Prof. PIGNARI SERGIO AMEDEO
Professore Ordinario
Sergio A. Pignari received the Laurea (Master) and Ph.D. degrees in electronic engineering from the Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy, in 1988 and 1993, respectively. From 1991 to 1998, he was an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electronics, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy. In 1998, he joined Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy, where he is currently a Full Professor with the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering. He teaches Basic Circuit Theory and Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC), and coordinates a Research Group on EMC.
His research interests are in the field of EMC and include characterization of interference effects, distributed parameter circuit modeling, statistical techniques for EMC, and experimental procedures and setups for EMC testing. He has published over 140 papers in international journals and conference proceedings.
Dr. Pignari is a Fellow of the IEEE. He was the recipient of the IEEE EMC Society 2005 Transactions Prize Paper Award. In 2011, he received a Technical Achievement Award from the IEEE EMC Society. He is currently an Associate Editor of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY. From 2007 to 2009 he served as the Chair of the IEEE Italy Section EMC Society Chapter. Since 2010 he has been serving as the IEEE EMC Society Chapter Coordinator. He has been Technical Program Chair of the ESA Workshop on Aerospace EMC in 2009 and 2012, and a Member of the Technical Program Committee of the Asia Pacific EMC Week since 2010. He has organized special sessions and workshops on Statistical Techniques for EMC and Transportation Systems EMC at several International Conferences.
His research activity is mainly related to Aerospace, Automotive, and Railway industry sectors. He has obtained grants and contracts as principal investigator from National and International Agencies and Industries. In recent years, his work has been supported by the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) of the European Space Agency (ESA), and HITACHI, Yokohama Research Laboratory, by industries related to the Italian State Railway System (RFI S.p.A., Trenitalia S.p.A., and ITALCERTIFER S.c.p.A.), and by the Italian Ministry of Education, University, and Research (M.I.U.R.).