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  1. Optimization Strategies for Large-Scale PV Integration in Smart Distribution Networks: A Review

    Article • Energies, February 2026, MDPI AG

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  2. Optimization and Machine Learning for Electric Vehicles Management in Distribution Networks: A Review

    Article • Energies, February 2026, MDPI AG

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  3. A New Control Strategy of a Boost PFC for Enhanced GaN-Based DC-DC Converters

    Article • IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics, January 2026, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  4. Optimum Current Ripple Control with Inherent Mixed Conduction Mode to Improve Efficiency in Interleaved Totem-Pole PFC Converters

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, January 2026, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  5. To be Artificial Intelligence for sustainability or not to be sustainable Artificial Intelligence

    Article • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, November 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  6. Imbalance Charge Reduction in the Italian Intra-Day Market Using Short-Term Forecasting of Photovoltaic Generation

    Article • Energies, August 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  7. COSS Losses in Resonant Converters

    Article • Energies, June 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  8. Imbalance Charge Reduction in the Intra-Day Market using Short-Term Forecasting of Photovoltaic Generation

    Article • June 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  9. A PFC Control Management to Improve the Efficiency of DC-DC Converters

    Article • Electronics, January 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  10. Applying Finite Element Method–Dirichlet Boundary Condition Iteration to the Computation of Coupling Factors for a 3-D Human Model

    Article • Applied Sciences, January 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  11. Applying FEM-DBCI to 3-D Skin Effect Problems

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  12. A Critical Analysis and Comparison of the Effect of Source Inductance on 3- and 4-Lead SuperJunction MOSFETs Turn-Off

    Article • Electronics, October 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  13. On-State Voltage Measurement Circuit for Condition Monitoring of MOSFETs in Resonant Converters

    Article • Electronics, October 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  14. Investigation of SiC MOSFET Body Diode Reverse Recovery and Snappy Recovery Conditions

    Article • Energies, May 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  15. Analysis and Optimization of a Regenerative Snubber for a GaN-Based USB-PD Flyback Converter

    Article • Electronics, March 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  16. Current Collapse Phenomena Investigation in Automotive-Grade Power GaN Transistors

    Article • Energies, December 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  17. A Simple and Economical System for Automatic Near-Field Scanning for Power Electronics Converters

    Article • Energies, December 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  18. An Overview of Strengths and Weaknesses in Using MOSFET Experience for Modeling GaN HEMT

    Article • Energies, September 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  19. Analysis of Turn-Off Losses in MOSFETs Equipped with the Kelvin Source

    Article • August 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  20. The GaN Breakthrough for Sustainable and Cost-Effective Mobility Electrification and Digitalization

    Article • Electronics, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  21. Evaluation of the Thermal Resistance in GaN HEMTs Using Thermo-Sensitive Electrical Parameters

    Article • Energies, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  22. Green Edge Intelligence for Smart Management of a FANET in Disaster-Recovery Scenarios

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, March 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  23. Actual Reasons Involving Turn-off Losses Improvement With Increasing Load and Gate Resistance in MOSFETs Enhanced With Kelvin Source

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, January 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  24. Electromagnetic Simulation Flow for Integrated Power Electronics Modules

    Article • Electronics, August 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  25. Circuit Models of Power MOSFETs Leading the Way of GaN HEMT Modelling—A Review

    Article • Energies, May 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  26. The Hybrid FEM-DBCI for the Solution of Open-Boundary Low-Frequency Problems

    Article • Mathematics, August 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  27. Optimization of Frequency Selective Surfaces for the Design of Electromagnetic Mantle Cloaks

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, June 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  28. A hybrid global MPPT searching method for fast variable shading conditions

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, May 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  29. Performance Improvement of Grid-Connected Induction Motors through an Auxiliary Winding Set

    Article • Energies, April 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  30. Two Decades of Condition Monitoring Methods for Power Devices

    Article • Electronics, March 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  31. On the Lifetime Estimation of SiC Power MOSFETs for Motor Drive Applications

    Article • Electronics, January 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  32. Distortion Due to the Zero Current Detection Circuit in High Power Factor Quasi-Resonant Flybacks

    Article • Energies, January 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  33. Intrusiveness of Power Device Condition Monitoring Methods: Introducing Figures of Merit for Condition Monitoring

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, January 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  34. A Tool for Evaluating the Performance of SiC-Based Bidirectional Battery Chargers for Automotive Applications

    Article • Energies, December 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  35. Analysis of the Input Current Distortion and Guidelines for Designing High Power Factor Quasi-Resonant Flyback LED Drivers

    Article • Energies, June 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  36. Circuit Model of LED Light Bulb suitable for typical voltage THD on LV distribution networks

    Article • Energy and Buildings, December 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  37. Green wireless power transfer system for a drone fleet managed by reinforcement learning in smart industry

    Article • Applied Energy, November 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  38. Si and GaN Devices in Quasi Resonant Flyback converters for Wall Charger Applications

    Article • September 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  39. The key role of the SJ MOSFET with fast diode in high-end SMPS converters for telecom applications

    Article • September 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  40. Thin Conductor Modelling Combined with a Hybrid Numerical Method to Evaluate the Transferred Potential from Isolated Grounding System

    Article • Energies, March 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  41. Parametric PSpice Circuit of Energy Saving Lamp Emulating Current Waveform

    Article • Applied Sciences, January 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  42. Effects of the aging time on CFL and LED lamps: experimental tests on the electrical and photometric quantities

    Article • October 2018, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  43. High frequency converter topologies suitable for more electric aircraft

    Article • October 2018, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  44. State of the art and emerging solid-state power devices in the perspective of more electric aircraft

    Article • October 2018, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  45. Full-Bridge DC-DC Power Converter for Telecom applications with Advanced Trench Gate MOSFETs

    Article • October 2018, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  46. The FEM-BCI methods in EMC applications

    Article • International Journal of Numerical Modelling Electronic Networks Devices and Fields, June 2018, Wiley

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  47. LED lamp PSpice circuit emulating first harmonic current absorption as a function of the main voltage

    Article • June 2018, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  48. A 5G platform for Unmanned Aerial Monitoring in Rural Areas: Design and Performance Issues

    Article • June 2018, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  49. Drone charging stations over the buildings based on a wireless power transfer system

    Article • May 2018, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  50. An open source tool for reliability evaluation of distribution systems with renewable generators

    Article • Energy Systems, December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  51. A Weakly Pareto Compliant Quality Indicator

    Article • Mathematical and Computational Applications, March 2017, MDPI AG

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  52. Multi-Objective Optimization of Thin-Film Silicon Solar Cells with Metallic and Dielectric Nanoparticles

    Article • Energies, January 2017, MDPI AG

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  53. Battery Management in a Green Fog-Computing Node: a Reinforcement-Learning Approach

    Article • IEEE Access, January 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  54. A Weakly Pareto Compliant Quality Indicator

    Article • December 2016, MDPI AG

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  55. Optimal switch placement considering costs and annual reliability improvement during the regulatory period

    Article • International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, November 2016, Wiley

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  56. Impact of cyber-physical system vulnerability, telecontrol system availability and islanding on distribution network reliability

    Article • Sustainable Energy Grids and Networks, June 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  57. Effect of Islanding and Telecontrolled Switches on Distribution System Reliability Considering Load and Green-Energy Fluctuations

    Article • Applied Sciences, May 2016, MDPI AG

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo, Giovanni Schembra

  58. FEM-DBCI Solution of Open-Boundary Electrostatic Problems in the Presence of Floating Potential Conductors

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, March 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  59. Efficient Analysis of Grounding Systems by Means of the Hybrid FEM–DBCI Method

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, November 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  60. An Algorithm for Reliability Assessment of Distribution Systems in Presence of Distributed Generators

    Article • International Journal on Electrical Engineering and Informatics, September 2015, School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics (STEI) ITB

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  61. ANN based MPPT method for rapidly variable shading conditions

    Article • Applied Energy, May 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  62. Optimization of Plasmon-Enhanced Thin-Film Heterojunction Solar Cells

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, March 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  63. Monte Carlo Simulation by Using a Systematic Approach to Assess Distribution System Reliability Considering Intentional Islanding

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, February 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  64. Probability of adequacy evaluation considering power output correlation of renewable generators in Smart Grids

    Article • International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, October 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  65. Reliability Assessment of Distribution Systems Considering Telecontrolled Switches and Microgrids

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, March 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  66. A Parallel Version of the Self-Adaptive Low-High Evaluation Evolutionary-Algorithm for Electromagnetic Device Optimization

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, February 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  67. A comparison between hybrid methods: FEM-BEM versus FEM-DBCI

    Article • COMPEL The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, November 2013, Emerald

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  68. Modelling of Microgrid-Renewable Generators Accounting for Power-Output Correlation

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, October 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  69. Optimal Dispatching of Distributed Generators and Storage Systems for MV Islanded Microgrids

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, July 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  70. Generalized Systematic Approach to Assess Distribution System Reliability With Renewable Distributed Generators and Microgrids

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, January 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  71. Optimal investment assessment for distribution reliability through a multi-objective evolutionary algorithm

    Article • June 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  72. Numerical simulations of the electromagnetic field near the conductors of a naval PLC system

    Article • April 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  73. Optimal dispatching of distributed generators in an MV autonomous micro-grid to minimize operating costs and emissions

    Article • July 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  74. A comparison between hybrid methods for open-boundary problems

    Article • May 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  75. Optimal control to minimize operating costs and emissions of MV autonomous micro-grids with renewable energy sources

    Article • June 2009, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  76. Stochastic Optimization of Magnetic Shields in Induction Heating Applications by Means of the FEM-DBCI Method and the SALHE Evolutionary Algorithm

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, March 2009, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo

  77. SALHE-EA: A New Evolutionary Algorithm for Multi-Objective Optimization of Electromagnetic Devices

    Article • January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Santi Agatino Rizzo