Marco Villani received the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of L'Aquila, Italy, in 1985. In the same year he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering of University of L'Aquila as Associate Researcher, contributing to the development of the Power Electronics and Drives Laboratory “F. Ferri”. In 1988 he was Research Fellow at the University of Dresden where he studied the modeling and design of stepping motors. In 1989 he was Research Fellow at CESI of Milan where he cooperated in the design of high efficiency single-phase induction motors for household appliances. In 1995 he was at the Nagasaki University, where he studied the design of PM synchronous motors. In 1998 he cooperated in two SAVE projects concerning the “Energy efficiency improvements in three-phase Induction Motors” and the “Barriers against energy efficient motor repair”. He has been involved in National Research Projects (CNR, MIUR and COFIN) and took the responsibility of several research contracts between the University of L'Aquila and industrial partners. He is currently professor of Electrical Machines Design for the Master-level degree courses of Electrical Engineering at the University of L'Aquila.
His research interests are focused on modeling and simulation of electrical machines, high efficiency induction motors, optimization techniques for the electrical machines design, Finite Element analysis of electric motors, design of PM synchronous motors and Reluctance motors for industrial, automotive and aerospace applications. He is author of more than 100 technical papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings.
