Francesco Profumo#
| Membership Number: | 2881 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2010 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
Present and Previous Positions
- Sice 2005 Rector of Politecnico di Torino
- 2003 - 2005 Dean of the Engineering Faculty at Politecnico di Torino
- Since 1996 Professor of Electrical Machines and Drives at Politecnico di Torino
- 1994 - 1996 Professor of Electrical Machines and Drives at University of Bologna
- 1996 - 1997 Visiting Professor at University of Nagasaki (Japan)
- 1986 - 1988 Visiting Professor at University of Wisconsin, Madison (USA)
Fields of Scholarship
- High power devices
- New electrical machines structures
- Integrated electronic/electromechanical design
- Power electronics conversion
- Applications of new power devices
- High response speed servo drives
- Power conditioning systems for fuel cells applications
Honours and Awards
- 2000 Signum Aureum Facultatis Mechanicae Universitatis Miskolciensis, University of Misko1c (Hungary)
- 2004 Honorary Professorship, University of Cordoba (Argentina)
- 2006 Honorary Doctor Degree, Technical University of Riga (Latvia)
- 2007 Honorary Doctor Degree, Politechnica of Bucarest (Romania)
- 2007 Honorary Doctor Degree, University of Miskolc (Hungary)
- 2007 Honorary Professorship, Jiao Tong University, Xi An (China)
- IEEE-IAS second prize paper in 1991(USA) and in 1997 (USA)
- IEEE-IAS first prize paper in 1992 (USA)
- IIEE-IPEC first prize paper in 2005 (JAPAN)
