Ph.D. in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni , 31st cycle (2015-2018)
Ph.D. obtained in 2019
Dissertation:
Sensorless Commissioning and Control of High Anisotropy Synchronous Motor Drives (Abstract)
Tutors:
Gianmario PellegrinoProfile
Research interests
Biography
Paolo Pescetto (IEEE member) received the Ph.D. (Hons.) degree in design and senorless control of high-anisotropy synchronous motor drives, including self-commissioning techniques and advanced position estimation algorithms from Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy, in 2019. He is an Associate Professor with Politecnico di Torino. Since fall 2019, he has been working as a Researcher and tenure-track Lecturer with the Energy Department, Politecnico di Torino. He is a member of the Power Electronics Innovation Center (PEIC) of Politecnico di Torino. In 2014, he was an Erasmus Student with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. He authored or coauthored 70+ scientific works, with 20 IEEE journal papers and five patents. Since 2022, he has been the Vice Chair of the IEEE IA/IE/PEL North Italy Joint Chapter. His main research interests include synchronous motor drives, sensorless control, selfcommissioning techniques, thermal models, and integrated battery chargers for EVs. Prof. Pescetto has been an Associate Editor of IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION since 2024. He was the recipient of five IEEE paper awards and two IEEE Ph.D. thesis awards.
Scientific branch
(Area 0009 - Industrial and information engineering)
Teaching
Collegi of the degree programmes
- Collegio di Ingegneria Elettrica ed Energetica. Componente invitato
- Collegio di Ingegneria Informatica, del Cinema e Meccatronica. Componente
- Collegio di Ingegneria Meccanica, Aerospaziale e dell'Autoveicolo. Componente invitato
Research
Research groups
Research projects
Projects funded by commercial contracts
- Amendment n. 2 “Sensorless Control of Synchronous Reluctance Machine in challenging conditions” , (2025-2026) - Componente gruppo di Ricerca
Commercial Research - “Implementazione Firmware di Controllo per Macchina SPM su STM32 MCU” , (2023-2023) - Personale interno di riferimento
Consulting - “Metodologie per la progettazione di controlli sensorless avanzati per i motori brushless BLDC / PMSM” , (2023-2023) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research
Supervised PhD students
- Raffaele Garino. Programme in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni (cycle 41, 2025-in progress)
- Nicolo' Pinzan. Programme in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni (cycle 41, 2025-in progress)
- Oneil Rodrigo Zarate Vargas. Programme in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni (cycle 41, 2025-in progress)
- Andrei Bojoi. Programme in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni (cycle 38, 2022-in progress)
Research subject: Control and Simulation of Electric Motor Drives
Power systems, Power converters, Electrical machines and drives Power systems, Power converters, Electrical machines and drives - Chen Chen. Programme in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni (cycle 38, 2022-in progress)
Research subject: Variable Flux Permanent Magnet Machines for sustainable traction electrification
Mechatronics and robotics Power systems, Power converters, Electrical machines and drives Systems, Automation and Control Mechatronics and robotics Power systems, Power converters, Electrical machines and drives Systems, Automation and Control Mechatronics and robotics Power systems, Power converters, Electrical machines and drives Systems, Automation and Control
Publications
PoliTO co-authors
Last years publications
Publications by type
Works published during the Ph.D. View all publications in Porto@Iris
- Varatharajan, Anantaram; Pescetto, Paolo; Pellegrino, Gianmario (2019)
Sensorless Self-Commissioning of Synchronous Reluctance Machine with Rotor Self-Locking Mechanism. In: IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2019), Baltimore, pp. 812-817
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Odhano, Shafiq Ahmed; Pescetto, Paolo; Awan, Hafiz Asad Ali; Hinkkanen, Marko; ... (2019)
Parameter Identification and Self-Commissioning in AC Motor Drives: a Technology Status Review. In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER ELECTRONICS, pp. 1-1. ISSN 0885-8993
Contributo su Rivista - Pescetto, Paolo (2019)
Sensorless Commissioning and Control of High Anisotropy Synchronous Motor Drives. relatore: PELLEGRINO, GIANMARIO; , 31. XXXI Ciclo, P.: 278
Doctoral Thesis - Pescetto, Paolo; Yousefitalouki, Arzhang; Pellegrino, Gianmario (2019)
Novel Sensorless Control Algorithm for SyR Machines Based on Low Speed Active Flux. In: 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Sensorless Control for Electrical Drives (SLED), Torino, 9-10 Sept. 2019
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Pescetto, Paolo; Pellegrino, Gianmario; Armando, ERIC GIACOMO (2019)
Commissioning and Sensorless Control of High Power SyR Machine Prototypes. In: 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Sensorless Control for Electrical Drives (SLED), Torino
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Leuzzi, R.; Cagnetta, P.; Ferrari, S.; Pescetto, P.; Pellegrino, G.; Francesco, Cupertino (2019)
Transient Overload Characteristics of PM-Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Machines, Including Sensorless Control Feasibility. In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS, vol. 55, pp. 2637-2648. ISSN 0093-9994
Contributo su Rivista - Pescetto, Paolo; Pellegrino, Gianmario (2019)
Standstill Determination of PM Flux Linkage Based on Minimum Saliency Tracking for PM-SyR Machines. In: 2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Baltimore, MD, USA, USA, 29 Sept.-3 Oct. 2019
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Pescetto, Paolo; Pellegrino, Gianmario (2018)
Automatic Tuning for Sensorless Commissioning of Synchronous Reluctance Machines Augmented with High Frequency Voltage Injection. In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS, vol. 54, pp. 4485-4493. ISSN 0093-9994
Contributo su Rivista - Pescetto, Paolo; Ferrari, Simone; Pellegrino, Gianmario; Carpaneto, Enrico; Boglietti, ... (2018)
Short-Time Transient Thermal Model Identification of Multiple Three-Phase Machines. In: IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition 2018, Portland, OR, 23-27 Sept. 2018. ISBN: 978-1-4799-7312-5
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Yousefitalouki, Arzhang; Pescetto, Paolo; Pellegrino, GIAN - MARIO LUIGI; Boldea, Ion (2018)
Combined Active Flux and High Frequency Injection Methods for Sensorless Direct Flux Vector Control of Synchronous Reluctance Machines. In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER ELECTRONICS, vol. 33, pp. 1-1. ISSN 0885-8993
Contributo su Rivista - Varatharajan, Anantaram; Pescetto, Paolo; Pellegrino, Gianmario (2018)
Injectionless Sensorless Control of Synchronous Reluctance Machine for Zero to Low Speeds Region. In: International Symposium on Sensorless Control for Electrical Drives (SLED), Helsinki, Finland, September 13-14
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Pescetto, Paolo; Pellegrino, GIAN - MARIO LUIGI (2017)
Sensorless Commissioning of Synchronous Reluctance Machines Augmented with High Frequency Voltage Injection. In: Energy Convention Congress and Exposition (ECCE) - 2017 IEEE International, Cincinnati, OH, 1-5 October 2017, pp. 1909-1916. ISBN: 978-1-5090-2998-3
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Pescetto, Paolo; Pellegrino, GIAN - MARIO LUIGI (2017)
Sensorless standstill commissioning of synchronous reluctance machines with automatic tuning. In: Electric Machines and Drives Conference (IEMDC), 2017 IEEE International, Miami, FL, USA, 21-24 May 2017, pp. 1-8. ISBN: 978-1-5090-4281-4
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Leuzzi, R.; Cagnetta, P.; Ferrari, Simone; Pescetto, Paolo; Pellegrino, GIAN - MARIO ... (2017)
Analysis of overload and sensorless control capability of PM-assisted synchronous reluctance machines. In: Electrical Machines Design, Control and Diagnosis (WEMDCD), 2017 IEEE Workshop on, Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom, 20-21 April 2017, pp. 172-178. ISBN: 978-1-5090-5853-2
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Yousefi-Talouki, Arzhang; Pescetto, Paolo; Pellegrino, Gianmario (2017)
Sensorless Direct Flux Vector Control of Synchronous Reluctance Motors Including Standstill, MTPA and Flux Weakening. In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS, pp. 1-1. ISSN 0093-9994
Contributo su Rivista - Hinkkanen, Marko; Pescetto, Paolo; Molsa, Eemeli; Saarakkala, Seppo E.; Pellegrino, GIAN ... (2017)
Sensorless self-commissioning of synchronous reluctance motors at standstill without rotor locking. In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS, vol. 53, pp. 2120-2129. ISSN 0093-9994
Contributo su Rivista - Pescetto, Paolo; Pellegrino, GIAN - MARIO LUIGI (2017)
Sensorless Magnetic Model and PM Flux Identification of Synchronous Drives at Standstill. In: International Symposium on Sensorless Control for Electrical Drives (SLED), 2017 IEEE International, Catania (IT), September 18-19/2017. ISBN: 978-1-5090-6587-5
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Crotti, Gabriella; Giordano, Domenico; Luiso, Mario; Pescetto, Paolo (2017)
Improvement of Agilent 3458A Performances in Wideband Complex Transfer Function Measurement. In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT. ISSN 0018-9456
Contributo su Rivista - Giordano, Domenico; Pescetto, Paolo; Crotti, G.; Luiso, M. (2016)
Improvement of Agilent 3458A performances in wideband complex transfer function measurement. In: 2016 Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements (CPEM 2016), Ottawa (CA), 10-15 July 2016, pp. 1-2. ISBN: 978-1-4673-9134-4
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Hinkkanen, Marko; Pescetto, Paolo; Molsa, Eemeli; Saarakkala, Seppo E.; Pellegrino, GIAN ... (2016)
Sensorless Self-Commissioning of Synchronous Reluctance Motors at Standstill. In: XXIIth International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM'2016), Losanna (CH), September 4-7, 2016. ISBN: 978-1-5090-2538-1
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Society and Enterprise
Patents and other intellectual properties
- Method for controlling the magnetization state of a variable flux machine avoiding torque transients. international Patent
Inventors: Chen Chen Gianmario Pellegrino Paolo Pescetto - Method for tracking the MTPA without HF injection or look-up-tables in sensorless motor drives. international Patent
Inventors: Andrei Bojoi Gianmario Pellegrino Paolo Pescetto - A method and a device for controlling a three-phase motor. international Patent
Inventors: Gianmario Pellegrino Paolo Pescetto Anantaram Varatharajan - Method for Spatial Harmonic Flux-Map and Torque-Map Identification Without a Torque Transducer. national and international Patent
Inventors: Simone Ferrari Gianmario Pellegrino Paolo Pescetto Anantaram Varatharajan - ISOLATED SEMI-INTEGRATED ON-BOARD BATTERY CHARGER (ISI-OBC) FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES. national and international Patent
Inventors: Gianmario Pellegrino Paolo Pescetto