Welcome
Welcome to the official website https://wemdcd2027.eu of the
8th edition of the IEEE Workshop on Electrical Machines Design, Control and Diagnosis - WEMDCD 2027
This Conference is sponsored by IEEE-IES, the Industrial Electronics Society of the Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.
Institutional patronage has been granted by the University of Pisa - Department of Energy, Systems, Territory and Construction Engineering.
This page contains information related to the Conference Scope, Organizers and Previous Editions.
Detailed information about other relevant aspects is accessible via the buttons menu above: Venue, Papers, Program, Side Events, Registration, News.
For general inquiries, please contact the Local Organizing Committee.
In case of special requests or inquiries, please contact the Conference Chairs or the appropriate Committee Coordinator.
Conference Scope
The Scope of WEMDCD 2027 Conference spans the following major tracks:
- Design, Optimization and Manufacturing of Electrical Machines
- Innovative machine structures
- Advanced modeling, design and optimization methodologies
- Innovative manufacturing and testing techniques
- Control of Electrical Machines and Drives
- Innovative control strategies and drive structures
- Advanced control techniques: model predictive, sensorless, etc.
- Sensitivity issues and uncertainty management
- Reliability, Diagnosis and Fault Management in Electrical Machines and Drives
- Innovative solutions for increasing reliability at machine and drive level
- Advanced diagnosis and prognosis techniques
- Fault management strategies
- Applications of Electrical Machines and Drives
- Innovative and advanced applications in any relevant field, including energy, industry, transportation etc.
- Special attention to the industrial perspective and to projects having a significant practical impact
The Conference proceedings will be published by IEEE in the Xplore database and will be then indexed in Scopus etc.
Details about the Call for Papers and the Deadlines are provided in the dedicated sections of the Papers page of this website.
General Chairs and Treasurer
The General Chairs of the Conference are:
Prof. Paolo Bolognesi, University of Pisa - DESTEC
Prof. Luca Papini, University of Pisa - DESTEC
The Treasurer of the Conference is:
Dr. Giampaolo Devito, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia - DIEF
Local Organizing Committee
This Committee, coordinated by Dr. Giampaolo Devito, is composed of 4 members:
| Name | Country |
|---|---|
| Giampaolo Devito | IT |
| Claudia Simonelli | IT |
| Nicolò Gori | IT |
| Carlo Mancuso | IT |
Technical Program Committee
This Committee, coordinated by Prof. Michael Galea, is composed of 8 members:
| Name | Country | Track |
|---|---|---|
| Giulio De Donato | IT | Applications of Electrical Machines and Drives |
| Lucia Frosini | IT | Reliability, Diagnosis and Fault Management in Electrical Machines |
| Michael Galea | MT | Design, Optimization and Manufacturing of Electrical Machines |
| Michele Mengoni | IT | Reliability, Diagnosis and Fault Management in Electrical Machines |
| Babak Nahid-Mobarakeh | CA | Control of Electrical Machines and Drives |
| Matteo Olivo | IT | Design, Optimization and Manufacturing of Electrical Machines |
| Athanasios Sarigiannidis | GR | Applications of Electrical Machines and Drives |
| Giacomo Scelba | IT | Control of Electrical Machines and Drives |
Publication Committee
This Committee, coordinated by Prof. Silvio Vaschetto, is composed of 4 members:
| Name | Country |
|---|---|
| Thierry Lubin | FR |
| Fabrizio Marignetti | IT |
| Fabio Tinazzi | IT |
| Silvio Vaschetto | IT |
Awards Committee
This Committee, coordinated by Prof. Stefano Nuzzo, is composed of 4 members:
| Name | Country |
|---|---|
| Constanza Ahumada | CL |
| Stefano Nuzzo | IT |
| Luca Peretti | SE |
| Luca Tarisciotti | CL |
Publicity Committee
This Committee, coordinated by Prof. Gerard A. Capolino, is composed of 12 members:
| Name | Country |
|---|---|
| Frede Blaabjerg | DK |
| Radu Bojoi | IT |
| James Borg-Bortolo | DE |
| Giampaolo Buticchi | CN |
| Gerard A. Capolino | FR |
| Antonio J. Marques Cardoso | PT |
| Chris Gerada | UK |
| Antonios Kladas | GR |
| Pia Lindh | FI |
| Vincenzo Madonna | IT |
| Shafigh Nategh | SE |
| Luca Zarri | IT |
Steering Committee
Aiming to overcome the temporary arrangement adopted for the previous editions of the Conference, a permanent Steering Committee of WEMDCD has been established by the Electrical Machines Technical Committee of IEEE-IES in order to take care of the general supervision of the incoming editions.
This decision has been officially deliberated during the Annual Meeting of EMTC held in the framework of the ICEM 2026 Conference.
In its initial composition, the Committee includes 11 members coordinated by Prof. Stefano Nuzzo:
| Name | Country |
|---|---|
| Davide Barater | IT |
| Radu Bojoi | IT |
| Gerard A. Capolino | FR |
| José A. Daviu | ES |
| Ayman El Rafaye | US |
| Sandra Eriksson | SE |
| Michael Galea | MT |
| Claudia Martis | RO |
| Shafigh Nategh | SE |
| Stefano Nuzzo | IT |
| Leila Parsa | US |
Previous Editions
The 2027 edition of IEEE WEMDCD will be the 8th Conference in this series, which began in 2013.
Therefore, it will benefit from the experience and credibility gained thanks to the efforts of the organizers of the previous editions.
The 7 past editions of the Conference are listed hereafter, providing links to the respective websites when still available online:
- WEMDCD 2025 - Valletta, Malta
- WEMDCD 2023 - Newcastle, United Kingdom
- WEMDCD 2021 - virtual event organized by the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
- WEMDCD 2019 - Athens, Greece
- WEMDCD 2017 - Nottingham, United Kingdom
- WEMDCD 2015 - Torino, Italy
- WEMDCD 2013 - Paris, France