Luigi Vanfretti
Full Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
City of Troy, New York, United States
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Top SchoolLuigi Vanfretti is a Full Professor and electrical engineer with two decades of experience bridging academia, industry, and consulting in power systems, cyber-physical modeling, and simulation. He leads ALSETLab at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, focusing on stability, system identification, and control for electrified systems spanning grids and transportation, and has a track record of translating research into utility-facing solutions for clients like Dominion Energy and Statnett. A seasoned visiting researcher and educator across Europe, North America and the Middle East, he has taught advanced courses at institutions including TU Munich, McMaster, KTH and KAUST. He runs Vanfretti Consulting LLC to deliver technical strategy, software-enabled modeling, and training, and contributes code and tools via ALSETLab and OpenIPSL to support open modeling ecosystems. Notably, his career blends tenured academic leadership with hands-on utility R&D and international collaboration, giving him rare perspective on both foundational theory and operational challenges.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Licenciatura en IngenierĂa ElĂ©ctrica - Engineering Degree, Electric Power Engineering, Licenciatura en IngenierĂa ElĂ©ctrica - Engineering Degree, Electric Power Engineering at Universidad de San Carlos de GuatemalaPHD, Electric Power Engineering, PHD, Electric Power Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteVisiting Researcher, Electric Power Engineering, Visiting Researcher, Electric Power Engineering at University of Glasgow
Spanish, Italian, English
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Github Skills (82)
energy10
power-systems10
modelica10
simulations10
energy-system10
renewable-energy10
electrical-engineering10
recursive10
simulation10
modeling-tool10
agent-based-modeling10
simulate9
django9
validation9
equivalent9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
ALSETLab/Boeing747_PowerSystem_in_Modelica
Mar 2020 - Jul 2021
Contributions:1 release, 6 commits, 3 pushes in 1 year 3 months
ALSETLab/ADN-RT-EMTP-Model
Aug 2016 - May 2022
Contributions:6 releases, 29 commits, 28 pushes in 5 years 9 months
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