Sergio Pignari

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About Sergio Pignari

Sergio A. Pignari received the Laurea (M.S.) and Ph.D. degrees in electronic engineering from Politecnico di Torino (Polito), Turin, Italy, in 1988 and 1993, respectively.From 1991 to 1998, he was an Assistant Professor with the Dept. of Electronics at Polito. In 1998, he joined Politecnico di Milano (Polimi), Milan, Italy, where he is currently a Full Professor of Circuit Theory and Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) at the Dept. of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering. He is the author or co-author of 200 papers published in international journals and conference proceedings. His research interests are in the field of EMC and include field-to-wire coupling and crosstalk, conducted immunity and emissions in multi-wire structures, statistical techniques for EMC, and experimental procedures and setups for EMC testing. His research activity is mainly related to Aerospace, Automotive, Energy, and Railway industry sectors. Dr. Pignari is a Fellow of the He is a recipient of the 2005 and 2016 EMC Transactions Prize Paper Award, and a 2011 EMC Society Technical Achievement Award. He is currently serving as an Associate Editor of the Transactions on EMC. From 2010 to 2015 he served as the EMC Society Chapter Coordinator. From 2007 to 2009 he was the Chair of the Italy Section EMC Society Chapter. He served as the Italian URSI Officer for Commission E (Electromagnetic Noise and Interference), term 2015-18.Dr. Pignari is currently the Chair of the B.Sc. and M.Sc. Study Programmes in Electrical Engineering at Polimi, term 2015-20. He is Rector’s Delegate for Polimi-XJTU Joint School of Design & Innovation Centre (at Xi’an Jiaotong University, in Xi’an, China), and a member of the International Academic Committee of The State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment (SKLEIPE) at Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU), Xi’an, China, term 2015-20.