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PAOLO BETTINI

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Position

Professore Ordinario

Address

VIA G. GRADENIGO, 6/A - PADOVA

Telephone

0498277545

SUMMARY
Prof. Paolo Bettini is professor of Electrical Engineering (ING-IND/31) at the University of Padova.
He is Director of the Research Center on Magnetic Confinement Fusion ("Centro Ricerche Fusione") of the University of Padova and deputy-director of the Joint PhD in "Fusion Science and Engineering" between the Universities of Padova and Napoli "Federico II"
He is also member of the Board of Governors of FuseNet, member of the Steering Committee of EM Fusion-DC and member of the EUROfusion WPSA project team.

EDUCATION
1994: second level university degree in Electrical Engineering (full marks and distinctions), University of Padua (Italy)
1995: Postgraduate degree on controlled thermonuclear fusion, University of Padua (Italy)
1998: PhD degree in Industrial Engineering (Electrical Science), University of Padua (Italy)

WORK EXPERIENCE
Dec 97 – May 99: Researcher, Consorzio RFX, Padua, Italy
May 99 – Jan 05: Assistant professor, University of Udine, Italy
Jan 05 – Dec 09: Associate Professor, University of Udine, Italy
Dec 09 – : Associate Professor, University of Padua, Italy

VISITING SCIENTIST
1998: ITER Joint Work Site, Naka, Japan, 8 weeks
2014: CRPP, EPFL, Lausanne, Swiss
2014, 2015: Max-Planck IPP, Garching bei München, Germany
2015: Technische Universität München (TUM), Garching bei München, Germany

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY
His scientific activity is focused on magnetic confinement fusion (MCF), computational electromagnetism and coupled problems.

He has published over 150 papers (cited in over 400 scientific documents, h-index 19) and developed several advanced numerical codes routinely used in the MCF community.

INTERNATIONAL FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS
He has contributed to the research activities in the framework of the following contracts funded by international institutions:
• F4E GRT-032-PMS-H.CD (2009)
• F4E GRT-047-PMS-DG (2009)
• F4E GRT-306-PMS-H.CD (2011)
• F4E GRT-334 (2011)
• F4E OPE-349-PMS-PEI (2012)
• F4E Expert Contract (2013)
• IO/13/RT/4300000895 (2013)
• EUROfusion WP14-SA (2014)
• Siemens VHP-MV-VCB (2014, 2019)
• EUROfusion WP14-MST1 (2014, 2015-16, 2018)
• EUROfusion WP14-ER-01/ENEA_RFX-05 (2014)

NATIONAL (ITALIAN) FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS
• National Coordinator of PRIN 2006092700 (2006) Material development and electric modeling of DMFC for mobile electronic devices
• Local Coordinator (Padua Research Unit) of PRIN 2010SPS9B3 (2010) 3D non-linear and multi-physics effects in modeling and control of thermonuclear fusion devices
• Coordinator of the project PANN12_00540 (2013) aiming at the dissemination of the scientific and technological culture to secondary school students

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES
• Associate Editor of the international Journal IEEE Access
• Ad hoc reviewer for:
• COMPEL
• Fusion Engineering and Design
• IEEE Access
• IEEE Transaction on Magnetics
• International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics
• International Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and
Fields
• Nuclear Fusion
• Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
• Member of the editorial boards of COMPUMAG and CEFC conferences
• Chairman (oral session 3C) at 28th and 29th SOFT conferences

PRESENT TEACHING ACTIVITY
• Electrical Science (12 ECTS), 1st-level degree, University of Padova
• Thermonuclear Fusion (6 ECTS), 2nd-level degree, University of Padova

Notices

Office hours

  • Wednesday from 14:30 to 15:30
    at zoom: https://unipd.zoom.us/j/98235703413
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