Luigi Vanfretti

Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering

Luigi Vanfretti (SMIEEE'14) obtained the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electric power engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA, in 2007 and 2009, respectively. He was with KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, as Assistant (2010-2013), and Associate Professor (Tenured) and Docent (2013-2017/August); where he lead the SmarTS Lab and research group. He also worked at Statnett SF, the Norwegian electric power transmission system operator, as consultant (2011 - 2012), and Special Advisor in R&D (2013 - 2016). He joined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in August 2017, to continue to develop his research at ALSETLab, his laboratory at ECSE. His research interests are in the area of synchro-phasor technology applications; and cyber-physical power system modeling, simulation, stability and control.