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      Prof. Dr. Renato Minamisawa

      Renato Minamisawa

      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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      Prof. Dr. Renato Minamisawa

      Prof. Dr. Renato Minamisawa

      Lecturer for Physics

      Telephone

      +41 56 202 70 65

      E-mail

      renato.minamisawa@fhnw.ch

      Address

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

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      1.115

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