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Cornel Klein
CT RDA SSI, Siemens AG
Germany
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Brief Bio
Cornel Klein is Research Program Manager within the Technology Field “Software and Systems Innovation” of Siemens Corporate Technology in Munich. He is current leading a corporate research program on validation and engineering of intelligent and autonomous systems. Starting his career 1998 at Siemens Public Networks, he held several leading and expert positions within the company and also represented Siemens in external partnerships like ITEA, ARTEMIS/ECSEL and SPES. He has gained an extensive knowledge in communications, cyber-physical and embedded systems, software- and systems engineering as well as in various
application domains like automotive, mobility and smart cities/smart buildings. Cornel Klein holds a master and a PhD degree in Computer Science from the Technical University of Munich.
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Fontina Petrakopoulou-Robinson
University Carlos III
Spain
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Brief Bio
Fontina Petrakopoulou received her undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Crete in 2005 and her Ph.D. in Energy Engineering from Technische Universität Berlin in 2010. Her work focuses on the evaluation and optimization of energy conversion systems, advanced structures of hybrid plants and polygeneration systems for zero-emission power generation and low environmental impact and the energy autonomy of remote areas. She is an expert on exergy-based methods, and she is involved in the development of analytical methods for the optimization of complex energy systems. She has t
aught courses on heat transfer and the optimization of thermodynamic systems and has supervised a large number of bachelor and master theses. She has been honoured with a best paper award and her Ph.D. thesis was chosen as one the three best in Germany by RWE AG. She is the author of several journal articles and book chapters and has participated in numerous international conferences and workshops.
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Francesco Calise
Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II
Italy
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Brief Bio
Francesco Calise was born in 1978 and graduated cum laude in mechanical engineering from the University of Naples Federico II, Italy in 2002. He obtained the Ph.D. degree in Mechanical and Thermal Engineering in 2006. He is Full Professor of applied thermodynamics at the University of Naples Federico II. His research activity is mainly focused on the following topics: fuel cells, advanced optimization techniques, solar thermal systems, concentrating photovoltaic/thermal and photovoltaic systems, energy saving in buildings, solar heating and cooling, Organic Rankine Cycles, geothermal energy, dynamic simulat
ions of energy systems, renewable polygeneration systems, hydrogen, district heating and cooling, power to x, smart grids and many others. He was invited lecturer for PhD courses and international conferences. He is a member of the scientific committees of several international Conferences and Chair of two international conferences. He teaches several courses of energy management and applied thermodynamics at the University of Naples Federico II for BsC, MS and PhD students. He was a supervisor of several Ph.D. degree theses. He is a reviewer of about 30 international Journals. He was involved, as researcher or principal investigator, in several Research Projects funded by EU and Italian Government. He is Member of the Editorial Board of several International Journals. His Scopus indexes (Oct 2022 are: Documents: 158; Citations: 5740; H-Index:46)
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Maria Vicidomini
Industrial Engineering, University of Napled Federico II
Italy
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Brief Bio
Maria Vicidomini was graduated cum laude in Environmental engineering at the University of Naples Federico II, 2013. She obtained the Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering in 2018 and entitled as Researcher at the University of Naples Federico II in 2019. Her research activity has been mainly focused on the development of dynamic simulation models for the energy, economic and environmental analysis of innovative distributed polygeneration systems, supplied by renewable energy and natural gas. Building Integrated Solar Thermal Systems and internal combustion engines for the production of heat, cool and power. Sol
ar heating and cooling systems. Solar desalination. Hybrid system based on wind, solar and geothermal energy. Electrical storages and vehicles. Her research activity is developed in cooperation with several international institutions. She was guest editor in special issues on International Journals. She is a member of the scientific committee, conference chair and presenter of international conferences.
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Francesco Liberato Cappiello
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Italy
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Brief Bio
Francesco L. Cappiello was graduated cum laude in Aerospace and Astronautical Engineering at the University of Naples Federico II, Italy in 2017. He obtained the Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering in 2021. In 2021 he has been entitled as Researcher at the University of Naples Federico II. His research activity mainly deals with renewable smart energy networks. In particular, he focused on the following topics: sustainable mobility; electric vehicles fed by renewables; polygeneration plants; district heating/cooling networks (4th and 5th gen); cogeneration/trigeneration; hydrogen as electric energy storage; re
duction of primary energy consumption of residential districts, energy measure for reducing the primary energy consumption of hospitals and healthcare facilities, reverse osmosis coupled with renewable energy sources, dynamic simulations of energy systems, energy saving in buildings and many others. He spent six months at Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart, developing dynamic models of several modular trigeneration layouts for a big hospital of Stuttgart. This analysis also included the hybridization of the trigeneration plant with photovoltaic technology. He spent one month at AGH University of Science and Technology (Kraków) modelling the dynamic performance of centrifugal compressors for compressed air energy storage systems. His research activity is also developed in cooperation with several international institutions (Spain, Germany and Poland). He is a reviewer of about 10 international Journals. He was topic editor for 2 International Journals. He is guest editor in a special issue on two International Journals. He was a supervisor of several BsC, MS, and PhD students at the University of Naples Federico II. He was a conference presenter in several sessions of International Conferences. He was a conference chair and presenter in several sessions of International Conferences.
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