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Curriculum Vitae
Personal information
First name(s) / Surname(s)
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Raffaele Albanese
Assoc. EURATOM/ENEA/CREATE
DIETI, Univ. Napoli Federico II
Via Claudio 21, 80125 Napoli, Italy
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+39 0817685945
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+39 0817683171
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+39 0817683243
[email protected]
http://www.create.unina.it/curricula/1_._CV_Albanese_Dec_2013_unina.pdf
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Full professor of electrical engineering
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[1982-83] Research Associate, Ist. Aerodinamica , Univ. Napoli, Italy
[1983-86] Research scientist, NET Team, Eng. (1983/84) & Phys. Group (1985/86) Max
Planck Inst. für Plasmaphysik, Germany
[1986-92] Research Scientist and Temporary Professor of Electrical Engineering (1991/92),
Univ. Salerno, Italy
[1992-94] Assoc. Prof. of Electrical Engineering, Dip. Ing. Elettronica, Univ. Salerno, Italy
[1994-2006] Full Prof. of Power Electronics (1994/95) and Computational Electromagnetics
(1995-2006), and Temporary Prof. of Plasmas and Nuclear Fusion and Automatic
Control(1997-2000), Univ. Reggio Calabria, Italy
[2006-] Full Prof. of Electrical Engineering, Dip. Ing. Elettrica e delle Tecnologie
dell'Informazione (DIETI), Univ. Napoli Federico II, Italy (courses of "Basic Circuit Theory"
and "Plasmas and Nuclear Fusion")
[1992-1998, 2002-] Administrator of CREATE Consortium, Italy
[1996-1999] Head of DIMET Dept., Univ. Reggio Calabria, Italy
[1997] Visiting Scientist, Plasma & Field Control Division, ITER JCT Naka, Japan
[1998] President, School of Electronic Eng., Univ. Reggio Calabria, Italy
[1999-2001] Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Univ. Reggio Calabria, Italy
[2001] Selected for the EURATOM reserve list (Chief Scientific Officers A4 for the Key Action
Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion)
[2001-2004] Proposal and collaboration to the JET enhancement "Extreme Shape Controller",
coordinated by F. Crisanti, ENEA, aimed at the upgrade of the shape control system of the
JET tokamak (XSC Controller)
[2003] National Scientific Coordinator of the Italian PRIN Research Project "Scenario
optimization in tokamak devices for thermonuclear fusion: models, methods and experimental
validation"
[2004] Responsible for XSC Engineering task in the framework of the XSC-2 project
(engineering of "Extreme Shape Controller" of JET tokamak, Culham, UK), coordinated by F.
Crisanti, ENEA
[2005] Project Manager of JET-EP2 Project “Plasma Control Upgrade - Task 1: Vertical
Stabilisation Modelling, Analysis and Controller Design" for the upgrade of the vertical
stabilization system of JET Tokamak, Culham, UK
[2013-] Member of the Board of the Joint European Research Doctorate in Fusion Science
and Engineering and European Doctoral Network, Padua, Italy
[2013-] Project Leader of WPDTT2 (Definition and design of the Divertor Tokamak Test
facility), mission-oriented Work Package outlined in the Consortium Work Plan 2014-2018 for
the implementation of the Fusion Roadmap in the framework of Horizon 2020
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Main activities and responsibilities Research Interests:
 Nuclear Fusion, Computational Electromagnetics, Plasma Engineering, Electromagnetic Non
Destructive Evaluation.
Activities:
 EU delegate, ITER Specialists’ Meetings on Plasma Equilibrium and Control and TAC-ITER
JCT Review Meetings. Member, INTOR Group, ITER EU Home Team.
 Contribution to several JET systems and achievements: XSC (eXtreme Shape Controller);
PCU (Plasma Control Upgrade), ERFA (Enhanced Radial Field Amplifier), JET breakdown
procedure
 Co-author of several codes: CARIDDI (eddy current calculation), PROTEUS (simulation of
tokamak plasmas) and CREATE-L (linearized plasma response model), CREATE-NL
(nonlinear plasma evolution), CarMa (RWM) codes.
Organization of Conferences and Participation to Editorial Boards:
 Chairman of TEAM Workshop, Capri, Italy, 1988.
 Secretary of COMPUMAG Conference, Sorrento, Italy, 1991.
 Chairman of E’NDE, Reggio Calabria, Italy, 1997.
 Member of International Compumag Society (ICS) Board.
 Member of COMPUMAG Editorial Board
 Member of the Editorial Board of Int. J. of Applied Electromagn. and Mech. (ISSN1383-5416)
Management of Research Institutions:
 Head of DIMET Department (about 35 professionals), Univ. Reggio Calabria, 1996-1999
 Dean of Engineering Faculty (about 70 professionals), Univ. Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria,
Italy, 1999-2001
 Administrator of CREATE Consortium, Napoli, Italy, 1992-1998 and 2002-present
Awards, Qualifications, Assignments, Offices
 Assignment, NET Team, Eng. Group - Max Planck Inst. für Plasmaphysik, Germany, 19831984
 Assignment, NET Team, Phys. Group - Max Planck Inst. für Plasmaphysik, Germany, 19851986
 Visiting Scientist, Plasma & Field Control Division, ITER JCT Naka, Japan, 1997
 EU delegate, ITER Specialists’ Meetings on Plasma Equilibrium and Control and TAC-ITER
JCT Review Meetings, 1997
 Selected for the EURATOM reserve list (Chief Scientific Officers A4 for the Key Action
Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion: Selection COM/R/A/03/1999), 2001
 Secondment, JET, Culham, UK, 2003 and 2008
 Co-author of "Principal physics developments evaluated in the ITER design review" by R.J.
Hawryluk et al., 2009 Nucl. Fusion 49 065012, paper included in the Nuclear Fusion
highlights of 2009
 Contributor of " Overview of JET results" by F. Romanelli and R. Kamendje on behalf of JETEFDA Contributors, 2009 Nucl. Fusion 49 104006, paper included in the Nuclear Fusion
highlights of 2009
 Coordinator of Plasma Engineering Group of FAST, Italy, 2009-2013
 Best Poster Award at 26th SOFT (Symposium on Fusion Technology), Porto, 2010 with:
"Electromagnetic analysis of breakdown conditions in JET", by F. Maviglia, R. Albanese, A.
Alonso, P.J. Lomas and JET EFDA Contributors
 Member of TUT (Tampere Univ. of Technology, Finland) Research Assessment Exercise
2011 - Panel IV/Faculty of Computing and Electrical Engineering, 2011
 Project Leader of WPDTT2 (Definition and design of the Divertor Tokamak Test facility),
mission-oriented Work Package outlined in the Consortium Work Plan 2014-2018 for the
implementation of the Fusion Roadmap in the framework of Horizon 2020, 2013Bibliometric indicators
Co-author of more than 140 scientific publications (see additional information).
His bibliometric indicators (source ISI Web of Science), widely used for the evaluation and the
assessment of scientific research in Italy, rank him in the top 5% of the Italian professors of electrical
engineering (discipline 09/E1):
 number of journal papers: 144 (median value 18)
 number of citations: 1697 (median value 340)
 h-index: 23 (median value 10)
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Coordination of research projects
Coordinator of research contracts or projects with various institutions including Rolls Royce Group,
CNR, CREATE, ENEA, EURATOM, F4E (mostly in the field of nuclear fusion) including for instance:
o PRIN National Project 1998 "Models and methods for the control of magnetically confined
plasmas for Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion" (G. Rubinacci project leader, R. Albanese
project manager)
o PRIN National Project 2001 "Current density profile reconstruction and analysis of the effects
of the profile modifications on the performance of the plasma shape control system in air or iron
core tokamaks" (G. Ambrosino project leader, R. Albanese project manager)
o PRIN National Project 2003 "Scenario optimization in tokamak devices for thermonuclear
fusion: models, methods and experimental validation" (R. Albanese project leader)
o PRIN National Project 2006 "Modelling and control of the instabilities on the resistive time scale
in toroidal fusion devices" (F. Villone project leader, R. Albanese project manager)
o PRIN National Project 2010-2011 " Effetti tridimensionali, non lineari e multiphysics nella
modellistica e nel controllo dei dispositivi per la fusione termonucleare controllata" (F. Villone
project leader, R. Albanese project manager)
o FIRB National Project 2003 " Controllo in tempo reale dell'equilibrio globale e locale nella
macchina RFX con sistemi attivi e passivi in presenza di una scocca con costante di tempo
breve" (R. Piovan project leader, R. Albanese project manager)
o EFDA/03-1108 (Task EFDA-2003:VERTICAL STABILISATION OF ITER PLASMAS IN
PRESENCE OF A 3D VESSEL STRUCTURE) (Art. 5.1b, 40% support from UE)
o Task EFDA-2005 TW5-TPO-ZCONT (VERTICAL STABILIZATION OF ITER PLASMAS), (Art.
5.1b, 40% support from UE)
o EFDA Task Agreement JW5-TA-EP-PCU-01 (Plasma Control Upgrade of JET Tokamak - R.
Albanese and F. Crisanti responsible officers), order (100% support from UE) and notification
(20% support from UE);
o EFDA Contract 07-1702/1581 (TW6-TPO-DISLOAD1: PLASMA POSITION/SHAPE
EVOLUTION DURING VDEs AND DISRUPTIONS IN ITER & ASSOCIATED
ELECTROMAGNETIC LOADS) (Art. 5.1b, 40% support from UE)
o Research project “Caratterizzazione elettromagnetica dei forni ad induzione DSX” with
Europea Microfusioni Aerospaziali S.p.A., Part of the Rolls-Royce Group, 2008
o Framework contract: F4E-2008-OPE-06-06 (ES-AC) Provision of Engineering Support in the
Area of Electromagnetic Analysis. Lot No 1: Electromechanical analysis of ITER components.
Bidder: CREATE Consortium & L.T. Calcoli; (Framework Service Contract with F4E)
o Contract n° F4E-2008-OPE-06-06-01 (ES-AC) : Effect of the new ITER Vacuum Vessel and
Blanket on electromagnetic response of sensors, magnetic flux losses and ELM/RWM coils
field spectrum – (Task Order n. 01 in the Framework Contract n° F4E-2008-OPE-06-06(ESAC) Lot 1)
o Contract F4E-2008-OPE-06-06-11 (ES-AC) " 3D effects on plasma operation and control "
2011-2013 – (Task Order n. 11 in the Framework Contract n° F4E-2008-OPE-06-06(ES-AC)
Lot 1)
o WPDTT2 (Definition and design of the Divertor Tokamak Test facility), mission-oriented Work
Package outlined in the Consortium Work Plan 2014-2018 for the implementation of the Fusion
Roadmap in the framework of Horizon 2020 in 2014-2018 (50% support for manpower and
40% support for hardware from EUROfusion Consortium)
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Education and training [1982] Degree (magna cum laude), Aeronautical Engineering, Univ. Napoli, Italy
[1987] PhD, Electrical Engineering, Univ. Napoli, Italy
Personal skills and
competences
Mother tongue(s)
Italian
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Additional information Main scientific publications regarding plasma control and electromagnetic computation in fusion devices:
Author of over 140 scientific articles, including several invited papers, among which:
 E. Salpietro, R. Albanese, E. Coccorese, R. Martone, N. Mitchell, G. Rubinacci (1988), "Next
European Torus operation cycle", Fusion Technology, vol. 14(1), p. 145-155.
 F. Engelmann, M.F.A. Harrison, R. Albanese, K. Borrass, O. De Barbieri, E.S. Hotston, A.
Nocentini, J.G. Wegrowe, G. Zambotti (1988), "Next European Torus Physics Basis", Fusion
Technology, Vol. 14(1), P. 30-48
 R. Albanese, G. Rubinacci, “Integral Formulation for 3D Eddy Current Computation Using Edge
Elements”, IEE Proceedings, Vol. 135, Pt. A, No. 7, Sept. 1988, pp. 457-462.
 R. Albanese, E. Coccorese, G. Rubinacci, “Plasma Modelling for the Control of Vertical
Instabilities”, Nuclear Fusion, Vol. 29, No. 6, 1989, pp. 1013-1023.
 R. Albanese, G. Ambrosino, E. Coccorese, F.C. Morabito, A. Pironti, G. Rubinacci, S. Scala,
"Plasma Current, Shape and Position Control in ITER", (1996), Fusion Technology, Vol. 30, No. 2,
pp. 167-183 (invited paper)
 A. Portone, R. Albanese, Y.V. Gribov, M. Huguet, D.H. Humphreys, C.E. Kessel, P.L. Mondino et
al., "Dynamic Control of Plasma Position and Shape in ITER", (1997), Fusion Technology, Vol. 32,
No. 8, pp. 374-389
 F. Villone, P. Vyas, J.B. Lister, R. Albanese, "Comparison of the CREATE-L Plasma Response
Model with TCV Limited Discharges", (1997), Nuclear Fusion, Vol. 37, No. 10, pp. 1395-1410.
 R. Albanese, G. Rubinacci, "Finite element methods for the solution of 3D eddy current problems",
(1998), ", Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics, Vol. 102, pp. 1-86 (invited paper)
 R. Albanese, F. Villone, “The Linearized CREATE-L Plasma Response Model for the Control of
Current, Position and Shape in Tokamaks, Nuclear Fusion, Vol. 38 (1998), pp. 723-738.
 F. Crisanti, R. Albanese, G. Ambrosino, M. Ariola, J. Lister, M. Mattei, F. Milani, A. Pironti, F.
Sartori, F. Villone, “Upgrade of the present JET shape and vertical stability controller”, Fusion
Engineering and Design 66-/68 (2003) pp. 803-/807.
 G. Ambrosino, R. Albanese (2005), "Magnetic control of plasma current, position, and shape in
tokamaks", IEEE Control Systems Magazine, Vol. 5, pp. 76-92.
 R. Albanese, G. Artaserse, M. Mattei, O. Tudisco, JET EFDA Contributors. (2007), "Plasma
reconstruction in tokamaks with linearized approaches", International Journal of Applied
Electromagnetics and Mechanics. vol. 26, Number 3-4, pp. 191-199.
 R. Albanese, G. Artaserse, F. Maviglia, F. Piccolo, F. Sartori (2008), "Identification of Vertical
Instabilities in the JET Tokamak", IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 44; p. 1650-1653.
 F. Sartori, F. Crisanti, R. Albanese, G. Ambrosino, et al., "The JET PCU project: An international
plasma control project", Fusion Engineering and Design, Volume 83, Issues 2-3, Proceedings of the
6th IAEA Technical Meeting on Control, Data Acquisition, and Remote Participation for Fusion
Research, April 2008, Pages 202-206.
 G. Calabrò, F. Crisanti, G. Ramogida, R. Albanese et al. (2009), "FAST plasma scenarios and
equilibrium configurations", Nuclear Fusion, vol. 49, p. 1-10.
 R. Albanese, G. Ambrosino, M. Ariola, M. Cavinato, et al., "ITER vertical stabilization system",
Fusion Engineering and Design, Volume 84, Issues 2-6, Proceeding of the 25th Symposium on
Fusion Technology - (SOFT-25), June 2009, Pages 394-397.
 R. Albanese, F. Maviglia, P.J. Lomas, A. Manzanares, M. Mattei, A. Neto, F.G. Rimini, P.C. de
Vries, "Experimental results with an optimized magnetic field configuration for JET breakdown",
Nuclear Fusion 52 123010.
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