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Prof. Dr. Renato Minamisawa,

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Lecturer for Physics

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Phone
+41 56 202 70 65
E-Mail
renato.minamisawa@fhnw.ch

Address

Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
Hochschule für Technik und Umwelt
Klosterzelgstrasse 2
5210 Windisch

Room

1.115

Activities at the FHNW

Lecturer for Physics and head of the physics laboratory at the FHNW Institute of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Teaching

  • Physics laboratory
  • Heat and radiation
  • Mechanics

Reseach

  • Digitalization of energy systems

    • Digital twins for optimization, monitoring and diagnostics of electric vehicles and renewable energy sources
    • IOT cloud architecture
    • Analytics development and industrial internet
  • Power semiconductors and electronics

    • Power semiconductor simulation, microfabrication and reliability
    • WBG power semiconductors and electronics
    • Novel converter technologies for electric vehicles and renewable applications
    • Online monitoring diagnostics of power semiconductors
    • Design and fabrication of power semiconductor packaging

Profile

Biography

Work experience

Since 2016
Professor of Physics at the FHNW

2011–2016
Scientist and project leader at ABB Corporate Research Center (Switzerland)

2011–2013
Postdoctoral fellow at the Paul Scherrer Institute (Switzerland)

2008–2011
Research assistant at Forschungszentrum Jülich (Germany)

2006–2008
Research assistant at the Center for Irradiation of Materials at AAMU (USA)

Education

2008–2011
Doctor in Physics at RWTH Aachen (Germany)

2006–2008
Master in Physics at Alabama A&M University (USA)

2001–2005
Bachelor in Medical Physics at the University of Sao Paulo (Brazil)

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