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Simona Onori
Associate Professor of Energy Science Engineering, Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy and Associate Professor, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering
Simona Onori is an Associate Professor in Energy Science and Engineering at Stanford University, where she also holds a courtesy appointment in Electrical Engineering. She is the Director of the Stanford Energy Control Lab and a Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy. She is a SAE Fellow and serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the SAE International Journal of Electrified Vehicles (since 2020) and was a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society from 2020 to 2022. She has been a Senior Member of the IEEE since 2015 and was elected to the Board of Governors of the IEEE Control Systems Society for the 2024–2026 term.
Dr. Onori was named one of the InspiringFifty Italy 2024 winners, recognizing her as a role model in innovation and technology. She received the 2020 U.S. Department of Energy Clean Energy Education & Empowerment (C3E) Award in the Research category, the 2019 Board of Trustees Award for Excellence from Clemson University, the 2018 Global Innovation Contest Award by LG Chem, the 2018 SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, and the 2017 NSF CAREER Award. Additional honors include the 2017 Faculty Fellows Award from the College of Engineering and Science at Clemson University (a three-year award), the 2017 Esin Gulari Leadership & Service Award from Clemson University’s College of Engineering, the 2017 Energy Leadership Award from the Energy Inc. Summit in Charlotte, NC, with recognition from North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis, and the 2016 Sustainability Award from InnoVision in the State of South Carolina, with recognition from South Carolina U.S. Senator Timothy E. Scott. Earlier recognitions include the 2012 Lumley Interdisciplinary Research Award from The Ohio State University College of Engineering and the 2011 Outstanding Technology Team Award from TechColumbus.
She served as Chair of the IEEE Control Systems Society Technical Committee on Automotive Controls (2015-2017) and is currently Vice-Chair of the IFAC Technical Committee on Automotive Controls TC 7.1. She is co-author of a book and two book chapters on hybrid electric vehicles and has published over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings. Under her mentorship, her students received the 2017 IEEE CCTA Best Paper Award, the 2021 IEEE CCTA Outstanding Paper Award, and the 2021 IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Outstanding Paper Award.
She earned a Laurea Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from University of New Mexico, and a PhD. in Control Engineering from University of Rome “Tor Vergata.
Dr. Onori was named one of the InspiringFifty Italy 2024 winners, recognizing her as a role model in innovation and technology. She received the 2020 U.S. Department of Energy Clean Energy Education & Empowerment (C3E) Award in the Research category, the 2019 Board of Trustees Award for Excellence from Clemson University, the 2018 Global Innovation Contest Award by LG Chem, the 2018 SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, and the 2017 NSF CAREER Award. Additional honors include the 2017 Faculty Fellows Award from the College of Engineering and Science at Clemson University (a three-year award), the 2017 Esin Gulari Leadership & Service Award from Clemson University’s College of Engineering, the 2017 Energy Leadership Award from the Energy Inc. Summit in Charlotte, NC, with recognition from North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis, and the 2016 Sustainability Award from InnoVision in the State of South Carolina, with recognition from South Carolina U.S. Senator Timothy E. Scott. Earlier recognitions include the 2012 Lumley Interdisciplinary Research Award from The Ohio State University College of Engineering and the 2011 Outstanding Technology Team Award from TechColumbus.
She served as Chair of the IEEE Control Systems Society Technical Committee on Automotive Controls (2015-2017) and is currently Vice-Chair of the IFAC Technical Committee on Automotive Controls TC 7.1. She is co-author of a book and two book chapters on hybrid electric vehicles and has published over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings. Under her mentorship, her students received the 2017 IEEE CCTA Best Paper Award, the 2021 IEEE CCTA Outstanding Paper Award, and the 2021 IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Outstanding Paper Award.
She earned a Laurea Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from University of New Mexico, and a PhD. in Control Engineering from University of Rome “Tor Vergata.
Education
Ph.D., University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Control Engineering
M.S., University of New Mexico, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Laurea, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, summa cum laude
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