Dr Gianmario Rinaldi (he/him)

Dr Gianmario Rinaldi is a Lecturer in Control and Energy Engineering (Education and Research) in the Department of Engineering at the University of Exeter. His academic work sits within control engineering, energy engineering, and clean energy technologies, with particular emphasis on the modelling, monitoring, and control of complex systems.

At Exeter, he is part of the Centre for Future Clean Mobility and of the  Autonomy, Decision and Control Research Group. 

His research develops advanced methods in optimisation, system modelling, fault detection, intelligent monitoring, state estimation, and variable-structure control to improve system performance, reliability, and safety. He applies these approaches across zero-emission vehicles and powertrains, clean energy systems, energy networks, power systems, microgrids, power converters, and autonomous vehicles. 

Dr Rinaldi received a BEng in Energy Engineering in 2014 , an MSc in Electrical Engineering in 2016, and a PhD in Control Systems Engineering in 2020, all from the University of Pavia, Italy. He then worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Exeter from 2019 to 2021. 

Research Grants:

• GW4 Generator Fund Maritime Advancements through Research and Innovation in Powertrains and Power Systems (MARINPOWER), Principal Investigator) 2025.
• Innovate UK Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition Round 2 (CMDC2), ZERO - Zero Emission Research and Offshore Service Vessel, (Co-Investigator). 2023
• Innovate UK Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition Round 2 (CMDC2) 2023, Demonstrator for scalable 1MW+ Zero Emission battery-hydrogen hybrid propulsion system, (Co-Investigator). 2023.
• EMPS Global Partnerships Development Funding Scheme with University of Pavia (Italy), (Principal Investigator). 2022.
• Innovate UK Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition Round 1 (CMDC1), Twin motor, zero emission powertrain for commercial workboats, (Co-Investigator). 2021.
• Innovate UK Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI), Phase 2: with Ecomar-Electric Outboards, (Co-Investigator), 2021.
• UKRI-Natural Environment Research Council (NERC): Combining Autonomous Observations and Models for Predicting and Understanding Shelf Seas, (Postdoctoral Research Fellow). 2019-2021.

PhD Students

• Jichao Ran- Advanced Control of Wave-Propelled Platforms 

Useful Links

• Google Scholar webpage (academic publications): https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-sWPtrsAAAAJ&hl
• ResearchGate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gianmario-Rinaldi
• Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gianmario-rinaldi-5aaaa0b6/