Simone Giuffrida

Ph.D. candidate in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni , 38^th cycle (2022-2025)
Department of Energy (DENERG)

Adjunct lecturer/Adjunct instructor
Department of Energy (DENERG)

simone.giuffrida@polito.it

Profile

PhD

Research topic

Innovative Wide Band Gap Power Converter for Automotive Applications

Tutors

Keywords

Power systems, Power converters, Electrical machines and drives

Biography

I have recieved the B.Sc and M.Sc dregrees in electrical engineering from the Politecnico di Torino in 2020 and 2022 respectively.
I am currently working toward the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in the Dipartimento di Energia "G. Ferraris" in Politecnico di Torino.
My research interests include the high power-high efficiency WBG power converters design and its control.

Awards and Honors

APEC 2026 Best Presentation Award for the presentation of "Design of a Modular Sine-Wave GaN Traction Inverter for 400V Automotive Applications" in session D19. (2026)

Teaching

Teachings

Bachelor of Science

Fondamenti di elettronica di potenza. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA. Collaboratore del corso
Fondamenti di elettronica di potenza. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA. Collaboratore del corso

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Publications

Latest publications View all publications in Porto@Iris

Giuffrida, Simone; Savio, Stefano; Mandrile, Fabio; Stella, Fausto; Armando, Eric ... (2026)
Design of a 75 kW Three-Level DC/DC GaN Converter for Fuel Cell Electric Powertrains. In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS, pp. 1-15. ISSN 0093-9994
Contributo su Rivista
Savio, Stefano; Giuffrida, Simone; Mandrile, Fabio; Stella, Fausto; Armando, Eric; ... (2025)
Digital Control of Multilevel Interleaved GaN DC-DC Converter for Fuel Cell Electric Powertrains. In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS. ISSN 0093-9994
Contributo su Rivista
Savio, Stefano; Giuffrida, Simone; Mandrile, Fabio; Stella, Fausto; Armando, Eric; ... (2024)
Digital Control of a Multilevel Interleaved DC-DC GaN Converter for Fuel Cell Traction Applications. In: 2024 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2024, usa, 2024, pp. 4484-4490
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Giuffrida, Simone; Savio, Stefano; Mandrile, Fabio; Stella, Fausto; Armando, Eric; ... (2024)
Design of a 75kW Three-Level DC/DC GaN Converter for Automotive Fuel-cell Application. In: 2024 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2024, usa, 2024, pp. 2475-2482
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Giuffrida, S.; Tolosano, L.; Mandrile, F.; Romano, C.; Tranchero, M.; Bojoi, R. (2024)
Fast simulator with inverter temperature estimation for traction eDrives in vehicles subjected to driving cycles. In: PCIM Europe 2024; International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management, Nuremberg, pp. 248-253. ISBN: 978-3-8007-6262-0
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)

Knowledge Valorisation

Technology transfer

Inverter di trazione. national Patent
Inventors: Eric Giacomo Armando Iustin Radu Bojoi Federico Campanelli Simone Giuffrida
Inverter di trazione integrato e caricabatteria di bordo per un veicolo. national Patent
Inventors: Eric Giacomo Armando Iustin Radu Bojoi Federico Campanelli Simone Giuffrida
Cascaded Buck-Boost Sine-Wave Inverter For Automotive Traction Motors. national Patent
Inventors: Eric Giacomo Armando Iustin Radu Bojoi Federico Campanelli Simone Giuffrida