Self-adaptive NGSA algorithm and optimal design of inductors for magneto-fluid hyperthermia

Paolo Di Barba, PhD, was born in Italy in 1963. At the time being, he is appointed as a Full Professor of electrical engineering at the University of Pavia, Department of Electrical Engineering. His scientific interests include the computer-aided design of electric and magnetic devices, with special emphasis on the methods for field synthesis. He has authored or co-authored more than 100 papers, either presented to international conferences or published in international journals, a book called Field Models in Electricity and Magnetism (Springer, 2008) and a monograph entitled “Multiobjective Shape Design in Electricity and Magnetism” (Springer, 2010).

Fabrizio Dughiero is a Full Professor of electrical engineering at Padova University. He was a scientific secretary and organizer of the HES conferences from 1998 to 2016. The scientific work of Professor Dughiero deals with electroheat and the application of induction and RF heating to hyperthermia and industrial processes. His interests are in numerical methods for electromagnetic and thermal problems and optimization techniques. He has authored or co-authored more than 100 papers.

Michele Forzan graduated in Electrical Engineering in 1995 and received the “Dottorato di Ricerca” in 2000 at the University of Padova under the direction of Professor Sergio Lupi. Since 2003, he is working an Assistant Professor at the Electrical Engineering Department. His research activities have been mainly devoted to the study of innovative electro heat processes and to the development of numerical models for the design of induction heating systems.

Elisabetta Sieni received the degree in Electronic Engineering, PhD in Bioelectromagnetics and Electromagnetic Compatibility and PhD in Information Engineering, Bioengineering, from the Padova University, respectively, in 2002, 2006 and 2011. Actually, she is working at the Department of Electrical Engineering of the Padova University as an Assistant Professor. Her interests are in human exposure to electromagnetic field and optimization and biomedical application of electromagnetic fields.