.  

M.Tursini, M.Villani, A.Di Tullio, G.Fabri, F.Parasiliti, “Nonlinear model suitable for offline cosimulationof fault-tolerant PM motors drives”, IEEE Trans. on Industry Applications, vol. 53, no.4, pp. 3719-3729, July/August, 2017. 

F.Parasiliti, M.Villani, G.Ranalli, M.Micucci, D.Rossi, “High performance PM-assisted synchronous reluctance motor for electric truck: a case study”, Energy Efficiency in Motor Driven Systems Conference (EEMODS 2017), Roma, 6-8 September, 2017.

M.Villani, M.Santececca, “High efficiency Spoke-type PM brushless motor for helicopter tail rotor”, Energy Efficiency in Motor Driven Systems Conference (EEMODS 2017), Roma, 6-8 September, 2017.

M.Tursini, A.Credo, G.Fabri, F.Parasiliti, M.Villani, “Assessment of control strategies for synchronous reluctance motors”, Energy Efficiency in Motor Driven Systems Conference (EEMODS 2017), Roma, 6-8 September, 2017.

M.Tursini, M.Villani, G.Fabri, S.Paolini, A.Credo, A.Fioravanti, “Sensorless control of a synchronous reluctance motor by finite elements model results”, 8th IEEE International Symposium on Sensorless Control for Electrical Drives (SLED 2017), Catania, 18-19 September, 2017. 

M.Tursini, M.Villani, G.Fabri, A.Credo, F.Parasiliti, A.Abdelli, “Synchronous Reluctance motor: design, optimization and validation”, SPEEDAM 2018 International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion, Amalfi, June 2018.

M.Villani, “High performance electric motors for automotive applications: status and future of motors with low cost permanent magnets”, 8th Int. Conference on Magnetism and Metallurgy WMM’18, Dresda, June 2016.

L.Castellini, M.D'Andrea, G.Fabri, D.Macera, M.Villani "Design od Synchronous Reluctance machine for a Flywheel-based energy storage system" ICEM 2018, XXIII International Conference on Electrical Machines, pp.2099-2104, Alexandroupoli, September 2018.

M. Villani, M.Tursini, M. Popescu, G. Fabri, A.Credo, L. Di Leonardo “Experimental comparison between Induction and Synchronous Reluctance motor-drive", ICEM 2018, XXIII International Conference on Electrical Machines, pp.1188-1194, Alexandroupoli, September 2018.

M. Villani, F. Parasiliti, M. Santececca “High efficiency Line-start Synchronous Reluctance motor for pump and fan applications", ICEM 2018, XXIII International Conference on Electrical Machines, pp.2178-2184, Alexandroupoli, September 2018.

A.Credo, G.Fabri, M.Villani, M.Popescu, “High speed Synchronous Reluctance  motor for electric vehicles: a focus on rotor mechanical design”, IEEE International Electric Machines & Drives Conference (IEMDC), May 2019, S.Diego (USA).

N.Rivière, G.Volpe, M.Villani, G.Fabri, L.Di Leonardo, M.Popescu, “Design analysis of a high speed copper rotor Induction motor for a traction application, IEEE International Electric Machines & Drives Conference (IEMDC), May 2019, S.Diego (USA).

A.Credo, M.Villani, M.Popescu, N.Rivière, “Synchronous reluctance motors with asymmetric rotor shapes and epoxy resin for electric vehicles  IEEE ECCE - Energy Conversion Congress, Baltimora (USA), October 2019.

N.Rivière, M.Villani, M.Popescu, “Optimisation of a High speed copper rotor Induction motor for a traction application”, IECON 2019, 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE, Lisbona, October 2019. 

G.Venturini, G.Volpe, M.Popescu, M.Villani “Investigation of cooling solutions for Hairpin winding in traction application”, ICEM 2020, XXIIII Virtual International Conference on Electrical Machines, 23-26 August, 2020.

M.D'Andrea, G.Di Domenico, D.Macera, L.Di Leonardo, M.Villani, "Brushless DC motor for primary flight surface actuator", ICEM 2020, XXIIII Virtual International Conference on Electrical Machines, 23-26 August, 2020.

M.Carbonieri, L.Di Leonardo, M.Tursini, M.Villani, M.Popescu, ”Induction motor performance prediction using static FEA: method description and comparison with Time-Domain approach”, IEEE ECCE - Energy Conversion Virtual Congress, 2020, pg. 1351-1356, October 2020. 

A.Credo, M.Villani, S.Fortunati, S.Cicalè, L.Albini, “High Performance Synchronous Reluctance motor for electric vehicles – Comparison between NGO e GO electrical steels”, 9th Virtual Int. Conference on Magnetism and Metallurgy WMM’20, 3-5 November 2020. 

A.Credo, G.Fabri, M.Villani, M.Popescu, “Adopting the topology optimization in the design of high speed synchronous reluctance motors for electric vehicles”, IEEE Transaction on Industry Applications, 2020, Vol. 56, Nr.5, pg.5429-5438, DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2020.3007366.

A.Credo, G.Fabri, M.Villani, M.Popescu, “A Robust Design methodology for Synchronous reluctance motors”, IEEE Transaction on Energy Conversion,  Vol. 35, Nr.4, pg. 2095-2105, DOI 10.1109/TEC.2020.3016567.