Giovanni Palmieri
Via Mario Rotili, * • *****, Benevento
• +39-348-**-**-*** (IT) • ********.********@*****.***
www.grace.ing.unisannio.it
QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE
Highly organized Automatic Control Engineer with a unique ability to successfully manage
various projects simultaneously. Well-developed interpersonal communication to work
effectively with people from diverse professional and cultural backgrounds. Bilingual- Italian &
English
EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS
Visiting Scholar/ University of California – Berkeley, Department of Mechanical
Engineering, California, 2010
Research in Model Predictive Control Lab of prof. Francesco Borrelli
Ph. D. from the Automatic Control Laboratory, Università degli Studi del Sannio-
Benevento, Italy, 2010
Dissertation Title: “Improvements on Lateral Vehicle Dynamics Control”
Funded by Elasis S.C.p.A. (FIAT Group)
Advisor: Prof. Luigi Glielmo, Università degli Studi del Sannio- Benevento, Italy
Co-Advisor: Prof. Francesco Borrelli, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of
California, Berkeley
B.S., Computer Science, Università degli Studi del Sannio- Benevento, Italy,2004
Dissertation Title: “An Optimal Integrated System to improve the facility management in the
ward department of Public Hospital in Benevento”
Erasmus Scholarship, University of Technology of Tampere, Finland, 2001
RESEARCH AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Università degli Studi del Sannio – Benevento, Italy
POST DOC POSITION May 2010- April 2011
• Collaboration with Engineering Department for the realization of “Design and
Implementation of Robust Lateral Control System ” Funded by Engineering Department
of Università degli Studi del Sannio
Università degli Studi del Sannio – Benevento, Italy
PH. D. INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES June 2007- June 2009
• Collaboration with Engineering Department for the realization of “Design of a controller
for lateral vehicle stabilization”. Funded by Elasis S.C.p.A. (FIAT Group),
(http://www.elasis.it)
Università degli Studi del Sannio – Benevento, Italy
CONSULTANT RESEARCHER June 2006- June 2007
• Collaboration with Engineering Department for the realization of “Simulator for Steel Plant
Scheduling.” Funded by Centro Sviluppo Materiali s.p.a (http://www.c-s-m.it)
Università degli Studi del Sannio – Benevento, Italy
CONSULTANT RESEARCHER June 2005- May 2006
• Collaboration with Engineering Department for the realization of “Digital simulations for
home automation system prototype aimed to energy opt.” Funded by Campania Region
Administration (http://www.regione.campania.it/).
Università degli Studi del Sannio – Benevento, Italy
CONSULTANT RESEARCHER November 2004- May 2005
• Collaboration with Engineering Department for the realization of “Integrated System for
complex building management.” Funded by Italdata spa (Group Siemens),
(http://www.italdata.it/), Avellino, Italy.
Università degli Studi del Sannio – Benevento, Italy
TEACHER ASSISTANT 2007-2010
• Control Theory Course, Prof. L.Glielmo
• Automatic Control Course, Prof. F. Vasca
• Nonlinear Dynamic Course, Prof. L. Iannelli
• Dynamic System Course, Prof. G. Fiengo
Università degli Studi del Sannio – Benevento, Italy
Co-Advisor Master Thesis January 2006
• Title: “Integration of Wireless Sensor in Home Automation Application.”
Student: Antonio, Della Selva, Advisor: Prof. Giovanni Fiengo
• Title: “Control Strategy to Energy Saving in Home Automation Application”
Student: Umberto De Nicola, Advisor: Prof. Giovanni Fiengo
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
SUBMITTED PAPER (under review process)
• G. Palmieri, M. Baric, Glielmo L., F. Borrelli, Robust Vehicle Lateral Stabilization via Set-
Based Methods forUncertain Piecewise Affine Systems, Vehicle System Dynamics
Journal, 2011
• G. Palmieri, M. Baric, Glielmo L., F. Borrelli, Robust Vehicle Lateral Stabilization via Set-
Based Methods forUncertain Piecewise Affine Systems: Experimental Results, IEEE
Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference, 2011
BOOK CONTRIBUTIONS
• Palmieri G., Barbarisi O., Scala S., Glielmo L., An Integrated LTV-MPC Lateral Vehicle
Dynamics Control: Simulation results, Automotive Model Predictive Control, Springer,
December 2009
JOURNAL CONTRIBUTIONS
• Barbarisi O., Palmieri G., Scala S., Glielmo L., LTV-MPC for Yaw Rate Control and Side
Slip Control with Dynamically Constrained Differential Braking, European Journal of
Control, vol. 15, no. 3-4 August 2009
PROCEEDING
• G. Palmieri, M. Baric, F. Borrelli, Glielmo L., Advanced Electronic Stability Controller via
Set-Based Methods for Uncertain Piecewise Affine Systems, 18th IFAC World
Conference, Milano, September 2011
• Palmieri G., M. Baric, F. Borrelli, Glielmo L., A Robust Lateral Vehicle Dynamics Control,
10th International Symposium on Advanced Vehicle Control, Loughborough, UK, August
2010,
• Meola D., Gambino G., Palmieri G., Glielmo L., A comparison between LTV-MPC and
LQR Yaw Rate-Side Slip Controller, IFAC Workshop on Engine and Powertrain Control,
Simulation and Modeling, Paris, November 2009
• Barbarisi O., G.Palmieri, Scala S., Glielmo L., Dynamically Constrained Differential
Braking for Yaw Rate Control and Side Slip Control, ECC09/IFAC Conference,
Budapest, August 2009
• Palmieri G., Barbasi O., Scala S., Glielmo L., A Preliminary Study to Integrate LTV-MPC
Lateral Vehicle Dynamics Control with a Slip Control, Conference on Decision Control,
December 2009, Shangai
• Palmieri G., Falcone P., Tseng E., Glielmo L., A Preliminary Study on the Effects of Roll
Dynamics in Predictive Vehicle Stability Control, 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and
Control, Cancun, December 2008
• Del Vecchio C., Barbarisi O., Palmieri G., Parisio A., A Software Simulator for
Manufacturing Plant, ISC2007 Conference, Delft, May 2007
• Palmieri G., Fiengo G., ``A Hierarchical Control Strategy'', Workshop IFAC - ESC06,
Bansko, Bulgaria.
TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE
SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS
• Design and Implement Real-Time Systems for Automotive Applications, Matlab-
Simulink, Labview, PSpice, Latex, Mathematica, Microsoft Office, Excel, Word,
Powerpoint
PROGRAM LANGUAGE AND TECHNOLOGIES
• Ansi C/C++, Java, Delphi, Html, Php, Visual Basic, Assembly (CPU of 8088/8086
Intel, MIPS Architectures).