cv
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Basics
| Name | Nicola Zaupa |
| nicola/zaupa/gipsa-lab/fr | |
| Summary | Engineer and researcher with a background in Mechatronics and control of physical systems. I enjoy hands-on, application-oriented projects and tackling technical challenges with practical solutions. I like the DIY world, outdoor activities, and meeting new people. |
Work
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2025.03 - Present Grenoble, France
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2024.11 - 2024.12 Toulouse, France
Postdoc
LAAS-CNRS
Worked with Sophie Tarbouriech and Samuele Zoboli on coding LMIs conditions in order to apply event trigger mechanism (ETM) to implicit neural networks.
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2022.09 - 2024.08 Toulouse, France
Teaching Assistant
Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
Taught practical components (TP) of master courses in microcontrollers, linear and nonlinear control systems (128h, in French).
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2021.10 - 2024.10 Toulouse, France
Ph.D. Researcher
LAAS-CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier
Conducted research on the control of resonant converters within the MAC team, under the supervision of Isabelle Queinnec and Luca Zaccarian. The work included the study of the model with hybrid systems theory and the implementation of the control laws in FPGA. The experimental activities ve been carried out in collaboration with the GAEI group at URV (Spain). Also contributed to research on synchronization of linear multi-agent systems with Giulia Giordano and Sophie Tarbouriech.
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2021.05 - 2021.07 Tarragona, Spain
Postgraduate Engineer
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Analyzed applicability of control laws for resonant converters in battery charging.
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2020.11 - 2021.02 Tarragona, Spain
Intern
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Implemented and analyzed hybrid control laws in a resonant converter prototype using FPGA.
Education
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2021.10 - 2024.10 Toulouse, France
Ph.D. in Automatic Control
LAAS-CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier
Thesis title: «Hybrid limit Cycles: from theory to practice in resonant converters».
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2018.09 - 2021.03 Trento, Italy
M.Sc. in Mechatronics Engineering
University of Trento
Final project: «A hybrid approach to second-order resonant inverters design: analysis and experiments».
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2015.09 - 2018.07 Trento, Italy
B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering
University of Trento
Final project: «Temperature control with TEC (Thermo Electric Cooler)».
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2010.09 - 2015.07 Vicenza, Italy
High School Diploma in Electronics and Electrotechnics
ITIS Alessandro Rossi
Final project: «Design of an inverter». I.T.I.S. Rossi (Istituto Tecnico Industriale Statale in Italian) is a technical public high school where I pursued the specialization in Electric-Electronics-Automation. This since it is where all my passion for electronics and DIY burst out, and I had the possibility and time to submerge myself into it.
Awards
- 2024.09
MICNON - Young Authors Award
4th IFAC Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control of Nonlinear Systems (MICNON)
For the paper «Control of the RMS Output Current in Series Resonant Converters» co-authored with the Ph.D. colleague Manon Doré. We were both recognized as recipients of the award.
Languages
| Italian | |
| Native speaker |
| English | |
| Proficient (C1) |
| French | |
| Proficient (B2+) |
| Spanish | |
| Conversational (A2+) |
| Catalan | |
| Beginner (A1) |
Interests
| Hiking | |
| Mountain | |
| Nature |
| Cooking | |
| pizza |
Skills
| Verilog | |
| MATLAB | |
| Python |
| C (basic) | |
| C++ (basic) | |
| LaTeX |
| PSIM | |
| Quartus | |
| Altium |