Editorial Team
Editor-in-chief
Assoc. Prof. Anna Hnydiuk-Stefan
Prof. Anna Hnydiuk-Stefan is the author and co-author of many scientific publications and monographs in the field of environmental engineering, energy, and management. Daily, she is a research and teaching employee at the Opole University of Technology. She actively participated in many research projects and international scientific conferences. She is a reviewer and author of many scientific articles in such publishing houses as Elsevier, Springer, Frontiers, SAGE, and MDPI. She is a laureate of many national awards, including being awarded by the Minister of Science and Higher Education as an outstanding young scientist. She is a member of many associations and international organizations, including the Energy Commission of the National Academy of Sciences, branch in Katowice.
Editorial Board Members
Prof. HE HE, Shanghai University, China
The area of research interests of Prof. HE HE is Low carbon economics, Environmental Economics, Urban Development, Mathematics models. He has extensive experience in research work for various international research centers such as Imperial College London, The University of Edinburgh and the University of South Australia. He participated in many research works, such as: Assessment and Prediction of Material and Capital Demand for Urban Residential Districts funded by the Chinese government; ‘Assessing Material Efficiency and Impacts in Buildings’ supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council of the U.K. (EP/S006079/1), Circular economy for the Manufacturing sector or PIP project for a comparative analysis of waste generation and carbon emissions of the Construction sector between China and Australia. He is a member of the Grantham Institute in Imperial College London, the project coordinator in the Cooperative Research Center (CRC) for Low Carbon Living, a member of the International Input-Output Association, reviewer for Journal of Cleaner Production, Resource Conservation & Recycling, Waste Management, Journal of Industrial Ecology, Waste Management & Research, and Energy for Sustainable Development.
Prof. Anna Pinnarelli, Department of Mechanical, Energy and Management Engineering University of Calabria Arcavacata of Rende – Cosenza, Italy
Since 2022 Anna Pinnarelli is an Associate Professor at the DIMEG of University of Calabria, Italy. Research activity has been mainly focused on: analysis, modeling and simulation in Matlab-Simulink and Ansys Simplorer environments of integrated hybrid systems; definition and implementation of management models for aggregate systems within the electricity market; development and implementation of enabling technologies for Smart Grids; micro-cogeneration systems based on the use of linear synchronous generators driven by Stirling free piston engines; nanoGrid for Home Application intended for the creation of hybrid power systems capable of integrated all-in-one photovoltaic generators, wind microgenerators, storage systems, special converters for V2H & H2V applications suitable for both off grid and grid Connected applications and many others. Since 2020, she is representative of UNICAL partner within H2020 BRIDGE - Cooperation group of Smart Grid, Energy Storage, Islands and Digitalisation H2020 projects. She is acting as Work Package Leader in several National projects. She is a member of the Scientific and Technical Council of the Consortium CRETA (Regional Consortium for Energy and Environmental Protection) as well as one of the founders of Spin-off Academic CRETA Energie Speciali Srl operating in the field of renewable energy sources. She is member of the Scientific and Technical Committee of Polo d’Innovazione Ambiente e Rischi Naturali - NET, having as trajectories: techniques, products and devices for the analysis and assessment of hydrogeological risk and other environmental risks; devices, sensors and solutions for the earthquake protection of the territory; early warning systems and emergency management related to environmental risks; new energy technologies and reuse of scraps and waste to reduce the environmental impact. Since October 2017 she is appointed by the Regione Calabria, as technical expert and support the activity of the Head of the Procedure having the specific technical skills, as part of the implementation of the "Sistema di collegamento metropolitano tra Cosenza, Rende e Università della Calabria". She is director of the Master in Sustainable Mobility and Infrastructure Engineering (MIMI Calabria) of the University of Calabria.
Prof. Alpaslan Atmanli, Department of Mechanical Engineering at National Defense University,Turkey
Alpaslan Atmanli is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the National Defense University in Turkey. His research expertise ranges from internal combustion engines, alternative fuels, combustion, emission reduction methodologies, and fuel cells. His most influential research has been centered on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and the co-optimization of fuel/engine. Dr. Atmanli obtained his Ph.D. degree (2013) in mechanical engineering from Balikesir University. He carried out postdoctoral research at the University of Texas at Austin for 1 year and his postdoctoral research includes biofuel production from algae. He has published highly cited articles and serves as a reviewer of well-reputed journals. He is an associate editor in such publishing houses as SAE International (Journal of Fuels and Lubricants), Hindawi (International Journal of Energy Research), Frontiers (Engine and Automotive Engineering), Wiley (Engineering Reports), and MDPI (Energies).
Prof. Mamdouh EL Haj Assad, University of Sharjah, UAE
Mamdouh El Haj Assad is a Professor in the Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering Department at University of Sharjah. He has worked at Aalto University as research scientist and docent in the Department of Energy Technology for 21 years, and as Associate Professor and Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Australian University in Kuwait. His research expertise ranges through energy system optimization, solar, geothermal and wind energy systems, absorption chillers, artificial intelligence and environmental pollution. Dr. Assad has more than 250 publications in the form of articles, conferences and book chapters. Dr. Assad has published a book entitled Design and Performance Optimization of Renewable Energy Systems (Elsevier, 2021). Dr. Assad is acting as a Guest Editor in journals for more than 7 special issues related to renewable energy systems. He is the Editor of Performance Enhancement and Control of Photovoltaic Systems book (Elsevier, 2023). Dr. Assad received the best teacher award of the year 2011 at Aalto University, Finland, and Sharjah Sustainability Award for the year of 2020, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Dr Luigi Vesce, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Italy
Luigi Vesce is a Senior Researcher and Lecturer of Nanoelectronics at CHOSE (Centre for Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy), Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, where he received a Ph.D. in Telecommunications Engineering and Microelectronics in 2011. In the last few years, he developed a pilot line for a public/private consortium (Dyepower) to produce 10000 m 2/year of dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) panels for BIPVs (Building Integrated Photovoltaics). He collaborates with research institutes and startup/spin-off companies on third-generation PV devices and process engineering, and on quality control optimization. Recently, he was the technology transfer responsible for DSSC modules with Start-up G+Lyte (Amiens, France). His research activity deals with the discovery, development, and fabrication by coating/printing techniques, and scaling-up of efficient and stable dye-sensitized and perovskite solar technologies for outdoor and indoor applications. He is involved in national and international PV-related projects, author of several contributions to international journals and conferences, and committee member/chairman of conferences about renewable energies.
Prof. Yang Han, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
Yang Han (S’08-M’10-SM’17) received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Shanghai Jiaotong University (SJTU), Shanghai, China, in 2010. In 2010, he joined the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China, where he has been an Associate Professor in 2013, and Full professor in 2021. From March 2014 to March 2015, he was a Visiting Scholar with the Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark. He is currently with the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, UESTC. His research interests include the ac/dc microgrids, active distribution networks, power quality, grid-connected converters for renewable energy systems, active power filters, multilevel converters, and static synchronous compensators (STATCOMs).
Dr. Han has received several national and provincial projects, and more than 30 industrial projects in the area of power electronics, smart grid, microgrid, and power quality analysis and compensation. He holds more than 40 issued and pending patents. Dr. Han was listed as “World’s Top 2% Scientist 2022” by Stanford University in 2022, and the recipient of the Young Scientist Award in CPESE 2021, the Provincial Science and Technology Award in 2020 and 2022, Science and Technology Award from Sichuan Electric Power Company in 2019, Academic Talent Award by UESTC, in 2017, Baekhyun Award by the Korean Institute of Power Electronics, in 2016. He has published a book “Modeling and Control of Power Electronic Converters for Microgrid Applications”, ISBN: 978-3-030-74512-7, Springer. He served as an Associate Editor of Journal of Power Electronics and IEEE ACCESS (2019-2020).
Dr. Han has received several national and provincial projects, and more than 30 industrial projects in the area of power electronics, smart grid, microgrid, and power quality analysis and compensation. He holds more than 40 issued and pending patents. Dr. Han was listed as “World’s Top 2% Scientist 2022” by Stanford University in 2022, and the recipient of the Young Scientist Award in CPESE 2021, the Provincial Science and Technology Award in 2020 and 2022, Science and Technology Award from Sichuan Electric Power Company in 2019, Academic Talent Award by UESTC, in 2017, Baekhyun Award by the Korean Institute of Power Electronics, in 2016. He has published a book “Modeling and Control of Power Electronic Converters for Microgrid Applications”, ISBN: 978-3-030-74512-7, Springer. He served as an Associate Editor of Journal of Power Electronics and IEEE ACCESS (2019-2020).
Dr. Qiong Chen, Jimei University, China
Dr. Qiong Chen's primary research areas include green shipping, ship pollution emissions, maritime policy. He obtained his Ph.D. from Shanghai Maritime University and has published multiple articles, including "Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment" and "Maritime Policy Management." Dr. Chen has been involved in various research projects, including a project funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, as well as projects supported by the Education Department of Fujian Province and the Xiamen Social Science Project. He has also participated in undergraduate education research projects in 2022.
He is an active participant in both domestic and international academic conferences. Dr. Chen serves as a committee member for the Water Transportation Division at three consecutive World Transport Conventions (WTC) and is a member of the International Forum on Port, Transportation Infrastructure, and Arctic Climate Change Adaptation (CCAPPTIA). He acts as a peer reviewer for renowned international journals, including "Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment," "Maritime Policy & Management," "Cities," "Heliyon," and "Maritime Business Review".
He is an active participant in both domestic and international academic conferences. Dr. Chen serves as a committee member for the Water Transportation Division at three consecutive World Transport Conventions (WTC) and is a member of the International Forum on Port, Transportation Infrastructure, and Arctic Climate Change Adaptation (CCAPPTIA). He acts as a peer reviewer for renowned international journals, including "Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment," "Maritime Policy & Management," "Cities," "Heliyon," and "Maritime Business Review".