Ugo Reggiani received a Laurea degree cum laude in Electrical Engineering from the University of Bologna, Italy, in 1969. In 1971, he joined the Faculty of Engineering, University of Bologna, where he was Assistant until 1974 and Assistant Professor until 1980. From 1980 to 2015, he has been a Full Professor of Electrotechnics with the same Faculty. He was Head of both the Institute of Electrotechnics from 1989 to 1995, and the Department of Electrical Engineering from 1995 to 2001. He was the coordinator of the Doctorate in Electrical Engineering at the University of Bologna from 1988 to 1998. He is currently an Emeritus Professor at the University of Bologna.