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Enrico Santi
Associate Professor

Department of Electrical Engineering
301 S. Main Street, 3A36
University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208
Phone 803.777.1843 Fax 803.777.8045
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Dr. Enrico Santi

Associate Professor

His long-term research interests are in the area of power electronics. You may have more interaction with power electronics than you think. If you drive a car, use a computer, cook with a microwave, talk on any type of telephone, listen to a stereo, or make holes with a cordless drill, then you come in contact with power electronics. Thanks to power electronics, the electricity needed to run the things you use everyday is processed, filtered, and delivered with maximum efficiency, smallest size and minimal weight.

Current research interests are in modeling, control and simulation of advanced electrical power distribution systems, and physics-based modeling of power semiconductor devices. In particular he is involved in the development of the Virtual Test Bed, a simulation-based tool for rapid prototyping of power systems and power electronic devices. The test bed supports input from multiple simulation languages such as SPICE, ACSL, SABER, etc. Other research interests are in hardware-in-the-loop simulation of electrical systems.

Education

• Ph.D., Caltech, 1994
• M.S., Caltech, 1989
• B.S., University of Padua, Italy, 1988

Biography

Enrico Santi received his undergraduate degree from the University of Padua, Italy, and his M.S.E.E., and Ph.D. degrees from Caltech. He worked for five years at TESLAco as a design engineer designing custom switching power supplies. He has been with the University of South Carolina since 1998. Dr. Santi is a senior member of IEEE and member of Sigma Xi.

Publications

• E. Santi, A. Monti, D. Li, K. Proddutur, R.A. Dougal, "Synergetic control for power electronics applications: a comparison with the sliding mode approach," provisionally accepted for publication, WSP Journal of Circuits, Systems and Computers, 2003
• E. Santi, X. Kang, A. Caiafa, J.L. Hudgins, P.R. Palmer, D. Goodwine and A. Monti, "Temperature effects on trench-gate punch-through IGBTs," IEEE Trans. Industry Applications, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 472-482, March/April 2004
• X. Wang, J.L. Hudgins, E. Santi, P.R. Palmer, “Destruction-free parameter extraction for a physics-based circuit simulator IGCT model, ” Proc. IEEE 39th Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting (IAS'04), Oct. 2004
• X. Wang, L. Lu, S. Pytel, D. Franzoni, E. Santi, J.L. Hudgins, and P.R. Palmer, “Multi-level device models developed for the Virtual Test Bed (VTB),” Proc. IEEE 39th Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting (IAS'04), Oct. 2004
• A. Caiafa, A. Snezhko, J. L. Hudgins, E. Santi, P. R. Palmer, R. Prozorov, “Turn-off operation of non-punch-through and punch-through IGBTs at cryogenic temperatures,” Proc. IEEE 39th Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting (IAS'04), Oct. 2004
• S.G. Pytel, S. Lentijo, A. Koudymov, S. Rai, H. Fatima, V. Adivarahan, A. Chitnis, J. Yang, J.L. Hudgins, E. Santi, A. Monti, G. Simin, and M. Asif Khan, “AlGaN/GaN MOSHFET integrated circuit power converter,” Proc. IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference (PESC'04), June 2004
• S.G. Pytel, A.S. Hoenshel, L. Lu, E. Santi, J.L. Hudgins, P.R. Palmer, “Cryogenic Germanium power diode circuit simulator model including temperature dependent effects,” Proc. IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference (PESC'04), June 2004
• S. Lentijo, S. Pytel, A. Monti, J.L. Hudgins, E. Santi, G. Simin, “FPGA based sliding mode control for high frequency power converters,” Proc. IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference (PESC'04), June 2004
• X. Wang, A. Caiafa, J.L. Hudgins, E. Santi, P.R. Palmer, “Implementation and validation of a physics-based circuit model for IGCT with full temperature dependencies,” Proc. IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference (PESC'04), June 2004
• A. Caiafa, A. Snezhko, J. Hudgins, E. Santi, R. Prozorov, “IGBT operation at cryogenic temperatures: non-punch-through and punch-through comparison,” Proc. IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference (PESC'04), June 2004
• A. Caiafa, A. Snezhko, J. Hudgins, E. Santi, R. Prozorov, “The failure of punch-through IGBTs to reach forward conduction mode at low temperatures,” Proc. IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference (PESC'04), June 2004
• J. Bastos, A. Monti, E. Santi, “Design and implementation of a nonlinear speed control for a PM synchronous motor using the synergetic control technique,” Proc. IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference (PESC'04), June 2004
• I. Kondratiev, R. Dougal, E. Santi, G. Veselov, “Synergetic control for DC-DC Buck converters with constant power load,” Proc. IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference (PESC'04), June 2004
• I. Kondratiev, R. Dougal, E. Santi, G. Veselov, “Synergetic control for m parallel-connected DC-DC Buck converters,” Proc. IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference (PESC'04), June 2004
• A. Monti, D. Patterson, E. Santi, F. Ponci, J. Bastos, D. Franzoni, W. Jiang, D. Kovuri, S. Krooswyk, S. Lentijo, D. Li, T. Lovett, B. Lu, L. Lu, J. Mcclanahan, K. Patel, A. Smith, K. Veturi, X. Wu, "An innovative low-cost drive for permanent magnet motors: a Future Energy Challenge experience," Proc. IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC'04), 2004
• E. Santi, A. Monti, D. Li, K. Proddutur, R.A. Dougal, "Synergetic control for dc-dc boost converter: implementation options," IEEE Trans. Industry Applications, Vol. 39, No. 6, pp. 1803-1813, Nov-Dec 2003
• X. Kang, A. Caiafa, E. Santi, J.L. Hudgins, P.R. Palmer, "Characterization and modeling of high-voltage field-stop IGBTs," IEEE Trans. Industry Applications, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 922-928, July 2003
• P.R. Palmer, E. Santi, J.L. Hudgins, X. Kang, J.C. Joyce, P.Y. Eng, "Circuit simulator models for the diode and IGBT with full temperature dependent features," IEEE Trans. Power Electronics, Vol. 18, No. 5, pp. 1220-1229, Sept. 2003
• J.L. Hudgins, G. Simin, E. Santi and M.A. Khan, "An assessment of wide bandgap semiconductors for power devices," IEEE Trans. Power Electronics, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 907-914, May 2003
• A. Monti, E. Santi, R. Dougal, "Rapid prototyping of digital controls for power electronics," IEEE Trans. Power Electronics, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 915-923, May 2003
• X. Kang, X. Wang, L. Lu, E. Santi, J.L. Hudgins, P.R. Palmer, "Physical modeling of IGBT turn on behavior," Proc. IEEE 38th Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting (IAS'03), Oct. 2003
• X. Wang, A. Caiafa, J. Hudgins, E. Santi, "Temperature effects on IGCT performance," Proc. IEEE 38th Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting (IAS'03), Oct. 2003
• X. Kang, X. Wang, L. Lu, E. Santi, J.L. Hudgins, P.R. Palmer, J.F. Donlon, "Characterization and modeling of the LPT CSTBT - The 5th generation IGBT," Proc. IEEE 38th Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting (IAS'03), Oct. 2003
• S. Lentijo, A. Monti, E. Santi, C. Welch and R. Dougal, "A new testing tool for power electronic digital control," Proc. IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference (PESC'03), pp. 107-111, June 2003
• A. Caiafa, X. Wang, J.L. Hudgins, E. Santi and P.R. Palmer, "Cryogenic study and modeling of IGBTs," Proc. IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference (PESC'03), pp. 1897-1903, June 2003
• A.T. Bryant, P.R. Palmer, J.L. Hudgins, E. Santi and X. Kang, "The use of a formal optimisation procedure in automatic parameter extraction of power semiconductor devices," Proc. IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference (PESC'03), pp. 822-827, June 2003
• X. Kang, A. Caiafa, E. Santi, J.L. Hudgins, P.R. Palmer, "Simulation of ARCP converter with physics-based circuit simulator device models," Proc. IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference (PESC'03), pp. 1904-1909, June 2003
• X. Kang, E. Santi, J. Hudgins, P. Palmer and J.F. Donlon, "Parameter extraction for a physics-based circuit simulator IGBT model," Proc. IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC'03), pp. 946-952, Feb. 2003
• A. Monti, R. Dougal, E. Santi, D. Li, K. Proddutur, "Compensation for step-load variations when applying synergetic control," Proc. IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC'03), pp. 334-340, Feb. 2003
• M. Zygmanowski, N. Barry, E. Santi, B. Grzesik “An active filter for fuel cell based uninterruptible power supply,” Electric Drives and Power Electronics International Conference (EDPE’03), Podbanske, Slovakia, Sept 2003
• N. Barry, P. Szczerba, B. Grzesik, A. Monti, E. Santi, F. Ponci, D. Patterson and D. Franzoni, "Sinusoidal output voltage from a dc source using a sliding mode controller," to be presented at Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC'03), Thessalonika, Greece, Sept 2003
• E. Santi, R.A. Dougal, A. Monti, "The VTB environment for virtual prototyping of dynamic ship systems," American Society of Naval Engineers Annual Meeting (ASNE'03), Arlington, VA, March 24, 2003
• A. Monti, E. Santi, R.A. Dougal, " Using the Virtual Test Bed for rapid control prototyping," American Society of Naval Engineers Annual Meeting (ASNE'03), Arlington, VA, March 24, 2003
• R. Dougal, A. Monti, J. Hudgins, E. Santi, "Control system laboratory: a senior-year power electronics teaching experience," poster presented at NSF-ONR Faculty Workshop on Teaching of Courses in Power Electronics and Electric Drives, Tempe, AZ, January 5-7, 2003
• L.U. Gokdere, K. Benlyazid, E. Santi, R.A. Dougal, and C.W. Brice, "A virtual prototype for a hybrid electric vehicle," Journal of Mechatronics, Mechatronics 12, No. 4, pp. 575-593, Pergamon Press, May 2002
• X. Kang, A. Caiafa, E. Santi, J.L. Hudgins, P.R. Palmer, "Characterization and Modeling of High-Voltage Field-Stop IGBTs," Proc. IEEE 37th Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting (IAS'02), pp. 2175-2181, 2002
• E. Santi, A. Monti, D. Li, K. Proddutur, R. Dougal, "Synergetic control for dc-dc boost converter: implementation options", Proc. IEEE 37th Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting (IAS'02), pp. 1330-1337, 2002
• P.R. Palmer, A.T. Bryant, J. Hudgins, E. Santi, "Simulation and optimisation of diode and IGBT interaction in a chopper cell using MATLAB and Simulink," Proc. IEEE 37th Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting (IAS'02), pp. 2437-2444, 2002
• X. Kang, A. Caiafa, E. Santi, J. Hudgins, P.R. Palmer, "Low temperature characterization and modeling of IGBTs," Proc. IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference (PESC'02), pp. 1277-1282, Cairns (Australia), 2002
• N. Barry, D. Franzoni, A. Monti, D. Patterson, F. Ponci, E. Santi, “Fuel cell based domestic power supply: a student project,” Proc. IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference (PESC'02), pp. 315-320, Cairns (Australia), June 2002
• A. Gandelli, A. Monti, E. Santi, F. Ponci, “Extending Haar domain analysis to dc/ac converters,” Proc. IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference (PESC'02), Cairns (Australia), pp. 1717-1721, June 2002
• E. Santi, D. Franzoni, A. Monti, D. Patterson, F. Ponci and N. Barry, "A fuel cell based domestic uninterruptible power supply," Proc. IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC'02), Dallas, Texas, pp. 605-613, March 2002
• X. Kang, A. Caiafa, E. Santi, J.L. Hudgins, P.R. Palmer, "Parameter extraction for a power diode circuit simulator model including temperature dependent effects," Proc. IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC'02), Dallas, Texas, pp. 452-458, March 2002
• A. Kolesnikov, G. Veselov, A. Kolesnikov, A. Monti, F. Ponci, E. Santi and R. Dougal, "Synergetic synthesis of dc-dc boost converter controllers: theory and experimental analysis," Proc. IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC'02), Dallas, Texas, pp. 409-415, March 10-14, 2002
• E. Santi, D. Franzoni, A. Monti, D. Patterson, F. Ponci, N. Barry; “Fuel cell based UPS: a student project”. Proc. Universities Power Engineering Conference, 2002 (UPEC'02), Staffordshire University, UK, pp. 9-13, Sept. 9-11, 2002
• F. Ferraro, A. Monti, M. Riva, E. Santi, R. A. Dougal, “A co-simulation approach for legacy models,” Proc. International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Electric Machines, Converters and Systems (ELECTRIMACS'02), Montreal (Canada), August 19-21, 2002
• E. Santi, "Fuel cell activities at the University of South Carolina," invited presentation at the Power Electronics for Fuel Cells Workshop, National Fuel Cell Research Center, Irvine, CA Aug. 8-9, 2002
• E. Santi, D. Franzoni, A. Monti, D. Patterson, F. Ponci, N. Barry, “Uninterruptible power supply with fuel cell technology for domestic use,” Proc. Irish Signal and Systems Conference, 2002, University College, Cork, Ireland, pp. 21-25, June 24-26, 2002
• D. Goodwin, A. Monti, E. Santi, "The importation of an ACSL model into VTB," Proc. IEEE Southeast Conference 2002, pp. 197-200, Columbia, South Carolina, April 5-7, 2002
• D. Li, K. Proddutur, E. Santi, A. Monti, "Synergetic control of a boost converter: theory and experimental verification," Proc. IEEE Southeast Conference 2002, pp. 471-474, Columbia, South Carolina, April 5-7, 2002
• E. Santi, Z. Zhang and S. Cuk, "High frequency electronic ballast provides line frequency lamp current", IEEE Trans. Power Electronics, Vol. 16, No. 5, pp. 667-675, Sept. 2001
• D. Goodwine, E. Santi, A. Caiafa, X. Kang, J.L. Hudgins, P.R. Palmer, and A. Monti, "Temperature effects on trench-gate IGBTs," Proc. IEEE 36th Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting (IAS'01), pp. 1931-1937, Chicago, IL, October 2001
• P. Palmer, P. Eng, J. Joyce, J. Hudgins, E. Santi, R. Dougal, “Circuit simulator models for the diode and IGBT with full temperature dependent features,” Proc. IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference (PESC'01), Vancouver, Canada, pp. 2171-2177, June 2001
• R. Dougal, T. Lovett, A. Monti, E. Santi, “A multilanguage environment for interactive simulation and development of controls for power electronics,” Proc. IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference (PESC'01), Vancouver, Canada, pp. 1725-1729, June 2001
• A. Gandelli, A. Monti, F. Ponci, E. Santi, “Power converter control design based on Haar analysis,” Proc. IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference (PESC'01), Vancouver, Canada, pp. 1742-1746, June 2001
• A. Monti, E. Santi, R.A. Dougal, W. McKay, "A co-simulation approach for ACSL-based models", Proc. Huntsville Simulation Conference, Huntsville, AL, Oct 3-4, 2001
• A. Monti, E. Santi, R. Dougal, F. Ponci, M. Riva, "Symbolic analysis for automatic model generation," Proc. IEEE Power Engineering Society Summer Meeting, pp. 1445-1450, Vancouver, Canada, July, 2001
• C. W. Brice, E. Santi, X. Kang, L. U. Gökdere, “Reference frames for simulation of electric motors and drives,” Proc. International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM'00), pp. 505-509, Helsinki, Finland, August 28-30, 2000
• A. Monti, R. Dougal, R. Pettus, and E. Santi, “High level virtual prototyping with hardware in the loop,” International Workshop on Virtual and Intelligent Measurement Systems (VIMS'00), Annapolis, MD, April 29-30, 2000
• Y. Luo, R. Dougal and E. Santi, “Multi-resolution modeling of power converters using waveform reconstruction,” Proc. 33rd Annual Simulation Symposium (ASS'00), 165-174, Washington DC, April 16-20, 2000
• E. Santi, Z. Zhang, and S. Cuk, “Low-distortion control of unity-power-factor converters in discontinuous conduction mode,” Proc. IEEE Power Electronics Specialist Conference (PESC'99), pp. 301-306, June 1999
• K. Benlyazid, L.U. Gokdere, R.D. Dougal, E. Santi, and C.W. Brice, “Hybrid electric vehicle: a simulation study,” Proc. IASTED International Conference on Modeling and Simulation (MS'99), pp. 462-467, Philadelphia, PA, May 5-8, 1999
• L. U. Gokdere, K. Benlyazid, E. Santi, C. W. Brice, and R. D. Dougal, “Hybrid electric vehicle with permanent magnet traction motor: a simulation model,” Proc. IEEE International Electric Machines and Drive Conference (IEMDC'99), Seattle, Washington, pp. 502-504, May 9-12, 1999
• E. Santi, Z. Zhang, and S. Cuk, “High frequency electronic ballast provides line frequency lamp current,” Proc. IEEE Power Electronics Specialist Conference (PESC’98), pg. 2047-2054, Fukuoka, Japan, May 17-22, 1998
• E. Santi and S. Cuk, “Issues in flat integrated magnetics design,” Proc. IEEE Power Electronics Specialist Conference (PESC'96), pp. 329-335, Baveno, Italy, June 1996
• E. Santi and S. Cuk, “Comparison and design of three coupled inductor structures,” Proc. IEEE Industrial Electronics, Control and Instrumentation (IECON ‘94), Bologna, Italy, Sept. 1994
• E. Santi and S. Cuk, “Accurate leakage models of gapped magnetic circuits,” Proc. IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC'93), San Diego, CA, pp. 596-603, March 1993
• E. Santi and S. Cuk, “Modeling of one-cycle controlled switching converters,” Proc. IEEE Telecommunications Energy Conference (INTELEC ‘92), Washington DC, pp. 131-138, Oct. 1992
• S. Cuk, L. Stevanovic and E. Santi, “Integrated magnetics design with flat, low profile cores,” Proc. High Frequency Power Conversion Conference, Santa Clara, CA, 1990

Patents

• US Patent Number 5969484: E. Santi, Z. Zhang, S. Cuk, "Electronic ballast", Oct. 19, 1999.
• US Patent Number 5790005: E. Santi, S. Cuk, "Low profile coupled inductors and integrated magnetics", Aug. 4, 1998.