FORZAN MICHELE

Michele Forzan, Associate Professor.
Department of Industrial Engineering – University of Padova
Phone: +39 49 827 7591
Michele.forzan@unipd.it
Via Gradenigo, 6A
35131, Padova, Italy

EDUCATION
PhD University of Padova, Electrical Engineering February 2001
Title: Metodologie di simulazione con il metodo FEM di problemi relativi a test non distruttivi con correnti indotte
Supervisor: Prof. Sergio Lupi
Laurea University of Padova, Electrical Engineering July 1995
Title: Studio mediante ANSYS di problemi elettromagnetici e termici accoppiati in sistemi di riscaldo a induzione
Supervisor: Prof. Sergio Lupi


EXPERIENCE
Professional Engineer 1997 to 2004
Assistant Professor 2004 – 2019
Associate Professor 2019 - now

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Elettrotecnica (Diploma in Ingegneria Informatica) 1999 – 2002
Elettrotecnica per studenti lavoratori ALSI (seminari serali) 2003 – 2005
Didattica e Laboratorio dell’Educazione Tecnica (Scuola SSIS del Veneto) 2003 – 2004
Didattica per l’Elettrotecnica (Scuola SSIS del Veneto) 2004 - 2006
Elettrotecnica (per Ingegneria Civile) 2004 - 2010
Elettrotecnica (per Ingegneria Chimica e dei Materiali) 2004 - 2010
Electromagnetic Processing of Material 2011 - 2018
Automatic Design of Electromagnetic Devices 2010 – 2013
Elettrotecnica (per Ingegneria dell’Energia) 2017 – 2019
Elettrotecnica (per Ingegneria Meccanica) 2019 – now


Intensive course for PhD students
UIE Intensive course on Electrotehnologies 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013
Several lectures in the frame of a Tempus 511086 project
Courses at Russian Universities, StPetersburg, Samara, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk
2010 – 2013
PhD course about numerical modeling of eddy current
Politecnico di Milano may 2003

Student supervision
PhD student Cristian Pozza 2010 – 2013
About 20 Master students
About 40 Bachelor students


SCIENTIFIC PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTS

PRIN2005 Tecnologie Innovative Ad Alto Rendimento Nel Riscaldamento Ad Induzione Per Trattamenti Termici Di Billette E Nastri Di Alluminio 2005-2008
Progetti strategici Università di Padova 2008 "Algoritmi e Architetture per la Scienza e l'Ingegneria Computazionali"
2008-2012
FP7 EU - ACTIVITY 7.1.4 COOPERATION -ESPOSA - AAT.2011.4.4-4.
Integrated approach to efficient propulsion and related aircraft systems for
small-size aircraft 2011-2015
FP7 EU International Research Projects: JTI Project reference: 270716-2
Project acronym: HEECS 2011-2014


RESPONSIBLE FOR UNIVERSITY OF PADUA IN INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS

TEMPUS- -511086-TEMPUS-1-2010-1-DE-TEMPUS-JPCR
Project P4ER - PhD Education in Energy Efficient Electrotechnologies at Russian Universities 2010 - 2013
UE FP7-ENV-2013 SIKELOR – Silicon Kerfs Losses Recycle
2013 - 2016


ACTIVITIES IN TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSFER

Co-founder of Inova Lab srl, a spinoff company of University of Padova 2004
Responsible of design and construction of the first prototype of i-DSS (induction directional solidification system). A collaborative project between Inova Lab srl and Saet Group SpA 2010-2012
Responsible of the design and construction of the first prototype of PMH permanent magnet heater. A research project of Department of Electrical Engineering – LEP Laboratory for Electroheat and Inova Lab srl. 2011-2012

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Reviewer for Compel, IEEE Transaction on Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics
Scientific Secretariat of HES – Heating by Electromagnetic Sources Conference
Editor of HES proceedings in 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019
Editor of special issues of Compel and IJAEM.

Publications

Michele Forzan has co-authored about 130 publications indexed in Scopus database, with h-factor of 19.