Last update: May 12, 2025

Amit Kumar is working as a Tenure Track Researcher at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (DIEE), University of Cagliari, since June 3, 2024. He was a Type A Researcher (RTD-A) at DIEE from February 1, 2021, to June 2, 2024, and a Visiting Scientist at the Center for Advanced Studies, Research and Development in Sardinia (CRS4) from 2011 to 2014. His main research interests include computer simulations, power electronics (including applications of WBG devices), renewable energy, and battery energy storage systems. He has participated in several projects, including two funded by the European Union. He is co-author of more than 70 peer-reviewed journal articles and serves as a guest editor and reviewer for several international journals.

Contact details:

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (DIEE) – Università di Cagliari – Via Marengo 2, Cagliari

Office number: +39-070-675-5864

Email: amit.kumar@unica.it

 ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2547-0071

 Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55716718800

 Web of Science ResearcherID: F-5259-2012 

University-Level Teaching Activity

• Teaching and training under the Erasmus+ Staff Mobility for Teaching (MOSTA) program at the Center of Industrial Electronics, University of Southern Denmark (SDU) on Wide Band Gap technology for power electronics applications, converter topologies, and gate drivers in power electronics: design and parameter optimization (June 24–28, 2024).
• Reference faculty for the Professional Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Technologies for the Energy and Digital Transition, academic year 2023/2024, University of Cagliari.
• Lecturer of Electromagnetic Compatibility for the Master's Degree in Energy and Electrical Engineering, academic years 2022/2023 and 2023/2024, University of Cagliari.
• Lecturer of Electromagnetic Compatibility for the PhD program in Industrial Engineering, academic year 2022/2023, University of Cagliari.
• Online lecturer of the course Electromagnetic Fields for the Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (August–December 2022), Pollachi Institute of Engineering and Technology, India.

Online lecturer of the course Power Electronics (22 hours) for the Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (August–November 2022), Pollachi Institute of Engineering and Technology, India.

Training or Research Activities at Renowned Italian or International Institutions

• (April 10, 2025) 2-hour training course: "Critical Role of Power Electronics in Green Hydrogen Production", Power and Energy Society PES, IEEE, Portugal.
• (March 27–28, 2025) 10-hour training course: "Mobility Tech Forum" organized by AspenCore Network, Italy.
• (August 10–September 1, 2024) Young Researchers Mobility Program (MGR) at the Department of Hydro and Renewable Energy, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, India.
• (December 13–14, 2023) 10-hour training course: "PowerUP Energy" organized by AspenCore Network, Italy.
• (April 17, 2019 – April 16, 2020) Research Fellowship at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari, Italy.
• (June 22, 2020 – December 21, 2020) Research Grant at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari, Italy.
• (March 26, 2018 – March 25, 2019) Research Fellowship at the Department of Mechanical, Chemical, and Materials Engineering, University of Cagliari.
• (November 6, 2017 – January 5, 2018) Scholarship from IDEA-AISBL, Brussels, Belgium.
• (January 19, 2010 – July 18, 2010) Research Grant at the National Research Council, Cagliari, Italy.
• (July 26, 2005 – December 15, 2006) Researcher at the Institute for Scientific Computing (IWR), University of Heidelberg, Germany.
• (June 28, 2004 – July 12, 2005) Research Grant at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai, India.

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  Participation in National and International Research Groups

• Participation in the project activities of “Network 4 Energy Sustainable Transition – NEST”, funded under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Mission 4 Component 2 Investment 1.3 - Call No. 1561 of October 11, 2022, Ministry of University and Research (MUR); funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU.
• Participation in the MOST – National Centre for Sustainable Mobility project, funded by the Ministry of University and Research through EU funds under the NextGenerationEU program, as part of NRRP Mission 4 "Education and Research".
• Participation in the e.INS – Ecosystem of Innovation for Next Generation Sardinia project, funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research under the NextGeneration EU Programme (NRRP, M4C2, Investment 1.5 – DD 1056 of June 23, 2022, ECS00000038).
• Participation in the RETURN Extended Partnership project, funded by the European Union NextGenerationEU (NRRP, Mission 4, Component 2, Investment 1.3 – D.D. 1243, August 2, 2022, PE0000005).
• (From February 1, 2021 to present) Participation in the project IAPC – Engineering and Automation of the Traditional Carasau Bread Production Process through the use of IoT technologies, funded by the Ministry of Economic Development under the "Agrifood" Sustainable Growth Fund PON I&C 2014–2020.
• (June 7, 2021 – February 28, 2022) Participation in RSE – Electric System Research, in collaboration with ENEA, under the Ministry of Economic Development (now Ministry for Ecological Transition) - ENEA’s 2019–2021 Three-Year Implementation Plan.
• (April 15, 2020 – April 14, 2021) Participation in the project "Energy Efficiency of Refrigeration Processes in Large-Scale Food Distribution Chains – E2READ", POR FESR SARDEGNA 2014–2020.
• (April 17, 2019 – April 16, 2020) Participation in research on "Integration of comfort parameter measurements and energy information, detected by a wireless sensor network, into the dynamic information model of a building."
• (July 26, 2005 – December 15, 2006) Participation in a research group on “Computational Science”, IWR, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
• (June 28, 2004 – July 12, 2005) Participation in a research group on the project “Multi Channel Source for WDM Applications”, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai, India.