Fabio Polonara
Professor of Fisica Tecnica (Thermal Sciences) at Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
Formerly Director of Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale e Scienze Matematiche, Università Politecnica delle Marche;
At present:
- Member of TEAP (Technical and Economic Assessment Panel) and co-chair of RTOC (Refrigeration Technical Option Committee) of Montreal Protocol (UNEP)
- National Delegate for Italy at the International Institute of Refrigeration, Paris, France;
- Vice-president of Commission A2, “Liquefaction of Gases” of the International Institute of Refrigeration, Paris, France;
- Vice-president of AIGE (Associazione Italiana Gestione dell’Energia)
- Member of the Research Commission for the Free University of Bolzano/Bozen
Maurizio De Lucia
Full Professor of Energy Systems and Environment at the University of Florence.
Coordinator of PhD “Industrial Engineering”
Coordinator of Alleanza Nazionale (ex PTI) “Concentrate Solar” (MIUR 2012)
Expert&Reviewer for EU and ministries, chair and member of various committees National&International.
Coordinator (of group) with predominantly activities in:
- Modeling, design, development and testing of Solar System, Solar Coling system and Solar Heating&Cooling (SHC), absorption Chiller(H2O-NH3), Solar concentrators PTC (for CSP, Heating, DSG-Direct Steam Generation)
- Modeling, design development of concentrated photovoltaic systems (CVP and CPV/T).
- Development of sensors and control systems for energy systems and solar micro-cogeneration.
Ana Lazaro
Full Professor of Thermal Engines at University of Zaragoza
Currently her research is focus on the integration of thermal energy storage systems in cooling systems and heat production by solar energy technologies
Member of the “User Selection Panel” of the SFERA-III project (H2020-INFRAIA-2018-1, 823802)
Member of the executive committee of the EERA Joint Programme Smart Cities
Participation in the working groups for Annexes 17, 20 and Tasks 42 and 55 of the International Energy Agency on the theme of the energy storage.
Coordinator of the subtasks of Task 58-Annex33 and of the thermal energy storage subgroup within the Inter-Storage Platforms Working Group (FUTURED).