Alfio Consoli
Alfio Consoli (F’00) was born in Catania, Italy, in 1949. He graduated in Electrical Engineering from the Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy.
During 1973-1974 he was with FIAT, Torino, Italy. In 1975, he joined the Department of Electrical, Electronic, and Systems Engineering, University of Catania Italy, where, he has been a professor of electrical engineering, teaching since 1985, in the areas of electrical machines and power electronics. His research activities include energy conversion systems, electrical drives, robotics, and power electronics, having been involved in the frame of industry cooperation, as well as national and international research programs. In 1980, he spent a year as the recipient of a NATO Grant at the Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, and in 1985 he was a visiting professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, teaching classes in electromagnetic design. Since 1987, he has been the coordinator of the scientific activities of Ph.D. candidates in Electrical Engineering at the University of Catania. He is a member of the scientific committee of CORIMME, the consortium for research on Microelectronics between the University of Catania and the ST-Microelectronics. During 1993-99 he has been the delegate of the Catania University Rector for research matters and a member of the European Research Policy Working Group of the confederation of European Union Rectors Conference.
Dr. Consoli is the author of more than 150 technical papers and holds two patents. He is also the co-author and the co-editor of the book “Modern Electric Drives” (Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Kluwer, 2000). He won the Third Prize Paper Award of the Industrial Drives Committee of the IEEE Industrial Application Society in 1998 and the Best Transactions Paper of the IEEE Power Electronics Society in 2000. Professor Consoli is a member of the Italian Electric Association (AEI), of the European Power Electronics Association (EPE) where he serves as a member of the International Steering Committee, and a member of several technical committees of IEEE Societies.
During 1996-2000 he was a member of the Executive Board of the IEEE Industry Applications Society. Starting 2002 he will be the chairman of the Technical Committee on Motor Drives of the IEEE Power Electronics Society.
His detailed contact address is:
Dr. Alfio Consoli, Professor
Dip Elet Elett E Sistemistico
University of Catania, Italy
Viale A Doria 6, Catania, Italy 95125
Phone: 39-95-339535 Fax: 39-95-330823
Email:aconsoli@dees.unict.it