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Alessandro Ruvio graduated with honours in electrical engineering at "Sapienza" University of Rome in 2012. In 2013 he was awarded with the title "Excellent Graduate" by Sapienza University of Rome.
In 2019 he obtained PhD in Electrical Engineering with a thesis entitled "Distortion and faults detection in shipboard AC / DC power distribution system".
From 2022 he is a RTDb assistant professor at the electrical and energy astronautics engineering department of "Sapienza" University of Rome.
He is qualified for the role of Associate Professor in 09/E2 sector
Research activities focus on issues related to the railway and naval systems field both DC and AC, medium and low voltage electrical distribution systems including home and building automation, energy efficiency and power quality. Furthermore, over the years he has gained extensive experience in the field of measurements in electrical installations, carrying out several measurement campaigns with data processing and technical evaluations.
He has worked on five funded projects on energy efficiency and power quality issues for industrial/residential power plants and for naval electrical systems (Enea, Navy, and Ministry of Economic Development). He was holder of three research contracts at Sapienza University of Rome, Engineering Department of Astronautics, Electrical and Energetic in 2013-2015. He held the position of RTDa from 2019 to February 2022.
He received four professional assignments for "Monitoring at University facilities to defining electrical absorption" by Sapienza University of Rome.
In 2016 he spent a period abroad at CERIn - Centro de Excelência em Redes Elétricas Inteligentes UNIFEI - Universidade Federal de Itajubá, Brazil, on the topic of power quality in Smart Grids.
He is the author of the chapter "sistemi di trasporto urbano" for the book " La trazione ferroviaria - i sistemi a guida vincolata " by F. Marignetti; Esculapio publishing company in June 2018.
In educational activities, he is the holder of "Sistemi elettrici per Ia mobilità" course for the master's degree in electrical engineering ( Sapienza University of Rome) and for the course Power Systems for Electrical Transportation for Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree on Sustainable Transportation and Electrical Power Systems (EMJMD STEPS) from He is teaching and co-coordinate "Via e impianti fissi" module for the second level master's degree in railway infrastructure engineering ( Sapienza University of Rome)
Owner of the industrial patent entitled Dispositivo di prevenzione del distacco per sovraccarico di potenza elettrica - n. 102018000007059 - Classifica: H01H71. 20/07/2020.
He is a member of CEI regulatory committees: Tdc 1 - e-mobility and ct 9 - electrical and electronic systems and components for traction.
He is co-examiner of theses carried out in collaboration with Atac, RFI and Italferr.

Scientific papers

International Journals
[1] R. Lamedica, A. Ruvio, P. Falessi, M. Maccioni, E. Sammartino, M. Palumbo, Power unit architecture in a high-power charging system for EVs , International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Volume 149,2023,109052, ISSN0142-0615, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijepes.2023.109052.
[2] Lamedica, R., Maccioni, M., Ruvio, A., Timar, T.G., Carere, F., Sammartino, E., Ferrazza, D. A methodology to reach high power factor during multiple EVs charging (2022) Electric Power Systems Research, 210, art. no. 108063, DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2022.108063.
[3] Lamedica, R., Ruvio, A., Tanzi, E., Palagi, L. O.Si.Si: Optimal SIzing and SIting of stationary storage systems in railway electrical lines using a blackbox integer model (2022) Journal of Energy Storage, 51, art. no. 104350, DOI: 10.1016/j.est.2022.104350.
[4] Lamedica, R., Maccioni, M., Ruvio, A., Carere, F., Mortelliti, N., Gatta, F.M., Geri, A. Optimization of e Mobility Service for Disabled People Using a Multistep Integrated Methodology (2022) Energies, 15 (8), art. no. 2751, DOI: 10.3390/en15082751.
[5] Martirano, L., Ruvio, A., Manganelli, M., Lettina, F., Venditti, A., Zori, G. High efficiency lighting systems with advanced controls (2021) IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2021.3075185.
[6] Lamedica, R., Ruvio, A., Palagi, L., Mortelliti, N. Optimal siting and sizing of wayside energy storage systems in a D.C. railway line (2020) Energies, 13 (23), art. no. 6271, DOI: 10.3390/en13236271.
[7] Lamedica, R., Ruvio, A., Tobia, M., Buffarini, G.G., Carones, N, A preliminary techno-economic comparison between DC electrification and trains with on-board energy storage systems (2020) Energies, 13 (24), art. no. 6702, DOI: 10.3390/en13246702.
[8] Brenna, M.; Bucci, V.; Falvo, M.C.; Foiadelli, F.; Ruvio, A.; Sulligoi, G.; Vicenzutti, A. A Review on Energy Efficiency in Three Transportation Sectors: Railways, Electrical Vehicles and Marine. Energies 2020, 13, 2378 https://doi.org/10.3390/en13092378".
[9] R. Lamedica, A. Geri, F. M. Gatta, S. Sangiovanni, M. Maccioni and A. Ruvio, "Integrating Electric Vehicles in Microgrids: Overview on Hosting Capacity and New Controls," in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 55, no. 6, pp. 7338-7346, Nov.-Dec. 2019. doi: 10.1109/TIA.2019.2933800.
[10] A. Capasso, M. Ceraolo, R. Lamedica, G. Lutzemberger, A. Ruvio, Modelling and simulation of tramway transportation systems Journal of Advanced Transportation Open Access Volume 2019, 2019, Article number 4076865.
[11] G. Graber, V. Calderaro, V. Galdi, A. Piccolo, R. Lamedica and A. Ruvio, "Techno-economic Sizing of Auxiliary-Battery-Based Substations in DC Railway Systems," in IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 616-625, June 2018. doi: 10.1109/TTE.2018.2825651.
[12] Regina Lamedica, Ezio Santini, Alessandro Ruvio, Laura Palagi, Irene Rossetta A MILP methodology to optimize PV - Wind renewable energy systems sizing ENERGY journal Elsevier, Volume 165, Part B, 15 December 2018, Pages 385-398.
[13] Regina Lamedica, Alessandro Ruvio, Paulo Fernando Ribeiro, Massimo Regoli A Simulink model to assess harmonic distortion in MV/LV distribution networks with time-varying non linear loads SIMPAT Elsevier journal, Volume 90, January 2019, Pages 64-80.
[14] Regina Lamedica; Massimo Pompili; Silvia Sangiovanni; Luigi Calcara; Bruno Cauzillo; Alessandro Ruvio Transient-State Analysis of MV Instrument Transformers Power Systems Research EPSR Elsevier journal, Volume 168, March 2019, Pages 162-168.
[15] Lamedica, R., Muzi, F., Prudenzi, A., Elia, S., Podestà, L., Ruvio, A., Sangiovanni, S., Santini, E., Trentini, F. Electrical and thermal integrated load management of tertiary buildings International Review of Electrical Engineering, Volume 13, Issue 4, July-August 2018, Pages 276-289.
[16] Cresta, M., Gatta, F.M., Geri, A., Lamedica, R., Lauria, S., Maccioni, M., Paulucci, M., Ruvio, A. Operation of a medium voltage distribution network with a large penetration of distributed generation International Review on Modelling and Simulations Volume 9, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 280-287.
[17] R. Lamedica, A. Geri, F.M. Gatta, M. Maccioni, S. Lauria, A. Ruvio A methodologic approach to evaluate service dependability of a high speed railway line International Review of Electrical Engineering (I.R.E.E.).
[18] F.M. Gatta, A. Geri, R. Lamedica, S. Lauria, M. Maccioni, F. Palone, M. Rebolini, A. Ruvio Application of a LiFePO4 BESS to Primary Frequency Control: Simulations and Experimental Results Energies Open Access Energy Research, Engineering and Policy Journal.
[19] Lamedica, R., Geri, A., Gatta, F.M., Maccioni, M., Lauria, S., Prudenzi, A., Regoli, M., Ruvio, A. An optimization procedure to evaluate the service performances in high-speed railway lines under fault conditions International Review on Modelling and Simulations Volume 9, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 288-294.
[20] G. Graditi, M.G. Ippolito, R. Lamedica, A. Piccolo, A. Ruvio, E. Santini, P. Siano, G. Zizzo, Innovative control logics for a rational utilization of electric loads and air-conditioning systems in a residential building Energy and Buildings102(2015) 1 17.
[21] Capasso, R. Lamedica, A. Ruvio, G. Giannini. Eco-friendly urban transport systems. Comparison between energy demands of the trolleybus and tram systems Ingegneria Ferroviaria Volume 69, Issue 4, April 2014, Pages 329-347.

International and national conference
[1] Lamedica, R., Ruvio, A., Gatto, D., Castellani, M., Piazza, F., Carere, F. A comparison of two different architectures for 1 kV AC railway signaling power supply (2022) 2022 AEIT International Annual Conference, AEIT 2022, DOI: 10.23919/AEIT56783.2022.9951838;
[2] Ruvio, A., Mortelliti, N., Orchi, S. A review on Rail Transport in Europe and Italy 2022 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2022 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe, EEEIC / I and CPS Europe 2022, DOI: 10.1109/EEEIC/ICPSEurope54979.2022.9854799;
[3] Lamedica, R., Geri, A., MacCioni, M., Ruvio, A., Carere, F., Costantino, S., Spalvieri, C., Rossetta, I., Stellin, M. Energy storage system for voltage regulation in a 3kV DC Italian railway line 2022 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2022 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe, EEEIC / I and CPS Europe 2022, DOI: 10.1109/EEEIC/ICPSEurope54979.2022.9854794;
[4] Ruvio, A., Falvo, M.C., Loggia, R., Moscatiello, C., Carere, F., Martino, G., Valentini, M.P., Martirano, L. An Overview on Urban Rail Transport Technologies 2022 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2022 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe, EEEIC / I and CPS Europe 2022, DOI: 10.1109/EEEIC/ICPSEurope54979.2022.9854666.
[5] Martirano, L., Ruvio, A., Manganelli, M., Lettina, F., Venditti, A., Zori, G. A case study of high efficiency lighting system with advanced control system (2020) 2020 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, IAS 2020, art. no. 9334781, DOI: 10.1109/IAS44978.2020.9334781 [6] R. Lamedica, F. M. Gatta, M. Maccioni, N. Mortelliti and A. Ruvio, "E-mobility for persons with disabilities: a project for the Sapienza University of Rome," 2021 AEIT International Conference on Electrical and Electronic Technologies for Automotive (AEIT AUTOMOTIVE), Torino, Italy,2021,pp.1-6,doi:10.23919/AEITAUTOMOTIVE52815.2021.9662832.
[7] Lamedica, R., Ruvio, A., Buffarini, G.G., Carones, N., Cianfarani, C. Analysis of the electrolytic corrosion in the railway line Albate-Chiasso (2020) 12th AEIT International Annual Conference, AEIT 2020, art. no. 9241126, DOI: 10.23919/AEIT50178.2020.9241126
[8] Lamedica, R., Gatta, F.M., Ruvio, A., Olevano, F., Buffarini, G.G., Castellani, M. Modeling of electrical systems powered by generator sets for long railway tunnels (2020) 12th AEIT International Annual Conference, AEIT 2020, art. no. 9241163, DOI: 10.23919/AEIT50178.2020.9241163
[9] Lamedica, R., Sangiovanni, S., Ruvio, A., Ribeiro, P.F. A Procedure for Aggregation of Quasi-Static Time-Varying Harmonic Components: A Matlab-Simulink Model (2020) Proceedings of International Conference on Harmonics and Quality of Power, ICHQP, 2020-July, art. no. 9177906,DOI: 10.1109/ICHQP46026.2020.9177906
[10] Grasselli, U., Ruvio, A., Tempra, L., Felicetti, C. Thermal behavior of automatic Thermal-Magnetic protection circuit-breakers: Experimental test (2020) Proceedings - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2020 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe, EEEIC / I and CPS Europe 2020, art. no. 9160807, DOI: 10.1109/EEEIC/ICPSEurope49358.2020.9160807
[11] Lamedica, R., Del Greco, L., Ruvio, A., Buffarini, G.G., Trezza, G. A methodology to analyse voltage unbalance mitigation in 2×25 kV-50 Hz railway systems (2020), 2020 International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion, SPEEDAM 2020, art. no. 9161943, pp. 600-605, DOI: 10.1109/SPEEDAM48782.2020.9161943
[12] C. Spalvieri, I. Rossetta, R. Lamedica, A. Ruvio and A. Papalini, "Train braking impact on energy recovery: the case of the 3 kV d.c. railway line Roma-Napoli via Formia," 2019 AEIT International Annual Conference (AEIT), Florence, Italy, 2019, pp. 1-6. doi: 10.23919/AEIT.2019.8893399
[13] R. Lamedica, F. M. Gatta, S. Mikhael, A. Ruvio, G. G. Buffarini and M. Castellani, "Emergency supply to safety systems of long railway tunnels," 2019 AEIT International Annual Conference (AEIT), Florence, Italy, 2019, pp. 1-6. doi: 10.23919/AEIT.2019.8893401
[14] S. Elia, A. Ruvio and D. Bracci, "A study on a high-reliability electromechanical undervoltage relay immersed in natural ester oil: application in mutual aid system for gensets using," 2019 IEEE 20th International Conference on Dielectric Liquids (ICDL), Roma, Italy, 2019, pp. 1-4. doi: 10.1109/ICDL.2019.8796685
[15] R. Lamedica, A. Midili, A. Ruvio, G. Guidi Buffarini, N. Carones and M. Laurini, "A High Traffic Density Metro electrfied at 2x25 kV 50 Hz," 2019 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2019 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe, Genova, Italy, 2019, pp. 1-6. doi: 10.1109/EEEIC.2019.8783848
[16] C. Spalvieri, R. Lamedica, A. Ruvio A methodologic approach to define the railway junctions capacity AEIT 2018 Bari 3-5 October 2018
[17] Regina Lamedica, Marco Maccioni, Alessandro Ruvio, Alberto Geri, Fabio Massimo Gatta Harmonic Disturbance Control in Islanded Smart Grids SPEEDAM 2018 Amalfi, June 2018
[18] G. Parise, R. Lamedica, L. Martirano, A. Ruvio, L. Parise, B. Chavdarian, Chun-lien Su TN-Grounding Systems for the Emerging Cold Ironing: Multiple Grounded System Vs Island System EEEIC 2018, Palermo, June 2018
[19] T. Bragatto, F.M Gatta, A. Geri, R. Lamedica, M. Maccioni, A. Ruvio, M. Cresta , M. Paulucci "Statistical Analysis of Prosumer Behaviour in a Real Distribution Network Over Two Years," 2018 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2018 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (EEEIC / I&CPS Europe), Palermo, 2018, pp. 1-5
[20] Regina Lamedica, Fabio Massimo Gatta, Alberto Geri, Silvia Sangiovanni, Alessandro Ruvio A software validation for dc electrified transportation system: a tram line of Rome EEEIC 2018, Palermo, June 2018.
[21] A. Colavitto, G. Sulligoi, A. Vicenzutti, R. Lamedica, A. Ruvio, E.Tironi, S. Negri, G. Lipardi, "Naval Smart Grid Research Program: Phase 2," 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC), Nottingham, 2018, pp. 1-6. doi: 10.1109/ESARS-ITEC.2018.8607638
[22] R. Lamedica, M. Maccioni, A. Ruvio and P. F. Ribeiro, "EVs recharging management to maintain high PQ levels in LV islanded networks," 2018 18th International Conference on Harmonics and Quality of Power (ICHQP), Ljubljana, 2018, pp. 1-6. doi: 10.1109/ICHQP.2018.8378923
[23] A. Capasso, R. Lamedica, A. Ruvio, M. Ceraolo and G. Lutzemberger, "New approaches to simulate AC electrified railway systems," 2017 AEIT International Annual Conference, Cagliari, 2017, pp. 1-6.
[24] C. Spalvieri, L. Pantalone, R. Lamedica, A. Ruvio, M. Maccioni and E. Bombelli, "A methodologic approach to define a new layout of 3 kV DC railway substation," 2017 AEIT International Annual Conference, Cagliari, 2017, pp. 1-5.
[25] Luigi Martirano, Emanuele Habib, Giacomo Greco, Matteo Manganelli, Alessandro Ruvio, Biagio di Pietra, Alessandro Pannicelli, Sara Piccinelli, Giovanni Puglisi, Pasquale Regina, "An example of smart building with a km zero energy performance," 2017 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, 2017, pp. 1-8.
[26] L. Martirano, R. Araneo, A. Ruvio, Z. Leonowicz, J. Rezmer, A microgrid with PV production and energy storage for an university building Source of the Document Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE 14th International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, ICNSC 2017.
[27] A. Capasso, R. Lamedica, G. Aloisio, A. Ruvio, M. Ceraolo, G. Lutzemberger, L. Sani, P. Bolognesi Modelling 2×25 kV-50 Hz traction systems for power frequency studies IEEE EEEIC 2017 17th Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering, June 2017, Milan.
[28] Capasso, A. Lamedica, R. Ruvio, A. Ceraolo, M., Lutzemberger, G. Modelling and simulation of electric urban transportation systems with energy storage IEEE EEEIC 2016 16th Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering, June 2016, Florence.
[29] Gatta, F.M., Geri, A., Lamedica, R., Maccioni, M., Ruvio, A. PQ and hosting capacity issues for EV charging systems penetration in real MV/LV networks 19th Power Systems Computation Conference, PSCC 2016, 10 August 2016, Genova.
[30] Codino, A., Gatta, F.M., Geri, A., Lamedica, R., Lauria, S., Maccioni, M., Ruvio, A., Calone, R. Cross-country fault protection in ENEL Distribuzione's experimental MV loop lines 19th Power Systems Computation Conference, PSCC 2016, 10 August 2016, Genova
[31] Capasso, A., Lamedica, R., Gatta, F.M., Geri, A., Maccioni, M., Ruvio, A., Buffarini, G.G., Carones, N. Individual driving style impact on traction energy consumption in railway lines: A simulation model International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion, SPEEDAM 2016, Capri; Italy; 22 June 2016.
[32] R. Lamedica, M. Pompili, B. A. Cauzillo, S. Sangiovanni, L. Calcara, A. Ruvio Instrument Voltage Transformer Time-Response to Fast Impulse International conference on harmonics and quality of power, ICHQP, Oct 2016, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
[33] R. Lamedica, F.M. Gatta, A. Ruvio, L. Pantalone, C. Spalvieri A Simulation Model to Estimate Touch Voltage in DC Railway Systems Convegno Annuale AEIT, Capri 2016.
[34] G. G. Buffarini, G. Trezza, R. Consalvi R. Lamedica, A. Ruvio, S. Muzi Innovative Protection System for Separation Section between 15 kV a.c. and 3 kV d.c. Railway Networks Convegno annuale AEIT, Capri 2016.
[35] Capasso, R. Lamedica, S. Lauria, A. Ruvio, E. Tironi, M.Corti. Voltage Quality Studies in Electric Power Systems: an AC/DC network for a Shipboard application IEEE EEEIC 2016 16th Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering, June 2016, Florence.
[36] Calderaro, V , Galdi, V , Graber, G. , Piccolo, A , Capasso, A , Lamedica, R , Ruvio, A Energy management of Auxiliary Battery Substation supporting high-speed train on 3 kV DC systems 2015 International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications, ICRERA 2015 23 February 2016, Article number 7418603, Pages 1224-1229 .
[37] Lamedica, R., Ruvio, A., Galdi, V., Graber, G., Sforza, P., Guidibuffarini, G., Spalvieri, C. Application of battery auxiliary substations in 3kV railway systems 2015 AEIT International Annual Conference, AEIT 2015 19 February 2016, Article number 7415249.
[38] Capasso, R. Lamedica, L. Podestà, A. Ruvio, S. Sangiovanni, G. C. Lazaroiu and G. A. Maranzano. A measurement campaign in a metro-train deposit/maintenance and repair site for PV production optimal sizing IEEE EEEIC 2015 15th Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering.
[39] G. Lipardi, L. Piva, L. Piegari, E. Tironi R. Lamedica, A. Ruvio G. Sulligoi, A. Vicenzutti Electric Loads Characterization in an Aircraft Carrier with Ring-Bus Distribution System Proceedings IEEE ESARS 2015 3th International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway and Ship Propulsion.
[40] * U. Grasselli, R. Lamedica, S. Sangiovanni, A. Ruvio, MC. Cavaretta Comportamento dei TV in presenza di transitori veloci di tensione per manovra degli interruttori MT in Sf6 XXXI Congresso Nazionale dell'associazione gruppo misure elettriche ed elettroniche 2014; (Not in Scopus).
[41] G.Sulligoi, A. Vicenzutti, E. Tironi, M. Corti, R. Lamedica, A. Ruvio, G. Lipardi, L. Piva Naval Smart Grid - Integrated Power System for All Electric Naval Vessels with control and reliability characteristics , AEIT 2014.
[42] U.Grasselli, R.Lamedica, A.Ruvio, D. Novati Management policies for residential and tertiary users: a measurement campaign International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion, SPEEDAM 2014; Ischia; Italy; 18 June 2014 through 20 June 2014;
[43] U.Grasselli, S. Sangiovanni, R.Lamedica, A.Ruvio, M.C. Cavarretta IVTs Behavior in SF6 Switching Transients: Fast Front Voltage Impulse ICHQP 2014.
[44] M.C. Falvo, R. Lamedica, A. Ruvio Energy Storage Application in Trolley-Buses Lines for a Sustainable Urban Mobility Proceedings IEEE ESARS 2012 - 2nd International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway and Ship Propulsion.
[45] M.C. Falvo, R. Lamedica, A. Ruvio An Environmental Sustainable Transport System: A Trolley-buses Line for Cosenza City Proceedings IEEE SPEEDAM 2012.