Davide Aguglia

Deputy Group Leader at CERN

Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

About

Davide Aguglia obtained the Electrical Engineering diploma from the University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland (EIA-FR) in 2002, the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Laval University, Canada, in 2004 and 2010 respectively. Since 2008 he is with CERN – European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva, Switzerland, in the power converters group of the Accelerator Systems (SY) department. He has been an external consultant for a private company in magnetic components design and since January 2011 he is also an Associate Professor at Laval University.

Experience

  • CERN (Full-time · 17 yrs 9 mos)
    • Deputy Group Leader
      Jan 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 6 mos

      Deputy head of the Electrical Power Converters (EPC) group. The Electrical Power Converters group is in charge of the design, development, procurement, construction, installation, operation and maintenance of electrical power systems for all accelerators, transfer lines, experimental areas and tests facilities at CERN. - https://sy-dep-epc.web.cern.ch/

    • Head of the Fast Pulsed Converter Section at CERN
      Jan 2015 - Present · 11 yrs 6 mos

      The FPC section provides pulsed power electronics converters solutions for normal conducting magnets, Radio Frequency (RF) amplifiers, and particles sources. https://sy-epc-fpc.web.cern.ch/

    • R&D Electrical Engineer
      Oct 2008 - Dec 2014 · 6 yrs 3 mos

  • Associate Professor at Laval University, Canada
    Jan 2011 - Present · 15 yrs 6 mos

    Co-direction of Doctoral students and graduate courses. (http://leepci.gel.ulaval.ca/membres/ )

  • R&D private consultant at TRASFOR S.A., Switzerland
    2009 - 2010 · 1 yr

    Special transformer design for the wind turbines industry.

  • Lecturer at Université Laval, Canada
    Jan 2007 - Apr 2007 · 4 mos

    Lecturer for graduate students at Laval University - power electronics & variable speed drives.

  • R&D Engineer at EIA-FR, Switzerland
    Jan 2004 - Dec 2004 · 1 yr

    Swiss project on improving vector control performances of electrical machines.