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Short Presentation of the Partners :
Partner 1 : CIRTEM Sme France www.cirtem.com
Le Centre d'Ingénierie et de Recherche pour les Technologies de l'Electronique Moderne, CIRTEM, is a awarded
Research SME .
Founded in 1988 by Ch. Saubion (doctor of engineering ENSEEIHT, with the support of the Toulouse LEEI
University, CIRTEM is an independant company specialized in power electronics. CIRTEM provides efficient and
innovative services and products to a customer base coming from numerous industries : automotive, aircraft,
military, railway, communications, medical, industrial equipments, …
Located inToulouse-Labège, CIRTEM is a team of 20 high-level engineers and technicians, including 6 doctors
of engineering, has important test equipments (EMC test platform, 80 kWA power supply, …),the activities are
organised to date in 3 main poles :
· Research Under Contract (Src) - Technology Transfer : intervenes as a consultant and assists with the
dimensioning and selection of products or processes. Research and development of innovative products or
processes, and license transfer - technology transfer.
· Development And Production Of Power Equipment : develops a range of innovating power electronic
modules with IGBT transistors, and manufactures them in small or medium size batches. Specific power
equipments are developed and produces in accordance with requirements from integrators.
· High Voltage And Microwave Frequency Applications Engineering :Following the take over of the
activities of Rémy Electronique, CIRTEM develops, from its own energy conversion technologies, an offer
for high voltage and microwave frequency power supply systems.
R&D participation: in numerous projects such as :digital controls for electric motors, synchronous powertrain
for electric vehicles, AC/DC supply, high voltage supply, strong current supply, battery chargers, DC/DC on-board
converters, inverters, pulse generators, linear amplifiers.

Partner 2 : UTBM Université Technologique de Belfort Montbéliard - France
The Department of GESC (Génie Electrique et Systèmes de Commande= Electrical Engineering and Control
Systems) is one of four departments of the University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéleard (UTBM) which was
born in 1999 following the fusion of two Engineering Schools.
Nowadays the GESC is involved in the research fields involving electrical machines and drives, power electronics,
electrical energy management and generation and renewable energy sources.
In particular the UTBM hosts a laboratory aimed to the study of fuel cell systems, which is a unique in France and
Europe and constitutes a useful test bench of research and industry needs for several European
Projects. In addition the French government is launching a new program for restructuring the technical research in
France whereby the region where the UTBM is located (Franche Comté) has presented a proposal to host all
projects related to transportation application, onboard energy exploit and electrical traction in France for the next
20 years. Up to now the UTBM has been involved in several national and European research projects about energy
conversion , electrical drives and fuel cell systems.

Partner 3 : ISSIA-CNR, section of Palermo (Italy)

The ISSIA-CNR (Institute on Intelligent Systems for Automation of the National Research Council) was
born in 2002 from the latest re-organization of the CNR and consists of 3 sections situated in Bari,
Genova and Palermo. The section of Palermo, in particular, is mainly involved in the following areas:
· electrical drives and their control , identification and diagnosis
· innovative electrical motors
· power electronics
· electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
· development and application of neural networks
· renewable energy systems (RES)

Partner 4 : University of Nottingham (U.K)

The Power Electronics, Machine and Control (PEMC) Group of the University of Nottingham has undertaken
research contracts to the value of £4.5M in the last 5 years, earned from EPSRC, DTI/ Link, national and
international industry, EC and UK and US defence bodies. It has established international reputations in a number