Curriculum Vitae in English
Personal Data
Saverio Bolognani
born in Padova on July 30th, 1984
living in Padova, Italy
Education
Summa cum laude Scientific High School Diploma at Liceo Scientifico “E. Curiel” in Padova, Italy (2002).
Bachelor of Science in Information Engineering at University of Padova, Italy (2005). Summa cum laude with a thesis on "Predictive Control Theory", under the supervision of prof. Sandro Zampieri.
Master of Science in Automation Engineering at University of Padova, Italy (2007). Summa cum laude with a thesis on “Output Feedback Adaptive Control of Distributed Parameter Systems”, under the supervision of prof. Alessandro Beghi (Univ. of Padova, Italy) and prof. Miroslav Krstić (UC San Diego, CA). (see Publications).
Relevant experiences
I took part to an exchange program with University of California while preparing my Master Degree, spending the academic year 2006 / 07 at UC San Diego.
In 2001 I attended an internship at the INFN laboratories of Legnaro, taking part in the publication of the laboratories website and following their research activities.
I am a student member of IEEE since 2004. In the academic years 2004/05 and 2005/06 I was the secretary of the local Student Branch of Padova, organizing a visit to the Student Branch of Leuven (Belgium) and to the Interuniversity MicroElectronic Center (IMEC) and leading the "Best Design" winning team at the First IEEE Robotic Contest of Region 8 (Europe, Middle East and Asia).
Work experiences
In 2006 I completed a project for the simulation of high-power HF circuits for Stalam s.p.a., an Italian producer of radio-frequency dryers.
In 2007 I design and implemented a predictive control algorithm for permanent magnet synchronous motors at the Electric Drives laboratory of Dipartimento di Tecnica e Gestione dei Sistemi Industriali of University of Padova (see Publications).
Additional skills
Good written and spoken English
- Cambridge CAE (Certificate of Advanced English) in 2002
- TOEFL in 2005, scoring 102/120
Basic written and spoken Spanish
- 3-month-class in an exchange program with Canarian Islands (2002)
- Intermediate course at UCSD
IT skills
- European Computer Driving License (ECDL)
- Good knowledge of Linux
- Good knowledge of Matlab, Java, C (even in microcontrollers and in real time applications) and Assembly.
Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) General Test on September 17th, 2007, scoring
- Verbal section 560 / 800
- Quantitative section 800 / 800
- Analytical Writing 4.0 / 6.0