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7 Centuries of Education, Research and Technology Transfer for Excellence 7 Centuries of Education, Research and Technology Transfer for Excellence The automotive showcase Marco Raugi, [email protected] Vice-rector for Reasearch & Technology Transfer, Director of CIRESS, Full Professor of Electrical Engineering Massimo Ceraolo, [email protected] Full Professor of Electrical Engineering Sergio Saponara, [email protected] Full Professor of Electronic Engineering UNIVERSITY OF PISA Past Glories • Galileo Galilei Piazza dei Miracoli • Antonio Pacinotti (Physics) • Ulisse Dini (Math) Nobel Prizes & Fields Medals • Giosuè Carducci (Nobel Literature, 1906) • Enrico Fermi (Nobel Physics, 1938) Leaning Tower (1173) & • Carlo Rubbia (Nobel Physics, 1984) Cathedral (1063) • Enrico Bombieri (Fields Medal Math, 1974) • Alessio Figalli (Fields Medal Math, 2018) School of Engineering Presidents of Republic/Prime Ministers • Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, President of Republic, 1999-2006 • Giovanni Gronchi, President of Republic, 1955-1962 • Giuliano Amato, Prime Minister, 1992-1993 & 2000-2001 • Enrico Letta, Prime Minister, 2013-2014 UNIVERSITY - HUMAN RESOURCES • Founded in 1343; • Number of students: ≃ 58000; • Study Programmes: • First level (3 years): 58 (≃ 31000 st.); • Second level (2 years): 67 (≃ 18000 st.); • 5 years degrees: 8 (≃ 2000 st.); • PhD, Master,...: 34 + 109 (≃ 9000 st.); • Enrolled st.: ≃ 10000 (1st lv 5300, 2nd lv 3500); • Graduates: ≃ 7000 (1st lv 4500, 2nd lv 2500); • PhD graduates: ≃ 280; • Academic institutions: • Departments: 20; • Schools: 2 (Eng. and Med.); • Research and teaching staff: 1270; • Technical-administrative staff: 1565; • 300 Laboratories • Academic Ranking World Universities 2019: • Top 150-200 Worldwide, Top 1-3 in Italy • QS Automotive related ranking, 5th in Italy QS RANKING 2019 Electrical & Electronic Engineering Disciplines in : - Electric Machines, Power Converters & Control Units - Mechatronics & Industry 4.0 - Energy storage (battery, fuel cells) & energy management - Embedded Systems, IoT & Vehicular Networks - Robotics, AI & Autonomous Driving Systems - Safety & security for vehicles and automotive components UNIVERSITY – TECH. TRANSFER The University of Pisa has a rich source of innovation within its over 200 labs and 20 departments, which span all areas of science and technology. Since the early 2000s, it Patenting started to manage the technology transfer & Licensing process through a dedicated team composed • 105 filed Italian patents, of which 81 granted; of experts in intellectual property • 117 filed international patents, of which: management and commercialization of • 10 US Patents, of which 7 granted; research. • 23 European patents, of which 14 granted;. Spin-offs FINANCED PROJECTS (FP) Technology • 21 spin-offs approved; AVERAGED YEARLY VALUES • 107 prizes awarded Best practices Transfer • 13 spin-offs;Spin-offs generated 1000 FP;& 11.2 MEur in PhD+ programme. networks 1/3 Competitive Calls 2/3 INDUSTRY GRANTS 2 FP each permanent staff member every 3 years UNIVERSITY – PATENTS PI PoliTO PD BO RM Università di Pisa ENGINEERING -HUMAN RESOURCES DM School of Engineering DF Department of Mathematics (founded in 1913) Department of Physics 210 profs + 140 post-doc res. DICI DII Department of Civil and Department of Industrial Engineering DESTEC Information Engineering Department of Energy and 85 profs + 46 post-doc researc. Systems Engineering 75 profs + 67 post-doc researc. • Research area 50 profs + 27 post-doc researc. • Research area • Aerospace engineering • Biomedical engineering • Civil engineering • Research area • Computer engineering • Chemical engineering • Electrical engineering • Electronic engineering • Mechanical engineering • Energy engineering • Robotics and automat. eng. • Nuclear engineering • Building and structural eng. • Telecommunication eng. • Hydraulic, transp., terr. eng. • Management engineering ENGINEERING -EDUCATION • 19 Master Degrees (2nd level): ≃ 6000 st. • Bionics Engineering*; • Computer Engineering; • Embedded Computing Systems*; • Aerospace engineering; • Biomedical engineering; • Chemical engineering; • Computer engineering; • 12+1 Bachelor Degrees: ≃ 3000 st. • Electrical engineering; • Aerospace engineering; • Electronic engineering; • Biomedical engineering;** max 220 st. • Energy engineering; • Chemical engineering; • Management engineering; • Civil, envir. and building eng.; • Mechanical engineering; • Energy engineering; • Nuclear engineering; • Electronic engineering; • Robotics and automation eng.; • Management engineering; • Telecommunication engineering; • Computer engineering;** max 220 st. • Vehicles engineering; • Mechanical engineering;** max 220 st. • Civil Infrastr. and Environ. eng.; • Telecommunication engineering; • Structural and Building eng.; • Industrial Design;** max 50 st. • Materials and Nanotechnology; • Architecture and Building eng. (5y) • 4 PhD Courses: ≃ 200 st. TEACHING ELECTRIC VEHICLES Unipi has a Ms Course on Vehicle engineering • Vehicular electronics (6 CFU) • Signal processing and telemetry (6 CFU) • Electric and Hybrid Vehicles (12 CFU) Teaching of electric and hybrid vehicles, for and half takes place in a laboratory Higher Education Challenges Formula SAE Driverless Roborace Rexus student ESA challenge ENGINEERING -HIGHER EDUCATION Short-Courses for Industry Training (@ industry premises) • Course on Mechatronics for MAGNA • Course on Digital Power Conversion for ABB-Powerone • Course on Power & Control Electronics for Pierburg-Rheinmetall RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER Projects at DII (MIUR Excellence Department) 25 EU Active Projects (49 in the last 3 years) 5 EU Projects lead by DII faculty members 2 ERC Grants 10 MIT-UNIPI seed funds Research Units hosted 23 EU-funded Regional Projects Magneti Marelli 130+ Projects Commissioned by Companies STMicroelectronics 630+ Collaborations with Companies SIIE (Sino-Italian Information Eng.) CNIT (National consortium for TLC) CNR (National Research Council) CINI (National consortium for computing) TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IMPACT International High-Tech Companies in Pisa Area attracted by High Skilled Engineers & UniPI Tech Transfer Capability: • Apple (exDialog) • Intel • Continental • Pierburg-Rheinmetall • Magna • Austria Micro Systems (AMS) • Piaggio • Aitronik • Pitom • P2C (PurePowerControl) • Hanking Electronics • Leonardo (Sistemi Dinamici) • Resiltech • Kayser • Kiunsys • Navionics UNIPI is part of MOVET PAST AND PRESENT PARTNERS PAST AND PRESENT PARTNERS EPI EUROPEAN PROCESSOR INITIATIVE AI Servers accelerators & Cloud AeroSpace Automotive Industry 4.0 Core Safety & Robotics HPC Drivers Critical sovereignty 120M€ in 5 years, 26 partners from 10 countries EPI: the European Processor for the European Automotive Industry EPI ROADMAP & ARCHITECTURE Secure channel Embedded HPC V2X V2V 1st EPI chip in 7nm TSMC BSG FOR HYBRID VEHICLES Wheel Clutches Differential gear Internal Gearbox Combustion Engine (ICE) Belt Motor Generator Beltless Motor Generator 12V - 48V 48V - 300V <10kW >10kW Collaboration with Valeo & AMS in FP7 Athenis3D 48 V Belt Starter Generator (up to 15 kW) with Integrated Control Electronics & Power Converters Tested on a Peugeot 308 Hybrid BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS • 10+ year experience in BMS design for mid to high power applications • Tuscany region funded projects: Progetto Idrogeno, Prot-One, SUMA • European funded projects: 3Ccar, AutoDrive, NewControl • Company funded projects • National and International collaborations • Tested on real vehicles: Enea Electric BuS, CarbonDream E-bike, GGP Gardening E-tools AutoDrive SMART BATTERY & 48V DC/DC Parameter Identification [R0,R1,C1] iL R1 - vM R0 + C1 VOC LUT VOC -SOC 1 SOC + - Qn ʃ v T + L - ELECTRIC BUS WITH FAST CHARGE 120 Nominal 110 Dynamometer 100 Route 1 Route 2 90 Route 3 80 70 60 50 Charging time per km (s/km) km per time Charging SOC=25% 40 SOC=70% SOC=0% 10% 30 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Charging power (kW) ADVANCED CONTROL OF E-MOTORS • Advanced Power Drive Control Algorithm (FLC) Extended Kalman Flter (EKF) Sensorless control MIT-UNIPI Seed Fund Cogging Reduction <Power Seed> for high precision apps (Robotics, Automation, • HIL Validation on low-cost embedded system Cars) Desired Trajectory FLC Control PID Control ICSFORSMART SENSE&POWER SENSIPLUS Sensor platform Temp, radiation, humidity, ChiplEss MultisEnsor Rfid for GrEen NeTworks gases + communication Low cost RFID Reliable and low cost RFID tags and antennas for WSN 48 V DC/DC switched-cap converter with 3D passives FP7 Athenis 3D MEMS Smart sensors acoustic, thermal, flow MECHATRONIC CO-DESIGN/VERIFICATION Integrated Environment for Co-design & Co-Verification of mechanics, control SW & Electronic/Electrical parts in automotive e-drives: The smart latch case study ROBOTICS WITH AI CAPABILITY Robots with AI capability Designed to intervene, as a human, in industry 4.0 environments & extreme scenarios Soft-robots for people interaction MARELLI JOINT RESEARCH LAB Joint Research Laboratory (JRL) started June 2019 • 3-year framework agreement, funded by Marelli year-by-year • Mixed DII – Marelli JRL steering committee • Activity: Cybersecurity Research & Technology Transfer • 2 themes funded for 2019/20 (100 k€ year budget): Penetration tests & Vulnerability analysis of connected cars AI-enabled Intrusion Detection Systems & ECUs Fingerprinting • Research Grant for objective: Patent, Innovative Product Development • DII people involved: 2 professors, 3 PhDs, 4 Master Thesis Students SIIE JOINT RESEARCH LAB SIIE (Sino Italian Information Engineering) Joint Research Lab started Dec
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