Maria Carmela Di Piazza received her M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Palermo, Italy, in 1997 and 2001, respectively. Since 2001, she has been a permanent staff researcher with the National Research Council (CNR), Institute of Marine Engineering (INM), Palermo, Italy, where she is currently a senior research scientist. Her research interests include shipboard electrical systems, renewable generation, power electronics and electrical drives, EMI/EMC, energy management systems (EMS), and smart micro/nanogrids. She has authored over 150 papers, published in international journals and conference proceedings. She has led, for the CNR, several research projects and project activities, such as “Advanced Technologies for Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Mobility-OR2”, “Innovative Electric Generation”, and “TecBIA: Low Environmental Impact Technologies for the production of energy on ships-OR9”, the last two in cooperation with Fincantieri S.p.A. Dr. Di Piazza is a senior member of the IEEE and a member of IMACS.