{"id":155890,"date":"2025-05-12T14:34:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T14:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/ateneo\/organizzazione\/persone\/luca-sani-4893-en\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T04:54:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T02:54:53","slug":"luca-sani-4893-en","status":"publish","type":"unipi_persone","link":"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/en\/about-us\/organisation\/people\/luca-sani-4893-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Luca Sani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Professore Associato &#8211; Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell&#8217;Energia, dei Sistemi, del Territorio e delle Costruzioni | Tel.: 050 2217364 &#8211; Email: luca.sani@unipi.it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"unipi-persone-chiave":"4893","unipi-persone-nome":"Luca","unipi-persone-cognome":"Sani","unipi-persone-email":"luca.sani@unipi.it","unipi-persone-cv":"He received the M.Sc. degree with honours in November 1996 in Electrical Engineering from University of Pisa; his master thesis concerned the study of an active control of a pantograph for high-speed train. In 1997 he joined the Ph.D. courses in Automation and Robotics, at the University of Pisa. He received the Ph.D. degree discussing the thesis \"Identification on continuous domain. The modulating function approach\". <br \/>\r\nFrom January 2004 to December 2010 he was with the Department of Electrical System and Automation (DSEA) as Assistant Professor in the Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and Electrical Drives group.<br \/>\r\nFrom January 2011 to September 2012 he was with the Department of Energy and System Engineering (DESE). Since October 2012 he has been with the Department of Energy, Systems, Territory and Constructions Engineering (DESTEC).<br \/>\r\nHe is currently teaching Electric Propulsion and Dynamic and Control  of electric Machines at the students of Electrical Engineering.<br \/>\r\nLuca Sani is involved and has been involved in several research projects in the past, both at the national and international level.<br \/>\r\nHe also participated in several National Research Projects (PRIN) funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research.<br \/>\r\nHe was also part of several research projects funded by 3rd party industries.<br \/>\r\nHe has served as reviewer for some conferences and for the following scientific journals: IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, International Journal of Computer Systems Science & Engineering.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nSince 2008 he has been member of the PH.D School \u2018Leonardo da Vinci\u2019, programme in Land Vehicles and Transport Systems.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nSince 2000 he has been member of the Inst. Electrical Electronic Engineering (IEEE).<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nI.\tSCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nDuring the last decade the research interests of Luca Sani have focused on several fields. <br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n1.\tActive controls and non-invasive monitoring for high-speed trains.<br \/>\r\n2.\tImplementation of a fuzzy controller for DC-DC converts. <br \/>\r\n3.DSC control strategy for asynchronous motors with two three-phase winding sets.<br \/>\r\n4.\tStability improvement of a round rotor synchronous machine. <br \/>\r\n5.\tIdentification of electric drives by the modulating functions approach. <br \/>\r\n6.\tStudy and development of advanced solutions for drive-by-wire steering systems. <br \/>\r\n7.\tDependability-oriented design of electric apparatus on board train.<br \/>\r\n8.\tIdentification of electric drives by the NATV technique.<br \/>\r\n9.\tExtension of the relay techniques for tuning of PID controllers and faults detection in electric machines<br \/>\r\n10.\tPMSM brushless design for hybrid system","unipi-persone-link-esterno-cv":"","unipi-persone-modalita-ricevimento":"Su appuntamento, comunicando la richiesta via email\r\n","unipi-persone-luogo-ricevimento":"","unipi-persone-ore-ricevimento":"","unipi-persone-telefono":"050 2217364","unipi-persone-sitoweb":"","unipi-persone-cariche":"","unipi-persone-link-orario-lezioni":"https:\/\/unipi.prod.up.cineca.it\/calendarioPubblico\/matricola=080191","unipi-persone-link-registro-lezioni":"https:\/\/unimap.unipi.it\/registri\/registri.php?ri=080191&tmplt=principale.tpl","unipi-persone-settore-scientifico":"Convertitori, Macchine e Azionamenti Elettrici IIND-08\/A","unipi-persone-ruolo":"Professore Associato","unipi-persone-arpi":"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/cris\/rp\/rp13825","unipi-persone-pubblicazioni":"<ul class=\"pubblicazioni-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1341149\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Electromagnetic Analysis of an Axial Flux Air-Core Compulsator Excited by Permanent Magnets<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Simonelli, Claudia; Gori, Nicolo&#039;; Landi, Giovanni; Rizzo, Rocco; Sani, Luca; Bukhari, Syed Arslan; Chen, Hao - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1340615\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Multi-DoF 3D printed spherical electromagnetic actuator<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Battistini, Giorgia; Simonelli, Claudia; Gori, Nicolo; Rizzo, Rocco; Musolino, Antonino; Sani, Luca - 2025 - 4.3 Poster)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1340614\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Equivalent Network modelling of an Axial Flux Air-Core Compulsator<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Simonelli, Claudia; Gori, Nicolo; Landi, Giovanni; Musolino, Antonino; Sani, Luca; Rizzo, Rocco - 2025 - 4.2 Abstract in Atti di convegno)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1340613\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Design of an axial rotary transformer for wound rotor synchronous machines excitation winding feeding<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Gori, Nicolo; Simonelli, Claudia; Sani, Luca; Musolino, Antonino; Rizzo, Rocco - 2025 - 4.2 Abstract in Atti di convegno)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1336867\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Experimental validation of slot Effects in 2D Axial Flux motors via Conformal Mapping<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Landi, G.; Sani, L.; Musolino, A. - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1295127\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Experimental Characterization of Reversible Oil-Flooded Twin-Screw Compressor\/Dry Expander for a Micro-Scale Compressed Air Energy Storage System<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Francesconi, Marco; Baldinelli, Arianna; Sani, Luca; Antonelli, Marco - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1340611\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Electromagnetic Analysis of an Axial Flux Air-Core Compulsator<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Simonelli, Claudia; Gori, Nicolo; Landi, Giovanni; Musolino, Antonino; Sani, Luca; Rizzo, Rocco - 2024 - 4.3 Poster)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1301307\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Electromagnetic Analysis of an Axial Flux Air-Core Compulsator<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Simonelli, Claudia; Gori, Nicolo; Landi, Giovanni; Musolino, Antonino; Sani, Luca; Rizzo, Rocco - 2024 - 4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1281612\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maintain Power Transmission and Efficiency Tracking Using Variable Capacitors for Dynamic WPT Systems<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Zhu, J.; Barmada, S.; Musolino, A.; Sani, L. - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1272560\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Contactless Low-Carbon Steel Magnetostrictive Torquemeter: Numerical Analysis and Experimental Validation<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Clemente, CARMINE STEFANO; Simonelli, Claudia; Gori, Nicol\u00f2; Musolino, Antonino; Rizzo, Rocco; Raugi, Marco; Torri, Alessandra; Sani, Luca - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1271711\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sensitivity analysis of YASA axial flux permanent magnet machines<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Gori, N.; Simonelli, C.; Sani, L.; Musolino, A.; Rizzo, R. - 2024 - 4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1257070\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Model-based Control of a Glass Melting Furnace<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(BACCI DI CAPACI, Riccardo; Musi, Leonardo; Landi, Alberto; Sani, Luca; Barmada, Sami - 2024 - 4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1218696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Design of a Multidisk Axial Flux Machine for drones<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Gori, Nicol\u00f2; Sani, Luca; Musolino, Antonino; Rizzo, Rocco; Simonelli, Claudia - 2023 - 4.2 Abstract in Atti di convegno)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1218695\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Use of magnetorheological fluids for electromagnetic applications<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Simonelli, Claudia; Musolino, Antonino; Rizzo, Rocco; Sani, Luca; Gori, Nicol\u00f2 - 2023 - 4.2 Abstract in Atti di convegno)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1218694\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Heuristic model for YASA axial flux permanent magnet machines design<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Gori, Nicol\u00f2; Simonelli, Claudia; Sani, Luca; Musolino, Antonino; Rizzo, Rocco; Landi, Giovanni - 2023 - 4.3 Poster)<\/span><\/li><\/ul>","unipi-persone-didattica":"<ul class=\"registri-list\"><li>Meccatronica (cod. 960II) per Laurea Magistrale in Ingegneria elettrica<\/li><\/ul>","unipi-persone-codocenze":"","unipi-persone-interessi-ricerca":"","_wpml_word_count":"24","_last_translation_edit_mode":"translation-editor"},"organizzazioni":[3690],"class_list":["post-155890","unipi_persone","type-unipi_persone","status-publish","hentry","organizzazioni-dipartimento-di-ingegneria-dellenergia-dei-sistemi-del-territorio-e-delle-costruzioni-509999-en"],"email":"luca.sani@unipi.it","telefono":"050 2217364","content_plain":"Professore Associato &#8211; 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